The Grange Road car park near 313@Somerset will be converted to a lifestyle and event space in early 2020.

The open air car park will cease to operate from Feb. 29, 2020.

Converted to event space

The joint announcement was made on Oct. 4 by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).

As part of the plan to rejuvenate Orchard Road, the car park will be converted to an event space, to provide more lifestyle experiences.

This includes flea markets, food trucks or live performances.

Since the Flashbang street market pop-up event in Dec. 2017, six events have taken place in the space. Another event will be happening at the end of 2019.

The tender for operators to construct, manage and programme the site from March 1, 2020, will be launched by the end of October.

Here is an artist's impression of what Orchard Road will look like in the future:

When not used for events, the area will be used as a public space.

Goodbye to cheap weekend parking space in Orchard

Grange Road car park is one of the cheaper parking options in Orchard on Saturdays and Sundays, especially if you are parking for a short period of time.

Here are the rates:

But you can still find other parking spaces here.

Top photo from Google Maps