This one is so bland and disappointing. Even more so coming from Broccolini, who has generally built high quality project in Ottawa and Montréal (not so much Gatineau, but that's the Feds for you).
To build on other people's comments, they should have purchased the entire block and propose one big redevelopment (built in phases of course). In that project, they should have included just one site for garage entrances and loading bays. If 23 floors is the max they can get with the restrictions, fine. I don't expect another Campeau to ever step up. But that doesn't mean they have to design such a bland tower.
We need only to look at Winnipeg where buildings of similar height look spectacular. Here's their True North Square proposal in the arena district:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=217327
The only positive of the Broccolini proposal is that it is one of the only buildings west of Lyon with ground floor retail.
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