UH Ahuja 2, MetroHealth’s Apex lead a near

In May, Akron Children's Hospital opened a new $3.5 million Operating room dedicated to pediatric spine surgeries featuring a high-tech imaging system that renders 3-D images of the spine. Local hospital systems collectively are spending an estimated $856.2 million on new buildings, expansions and renovations. Gary Yasaki/ Yasaki Photography

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A new four-story medical center in Ashtabula County, the Cleveland Clinic's first full-service hospital in Lake County and University Hospitals’ new breast health center in Portage County join the expansion of UH's Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood among recent construction projects driven by Northeast Ohio hospital systems.

Local hospital systems collectively are spending an estimated $856 million on new buildings, expansions and renovations, before adding in some projects for which the cost has not yet been released.

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