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K. Hovnanian is building 124 town-home-style condominiums at the Residences at Dulles Parkway Center in Ashburn. The homes have 1,596 to 2,689 finished square feet, with base prices from $291,990 to $336,990.
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The Dylan model's main level features an open living room and dining room, a family room and a center-island kitchen with a pantry. Upstairs are three bedrooms, two full baths and a laundry room.
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In this November 2010 photo, cruise boats make their way in Ha Long Bay near the Vietnam-China border in the Gulf of Tonkin. Early Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, an overnight boat packed with sleeping tourists sank in the scenic bay, killing 12 foreigners, including vacationers from the United States, Australia and Britain, and their Vietnamese guide, officials said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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In this book cover image released by Pamela Dorman Books, "Instruments of Darkness," by Imogen Robertson is shown. (AP Photo/Pamela Dorman Books)
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A demonstrator waves a Bahraini flag Tuesday on a highway overpass overlooking the Pearl Monument, centered on a main square, in Manama, Bahrain. Thousands of protesters poured into the square in the capital in an Egypt-style rebellion that sharply escalated pressure on authorities as the Arab push for change gripped the Gulf for the first time. (Associated Press)
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott announces his new budget during a tea party event in Eustis, Fla., on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Tiger Woods of the US plays a shot from the rough on the 14th during the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic Golf Tournament at the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Feb.12, 2011.(AP Photo/Nousha Salimi)
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Craig Grant bought 30 acres in Lee, Fla., where he has taken in hundreds of cats at a place called Caboodle Ranch. He's created a cat village with a town hall, church, cafe and even a Wal-Mart. He's plagued by accusations of hoarding and mistreatment of the animals. "They make me love me life," he says. "I never feel alone." (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Lara Cerri)
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Craig Grant bought 30 acres in Lee, Fla., where he has taken in hundreds of cats at a place called Caboodle Ranch. He's created a cat village with a town hall, church, cafe and even a Wal-Mart. (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Lara Cerri)
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Craig Grant bought 30 acres in Lee, Fla., where he has taken in hundreds of cats at a place called Caboodle Ranch. He's created a cat village with a town hall, church, cafe and even a Wal-Mart. He's plagued by accusations of hoarding and mistreatment of the animals. (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Lara Cerri)
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Craig Grant bought 30 acres in Lee, Fla., where he has taken in hundreds of cats at a place called Caboodle Ranch. He's created a cat village with a town hall, church, cafe and even a Wal-Mart. He's plagued by accusations of hoarding and mistreatment of the animals. (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Lara Cerri)
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Diane Moreau (right) holds a cat while touring the Caboodle Ranch with her husband Lorenzo (left) in Lee, Fla., on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. The couple were on the way to winter over in the Florida Keys when they made a special stop at the cat ranch. Mrs. Moreau says she was inspired to visit the place after seeing it featured on "The Colbert Report." (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Lara Cerri)
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Craig Grant bought 30 acres in Lee, Fla., where he has taken in hundreds of cats at a place called Caboodle Ranch. He's created a cat village with a town hall, church, cafe and even a Wal-Mart. He's plagued by accusations of hoarding and mistreatment of the animals. (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Lara Cerri)
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Craig Grant, who bought 30 acres in Lee, Fla., where he has taken in hundreds of cats at a place called Caboodle Ranch, walks with one of his cats on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. He's created a cat village with a town hall, church, cafe and even a Wal-Mart. He's plagued by accusations of hoarding and mistreatment of the animals. "They make me love me life," he says. "I never feel alone." (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Lara Cerri)
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Hundreds of Egyptian tourist guides flash welcoming banners in different languages as a message to tourists during a march in front of the historical site of Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Monday, Feb.14, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, Eric Selby and his guide dog Dino pose for a photograph with a "sight" camera fitted in a pair of glasses, as well as its associated computer and transmitter, which work in conjunction with an artificial retina implant called the Argus II fitted in his right eye, enabling him to detect light, in Coventry, England. For two decades, Eric Selby, 68, had been completely blind and dependent on a guide dog to get around. But after having an artificial retina put into his right eye, he can detect ordinary things like the curb and pavement when he's walking outside. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)
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An Afghan policeman guards the Kabul City Center shopping mall in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, after a suicide bomber detonated a cache of explosives. The blast rocked the shopping and hotel complex, killing at least two people, officials said, in the second attack in less than a month inside the heavily secured Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, warns that when "you try to make cuts this deep to a slice of the budget this narrow, it is almost impossible to do responsibly."
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Tiger Woods from U.S. reacts after he finishes on the 18th hole during the final round of Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament at the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday Feb. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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Spain's Alvaro Quiros holds the trophy after he won the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic Golf Tournament at the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Nousha Salimi)