Business News & Notes

By Sally Cole

The Chicken Out Rotisserie located at 1202 W. Broad Street in Falls Church is temporarily closed for repairs due to fire damage until further notice.

The Lions Club of Falls Church has secured significant support from the local business community for their 2 nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament. Corporate Sponsors include Bill Page Honda, Lee Properties, and Koons Ford . Gold and Silver sponsors include CACI, Inc., Falls Church Urgent Care, Fairway Building, First Horizon Investments, and Miller Brewing Company while Hole Sponsors include Curry AutoService, Smith Barney, Interstate Van Lines, BB&T, Falls Church Economic Development Authority Chair Edward Saltzburg, Tom and Anne King , Joseph S. Lipomi, Harry Piccariello, Walter Mess, and one “In Loving Memory of Jessica Szymanski”. Additional donations were received by Anne Kay Hardy, Art and Frame of Falls Church , and Newcomb Broadcasting Corp . The event, which includes an appearance by Steve Buckhantz will take place Monday, May 15, 2006. For information on this event go to www.fallschurchlions.org.

Point of View Eyewear is hosting a Networking Mixer for the Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce from 5:30 – 7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 25, 2006. Refreshments will be provided along with the chance to see their fine selection of sunglasses and eyewear. The event is free and open to the business community.

Superlative Technologies (SuprTEK) of McLean , Virginia has been granted financing from Acacia Federal Savings Bank for a new $5.2 million headquarters building in Ashburn , Virginia . The 24,000-plus square foot structure, purchased through University Center C LLC, is located at 45195 Research Place in the University Center office development on Ashburn’s Route 7 corridor. SuprTEK will lease the entire building, using most of the facility for its headquarters and subletting the remaining space. SuprTEK is a growing IT company with 130 employees working in five states internationally and focusing on the government contracting market. Acacia Federal, located in Falls Church , has more than $1.2 in assets and is active in the mortgage, real estate development and commercial lending markets. For more information about either company go to www.suprteck.com or www.afsbonline.com.

Betty A. Thompson of Arlington, Virginia was named to Ten Leaders of Matrimonial & Divorce Law of Northern Virginia based on a 2005 survey conducted by Digital Press International. For more information on the Ten Leaders of Matrimonial & Divorce Law of Northern Virginia go to www.tenleaders.com.

Waterford Development was presented the McLean Beautification Award by the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce for the developer's mixed-use project, the Palladium. The award recognizes new buildings or additions to existing buildings that enhance the image of the McLean community. The Palladium includes 69 luxury condominiums, an outdoor water sculpture designed by Baltimore artist Rodney Carroll, 6,000 square feet of office and 100,000 square feet of retail space featuring Star Nut Gourmet, an upscale confectionery. Waterford Development is a full-service real estate development company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with an office in Raleigh, North Carolina. Over the past 15 years, Waterford Development has developed thousands of acres of land and completed numerous unique residential communities and innovative office and retail spaces such as the mixed-use building The Spectrum, currently under construction in Falls Church.

Falls Church City Business Directories and Maps are available free of charge in the Communications Office at City Hall (300 Park Avenue), the Mary Riley Styles Public Library, Art and Frame of Falls Church, and the Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce.