I live in the Merchandise Building - the old Sears warehouse - directly across from this monstrosity on its west side, on Mutual Street. It is my view. I accepted that when I chose to buy, to a great extent because that building was quite reliably empty on weekends and by the crack of 5 pm every workday.
Should that building become active beyond typical nine to five working hours, it becomes a portal for an unwanted audience into my home and about a hundred others.
So the exterior aesthetic of the building is less important to me than the usage. Perhaps government offices are the best thing that could happen; certainly after-hours Ryerson labs would not be happy-making.