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newsydneyfishmarket.insw.com
This will be an amazing tourist destination for Sydney. For locals and travelers alike.
Not just for the seafood, but as a foody destination with all the restaurant options, and also the building's unique architecture.
6 million people estimated to visit every year.
From Megan Gorrey, SMH:
Four hundred roof ‘scales’: A glimpse at the new $836m Sydney Fish Market
By Megan Gorrey
February 18, 2025 — 5.00am
The completion of the gleaming white roof resembling fish scales has brought the sprawling $836 million Sydney Fish Market building one step closer to opening, despite the waterfront project being snagged by construction delays, cost blowouts and financial uncertainty.
Five years after construction began, the final panel on the 200-metre-long roof canopy has been installed on the taxpayer-funded building at the head of Blackwattle Bay.
The roof comprises 400 panels arranged to resemble fish scales.CREDIT: MULTIPLEX
The government touted it as a significant milestone, saying Sydney’s skyline was “set to change forever with this new architectural marvel, just as the Opera House did when it was built in 1973”.
Premier Chris Minns said: “The revamped market will be truly spectacular, offering world-class, authentic seafood for an expected 6 million annual local and international visitors, ensuring it remains one of the most popular tourist destinations on offer in our harbour city.”
The beleaguered project was due to open next to the existing fish market at Pyrmont last year, but is now forecast to open in November – weeks before the Christmas seafood rush that draws thousands.
The 2500-tonne roof canopy features 400 panels made from glued laminated timber, or “glulam”, and roof cassettes. Its supporting structure comprises 594 timber roof beams stretching to 32 metres in length.
Once completed, the market building will house about 40 tenants and feature the wholesale fish market, a seafood school, shops and eateries. The wholesale floor will include the market’s Dutch clock auction, a live mud crab room, and three large crustacean tanks for lobsters.
The building was designed by Danish architects 3XN/GXN, with Sydney firms BVN and Aspect Studios. The project is being delivered by Infrastructure NSW and developer Multiplex.
Lands and Property Minister Steve Kamper described the “magnificent wave-like form” of the 20,000-square-metre roof as a testament to world-class engineering and design.
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The left hand side of the cavern in the picture is opposite where Peter Wynn's store used to be in Church st.
6 million per year is over 16,000 visitors per day.
