The University of Utah is building a hospital where its patients actually live. The $885 million Eccles Health Campus, the university’s first major medical facility off its main Salt Lake City campus, broke ground in West Valley City and will open in phases starting 2028. It’s a deliberate move into the fast-growing, historically underserved west side of the Salt Lake Valley.
Project Scope
The 800,000-square-foot campus rises on 22 acres at 3784 S. 5600 West. Plans center on a full-service hospital with an emergency department, 130 inpatient rooms, and 200 exam rooms, plus clinical offices spanning nearly 50 specialties. Okland Construction, a Salt Lake City builder, leads the work. A $75 million gift from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, the largest in the foundation’s history, anchored the financing.
Why It Matters
West Valley City is Utah’s second-largest city, and its residents have long traveled across the valley for advanced care. Putting a teaching hospital on the west side changes the access map for hundreds of thousands of people. For the regional construction market, it’s another large institutional anchor in a state that’s added population faster than hospital capacity. Staffing 50 specialties in a tight clinical labor market is the harder challenge, but that’s a problem for 2028. For now, it’s one of the Mountain West’s most significant healthcare builds.
Read our full coverage of the Eccles groundbreaking.
Project Team & Details
| Owner / Client | University of Utah Health |
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| General Contractor | Okland Construction |
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| Status | Under Construction |
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| Funding Source | Institutional |
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