Victory Ranch, a private gated community in Utah, US, has announced plans to add a luxury wellness centre and boutique spa to its residential and guest offerings.

Due to open later this year, the 20,000sq ft (1,900sq m) The Barn will feature a spa with two treatment rooms, hand and foot therapy area, private steamrooms, a boutique retail space and relaxation areas.

Outdoor facilities include a 75ft swimming pool with a hot tub, surrounded by a tranquil stream and pond.

Spa industry veteran Loren Kornreich has been working as a consultant on The Barn project. She told CLAD that the spa’s USP is its close connection to its location – the 6,700-acre, rustic Victory Ranch – and its approach to sustainability.

“The goal of achieving unique, yet simple, services at The Barn was achieved by procuring the right partners and vendors for the spa,” she said. “That was really a two-stage process. One, to stay true to the rustic simplicity of The Barn, and two, to honour the Victory Ranch conservancy efforts by choosing, in most all cases, recyclable/eco-friendly materials, and less water and energy use for laundered items.

“I feel we have met that commitment with a collection of vendor partners who are like-minded.”

Supporting the spa facilities will be a fitness club offering a gym with cardio and strength equipment, as well as wellness programming – such as yoga, pilates and indoor cycling.

The Barn is being developed by a team led by architect Eric Hedlund, with Studio K as the interior designer and Don Vita the landscape architect. Big-D Construction acted as the builder.

Located close to Salt Lake City and the famous Deer Valley resort, Victory Ranch is owned by Sterling Bay – a Chicago-based real estate investment and development company which specialises in transforming properties into high-demand strategic destinations.

Sterling Bay acquired Victory Ranch in 2012 with a vision of creating a world-class, four-season destination mirroring the natural beauty of its location in Utah’s Woodland Valley.