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Rosscarrock

Established west-side community between 17 Avenue and Bow Trail with access to Westbrook, older detached stock and active redevelopment edges.

Applied this year

2

Same period last year

2

Trailing 12 months

2

City building-permit applications coded 4 housing units + New for ROSSCARROCK. A permit signal is not a listing, approval, completed building or exact fourplex count.

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Three ways to read the area

Same neighbourhood. Different decision.

A good location has to work for the person living there, the income plan and the physical site—not just one of the three.

Owner-occupier

Compare interior blocks with corridor-adjacent sites as different home choices. Noise, walking routes, outdoor space and the owner-unit orientation matter alongside the west-side location.

Income investor

Reconcile current collections and comparable rents to the exact block. A lower basis than neighbouring communities is useful only if capital work and resident retention remain manageable.

Builder / developer

Confirm the Westbrook plan category, building scale and parcel geometry before design. Lane conditions, trees and utility placement can absorb the expected land advantage.

The area file

What the neighbourhood context can—and cannot—tell you

Read the block

A Westbrook-area label is not enough. Time the walk, inspect the street edge and compare the proposed unit mix with the housing already succeeding nearby.

Recent four-unit files provide a starting point for studying west-side redevelopment, while individual blocks still vary in scale and site efficiency.

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Land-use context

Rosscarrock is covered by the Westbrook Communities Local Area Plan. Corridor, transit-station and interior-neighbourhood policies should be distinguished before borrowing precedent.

General context only. Confirm the exact parcel district, approved plans, applications and current bylaw requirements with the City and appropriate professionals.

Read the Westbrook Communities Local Area Plan

What to verify early

  • Actual walking connection to Westbrook services and transit
  • Lot geometry, lane access and mature-tree impacts
  • Whether projected rents fit the unit quality and west-side renter being targeted

Recent public signal

What the City application file shows

Recent applications matching the four-unit signal for this community. Open the source before relying on any record.
AppliedAddressCommunityPermit classRecord
Jun 23, 2026#1B 924 39 ST SWROSSCARROCK1606 - Ths TownhouseBP2026-11588
Jan 21, 20262R ROSSBURN CR SWROSSCARROCK1606 - Ths TownhouseBP2026-00966
May 15, 20254010 8 AV SWROSSCARROCK1706 - Rhs RowhouseBP2025-09135
Apr 17, 2025#1 923 38 ST SWROSSCARROCK1706 - Rhs RowhouseBP2025-06964
Nov 16, 2023950B 43 ST SWROSSCARROCK1706 - Rhs RowhouseBP2023-19761
Jul 18, 2023#4 1440 38 ST SWROSSCARROCK1508 - Apt FourplexBP2023-11573
Jun 22, 2023#1B 1434 38 ST SWROSSCARROCK1508 - Apt FourplexBP2023-09839
Jan 20, 202323B ROSSCARROCK GA SWROSSCARROCK1706 - Rhs RowhouseBP2023-00761

Applications can be revised, cancelled, refused or never constructed. Housing-unit coding can also capture forms that are not marketed as a conventional fourplex.

Before you shortlist a property

Four questions that can change the answer

  1. 01

    Does the block deliver the transit and amenity story used in the rent assumptions?

  2. 02

    What condition and servicing work sits behind the acquisition basis?

  3. 03

    Do parcel geometry and lane access support four functional homes?

  4. 04

    Who is the likely renter and eventual buyer for the proposed unit mix?

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