I had lunch on the back patio at the Intercontinental yesterday. The staff wasn't too happy about their overbearing, 32 storey new neighbour which will cut out a lot of sunlight (and is very, very noisy right now). But I think that in the end, that back patio (which is already an awesome space) will be even better (especially at night) and feel very, very urban and hip with the addition of One Bedford.
However, the One Bedford residents on the east side will have to contend with the bar noise on that patio. I wonder if SkyLounge and the Intercontinental will have new noise restrictions.