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I have to sometimes quit my knee-jerk negative reaction to a number of buildings. I looked again at this and thought "hmm nothing super-special, but ...."

"If that had been built (and even in that style it almost could have been, minus the modern trappings of course) - one of the "big guys" of the early to mid 1960s.
It probably would have got illustrated newspaper covering in the builds / real estate part.

Only Beach Towers, Imperial, and a couple of others approached that height or volume.
In about 1967 - correct me if I'm wrong - came Denman Place: pretty big for its time. There had since 1960 or before been the Georgian Towers, say no more.
And then, of course, the immortals: Hotel Vancouver, Marine Building, Dominion Building ...+ + +

If now, we want to build a bit passé, but respectable, there is no damage done. Maybe not super-creative but it is like weaving into the established tapestry of the city.