Oracle has proposed to build an 830,000-sf campus on DublinTransit Center land valued at $45.6 million. Dublin city sourcessaid they have been in negotiations with Oracle for the lastseveral weeks, and that the campus could add more than 1,000 localjobs. The county's board of supervisors will discuss the company'sproposal at its Oct. 17 meeting.

On the eastern edge of Silicon Valley at the confluence ofInterstates 580 and 680, Dublin is one of the latest hotspots forbusinesses seeking to leave the inner Valley's traffic congestionand soaring rents. Should Oracle buy the property in East Dublinnear Arnold Road, Commerce One and Cisco Systems would be itsneighbors.

Other area high-tech campuses in the area include the 34-acreKoll Dublin Corporate Center at Tassajara Road and DublinBoulevard, as well as the new Sybase campus which broke ground latethis summer. The 420,000-sf facility is expected to be done nextyear.