“Y Storfa will redevelop the former BHS and Miss Selfridge stores in Swansea into a new community hub for Swansea Council’s front-line services in addition to providing a new base for the West Glamorgan Archive Service and a range of other services.

The project started on site in October 2023, with the soft strip works now complete. It is a pleasure to be involved in this project – Y Storfa will provide much-needed council services right into the heart of the city centre and help to regenerate the city”.
– Chris Von Tersch

About The Project

The project aims to bring Swansea City Council services into the heart of the city. Regenerating two of the derelict department stores into a new community hub, named Y Storfa (The Store) to allow much needed council services to be accessed by members of the public.

 

Key front of house council services such as Revenue and Benefits, Housing Options, Princes Trust and Libraries to name a few will be housed within Y Storfa. The project will also house the West Glamorgan Archive and South Wales Miners Library collections.

Project Highlights:

  • The project highlight was getting the main contractor Kier started on site. The pre-construction phase of detailed design to ensure the archive and associated fire engineering was right, took significant time, so to get the project started and onto site was a key milestone!

Services:

  • Quantity Surveying
  • Project Management
  • NEC Supervisor
  • Principal Designer and SKA assessor
Group Operations Director

James Colthart

Senior Project Manager

Chris von Tersch

Assistant Project Manager

Leah Dade

Cost Consultant

Susie Faull

Dan King
Principal Designer

Daniel King

Sustainability Consultant

Gracie Schooling