Local vendors continued to use the ruined original market to sell some daily basic needs, and in 2000, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), in collaboration with the World Bank, rehabilitated the Becora and Comoro facilities as official marketplaces.

The façades support a gable roof, topped with side-facing, gable-roofed skylights running the full length of the arms.

[4] The main entrance, a central semi-circular portal, is at the end of the eastern arm of the building, and faces the widest part of the grounds.

Surmounted by a triangular pediment and rounded top, along with two smaller side portals, it is crowned with the inscription "Mercado Municipal de Dili".

Above the inscription, the armillary sphere and shield of the Portuguese coat of arms are engraved between the wall cornices and the rounded top.