By David Alexander
Publication Date: 2026-05-20 21:00:00
The Santa Clara City Council rejected a request to swap land with a developer to build a new city hall on land formerly owned by a local tech giant.
In a split vote, the City Council did not approve a proposal to enter into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with Valley Oak Partners (VOP) to exchange land at the city’s current City Hall location for land formerly owned by Oracle.
The proposal would have seen the city swap 10 acres of land at the site of its city hall for 27 acres at the former Agnews Hospital site at 4220 Network Circle. VOP would use the property to develop 584 market-rate apartments.
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“We are considering an exchange in which the city would potentially acquire and reuse portions of the Agnews campus for future civic operations, adaptive reuse of the existing structures on the site for office workers, preservation of historic resources and expanded civic functions on the site,” said Assistant City Councilwoman Elizabeth Klotz…
