Optimum Market Pulse · Ross Industrial
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Ross Industrial is Regina's major industrial district. Covering a very large area of the city's north east, it is home to the bulk of Regina's heavy industrial land, along with light industrial and prestige industrial pockets, commercial services, and the businesses that keep the city running — from machine shops and distribution warehouses to trades contractors and the Co-op Refinery Complex. If your business needs a building, a yard, or a serviced parcel with serious transportation access, this is where you look first.
Ross Industrial — Regina's working district.
The area's defining advantage is access. Ross Industrial sits directly on the Ring Road, with arterial connections in every direction and CPR rail service along its southern edge — which is why distribution, transportation, and service businesses concentrate here. A truck can be on a highway heading out of the city within minutes of leaving the yard.
It is also a genuinely complete business district. Suppliers, fabricators, equipment dealers, and trades support services are all within blocks of each other, and the workforce is served by the everyday amenities — fuel, food, and services — scattered along the main corridors like Winnipeg Street, 1st Avenue, and Ross Avenue East.
Ross Industrial carries a broad mix of industrial zoning. The majority of the district is zoned IH (Industrial Heavy), with pockets of IL (Industrial Light) and IP (Industrial Prestige) — which means it can accommodate everything from heavy manufacturing and outdoor storage to clean office/warehouse operations.
The building stock reflects that range: freestanding warehouses with dock and grade loading, shops with fenced and paved compounds, multi-tenant office/warehouse bays, showroom buildings on high-visibility corners, and vacant serviced parcels ready for development. Property sizes run from small owner-user shops to multi-acre sites.
Ross Industrial is bordered by residential Regina on three sides, which keeps the labour pool close:
For employees and owners alike, the practical result is short commutes: most of north and east Regina is within a ten-minute drive.
Broker's Market Note
Ross Industrial trades differently than residential Regina. Pricing is driven by building functionality — ceiling height, loading, power, yard space — and many opportunities are lease deals quoted at net rates with occupancy costs (TMI) on top, rather than straightforward sales. If you're comparing a purchase against a net lease, or trying to make sense of what a quoted rate actually costs your business per month, that math is worth walking through carefully before you commit.
Ross Industrial covers a very large area of north east Regina. It runs along the Ring Road with Uplands on its western edge, Churchill Downs and Glen Elm Park across the Ring Road to the southwest, and the Glencairn-area neighbourhoods immediately south of the CPR tracks. The Co-op Refinery Complex is located within the broader district.
The majority of the district is zoned IH (Industrial Heavy), with a mix of IL (Industrial Light) and IP (Industrial Prestige) properties. Permitted uses vary significantly between those zones — outdoor storage, for example, is treated very differently under IH than IP — so always confirm zoning against your intended use with the City of Regina before writing an offer.
No — this is a strictly commercial and industrial district, and the listings you'll see here are buildings, bays, and land rather than houses. If you're searching for a home nearby, look at the bordering residential neighbourhoods instead: Uplands, Churchill Downs, or Glen Elm Park.
Most industrial space in Ross Industrial is quoted as a net (NNN) lease: a base rate per square foot per year, plus your proportional share of taxes, maintenance, and insurance (often called TMI or occupancy costs), plus utilities. That means the advertised rate is not your full monthly cost. Before signing, get the current TMI figure in writing and model the all-in number — it routinely adds several dollars per square foot to the quoted rate.
From owner-user shops to net-lease negotiations, get straight answers on value, zoning, and lease structure before you commit — directly from the broker.
Aaron Habicht
Broker/Owner, Optimum Realty Inc. · Serving Regina since 2004
Commercial property in Ross Industrial? Every conversation starts with the broker — no handoffs, no pressure, just straight answers on value, zoning, and lease structure.