History is poised to repeat for developer Nightingale as it unveils plans for a five-building project in Melbourne’s Brunswick opposite its completed Nightingale Village.
Nightingale has filed plans for the site at 17-19 Hope Street comprising 282 apartments in buildings up to eight storeys.
There would also be 219sq m of retail space in two ground floor tenancies plus 2750sq m of open public space, 1470sq m of which will form Linear Park which will run alongside the Upfield path.
Each building will have a communal laundry, bathhouse, rooftop garden, communal terrace and an indoor community space.
As with Nightingale Village, a different architect will design each building with Hayball, Wowowa Architects, Lian Architects, Kennedy Nolan and Nelson, Murcutt and Neille Architects slated for the project.
Between 10 to 20 per cent of the apartments will be designated affordable or social housing.
Another 20 per cent will be sold to key workers, carers for those with disabilities, workers in the arts industry and people deemed to be part of a vulnerable group or demographic.
The development will comprise 36 studio apartments, 88 one, 144 two and 14 three-bedroom apartments.
The buildings will be fossil fuel free and inclide 15 car share pods handled by a private car share firm, one accessible parking space and 464 bicycle storage spaces.
The popularity of Brunswick continues to rise with Assemble’s project at 4 Ballarat Street and Banco Group’s project at 342-348 Victoria Street and others slated for the suburb, 5km north of the Melbourne CBD.
Mirvac and Milieu have a project in the planning system for 397-401 Albert Street while the Breese Street project by Milieu has been completed.
