The next wave of socially conscious apartment construction in hipster-focused Brunswick will be centred on Albion Street.

Developers Milieu Property, Pellicano and Nightingale have all bought sites within a 100-metre strip of Albion Street where six former industrial properties have changed hands for an estimated $26 million.

Former factories in Albion Street, Brunswick. Credit:RPM Real Estate Group

A group of architects under the Nightingale banner has bought a former ugg boot factory owned by Aesop chief executive Michael O’Keefe at 215-217 Albion Street for $4.65 million. They are also understood to have put their foot on a neighbouring site at 219 Albion Street.

Nightingale's model is aimed at delivering well-designed, environmentally friendly housing developed by architects rather than developers.