— CHAPTER FIVE—
THE seminal
collaboration
Upon acquiring an iconic thermal springs site in the charming Swiss village of Midway, Utah, developer Charles Heath has embarked on a mission to create a singular residential well-being resort that could not be built anywhere else. He traveled the globe seeking extraordinary well-being experiences and best-in-class partners to realize his vision. Along his journey for inspiration, Chuck encountered Deepak Chopra and his team, leading to a legacy collaboration with The Chopra Foundation with the vision of creating a well-being and longevity community that fosters a transformational human experience.
CHARLES V. HEATH
DEVELOPER & MANAGING PARTNER
Charles “Chuck” Heath is the former CEO and founder of Horizon Design. Founded in 1984, Horizon designs, builds, and manages a portfolio of commercial, retail, residential, industrial properties, and indoor water resorts. Under Chuck’s leadership, the Company has successfully developed properties valued at more than $500 million. Chuck is a past member and a former chairman of the Finance Committee of the National Council on Seniors Housing (NCOSH), an affiliate of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB.) He has served on the Tax Credit Advisory Committee for the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) and has presented at the Multi-Housing World Conference, the NAHB, the American Association of Home and Services for the Aging (AAHSA,) and the World Waterpark Association.
Chuck graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983 with an MS in Real Estate Appraisal and Investment Analysis. Chuck’s most recent involvement has been with the Kings Crown Development at the base of Park City Mountain, a $75 million mixed-use ski-in ski-out development.
DEEPAK CHOPRA
DEEPAK CHOPRA MD, FACP, FRCP is the founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra Global, a modern-day health company at the intersection of science and spirituality, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Chopra is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego, and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is also an Honorary Fellow in Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He is the author of over 90 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. For the last thirty years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution, and his 93rd book, Living in the Light (Harmony Books) taps into the ancient Indian practice of Royal Yoga and offers an illuminating program for self-realization, bliss, and wholeness. TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of their top 100 most influential people.”
THE CHOPRA FOUNDATION
Deepak Chopra and the Chopra Foundation are dedicated to improving health and well-being, cultivating spiritual knowledge, expanding consciousness, and promoting world peace to all members of the human family. The Chopra Foundation’s Mission is to participate with individuals and organizations in creating a critical mass for a peaceful, just, sustainable, and healthy world through scientifically and experientially exploring non-dual consciousness as the ground of existence and applying this understanding in the enhancement of health, business, leadership, and conflict resolution.
OVERLAND PARTNERS
Founded in 1987, Overland Partners is a creative, international community of problem-solvers. Overland creates human-centered architecture, master planning, and urban design in places of natural significance around the globe. Through a rigorous, collaborative process, the team brings their clients’ wisdom to center stage, Unlocking the Embedded Potential™ of their vision to create places that care for the earth, promote well-being, and lead to measurable human transformation.
Sensitive to environmental and aesthetic contexts, Overland integrates technology, materials, art, and craft to make well-loved places that bring people together. An Architect Top 50 Firm and Texas Society of Architects Firm of the Year, Overland has received more than 200 international and national design awards and has been widely published at home and abroad.
UNDER A TREE
With over 200 one-of-a-kind projects across the globe, at Under a Tree, wellness is the core business. They bring value to every part of a project’s lifespan, partnering with real estate and hospitality clients to deliver unique, innovative experiences that “wow” guests, win awards, and increase real estate value. From health care to spa and across the wellness spectrum, Under a Tree has the expertise to push the wellness industry (and companies within it) to new levels. Under a Tree works with clients in hospitality, real estate, senior care, executive health clinics, hospitals, destination spas, and wellness immersions that represent every segment of the wellness spectrum, from holistic and integrative to medical and recovery-minded, and everything in between.
ALDER AND TWEED
Alder and Tweed Design is a Utah-based interior design firm that provides the highest level of expertise in design to luxury home markets across the country. Opening its doors in 2008 in Park City, Utah where it is family-owned and headquartered, Alder and Tweed services two additional spaces and showrooms in Montana, and New York to design in the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, The Caribbean, and Mexico. The company’s sole focus is designing luxurious spaces that families can enjoy in their exclusive communities. This has allowed Alder and Tweed to design over 1,000,000 square feet of residential and hospitality space for over 15 years.