Norfolk’s Economic Development Agency voted Wednesday to sell the Military Circle Mall to the city for $10, three weeks after City Council passed a resolution in July agreeing to buy the mostly-shuttered site that has seen redevelopment plans fall through in recent years.
If that timeline seems backwards, it did to some members of the authority.
Jeffrey Brooke, the chair, said he learned about the city’s plan to acquire the mall shortly before the July vote, something he called “confounding” in an interview. The authority has dealt with the site for a decade, including purchasing the majority of the mall in 2020 for $13.4 million and issuing a development request that resulted in three finalists, none chosen by the city…