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Virginia Beach will solicit ideas for former MOCA site as museum prepares to move to Virginia Wesleyan
Summary
City staff briefed council on 2200 Parks Avenue (Virginia MOCA), noting zoning, floodplain and wetlands constraints, deferred maintenance costs and unsolicited interest from museums, a theater and other parties. Council directed staff to draft and circulate a request for information (RFI) to seek potential reuses.
City staff told Virginia Beach City Council they will issue a request for information asking for reuse proposals for 2200 Parks Avenue, the current site of the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), after the museum moves to a new facility at Virginia Wesleyan University.
Emily Archer, deputy director of development, presented property details and constraints and asked the council for direction. "The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, also known as MOCA, announced in July 2023 that they are vacating the space for a new facility at Virginia Wesleyan University," Archer said, and she walked council through site size, zoning and capital needs.
Why it matters: the city owns 9.6 acres at the Central Beach resort and currently pays annual maintenance costs; decisions about the site could affect flood‑mitigation planning, public…
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