King Street Wharf is a mixed-use tourism, commercial, residential, retail and maritime development on the eastern shore of
Darling Harbour, an inlet of
Sydney Harbour, Australia. Located on the western side of the city's
central business district, the complex served as a maritime industrial area in the early and mid 20th century. It was redeveloped as part of extensive
urban renewal
Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. Urban renewal involves the clearing out of blighte ...
projects around Sydney Harbour in the 1980s and 90s. The complex is host to a cluster of nine wharves, with the first two wharves currently in use by private ferry operator
Captain Cook Cruises and a third decommissioned by
Sydney Ferries.
Description
King Street Wharf is adjacent to the
Darling Harbour tourist precinct, and on the western edge of the
Sydney central business district.
The residential towers occupy the area bounded by
King Street to the south, Shelley Street to the east, Erskine Street to the north and
Lime Street to the west.
Ranging in height from 8 to 14 stories consisting of:
*155 residential
apartments in the North Tower
*107 residential apartments in the South Tower
*95 residential apartments in 45 - 49 Shelley Street.
*114 Serviced Apartments - Medina
The commercial waterfront is between Lime Street and
Darling Harbour, and extends slightly north of the end of Erskine Street. It consists of 85 commercial suites with a retail component set underneath. This retail area contains 11 restaurants, the largest of which seats 450 including its outdoor areas.
Developments
Under
Walker Corporation
Walker Corporation is an Australian privately-owned property development company.
Most notably, Walker Corporation is responsible for the development and restoration of several significant Australian sites, including King Street Wharf, Finger ...
, the retail and restaurants, stages of residential and serviced apartments and commercial/retail strata suites were completed. The remainder of the development parcels are still being developed by
Brookfield Multiplex
Multiplex is an international construction contractor founded in Australia and currently headquartered in London, England. Operating in Australia, India, Canada, Europe and the Middle East, the company specializes in high-rise buildings, studio ...
. They include the completed
KPMG
KPMG International Limited (or simply KPMG) is a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations.
Headquartered in Amstelveen, Netherlands, although incorporated in London, England, KPMG is a net ...
headquarters,
American Express House,
Ibis Hotel
The ibises () (collective plural ibis; classical plurals ibides and ibes) are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. "Ibis" derives from the Latin and Ancient Greek word f ...
,
Macquarie Bank
Macquarie Group Limited () is an Australian global financial services group. Headquartered and listed in Australia (), Macquarie employs more than 17,000 staff in 33 markets, is the world's largest infrastructure asset manager and Australia's t ...
headquarters and One Shelley Street office building.
The remaining development will consist of further commercial and retail and public parking expected to be completed over the next few years. It also involves associated infrastructure such as roadworks, car parking, charter vessel berthing facilities and coach parking.
Wharves
Wharf 1
Wharf 1 is currently used by
Captain Cook Cruises as a stop on its Darling Harbour to Circular Quay service. The wharf is serviced by 22 daily services on weekdays, and 23 daily services on weekends and public holidays on looping stopping patterns originating from Harbour Master Steps ferry wharf and terminating at
Circular Quay ferry wharf
Circular Quay Ferry Wharf is a complex of wharves at Circular Quay, on Sydney Cove, that serves as the hub for the Sydney Harbour ferry network.
Layout
The Circular Quay ferry wharf complex consists of five double-sided wharves at 90 degrees to ...
. An additional morning service on weekends originates from the Pier 26 ferry wharf.
Wharf 2
Wharf 2 is currently used by Captain Cook Cruises as the terminus of its Darling Harbour to Manly shuttle service. Seventeen services to
Manly Wharf
Manly Wharf is a heritage-listed passenger terminal wharf and recreational area located at West Esplanade and serving Manly, a Sydney suburb in the Northern Beaches Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. Since the 1850 ...
depart from Wharf 2 daily on weekdays, with seven departures on weekends and public holidays.
Wharf 3
Originally opened as one of the many privately operated wharves in the King Street Wharf development, Wharf 3 was selected as the recommended temporary site for a second major terminal on the
Sydney Ferries network in the
Walker Report
Daniel J. Walker (August 6, 1922 – April 29, 2015) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician from Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic party, he served as the List of governors of Illinois, 36th governo ...
, which also recommended that the King Street ferry wharf be upgraded and established as a Western city ferry hub to lessen ferry congestion at
Circular Quay
Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping port, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the northern edge of the Syd ...
, with fare gates and ticketing machines introduced. These were implemented in October 2010.
It was used by
Sydney Ferries First Fleet and
RiverCat class ferries operating
F3 Parramatta River and
F4 Darling Harbour services from 2010 until 2017. On 26 June 2017, Sydney Ferries services ceased using the wharf with the opening of the nearby
Barangaroo ferry wharf
Barangaroo ferry wharf is a ferry wharf located on the eastern side of Darling Harbour, in Sydney, Australia. The wharf is the major public transport link of the Barangaroo precinct, situated west of the Sydney central business district. The com ...
.
Additional services for F3 and changes for F4 ferries
Transport for New South Wales 19 June 2017
References
External links
Darling Harbour Wharf
at Transport for NSW
Transport for NSW, sometimes abbreviated to TfNSW, and pronounced as Transport for New South Wales, is an agency of the New South Wales Government established on 1 November 2011, and is the leading transport and roads agency in New South Wales, ...
(Archive
1 December 2017
King Street Wharf site
Building Management
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Sydney localities
Darling Harbour
King Street, Sydney
Ferry wharves in Sydney