Ha! I love how people are blasting the project when they haven't even seen it yet.
And I guess some people don't bother to pay attention to the view cone policy that has been discussed on this forum ad nauseum, but
A VIEW CONE IMPACTS THIS SITE!!! You cannot do a 600 foot tower. In fact, if you place the office tower on the Georgia side, 22-storeys is about as tall as you can go.
But, as Jlousa pointed out, there is more to this proposal than was outlined in the newspaper article, which doesn't actually say much at all...
There is only about 125,000 sq ft of residential density (about 20 floors) allowed for the block under current zoning and policy, so even with rezoning I have no idea how Westbank expects to get a 43-storey residential tower.