New services and wider retail options are in store for almost 2,000 families who now call Brambleton home. With zoning approval is in place for a total of 6,240 residential units, there will be plenty of customers for the new businesses.

Barnes & Noble plans to open its first retail store in Loudoun at Brambleton's rapidly growing Town Center. Infrastructure on the site is being completed before turning this anchor tenant location over to Barnes & Noble for construction. Plans call for a 2008 opening.

This spring Consolidated Theatres plans to open a 16-theater complex at Brambleton's Town Center.

"The past three months have been among our strongest sales months ever," notes Kim Adams, Brambleton's director of marketing. "Our diverse range of builder products appeals to families at every stage of their lives. We are typically speaking to a new 100 families each week.

To serve the community's growth, the Brambleton Group's corporate offices have relocated from Route 7 to a 7,000-square-foot-space within the Town Center complex.