I'm finding it difficult to get excited about this to even the slightest degree. The design (at least in its current iteration) is, to me, lazy, uninspired, and unrefined, to say nothing of the fact that I had previously assumed HPA would be above plopping a superfluous and non-contextual spire atop one of its buildings. And at grade, the development's only redeeming quality is at best a cheap facsimile of the Hudson Yards shed.
I get that some folks get excited about height for height's sake, but other than the continued densification of the city (which I almost always take as a positive) and the addition of yet more office space, what exactly is worth celebrating here?