A former Navy building in Plymouth which has been transformed into shops, restaurants, bars, visitor accommodation and art studios will be the model for Swansea's Civic Centre site when it is redeveloped. Local authority officials have visited Royal William Yard - the Navy's main victualling yard in the days before canned food - and were very impressed by what was on offer, a council scrutiny panel was told.
Huw Mowbray, the council's property development manager, said the waterside Plymouth complex has been redeveloped by Urban Splash - the company Swansea Council has appointed to transform seven sites in the city. One of the first of these seven will be the 17-acre Civic Centre site, although it's still early days.
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