Hope Eccles, Lisa Eccles, Spencer Fox Eccles, President Taylor Randall, Katie Eccles and Spencer P. Eccles stand for a photo at the University of Utah John R. Park Building on March 18, 2025. Photo courtesy of the University of Utah.

The University of Utah has announced a $75 million gift from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation to establish a new 800,000-square-foot hospital and medical campus in West Valley City.

The gift will enable the construction of the university’s first off-campus hospital in its 175-year history and its largest multi-specialty health clinic, the institution said in a release.

“This expansion is a vital step in increasing health care access across Salt Lake County, ensuring that the more than 725,000 residents living west of I-15 have greater access to hospital care, where currently only one in 10 hospital beds serve the Please log in to see the rest of this story.