Project Snapshot: Demolition starts for new Sphere apartments near VUU May 7, 2021 Remnants of a U.S. Postal Service warehouse that had been on the site are piled beside the adjacent Spectrum Apartments. ( Jonathan Spiers photos) As a pair of new apartment buildings take shape nearby, another multifamily complex in the Brook Road corridor near Virginia Union University is getting underway. Demolition crews were active this week at the site of the planned Sphere Apartments, a 224-unit complex to be fitted between the Brook Road post office and adjacent Spectrum apartments. MVP Equities, a McLean-based private equity firm, is leading the $34 million project. RJ Smith is handling the demo for KBS, which is now the project’s general contractor. Cox, Kliewer & Co., out of Virginia Beach, is designing the apartments.