About three or so years ago, I went through a "model apartment" in Malecon Center with the sales manager of the furniture store that supplied all of the furniture.
I think this apartment was on the 18th floor, about 260 sq meters, and every single room was cut up by large concrete supporting columns, wasted corners in every room, etc.
All she had to say was " so what do you do with a place like this, with all of these weird spaces?" 3 relatively small bedrooms. Nice tile though. At the time, they were asking the equivalent of US$400,000.
The master bath had a beautiful jacuzzi for 2, in front of a large picture window facing west, and about 50 feet away was a large mezzanine on the next building (the Hilton building?) where in the future, about 40 tables of people drinking and partying could watch you and the wife in your bathroom.
Too much wasted space everywhere in the entire building. Poor planning, horrible parking, high sales prices and rents, very few commercial tenants (too few to call it a self-contained community) - one would still have to leave the building for the basic necessities other than booze or movies, or over-priced food.
Self-contained has been their sales pitch. At night, quiet and a little creepy. I have wandered into the casino, and it isn't anything special either.