Editing Darling Harbour (section)

==Redevelopment==
[[File:View over Haymarket and Ultimo from World Tower, Sydney (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|Darling Quarter has been the focus of a major mixed-use redevelopment in recent years]]
[[File:ICC Sydney and Sofitel (cropped).jpg|thumb|The [[International Convention Centre Sydney|International Convention Centre]] and the Sofitel Hotel]]
[[File:Darling Harbour from the east.jpg|thumb|left|A view of Cockle Bay from the east, at dusk, showing work on the Harbourside Residences where the [[Harbourside Shopping Centre]] had previously stood]]

East Darling Harbour has been part of a large [[urban renewal]] development. Plans for the {{convert|18|ha|adj=on}} site include half business and residential developments, while the other half to be reserved for open public space. The state government of NSW declared plans for "Globe Street", a street designed to become Australia's and Asia Pacific's centre for corporate trade (styled on [[New York City|New York's]] [[Wall Street]] district). The urban renewal development was expected to be completed by 2020. East Darling Harbour is now known as a part of the [[Barangaroo, New South Wales|Barangaroo]] precinct.

[[File:Darling Square Sydney.jpg|thumb|Darling Square]]

At the south end of Cockle Bay, the [[Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre]] site was replaced by the new [[International Convention Centre Sydney]] (ICC Sydney), opened in December 2016. The new site includes a {{convert|40000|m2|adj=on}} exhibition facility. Other new facilities within the Darling Harbour region include the recently opened ICC Theatre, an 8,000 seat mixed purpose venue for concerts and intimate shows, replacing the [[Sydney Entertainment Centre]], a gallery, and an upcoming new 25 story multi purpose venue called [[The Ribbon, Sydney|The Ribbon]] which will be replacing the [[IMAX Sydney|IMAX Theatre]] which was closed and demolished in late 2016, which was reopened on 11 October 2023 with a new, updated theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grocon.com/project/the-ribbon/|title=The Ribbon|website=Grocon.com|access-date=7 December 2021|archive-date=6 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206065452/https://www.grocon.com/project/the-ribbon/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/the-ribbon-or-the-snail-the-new-hotel-heading-for-one-of-sydney-s-iconic-sites-20180613-p4zl7o.html|title=The Ribbon or The Snail? The new hotel heading for one of Sydney's iconic sites|first=Carolyn|last=Cummins|date=13 June 2018|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=7 December 2021|archive-date=27 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127090857/https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/the-ribbon-or-the-snail-the-new-hotel-heading-for-one-of-sydney-s-iconic-sites-20180613-p4zl7o.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Maddox|first=Garry|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/after-seven-years-sydney-s-imax-is-reopening-just-in-time-for-taylor-swift-20231009-p5eapf.html|title=After seven years, Sydney's IMAX is reopening, just in time for Taylor Swift|date=10 October 2023|website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=10 October 2023|archive-date=10 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010025945/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/after-seven-years-sydney-s-imax-is-reopening-just-in-time-for-taylor-swift-20231009-p5eapf.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

This area was the site of the Sydney Port Authority and featured an Overseas Passenger Terminal (Wharf 8) which was mainly used by the ''[[Pacific Dawn (ship)|Pacific Dawn]]'' of the [[P&O Cruises Australia]] fleet and the ''[[Pacific World|Sun Princess]]'', operated by [[Princess Cruises]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} The passenger terminal is now in [[White Bay Cruise Terminal|White Bay]] and the container terminal has since closed.<ref>[http://www.awedwards.com.au/projects/white-bay-5-passenger-terminal.php?filter=clients White Bay Cruise Terminal] [[AW Edwards]]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130222062737/http://www.sydneyports.com.au/projects_and_planning/white_bay_cruise_terminal White Bay Cruise Terminal] [[Port Authority of New South Wales]]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120317193838/http://www.jpw.com.au/Projects/Commercial/WBCPT/WBCPT.shtml White Bay Cruise Terminal] [[Johnson Pilton Walker]]</ref>

On the west side of Cockle Bay, the [[Harbourside Shopping Centre]], built in 1988, was demolished in 2023, and a new Harbourside Residences project is under construction in 2024/2025.