Atlanta-based Northside Hospital has opened a 45,000-square-foot medical office building in Snellville, Ga., according to an Oct. 4 report from Commercial Property Executive. 

Hammes broke ground on an new ASC in Lee's Summit, Mo., according to an Oct. 5 news release. 

Here are three updates on ASC activity in the South that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 12:

Atlanta-based Northside Hospital opened a new medical center in Snellville, Ga., in partnership with the Realty Trust Group. 

Here are five new ASCs opened or announced in September:

Pacific Rim Outpatient Surgery Center in Bellingham, Wash., closed its doors Aug. 31 as Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth, the facility's landlord, opted not to renew its lease, Cascadia Daily News reported Sept. 28. 

Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital is expanding its surgical center, according to a Sept. 26 report from local NBC affiliate WSAV. 

Mary Lanning Healthcare cut the ribbon on a new medical office building in Hastings, Neb., that will host nine specialties, including pulmonology, orthopedics and family medicine, according to a Sept. 26 report from NBC affiliate KSNB.

Here are three reasons ASCs have closed recently:

Greg Daniel, MD, a physician-turned-developer, earned approval for a three-story medical office building in Buffalo, N.Y., two years ago. Now, he plans to expand the project by 33 percent, according to a Sept. 26 report from The Buffalo News. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain is poised to open an orthopedic-focused ASC in Park City, Utah.

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has secured a tower crane construction permit for its proposed five-story medical office building, the Bronzeville Advanced Outpatient Care Center on the South Side of the city, according to a Sept. 25 report from Urbanize.

HealthPartners broke ground on a $50.5 million specialty surgery center in Woodbury, Minn. 

Asheville, N.C.-based GenesisCare Surgical Specialists will close after its private equity-backed management company GenesisCare filed for bankruptcy, Citizen Times reported Sept. 21. 

Here are three ASCs who have faced opposition so far in 2023: 

Springfield (Ill.) Clinic's Peoria Surgery Center has plans to open later in 2023, the Peoria Journal Star reported Sept. 14. 

Here are two surgery centers with plans for expansion that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 11:

North Carolina state regulators have set a public hearing date for Oct. 16 to discuss Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's request to move forward with the construction of an ASC, according to a Sept. 12 report from the Winston-Salem Journal.

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network is expanding Community Surgery Center South for the first time since 2006.

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic plans to renovate and expand its Houston-based Cypress Clinic, adding a second 120,000-square-foot professional building with space for an ASC, according to a Sept. 12 report from ConnectCRE.