Progress continues to be made on the city centre site of Swansea's new community services hub, Y Storfa.
Once open it will be home to facilities such as a new central library including a new children’s library. Other council-run services there will include the contact centre, Housing Options, lifelong learning and the West Glamorgan Archive Service.
Non-council tenants are set to include Careers Wales, Citizens Advice and Swansea University’s South Wales Miners' Library.
Swansea County Council said that these and other publicly accessible services will encourage footfall for local businesses as it continues its £1 billion regeneration programme.
Council leader Rob Stewart said:
“Y Storfa will be a fantastic location for people from across the city to access essential services. It’s great to see progress being made on our repurposing of this very large city centre site for public services.
“This area of the city centre is being transformed with a great mix of public and private sector investment. Castle Gardens is going to be greener and much more welcoming, there are plans for new homes above McDonald’s, and new homes and businesses are planned at the former Castle Cinema.
“Nearby, in Oxford Steet, there are other exciting developments bringing new homes and business opportunities as multi-million pound investment transforms our new-look city centre.”
At Y Storfa, recent weeks have seen main contractors Kier Group continue work on elements such as meeting rooms, services and windows. The past few months have seen progress on matters such as the putting up of internal walls on some of the three floors.
The city centre project, in the former BHS store in Oxford Street, is on course for completion this year. Funders of Y Storfa include the Welsh Government Transforming Towns programme.
