Sonoma County supervisors have agreed to begin again on another effort to sell the county’s troubled Chanate Road campus in northeast Santa Rosa after halting negotiations with at least two developers that had been eyeing the 72-acre property for housing.
The decision, announced Tuesday at the Board of Supervisors meeting, sets in motion the fifth attempt since 2017 to unload the largely vacant former hospital site, long been envisioned as a prime spot to boost the supply of new housing.
But last month, Newport Beach-based Village Partners became the latest developer to walk away from the property, dropping its tentative deal to pay the county nearly $8 million. That led the county to rekindle talks with two other bidders in last year’s search for a buyer.
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