In my opinion, the developers of this site are re-creating the mistakes of the old Citadel Hotel complex, whereas they should be trying to break the one large massive building into at least two separate buildings. They are trying to build on almost every square foot of their land.
I did a (very) simple illustration based on the site plan -
http://www.halifax.ca/planning/docum...49SitePlan.pdf
The building site is an irregular shape. I think the developers need to think more about the design and leave more open space.