[rocketphish]

I agree that this building looks like every other mundane RLA project in town. But I have to wonder if part of the blame lies with the end-user... the purchaser or renter. There isn't as much disposable income floating around Ottawa as there is in Toronto or Vancouver, for example. If a builder was willing to pay to construct a fancier more elaborate design, they would have to pass on the costs to the buyer\renter. Perhaps the buyers and renters in Ottawa are driving all this mediocrity because they aren't willing to pay for better? They only want (or are able) to pay for "good enough".