I'm going by memory here but I recall that render was just to represent potential at the location, not an actual proposal. It has indeed been up for sale for a while. As ZEBuilder states it's not a great design or anything.
To elaborate, a lot of the time when someone is hired to produce a very conceptual render, they may not be going off actual plans they've been provided. Instead, a lot of the time they just throw together something that "looks" like a building, but may not make actual sense or just not have much thought into the design. Sometimes the people doing the work may not have any architectural background either, but they are really good in something like V-Ray or Blender. It's definitely a weird looking structure, but I suspect that's because it was made just for sales promotion.
Either way, that particular company offers a good look at project ideas around the region! You can see a new one they have posted for 84 Frederick Street, the site of the old YMCA women's shelter downtown next to Duke Tower. I'm not sure if that property has been sold yet but you can see they have a rendering for a tower there that's 28 floors. ZEBuilder may know more about this as they seem to have their finger on the pulse of the planning side of things more than I do haha. It could also just be a mock rendering to facilitate a property sale, or potentially a proposed project.
To elaborate, a lot of the time when someone is hired to produce a very conceptual render, they may not be going off actual plans they've been provided. Instead, a lot of the time they just throw together something that "looks" like a building, but may not make actual sense or just not have much thought into the design. Sometimes the people doing the work may not have any architectural background either, but they are really good in something like V-Ray or Blender. It's definitely a weird looking structure, but I suspect that's because it was made just for sales promotion.
Either way, that particular company offers a good look at project ideas around the region! You can see a new one they have posted for 84 Frederick Street, the site of the old YMCA women's shelter downtown next to Duke Tower. I'm not sure if that property has been sold yet but you can see they have a rendering for a tower there that's 28 floors. ZEBuilder may know more about this as they seem to have their finger on the pulse of the planning side of things more than I do haha. It could also just be a mock rendering to facilitate a property sale, or potentially a proposed project.