Change comes to Toronto’s Dupont strip, with bumps along the way

In the nine months since he reopened Creed’s in a large corner space at the base of Tridel’s Bianca mid-rise on Dupont Avenue owner Jonah Creed has watched traffic through the doors build steadily. The space, he says, is twice the size of the firm’s previous location, a low-slung former industrial building about a block east, set well back from the street.

The large windows provide a panoramic view of Creed’s food market and its café, as well as the cleaning service that’s long been its staple. But while the street-front location and the space represent a clear positive, Mr. Creed remains underwhelmed by Dupont itself – a four-lane, heavily trafficked arterial into the core. According to the city, traffic counts show that 90,000 to 140,000 vehicles will pass various Dupont intersections in a typical 24-hour period.