Site of planned 224-unit apartment complex near VUU sells for $3M A rendering of the planned Sphere Apartments, a 224-unit complex to be built near Virginia Union University. ( BizSense file images) A land deal that’s been two years and as many contracts in the making has cleared the way for hundreds of new apartments near Virginia Union University. MVP Equities closed Jan. 20 on the site of its planned Sphere Apartments, a 224-unit complex to be fitted between the Brook Road post office and adjacent Spectrum apartments. The McLean-based private equity firm paid $3 million for the roughly 4-acre site, which consists of two parcels at 2009 Brook Road and 2011 Northumberland Ave. The development would replace a U.S. Postal Service warehouse on the site.