DAYTON CONTAINER FIRM LOOKS TO BEER’S FUTURE

A: Our home.

What do you love about life in the Dayton area?

A: It is small enough to get around and yet unique in the gem of restaurants we have.

Why did you decide to settle in the Dayton area?

A: My father was transferred

More than $100 million in new building projects have been announced in the past two weeks by two Dayton-are hospital systems,

Kettering Health Network and Premier Health have said they are expanding facilities or constructing new building in the Miami Valley over the next two years.

Last week, Kettering Health said it plans an $8 million expansion of its Kettering Cancer Care unit at Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek.

Construction is expected to begin in early June on the first phase of the expansion, which will focus on the infusion center for chemotherapy patients at Kettering Cancer Care, which is located at the hospital’s Ollie Davis Pavilion at 3535 Pentagon Boulevard.

The expanded infusion cen- ter, which will double in size to 13,000 square feet, is expected to be completed by October, according to the health company. In addition, the number of clinical exam rooms will more than double from six to 15 after the project is completed to support Kettering Cancer Care’s growing on-site medical oncology team.

The medical team is expected to add two or three new doctors as a result of the oncology expansion, which will result in the addition of six to eight total new jobs, according to a Kettering spokeswoman.

Phase two of the expansion will add the latest in radiation therapy technology. An 8,300-square-foot suite will be built that includes a linear accelerator for radiation therapy, as well as a CT simulator and scanner to support the addition of an on-site radiation oncology team.

The radiation oncology addition is expected to be completed by May 2018, creating six to eight new jobs, including an additional radiation oncologist, Kettering said.