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SALT LAKE CITY — Six Jacobsen Construction projects are award winners in the 2024 Utah Construction & Design Most Outstanding Projects contest, it was announced Friday.
The six wins are Jacobsen’s most ever from Utah Construction & Design. One of Jacobsen’s winning projects, the Astra Tower high-rise in downtown Salt Lake City, won the prestigious overall Project of the Year honor, the magazine reported. This marks the second consecutive year that a Jacobsen project has earned the contest’s top overall honor.
Jacobsen’s other winning projects, which were each named Most Outstanding in their respective categories, were the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley (Hospitality/Resort), Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Hospital Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Campus in Lehi (Health Care – large), Soldier Hollow Competition Management Building Renovation & Expansion (Renovation), The Grandeur at Holladay Hills (Design/Build) and Westminster University L.S. Skaggs Integrated Wellness Center (Green/Sustainable).
Award submissions were reviewed by a panel of seven A/E/C industry experts, with projects scored on the criteria of innovative and functional design, contributions to the construction industry and the community, quality craftsmanship, examples of teamwork and overcoming challenges, and safety record.
Utah Construction & Design will be hosting a celebration breakfast at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City on Dec. 6 to honor the project teams and will also showcase each of the winning projects in its December issue.
Read on to learn more about each of Jacobsen’s honored projects:
Astra Tower | Overall Project of the Year
Architect: HKS
Developer: Kensington Investment Company
Salt Lake City
As Salt Lake City’s most coveted address, Astra Tower is already revolutionizing downtown living in Salt Lake City while expanding the downtown skyline. At 450 feet tall with 40 stories of luxury apartments and communal amenities, the high-rise offers unbeatable views of the Wasatch Mountains, the Great Salt Lake and the Salt Lake Valley. Its 377 residences are comprised of studios, one- and two-bedroom units, and two levels of exclusive penthouses.
Astra Tower includes 40,000 square feet of amenities on three different levels. The first amenity level sits atop the seven-story parking structure and includes an outdoor urban park, clubhouse, multipurpose studio and a work lounge with conference rooms. Level 22 features an outdoor pool adjacent to an indoor spa and wellness center. On level 40, a 4,000 square-foot rooftop terrace amenity space offers the very best panoramic views.
The high-rise is also a LEED Gold building (pending certification) that was designed and constructed to address environmental issues that are prevalent in northern Utah, like air quality and water conservation.
As a uniquely vertical urban community focused on active lifestyle and wellness, the Astra Tower stands out as an instant Salt Lake City icon.
Grand Hyatt Deer Valley | Most Outstanding Hospitality/Resort Project
Architect: OZ Architecture
Developer: Extell Development Company
Deer Valley, Utah
Grand Hyatt Deer Valley is a 642,095 square-foot luxury hotel and condo resort in the Wasatch Back. The resort includes four below-grade and eight above-grade levels and holds 387 hotel guest rooms, 55 private condos and 252 parking stalls. It also includes ballrooms and other conference hotel amenities capable of hosting 2,500 attendees, as well as restaurants and other retail space.
Grand Hyatt Deer Valley is the anchor project for a comprehensive new ski resort campus being developed by prestigious New York City-based firm Extell. The project team’s success building this hotel has already contributed to Extell’s future plans for other big additions in the area; it is set to be the dazzling centerpiece of what will eventually become the most ambitious alpine destination development built anywhere in the United States in nearly half a century.
Grand Hyatt Deer Valley is also the centerpiece of the first U.S. Military Morale, Welfare and Recreation ski resort setting in America, where men and women of the armed forces can enjoy steep discounts and reserved blocks of rooms in thanks for their service.
Primary Children’s Hospital Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Campus in Lehi | Most Outstanding (Large) Health Care Project
Architects: VCBO Architecture, Page Inc.
Owner: Intermountain Health
Lehi, Utah
The Primary Children’s Hospital Larry H & Gail Miller Family Campus in Lehi is the centerpiece of Intermountain Health’s long-term strategic plan to create America’s model pediatric health care system. This 483,000-square-foot new hospital provides a wide range of services for young patients including treatments for mental health, newborn intensive care, sleep medicine, infusion therapy, physical therapy and more. The project scope included construction of a five-story hospital building and penthouse, a three-story medical office building, and a standalone central utility plant. The campus also includes 66 inpatient beds and 35 outpatient specialty clinics, including a fifth floor fully dedicated to behavioral health.
