▁comparison ▁goods ▁flo ors pace ▁( cl othing , ▁furn iture , ▁elect rical ▁goods ▁etc .) ▁and ▁ ▁of ▁convenience ▁goods ▁flo ors pace ▁( fo od ▁and ▁gro cer ies ). ▁According ▁to ▁an ▁analysis ▁c ited ▁in ▁the ▁City ▁Centre ▁Str ateg ic ▁Framework , ▁Sw anse a ▁is ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁largest ▁ret ail ▁centre ▁in ▁the ▁UK , ▁relatively ▁large ▁for ▁its ▁population . ▁However , ▁the ▁general ▁quality , ▁range ▁and ▁size ▁of ▁city ▁centre ▁sh ops ▁is ▁poor , ▁so ▁Sw anse a ▁is ▁usually ▁ranked ▁outside ▁the ▁top ▁ 5 0 ▁ret ail ▁cent res ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁on ▁various ▁industry ▁list ings . ▁The ▁poor ▁ret ail ▁performance ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁several ▁factors , ▁including ▁poor ▁urban ▁design , ▁lack ▁of ▁recent ▁development ▁and ▁competition ▁from ▁out - of - town ▁sh ops ▁at ▁F for est fach ▁and ▁Mor fa . ▁ ▁Off ices ▁Sw anse a ▁city ▁centre ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁major ▁office ▁location , ▁although ▁there ▁are ▁office ▁prem ises ▁including ▁the ▁B T ▁Tower ▁near ▁Sw anse a ▁Castle , ▁Old way ▁House / Alex andra ▁House ▁on ▁High ▁Street / Alex andra ▁Road ▁and ▁the ▁Job C entre ▁Plus ▁building ▁near ▁the ▁St . ▁David ' s ▁Sho pping ▁Centre . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁there ▁was ▁ ▁of ▁office ▁space ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁centre ▁as ▁a ▁whole , ▁and ▁ ▁in ▁the ▁ret ail ▁core . ▁Rel atively ▁low ▁r ents