The buildings known as ARUP I, II, III, and IV house the corporate headquarters for Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc., commonly known as ARUP Laboratories. Formed in 1984 as an independent, full-service reference laboratory by the Department of Pathology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, the company employs over 1,100 people and continues to assist clients, such as community hospitals, university teaching hospitals, multi-hospital groups, major commercial laboratories, group purchasing organizations, military and government facilities (including V.A. hospitals), major clinics, and major pharmaceutical firms.
The ARUP buildings are well located in the Research Park area of Salt Lake City, which is the premier business and research park campus located in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains and adjacent to the University of Utah. The first building was constructed in 1989. Continued growth at ARUP necessitated construction of additional buildings in 1995, 2000, and 2004. All the buildings are on land leased from the University of Utah. Construction is steel frame with brick and glass exterior. The floors are concrete. Care was taken in the design to maintain continuity in the appearance of each building, while using up-to-date technology available at the time each building was designed.
The ARUP campus consists of 419,000 rentable square feet.
