Central Barangaroo
With a mix of apartments, retail, restaurants and a hotel, Central Barangaroo will be the major stepping off point for the new Sydney Metro Station, transporting thousands of workers, visitors and residents in and out of Barangaroo every day.
Designed to be a vibrant destination for residents and visitors alike, 1.85 hectares of Central Barangaroo will be a spectacular waterfront park, which is being designed and delivered separately by the NSW Government and ensures that over half of the Barangaroo precinct remains public open space.
Features and benefits
At the heart of Central Barangaroo will be a 1.85-hectare park, a dynamic public space along the stunning Barangaroo waterfront. Designed to host events and activations, the park will also feature extensive greenery, water play areas, native lawns and facilities for all ages and abilities. The park’s design team was announced in July 2023, and the final design for the park will reflect community input and celebrate First Nations culture. Harbour Park will be designed and delivered separately to Central Barangaroo by the NSW Government and ensures that over half of the Barangaroo precinct remains public open space.
Offering ample public spaces for people to meet, linger, and gather, Central Barangaroo’s streets and parks will be designed to prioritise pedestrians, offer extensive tree canopies, and connect to the waterfront. Central Barangaroo will create a network of new pedestrian connections linking the city and harbour and directly connecting the neighbourhoods of Millers Point and Observatory Hill to the waterfront, Metro station and other destinations throughout the precinct.
Central Barangaroo will be the cultural and civic heart of the Barangaroo precinct, offering a mix of high-quality workspaces, retail, residential, community, and cultural venues. Art, nature, and architecture will converge in this space, creating a prime destination that celebrates both modern design and sustainability.
Central Barangaroo will be the major stepping-off point for the new Sydney Metro station at Barangaroo, transporting thousands of workers, visitors, and residents in and out of the precinct daily. Getting to Barangaroo will be easier than ever. A revitalised tree-lined Hickson Road will provide an accessible boulevard for pedestrians, cyclists and various modes of transport.
Central Barangaroo will continue the precinct's commitment to delivering design excellence through diversity of architecture, exceptional buildings, unique public spaces and world class landscape design.
Central Barangaroo will incorporate modern and innovative methods to achieve Barangaroo’s sustainability benchmarks including water efficiency, carbon neutrality, health and wellbeing, and zero waste. The Central Barangaroo precinct and its buildings will be world-leading examples of best practice in sustainable design, operation and use.
The Barangaroo Concept Plan is the overarching planning framework for the Barangaroo precinct. Modification 9 is a planning application to amend the approved Barangaroo Concept Plan for which Infrastructure NSW is the Applicant. As the developer, Aqualand has prepared all the documents supporting the proposal. Following public feedback, Aqualand revised the proposal to reduce the development’s scale. The Minister for Planning and Public Spaces granted approval for Aqualand’s Central Barangaroo Concept Plan in February 2025, known as Modification 9.
For more information on the determination, visit the Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure portal.
Community feedback will be sought throughout the development of Central Barangaroo. Planning proposals will be placed on public exhibition for community feedback. Responding to public feedback received through the planning process, the overall proposal has been reduced by 30% in 2024 to ensure appropriate scale and density. The NSW Government is also conducting consultation throughout the delivery of Harbour Park.
The NSW Government has signed a Project Development Agreement with Aqualand to deliver the Central Barangaroo precinct. Aqualand will lead a detailed design process for the Central Barangaroo built form, with design excellence a key consideration. The NSW Government is leading a separate process to design and deliver a new 1.85-hectare park on Sydney’s foreshore.
Aqualand will deliver Central Barangaroo progressively. The NSW Government is advancing designs for the Harbour Park and the next step will be to seek planning approval through the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.