Bukit Timah Market and Food Centre to close after mid-2024 to make way for 5-storey mixed-use complex

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SINGAPORE — The Bukit Timah Market and Food Centre will be closed from the second half of 2024 to make way for an integrated development set to be ready by 2029.

Bukit Timah Market and Food Centre will be closed from the second half of next year and demolished to make way for a new integrated development

In the meantime, some 92 stallholders are to be relocated to an interim hawker centre and market, the People's Association said in response to TODAY's queries on Thursday . PA said that the BTID will be located off the junction of Jalan Jurong Kechil and Upper Bukit Timah Road, near Beauty World MRT station. This includes the site of the current Bukit Timah Food Centre and Market.In its statement, PA said that on March 13 this year, a briefing was conducted for hawkers of the existing food centre to update them on a delay in completing the interim centre.

It added that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it had taken extra time to secure funding and finalise the design of the BTID, as specifications such as space norms needed to be reviewed. PA said that the Bukit Timah Grassroots Organisations was aware of the concerns and has assisted with their livelihood as best they could.

 

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