aA are responsible for "good" design, using quality material on easy to produce floor plates. While their stuff isn't amazing, it's far better then the crap pumped out for say, City Place or Liberty Village.

While I hope that One Bloor is setting the standard, I doubt it. I've spent a fair amount of time in other cities, including NY, SF, Vancouver and Chicago, and there is a lot of crap that goes up there as well. Not everyone can afford top notch quality, so I believe there will always be a market...