A four-storey municipal parking garage designed to relieve the demand for parking spaces generated by the Lansdowne Park redevelopment is now partially open.

The first three levels of the 141-spot Glebe Parking Garage, located between Second and Third Avenues behind the Metro grocery store, were opened Saturday, said the City of Ottawa in a statement.

Work on the fourth level is expected to be completed by mid-November, said the city.

The $9.5-million garage was first approved by the city's transportation committee in January 2013 as a way of managing an expected decrease in available parking spots in the Glebe as shoppers flocked to a revitalized Lansdowne Park.

The new garage has nearly three times the capacity of the previous parking lot it replaced, as well as bike parking and two electric vehicle charging stations, the city said.