Farmington could soon be home to a fifth Utah outpost of Life Time, the upscale fitness chain known for marketing its clubs as athletic country clubs, after city officials approved a final site plan and subdivision for an 8.63-acre parcel near Burke Lane. The proposed two-story facility would include an indoor lap pool, a leisure pool, luxury locker rooms with a spa, a cafe, a work lounge, a kids area and a basketball court on its first floor alone. But despite the approvals, the city has not issued any permits allowing construction to begin, and Life Time says it still has no construction-start date or delivery timeline for the project.
The Farmington Planning Commission voted unanimously in May 2025 to approve the final site plan and final plat for the parcel, according to Building Salt Lake, which first reported on the project. The commission's own meeting agenda from that month described the request as one for approval of the final site plan and final subdivision, according to a notice posted by Farmington's Planning Commission. The parcel is zoned Office Mixed Use, and the city approved deviations from mixed-use zoning standards for the project, per a 2025 city staff report cited in that reporting.
A Site Plan That's Already Changed
City leaders haven't stood still on the project's design. The Farmington City Council unanimously approved Amendment No. 1 to the supplemental development agreement for the proposed Life Time Health Club, according to Citizen Portal. That amendment removes outdoor pickleball courts and relocates the facility's entrance, the outlet reported, with the layout and parking changes coordinated alongside a new city park.
Parking numbers tell a slightly murky story. The amendment increases shared parking, with Farmington contributing 140 of the facility's 600 parking stalls, per the same Citizen Portal report. Building Salt Lake's reporting, meanwhile, describes the proposed site as including 615 parking spaces — a discrepancy that hasn't been publicly resolved. Either way, the development agreement requires the location to be at least 80,000 square feet.
Still Waiting on Permits
Lyle Gibson, Farmington's community development director, told Building Salt Lake that the city has not issued permits for Life Time to begin construction. A Life Time spokesperson told the outlet the company has no construction-start date or delivery timeline for the Farmington club, even as the spokesperson said the company is excited about continued opportunities and growth in the Salt Lake City area. Davis County's own guidance confirms that a building permit is required for any new construction, among other categories of work, according to Davis County, and Farmington's own rules require an application to formally initiate a planning or building permit process, per Farmington city guidance.
Life Time first approached Farmington about potentially building at the site back in 2022, according to the 2025 city staff report cited by Building Salt Lake, and received the bulk of its city approvals for the facility in 2025. If built as proposed, the second floor would add a free weights area, pickleball courts, studio classrooms, a recovery area and a group training room, while the overall facility would also include a large outdoor pool with water slides.
A Growing Corner of Farmington
The Life Time site sits near a cluster of other development taking shape in the area, including Ivy Acres Park — which features its own pickleball courts and a splash pad — along with Sego Homes' Station Park townhomes and The Trail, a 315-unit apartment complex at 1674 Burke Lane. The Trail broke ground in 2025 and is slated to open in 2027.
The Life Time project is part of a much larger vision for the area known as North Farmington Station, which city officials estimate could eventually bring as much as $3 billion in commercial and residential development, according to KSL.com. Officials envision roughly 2 million square feet of commercial space, 12,000 jobs and 4,000 residential units for the broader development, though KSL reports that buildout is expected to take 10 to 15 years. Farmington completed road infrastructure and new housing construction between 2022 and 2025, including the October 2024 opening of Innovator Drive after roughly $30 million in infrastructure improvements, per the same KSL reporting.
Life Time's Broader Utah Push
Farmington wouldn't be an outlier for Life Time in Utah — the chain is expanding aggressively across the Wasatch Front. The company's only currently open Utah club is in South Jordan, which opened in 2006 and offers 109,000 square feet of amenities just east of I-15 and 106th on River Front Parkway, according to Life Time's own South Jordan club page.
Life Time has three more Utah clubs in the pipeline, in Herriman, Holladay and Lehi, all slated to open in 2027. The company broke ground on a 103,000-square-foot athletic country club in Herriman in May 2026, with that location planned to open in fall 2027, according to Utah Business. In Lehi, Life Time is building a club as an anchor at The Shops at Sky View, where both anchor buildings are already under construction and the first phase is scheduled for delivery in 2027, per Building Salt Lake's separate reporting on that project. Life Time's own website lists its Lehi address at 350 East Traverse Terrace Drive, with the club marked as arriving in 2027.
