By the year 2021 the population of Swansea's High Street is likely to have swelled substantially.
Two new student accommodation blocks will have been completed there.
Between them, they are expected to welcome more than 1,300 students.
And High Street will be on the doorstep of all of them.
But what difference will such a big influx of people, all with student pounds to spend and an appetite for enertainment, mean for a street which is rarely out of the news of late, and often for the wrong reasons?
The first of the two blocks to open is in the Oldway Centre in High Street.
Work has been taking place there for months, with the building covered in scaffolding while a £30m facelift is carried out. Up to 556 students will move there this September.
Just up the road, opposite Swansea's High Street Station in Mariner Street, is an even bigger development.
The £50m scheme will reach 17 storeys high and house 780 students from September, 2021.
They will be moving into a street which has been notorious of late for problems with sex workers and antisocial behaviour.
Earlier this year South Wales Police launched a crackdown on the area's prostitution issues , with a combination of support and punishment for the sex workers, and a hard line against kerb crawlers.
Police said residents, businesses and visitors had a right to go about their lives without feeling intimidated or harassed by sex workers or kerb crawlers, and without witnessing the criminality and antisocial behaviour which often went hand-in-hand with it.
Those 'residents' police speak of will soon include hundreds of students.
But local businesses hope and believe they may help change the balance of the street, in a positive way.
Mehmet Ongun, 44, the owner of Turkish Kitchen, said: “I hope there will be some difference.
"Hopefully, students will visit us, it is quiet now."
He arrived in Wales around 20 years ago and opened his restaurant in High Street two years ago.
He added: “It will affect High Street, local shops will earn more money.”
Another restaurant is also looking forward to the students arriving.
You can spend a fair bit in High Street, if you have the cash:
Hua Wong, 40, of New I Chi Ban, said: “Maybe it will be noisy, but we will be happy when the accommodations are constructed.
“It will be good for High Street, as there will be more students around."
He added: “Our restaurant was opened 3 years ago. The pub next door was opened 6 months ago and now it is closed, as there were not enough customers.
“Many people still don’t know that we are on High Street.
“It will be better for High Street if students move here. They will boost the economy.”
Owner of clothes shop, NV-US, in High Street, Paul Davies, 49, said: “There will be a difference when students move to this area.
“They will boost the economy of the city. Hopefully, it will affect my business as well.
“There will be fewer junkies, as more vibrant students will move to this area. It will be good not to see someone lying down in the street.”
William Rees, 19, from PASTAlicious, was also feeling positive. The business opened five months ago.
He said: “When students move here, they will make more profit for local businesses.
"It will influence the whole street."
The High Street pub forced to close:
The students will also be welcomed by the owner of Swansea Food Centre, Erkan Tasci, 49.
He said: “We opened our shop in 2010. High Street is getting better. So when there will be many students it will be good for local shops and restaurants.
He added: “I am planning to open a restaurant in High Street, I don’t know if students will come there or not, but it will be good if they live in this area."
Andrian, 27, from furniture shop, Not Only Sofas, said of the student influx: "There will be more noise."
But he added: "It will be better for the city centre economy.
“I can’t say that more students will come to my shop if they move to new accommodation. If they need to buy furniture they will come.
However, he said: "I have never met a student without asking for a discount.”
Swansea Council's leader Rob Stewart also thinks the arrival of more students will be good for the city as a whole.
He said recently: “High Street is a key city centre gateway so the Mariner Street scheme is crucial as we transform our leisure, recreational and retail offer by significantly increasing the number of people who live and work there.
“High Street is already benefiting from the fantastic work being done by a number of innovative ventures and independent businesses.
“Thousands more students are choosing to come to Swansea due to our growing, successful and highly respected universities. We need to ensure there is sufficient purpose-built high-quality student accommodation in the city centre to prevent family homes being converted to houses of multiple occupation.
“Students provide a significant economic boost to the local economy and having more people - including professionals and families - living in the city centre as well as more high-quality jobs in the city will generate more opportunity for business, create more vibrancy and help attract more investment in future."
And Andrew Robinson, of RDE Silex, which is developing the Mariner Street scheme with its partner, Fusion Students, said: “We are excited to be working with Fusion and Swansea Council to develop this high-quality scheme.
“The scheme will offer students a vibrant mix of purpose-built accommodation and a strong retail offering. There will be excellent access to High Street, the city’s university campuses and transport links. Furthermore, local businesses should get a real boost from the increased footfall and opportunity.”
