Swansea
Leader Issue 103
May 2016 inside
Newspaper of the City and County of Swansea
your city: your paper
Airshow Red Arrows reach for the skies plus
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• HIGH 5 IS BACK: Swans star Leon Britton is leading the search for youngsters who have made their communities proud See page 7 for more. Picture by Jason Rogers
CONFIDENTIAL discussions have started with retailers, restaurants and cinema operators as the transformation of Swansea city centre into a world class leisure and shopping destination gathers pace. The developers Swansea Council has appointed to manage the regeneration of the St David’s and Civic Centre sites have begun the process of securing tenants for the schemes. Rivington Land and Acme are managing the regeneration of the St David’s development site that’s made up of the former St David’s shopping centre, the St David’s multi-storey car park and the LC car park. Trebor Developments will manage regeneration of the Civic Centre site. It’s also being proposed the
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World-class destination is starting to take shape AMONG the plans to develop a worldclass destination are proposals for: • A 3,500-seat indoor arena on the LC car park site. • 700 homes spread across the two waterfront sites. • Retail space, a cinema, restaurants and bars and office space. •To see fly-throughs of the proposals go to www.swansea.gov.uk/citycentre
company works closely alongside Swansea University to further explore the potential for a ‘hydro hub’ at the site that could include a public aquarium and an aquatic sciences research centre. Rob Stewart, Swansea Council Leader, said: “Only a few months have passed since the winning
ideas for the St David’s and Civic Centre sites were unveiled. But encouraging progress is already being made behind the scenes as we continue to work in close partnership with our development managers and the Welsh Government. “Attracting leading shops, restaurants, cafes and leisure operators is critical to the success of the regeneration schemes, so this is why our development managers have already started work on this aspect of the planned redevelopments. “Although we can’t give details of the businesses and brands we’re speaking to, we’re doing all we can to secure tenants of the highest quality and popularity. Detailed design work has also started, to inform site masterplans which will be subject to planning consideration and comprehensive consultation in future.”
Outdoors Damian’s got the best job in the world page 6
Education Lon Las set for £9.8m investment
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