Okay maybe they're not really incredible. And okay, maybe they're not really even skyscrapers but still, for a city Nanaimo's size (less than 100,000 people), it has a few reasonably tall buildings.
Nanaimo's tallest for a long time was this 17 story apartment building:
Nanaimo's tallest hotel, the 14 story Coast Bastion fittingly, next to the 156 year old Bastion:
Another angle of the city's tallest hotel:
Nanaimo's new kid on the block, the nearly-finished 22 story Pacifica:
The 26 story Beacon is not only Nanaimo's tallest but also the tallest building on Vancouver Island:
A view of the skyline from the north: