Formerly dubbed the Pavilion, Spectrum will occupy an approximately 2.5-acre site that had been home to an office building and a surface parking lot. The city council signed off on a zoning change that will allow residences to be part of the development, which will carry the address of 444 W. Broad St. When all is said and done, presumably in the spring of 2005, the class A property will offer 191 residential condominiums, eight of which will be set aside as below-market rate units, 30,000 sf of class A condominium office space, and 30,000 sf of premiere retail space. Spectrum will also have a subterranean parking facility capable of accommodating up to 600 vehicles.

"Thanks to the support and input provided by the city, our project has evolved into what will be an exciting and unique precursor to the Falls Church City Center redevelopment program," Akridge senior vice president Joe Svatos notes. The development is one of three such mixed-use projects that are scheduled to grace W. Broad Street, adding over 350 residences, and about 100,000 sf of retail and office space to the Downtown area stretch. Given final approval of the site plan, construction will get under way this fall.