These striking images show what Swansea's new central library will look like as plans for the new city centre "community hub" take a big step forward. Back in March, 2021, Swansea Council confirmed it was looking to fill an empty unit in Oxford Street with a number of public services, including the city's library, West Glamorgan Archive Service, a life-long learning centre, and an employability hub.
Plans were later formally submitted for the development and initial design ideas were shared and approved. Now, Swansea Council has appointed building firm Kier Construction as the main contractor - and asked it to begin to deliver the next stage of the development.
Work building the new community hub is set to begin this autumn, with the building - which previously housed BHS and later the What! retail store - hoped to open as a community hub sometime in 2023. For more stories about news and businesses in Swansea, visit this page of our website.
