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Watch us get built

Agave Animal Hospital is going up on River Road in St. George, and we would rather show you than tell you. Here is the building as it actually looks right now — dirt, trenches and all. We are not open yet; we expect to open in early 2027.

August 5, 2026

Underground plumbing goes in

The building is framed, the roof is on, and the front glass is set — so from River Road it already looks close to done. Inside, it is nowhere near it, and that is exactly where it should be. Most of the floor is still open ground while the underground plumbing goes in.

This is the part of a hospital nobody ever sees. Every exam room sink, every surgery scrub sink, every floor drain in the treatment area and the kennels starts as a pipe in a trench, set to the right slope, inspected, and then buried under the concrete floor. It has to be right the first time, because the next chance to change it involves a saw and a very bad day.

Once the lines are in and signed off, the trenches get backfilled and the rest of the floor is poured. After that the building starts moving quickly — interior walls, mechanical, and the rooms begin to look like rooms.

An open trench cut through red soil inside the Agave Animal Hospital building in St. George, with a white pipe standing up out of the trench, bare wood wall framing behind it, and a full-height glass storefront letting in daylight.
The floor is open so the lines that run beneath it can go in. Finished concrete picks up again on the right.
Wide interior view of the Agave Animal Hospital under construction: exposed wood roof trusses overhead, framed and sheathed walls, and a bare subgrade floor with several white pipe stub-ups standing in the dirt.
Most of the floor is still open ground. The short white pipes standing up out of the dirt get buried when the rest of the slab is poured.
Close view of a trench cut through a concrete floor slab exposing soil and gravel beneath, with two white pipes running up inside a stud wall and broken-out concrete piled to one side.
A closer look where a section of slab was opened up — pipe stubbed up into the wall, bare soil below.
Framed interior walls inside the Agave Animal Hospital building, with a window set into a recessed opening, a strip of poured concrete along the wall base, and storefront glazing letting in daylight at right.
It is not all dirt. Interior walls are framed, a window is set, and the first sections of floor are down.
Upward view of wood roof trusses with insulation above them inside the Agave Animal Hospital building in St. George, Utah, with hanging light fixtures, bare stud walls, and two bright door openings below.
Looking up at the bones of the building — roof trusses and insulation already in place.
View from inside the Agave Animal Hospital building through a large storefront window onto River Road in St. George, Utah, with wood roof trusses overhead and part of the concrete floor already poured.
From inside, looking out at River Road. If it is part of your drive, you can watch this happen.

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We add to this page as the building comes together. Leave your email and we’ll let you know when there’s something new to see — including the day we can finally name an opening date.

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Opening Early 2027

We’re not open yet — Agave Animal Hospital, St. George’s newest independently owned veterinary hospital, is expected to open in early 2027. We can’t wait to meet you and your pets.