I believe that when the project is finished it will look OK and will add a lot of activity to the south end of downtown. The pluses may outweigh the uninspired design and also attract some action on the rest of the surface parking lots downtown and the old State Journal building.
It isn't bad to have your city leaders right next to your public transit hub, instead of behind a gate on the edge of the city. (Not that that was a consideration this time, but I'm just sayin', location isn't bad.)
It is great to see the corridor filling in, I don't hate the City Hall location, just the building and site layout. Just fyi on the LSJ building, I believe Gentilozzi bought it and there was a rumor from someone at a neighborhood meeting that his intention was to put a car collection in there "or something like that". I'd take that with a grain of salt but it seems plausible, since hearing it I've been wondering if he may be trying to work with the R E Olds Museum to relocate there, more of a personal hope than anything.
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It isn't bad to have your city leaders right next to your public transit hub, instead of behind a gate on the edge of the city. (Not that that was a consideration this time, but I'm just sayin', location isn't bad.)