Cardiff council has revealed when it expects the first of 2,000 homes will be built in huge city centre development.
Developer Vastint is drawing up plans to build homes and commercial units in a 37-acre site south of Penarth Road and between the River Taff and Dumballs Road.
Apartment blocks between six and eight storeys high would be centered around semi-private garden squares in a layout inspired by Malmo's Western Harbour.
Cardiff council wants 450 of the homes delivered in the Dumballs Road redevelopment to be council-owned.
The council has now agreed a delivery programme with Vastint - and are aiming to submit a planning application in Spring 2020.
If planning is approved, work on the site could begin in autumn 2020 with house building starting in the summer of 2021.
The Sweden-inspired plan for 2,000 new homes for Cardiff's Dumballs Road
The first phase of the council-owned homes could then be delivered and occupied in autumn 2022 if the work all goes to plan.
Neil Hanratty, Cardiff council's director of economic development, told the Economy and Culture Scrutiny Committee that the site will have to deliver a significant number of houses, but there will be other uses too.
"The intention is to deliver a mixed-use scheme," he said. "It will be a residential-led mixed-use scheme but there is a lot of opportunity for alternative uses, particularly on the ground floor, on the river frontage and throughout the scheme.
"(Vastint) will be looking for employment opportunities and cultural opportunities, as well as leisure and commercial office opportunities as well."
The council owns 8.5 acres of land on the site, but the cabinet will be asked on May 16 to approve selling this land to Vastint.
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A pedestrian and cycle bridge across the River Taff linking the development to Grangetown is also being planned.
Cycle lanes and public walkways are also being proposed.
Businesses such as Direct Storage Ltd, Snow White Laundry, A&T Waste and Biffa are in talks with Vastint to help with relocation.
Vastint is working to finalise the purchase of the land and for all businesses to be re-located off-site before the works start.
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