Editing Swansea (section)

==Future plans==
[[File:The Tower, Meridian Quay 2015.JPG|thumb|upright=.7|[[The Tower, Meridian Quay]] – tallest building in Wales]]
Swansea city centre is undergoing a £1&nbsp;billion transformation scheme.<ref>[http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=21491] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812231325/http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=21491|date=12 August 2014}}</ref> A large area of the city is earmarked for redevelopment. A new city-centre retail precinct is planned involving demolition of the dilapidated [[St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)|St. David's Shopping Centre]] which has three or four traders, about 13% of the retail space in the centre and the [[Quadrant Shopping Centre]]. Including relocation of the [[Tesco]] Superstore near to the city's [[Sainsbury's]] store in [[Parc Tawe]], the new retail precinct will be almost four times the size of the Quadrant Centre. The city centre is also being brightened up with street art and new walkways, along with the first phase of the David Evans&nbsp;– Castle Street development. New green spaces will be provided in conjunction with the proposed Quadrant Square and Grand Theatre Square. Redevelopment of the Oxford Street car park and Lower Oxford Street arcades are also planned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=13786 |title = City Centre Strategic Framework |publisher = City and County of Swansea |year=2007 |access-date = 27 July 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808165234/http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=13786 |archive-date = 8 August 2007 |df = dmy-all}}</ref>

At the sea front, [[The Tower, Meridian Quay]] is now Wales's tallest building at a height of {{convert|107|m|ft|}} with a restaurant on the top (29th) floor. It was under construction adjacent [[Swansea Marina]] until 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.skyscrapernews.net/news.php?ref=641 |title = Work Begins on Wales Tallest |access-date = 24 May 2008
|publisher = Skyscrapernews.com |date = 26 June 2006
|url-status = dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121035156/http://www.skyscrapernews.net/news.php?ref=641 |archive-date = 21 January 2009|df = dmy-all}}</ref>