Founding Members leading the way

The New Sydney Waterfront Company is delighted to welcome, thank and announce its initial set of Founding Members, who have committed to two years of program funding.

GPT (Cockle Bay Wharf), International Convention Centre Sydney, Lendlease (Barangaroo and Darling Square), Markham (King Street Wharf and Walsh Bay),
Mirvac (Habourside), The Star, Crown Resorts, the Sydney Fish Market and UTS have formalised their commitment to the Business Improvement District venture,
and its program of work.

Dale Connor, CEO of Founding Member Lendlease Australia, said:

“The New Sydney Waterfront is a major strategic priority for Sydney, and for Lendlease. Its potential has always been apparent, but it has lived in the shadow of our famous “Eastern Harbour”, with the Opera House and the Bridge. We are excited to be Founding Member, and to join with all the businesses and the other stakeholders across the Precinct, to enable this vital part of the City to finally come of age. By creating a cohesive vision from Barangaroo to the Bays, we’ll allow Sydney’s New Waterfront to take its rightful pride of place in the hearts of residents, workers and tourists from around Australia and the world.”

Geoff Donaghy, CEO of Founding Member International Convention Centre, Sydney, added:

“As Australia rebounds from the Global Pandemic, Sydney has a huge role to play in reviving the nation’s tourism sector. Australia’s best Convention Centre, the ICC Sydney, within the New Sydney Waterfront – a ‘Sydney-signature’ Precinct, providing the best of contemporary Sydney experiences in one place – can play a significant part in that revival. Optimising such a nationally significant asset as the Western Harbour is now a necessity, and the ICC joint venture is delighted to be a Founding Member of the Business Improvement District that will drive that vision.”

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, CEO and Managing Director of Founding Member Mirvac said:

“As Mirvac redevelops Harbourside over the next few years, it will be vital for our planning to be set in the wider Waterfront Precinct context. The data analytics, insights and modelling capability that the New Sydney Waterfront Company successfully piloted last year, and which will be fully rolled out in 2022, will provide invaluable insights to inform the configuration of the new Harbourside, so that it can make the maximum possible contribution to the Waterfront and to Sydney in the future.”