Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Modell's May Become a Massive Office Building

Pacific Park Developer Wants to Replace Modell’s With Borough’s Biggest Office Building
Greenland Forest City — the developer partnership behind the Pacific Park mega-development — now wants to build one of the borough’s largest buildings across the street from the Barclays Center. Pacific Park’s behemoth office tower could employ thousands of Brooklyn workers and be as big as 1.5 million square feet, but only if the developer can transfer air rights from the nearby Barclays Center plaza, a triangle of land jutting out into one of Brooklyn’s busiest intersections.

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Designer Breaks All the Rules in Her Vibrant Carroll Gardens Brownstone
Combining high design and kitsch, bold patterns and vibrant colors, interior designer Fawn Galli created a remarkable home in Carroll Gardens — one that goes against the grain and achieves a glorious effect. “I will do anything. Nothing is off-limits for my spaces,” she told One Kings Lane in a recent story on her home.

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Once-Neglected Park Slope Mansion to Get Glamorous New Life as Luxe Apartments
After languishing on the market for years, the historic Tracy Mansion at 105 8th Avenue sold in 2015 for $9.5 million. Now, its new owner wants to dramatically expand the building and convert it into eight residential units. After some initial hesitation, Landmarks gave the green light this week for a host of changes that’ll give a new life to this old limestone beauty.

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6 Cool Brooklyn Condos With Six-Figure Price Tags
New York City may be the land of the co-ops, but sometimes you may prefer the freedom of a condo and not having to put together the paperwork for the board dog and pony show. Here are six excellent, move-in-ready condos on the market right now — each for less than $1 million. Which would you choose?

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Mod Industrial Co-op in a Former Brooklyn Heights Pumping Station Asks $1.995 Million
This co-op at 25 Joralemon Street, housed in a former pumping station, offers a sweeping, loft-like living space, with a double-height ceiling in the front. Exposed steel girders, an open staircase leading to a loft and a pair of arched windows add some visual flair. There’s a working fireplace as well.

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