£20 million Waterside Centre could create 300 new jobs in Swansea's SA1 district
MORE than 300 new jobs could be created if a multi-million pound development gets approved in Swansea’s SA1 district.
The Waterside Centre is likely to include 15,000 sq ft of restaurants and shops, a 94-bedroom care centre for older people and 25 duplex residential units.
-
An artist’s impression of the SA1 development sited opposite Admiral and next to the Norwegian Church
Waterstone Estates and 55 Plus Limited were due to submit a planning application to Swansea Council today for the development which could be completed by 2015 if it is approved.
The centre would be developed on land between Swansea’s Norwegian church and a retail and leisure complex featuring a Tesco store, a Beefeater restaurant and a 132-bedroom Premier Inn hotel, built in 2010.
Business Cards From Only £10.95 Delivered www.myprint-247.co.uk
View detailsOur heavyweight cards have FREE UV silk coating, FREE next day delivery & VAT included. Choose from 1000's of pre-designed templates or upload your own artwork. Orders dispatched within 24hrs.
Terms: Visit our site for more products: Business Cards, Compliment Slips, Letterheads, Leaflets, Postcards, Posters & much more. All items are free next day delivery. www.myprint-247.co.uk
Contact: 01858 468192
Valid until: Wednesday, May 22 2013
The development would also be opposite the Swansea headquarters of insurance giant Admiral, which employs around 1,850 people in the city.
Developers behind the scheme expect it will create 225 jobs once it is up and running and 120 positions in the construction phase.
Employment through the care centre is likely to account for 140 of the new jobs.
The centre was designed following a detailed needs assessment report into care provision for older people.
A spokesman for the care centre said: “The development at Swansea Waterside will be able to provide care across an extensive area, being located alongside Swansea’s main arterial transport routes.
“The easy accessibility of the location will be a great advantage in attracting staff and the care centre will be a major source of employment and training for local people.”
The Waterside Centre is likely to cost around £20 million in total and has been designed to create a continuous frontage of leisure, retail, piazza, walkways and public facilities overlooking the water.
It has not received grant aid or public subsidy.
A spokesman for the scheme said: “The large number of new jobs created will establish the new development as a major source of employment in the area.
“The Care Centre will provide state-of-the-art facilities, employment and training opportunities and modern facilities for older people.
“The major construction works to deliver the development will also create a large number of jobs in the short-term, and provide a considerable input to the local economy.”
The scheme has been designed by award winning south Wales-based Rio Architects to capitalise on the waterfront location.
Developers claim the design respects the adjacent Norwegian Church and will create an active, vibrant, people-friendly environment.
Phil Morris, of property agent EJ Hales which will market the scheme, said: “We are really excited about the prospect of letting the retail and restaurants in this development. It is always rare to get units overlooking water and we anticipate excellent tenant demand.”
rupert.hall@swwmedia.co.uk
01792 514507
Comments
by sasha1234
Thursday, September 20 2012, 7:58PM
“Jiffy, I've worked as a carer for the local authority and am now in the private sector,sure the pay is only minimum wage but I love my work and am quite happy.”
by sasha1234
Thursday, September 20 2012, 7:46PM
“It's about time we had a care centre in the area,shame it didn't come years ago.I've worked in the care sector for over 25yrs and would have liked to worked somewhere closer to home,will probably be too old to apply for a job there by the time it's up and running though which is a shame.”
by TaipeiSteve
Thursday, September 20 2012, 7:38PM
“It is good that this development includes cafes and retail outlets. Otherwise, SA1 would be in danger of becoming a second Marina - an attractive, but somewhat soulless area.”
by Anon300
Thursday, September 20 2012, 2:21PM
“Why do people just love to criticise everything. Get a life”
by SAswan
Thursday, September 20 2012, 1:30PM
“Where are the canopies outside these coffee shops, restaurants and shops so people can sit outside even when it's raining and people won't get wet when walking about !!!!!!!!!”
by hacker_jack
Thursday, September 20 2012, 1:20PM
“So how many of those 300 jobs will be lost from the current Premier Inn and beefeater in the area which will no doubt shut?”
by Lezz_T
Thursday, September 20 2012, 1:10PM
“Stork,
They will probably be hoping to attract wealthy geriatrics from England, who will put yet more strain and cost on the local health and social services.
The North Wales coast is full of such places.”
by Stork
Thursday, September 20 2012, 12:47PM
“A brand spanking new 94 bed care centre ?
I met a person some months ago, who knew quite a lot about care homes in the Eastbourne area ( some would call Eastbourne, the Care Capital of the UK). This person used to part own a care home and closed it 6 months ago, because local authorities were unable to pay higher care charges, to meet genuine increasing care home overheads, in addtion to more and more complex legislation.
It seems that hardly any UK care homes are making money, except the ones that steer clear of local authority clients, and exist purely for up-market and virtually no-expense spared clients.
I very much doubt that Swansea has sufficient high end clients to make this new care home a going concern. Time will tell.”
by westcoastswan
Thursday, September 20 2012, 12:46PM
“if their trying to create a continuous frontage of leisure along the waterside then why are they building a load of house at the end of the prince of wales dock along the waterside ?”
by immigrant1
Thursday, September 20 2012, 12:32PM
“Lezz_T - no-one is paying to create jobs; they are paying to create care facilities and other things. Don't you want old people to have somewhere nice to live? I suppose you'd rather them live in some dump.”