The neighbourhood includes a Dairy Queen, gas stations, car lots, the Vancouver Island Brewery, Club Phoenix fitness centre, a book publisher, and a massage school.
Around 1885, the urban areas of Victoria continued to expand, and a bridge crossed the eastern section of Rock Bay, linking Government Street to the northern extension.
An unnamed creek once ran southwest from the swampy marshlands in Fernwood, under a bridge on Cedar Hill Road and past Hillside Farm.
Around 1888, the creek was enclosed in pipes to provide direct drainage to the area and prevent floods in the expanding paved streets of Victoria.
With the recent trend in urban living movements (more people moving into the downtown core), as is the case in many cities, Rock Bay is one of the few areas remaining in Victoria that lends itself to high development potential.