In addition to being equipped with the latest world-leading medical technology, this hospital campus was designed and built with the goal of creating a visual atmosphere of child-like wonder at every turn that helps young patients feel at ease.
While working on this project, every member of the project team knew that one day, children would receive healing and hope in the very spot where they stood and built. This motivated everyone onsite to give their finest craftsmanship.
Soldier Hollow Competition Management Building Renovation & Expansion | Most Outstanding Renovation Project
Architect: Elliott Workgroup
Owner: Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation
Midway, Utah
The Soldier Hollow Competition Management Building Renovation and Expansion was a project with extraordinary impacts on Utah’s readiness to host the Winter Olympic Games and other international sporting events.
This project called for demolishing some of the previous Competition Management Building, renovating 7,000 square feet of existing area and adding 26,000 square feet to accommodate Nordic sports broadcasters, competition officials, athletes and fans. The building includes space for indoor and outdoor spectators, modern booths for broadcasting and race management, flexible multi-use event spaces and upgraded athlete training areas.
This timber and stick frame hybrid structure, comprised of three stories and a beautiful viewing deck, is a fitting venue for hosting biathlon, cross-country skiing and Nordic combined racing, and for promoting youth and community involvement in these sports. Working on an ambitious schedule, the project team successfully prepared this facility to host the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in just 12 months.
The Grandeur at Holladay Hills | Most Outstanding Design-Build Project
Architect: Beecher Walker & Associates
Developers: Millrock Development, Woodbury Corporation
Holladay, Utah
Located on the former Cottonwood Mall site in Holladay, Utah, The Grandeur is the first phase of the new Holladay Hills mixed-use development, offering 201 luxury apartment units, 16 top-floor penthouse condominiums and 10 retail spaces at street level, wrapping the podium garage. The project boasts amenities galore: exterior podium-level deck with pool and spa, gathering areas, BBQ area, fire pits, cabanas, reading and exercise lawns and more. There is also a fourth-level exterior amenity deck with a landscaped lounge bar and fire pit, as well as an interior amenity lounge with a golf simulator, kitchen, fitness room, dog wash and more. The construction consisted of 5 levels of stick construction over a two-level podium parking garage containing 297 stalls and two-car garages for the penthouse condos.
The Grandeur is a 350,000-square-foot luxury multi-family housing and retail project that will anchor the 57-acre Holladay Hills development which will include additional apartments, prominent retail outlets and fine dining in the years to come.
The Grandeur is distinctly Holladay, putting its own local spin on what a thriving mixed-use destination in Utah can feel like. Over the past decade and a half, the site of the old mall had deteriorated into a sprawling weedy field and large, vacant structures — becoming an eyesore and safety risk in what is otherwise a very prosperous and safe community in the Salt Lake Valley. By securing the hard-won popular support and agreement of the community as to how to re-develop the property and carrying the project to successful completion, the project team made this property beautiful once more while also adding highly valuable multi-family housing units to the area. Additionally, The Grandeur’s balanced mix of owned and rented luxury units within the same structure make it one of the Utah market’s most unique multi-family developments.
Westminster University L.S. Skaggs Integrated Wellness Center | Most Outstanding Green/Sustainable Project
Architect: VCBO Architecture
Owner: Westminster University
Salt Lake City
The L.S. Skaggs Integrated Wellness Center at Westminster University was inspired by the university president’s vision to create a campus space promoting holistic wellness for all students. The facility was designed and built to include a student medical clinic, counseling center, wellness studio, demonstration kitchen, outdoor activity courtyard, large gathering space, staff offices and more.
The 11,200-square-foot Integrated Wellness Center does not rely on any carbon-based energy sources. It is a net-positive energy facility, with 145 photovoltaic solar panels on the roof that more than offset the building’s energy use. It was constructed using mass timber beams and columns and cross-laminated timber (CLT) roof decking. Opened in August 2024, the building is already supporting the mental, physical, financial, intellectual and social wellbeing of Westminster students. Each space focuses on a particular aspect of wellness, coming together to create a comprehensive resource to help students live better, healthier lives.
The materials used to build this facility are primarily natural products chosen for their benefits in longevity and the wellness of the occupants.