New West Valley Health Facility

A new state-of-the-art hospital and medical campus will bring much-needed health care access to the Salt Lake valley’s westside communities. The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation has committed $75 million toward the project, which will be the first off-campus inpatient hospital spearheaded by the U in its 175-year history—and its largest multi-specialty health clinic.

This expansion addresses a critical gap in health care access—while more than 725,000 residents live west of I-15, only one in 10 hospital beds currently serve the area. “This groundbreaking investment continues the Eccles family’s extraordinary legacy of expanding health care access and education across Utah,” says U President Taylor Randall HBA’90.

The Eccles family’s support of University of Utah Health spans generations. In 1965, Spencer S. Eccles helped establish the U’s medical library, and George S. Eccles chaired the first fundraising campaign to build University Hospital in 1975. In 2021, the family made a monumental gift of $110 million to the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine (named for alum Spencer F. Eccles BS’56).

The $855 million campus in West Valley City will feature approximately 100 hospital beds and comprehensive outpatient clinics with 200 exam rooms for specialties including heart care, orthopedics, women’s health, and pediatrics, in addition to general internal medicine and urgent care. Expected to serve over 341,000 outpatient visits annually, the facility will create more than 2,000 new jobs and provide education and career advancement opportunities in medical fields.

As Utah’s second-largest city, West Valley is home to a culturally rich and diverse population with strong neighborhoods and a growing business community. Despite these strengths, residents face significant barriers to accessing health care. They experience a life expectancy nearly 10 years lower than in eastside communities, nearly twice the rate of heart disease-related deaths, a 44 percent higher rate of diabetes, and a 38 percent greater prevalence of stroke.

“Currently, westside residents drive more than 12 million miles per year to access U of U Health services,” says Bob Carter, CEO of U of U Health. “This new campus will bring comprehensive, top-tier health care closer to home.”

Construction will begin this summer on the 22-acre site at 3750 South and 5600 West. The multi-specialty health clinic is scheduled to open in 2028, followed by hospital rooms in 2029. Community members have been actively involved in the planning process, with hundreds attending numerous stakeholder meetings since the project was announced.