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University of Utah trustees approved a $43.5 million land purchase at The Point in Draper for a full-scale hospital and roughly 200,000-square-foot medical campus.
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The project would give U of U Health exclusive provider rights at the site for 12 years, with a 30-year extension tied to development milestones.
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The Draper campus adds to the system’s broader expansion push, alongside projects in West Valley City and Vineyard that are scheduled to open in 2028.
The University of Utah is moving to establish a new health care foothold at The Point development in Draper, where trustees have approved a $43.5 million land purchase for a full-scale hospital and medical campus, according to Deseret News on June 10.
The agreement, which also won unanimous approval from The Point’s board, sets up the university to develop an approximately 46-acre site with a hospital and medical campus planned at about 200,000 square feet.
University of Utah Health said the acquisition would position the system as the exclusive health care provider for the rapidly growing corridor.
“This has been a long time coming,” Lowry Snow, co-chair of The Point board, said in Deseret News reporting. Snow said the deal had been in the works for six to eight months and called it “a win-win situation” for both the development and the state of Utah.
A Health Care Anchor for Large Mixed-Use Buildout
The medical campus would become part of The Point, a roughly 600-acre redevelopment planned as a high-walkability, mixed-use district with residential, retail, entertainment, education, office and innovation space.
That broader vision has been building for several years. Earlier KSL news said first-phase plans at The Point covered about 100 acres and included more than 2.3 million square feet of office space, over 3,300 multifamily units, 356,000 square feet of retail, 540 hotel rooms, a 60,000-square-foot events center, 16 acres of parks and a new FrontRunner commuter train station.
Board leaders said crews were preparing to break ground on the first phase of redevelopment this month, giving the university project added momentum as the site transitions from long-range planning to on-the-ground development.
Exclusivity and Construction Timing
Deseret News reported that the university would receive a 12-year exclusivity period at The Point. That term would automatically extend another 30 years once the university satisfies development standards by building the 200,000-square-foot facility.
Construction on the Draper campus is expected to begin in five to 10 years, although Snow said he would not be surprised if work starts earlier than that.
The entitlement structure, land control and exclusivity terms indicate the university is staking out a durable position in a corridor expected to absorb significant future population and employment growth.
Part of a Wider Health Expansion
The Draper medical campus is not a standalone move. It extends a broader University of Utah Health expansion across the Salt Lake Valley and Utah County.
In West Valley City, the university announced in March that it would build its first off-campus hospital and medical campus, backed by a $75 million donation from the George S. and Dolores Dor Eccles Foundation.
KSL news reported that construction there is expected to begin this year, with an outpatient facility and emergency room targeted for 2028 and the full hospital slated for late 2029.
Aspen Grove shown in a rendering is part of the 600-acre, mixed-use development, The Point, in Draper Utah. Image: The Point
In Vineyard, Huntsman Cancer Institute broke ground in April on a new Utah County location that KSL said is targeting a fall 2028 opening. The first phase of that project is estimated at $400 million and is designed to reduce travel time for thousands of patients who now drive to Salt Lake City for cancer care.
Taken together, the Draper, West Valley City and Vineyard projects suggest the university is building out a larger regional care network rather than concentrating growth on its main campus alone.
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