[PHOTO] Traffic on the Gardiner past IKEA Etobicoke

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It's probably not by chance that IKEA Etobicoke is located just a few minutes' walk west on the Queensway from Toronto's last Zellers, the one I first visited June 2015 and then again, with my parents, in November 2017. Commercial real estate in south Etobicoke is substantially cheaper than in many other parts of Toronto. Still, I can't help but see something symbolic in the siting of a new successful store in a world-famous chain so close to the last remnant of a failed Canadian chain.

The views offered from the IKEA restaurant of the Gardiner Expressway to the south are amazing. Well-planned, IKEA, well-planned.