University of Utah to Build West Valley Medical Campus

The University of Utah has received a historic $75 million donation from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation to construct an 800,000-square-foot hospital and medical campus in West Valley City, marking the university's first off-campus inpatient hospital in its 175-year history. This initiative is part of an $855 million plan to improve healthcare access for over 725,000 residents west of I-15, an area with notable health disparities, including higher rates of diabetes and heart disease. The new campus will feature approximately 100 hospital beds and multispecialty outpatient clinics offering services such as heart care, orthopedics, and pediatrics, and is expected to serve more than 341,000 outpatient visits annually. This project will also create over 2,000 new jobs and aims to enhance educational and career development in healthcare. Construction is set to start in the summer of 2025, with the multispecialty clinic slated for completion in 2028 and the hospital rooms by 2029. University officials see this as a transformative project that will improve both health and economic outcomes in West Valley City and nearby communities.