The University of Utah has received a $75 million gift from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation to build an 800,000-square-foot hospital and medical campus in West Valley City, Utah.
The development will be the Salt Lake City-based university’s first off-campus hospital and its largest multispecialty clinic. The campus will anchor an $855 million university initiative, expanding beyond healthcare delivery to enhance training, research, education and career development in healthcare.
The University of Utah Health campus will feature about 100 hospital beds and multispecialty outpatient clinics including heart care, orthopedics, women’s health and pediatrics, in addition to general internal medicine and urgent care.
With 200 exam rooms, the clinics are expected to see more than 341,000 outpatient visits a year.
“We’re thrilled to partner with the West Valley community to expand access to high-quality health care on the west side.” University of Utah Health CEO Bob Carter, MD, PhD, said. “Currently, west side residents drive more than 12 million miles per year to access U of U Health services. This new campus is exciting because it will bring comprehensive, top-tier health care closer to home. We also see this project as key to expanding educational opportunities and helping to address our shortage of doctors, which is five times greater in western Salt Lake County than in other Wasatch Front communities.”
Construction of the campus is anticipated to begin this summer. The multispecialty clinic is projected to be completed in 2028, with hospital rooms expected in 2029.
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