The NSW Government recently welcomed expressions of interest (EOI) from experienced development partners to deliver a key site within the Blackwattle Bay State Significant Precinct.
Currently the location of the Sydney Fish Market, the site represents a generational opportunity for urban renewal: a project that will realise the city’s waterfront future and reopen the harbour for its people.
In a vision that brings together community, culture and Country, within a precinct anchored by the new Sydney Fish Market, this mixed-use site offers residential, retail and commercial opportunities, as well as a generous public realm.
Delivering up to 136,423sqm of gross floor area zoned for mixed-use development including affordable housing the site will bring residents back to Blackwattle Bay for the first time in over 100 years.
A thriving 24-hour economy will be supported by workers and visitors as well as residents. Retail and commercial space is envisioned across the site, and is likely to include stores, cafés, restaurants and attractions, as well as office spaces.
Over half the site is intended for in parks, walkways and gathering places in 34,000sqm of public space. This will include the final piece in a waterfront promenade linking to Barangaroo and the Opera House, intended to establish the site as a major new Sydney attraction.
Part of Sydney’s Central Business District, the site and precinct are connected to multiple modes of public and active transport. Within 500m there are bus, cycle and walking routes, in addition to the new Pyrmont Metro Station, a potential new ferry stop and two light rail stations.