innsertnamehere
Superstar
It really annoys me when someone calls a certain project 'crap' because their personal opinion does not align with a particular project. There are 2000+ units and more than 5000 people that call the Pinnacle Centre home. Our demographics are well balanced. The rental levels are low as most owners call this home. I've lived here since day one, the building is very well managed. There has never been a crisis of glass falling from the buildings, there has never been a major problem with the complex, our maintenance fees have increased a total of 17 cents since we moved into one of the buildings, There is a lot of revenue created from the podium shops and particularly the 1000 or so public parking spots used by SBA fans, which help to finance the maintenance of buildings. You may not like the colour of the glass or the cul de sac entry private/public park area, which by the way required by the city, but at least have some respect for other people and keep your options to yourself.
You can live there and like it, I probably would, but that doesn't mean it's not a crappy building from a design and public realm perspective. Those apparently lucrative shops are terribly designed and not productive at all for retail spaces, the public realm around the building is completely out of scale of the pedestrian and while that forecourt may have been required by the city, it doesn't make it any better. All in one of the most prime locations in the city. The urbanism of the complex is a blight on the city, no matter how well managed it may be. The architecture is safe at best, teetering on ugly on top of all that.
This is coming from someone who lives in an even uglier building than what your complex is.