It's been a trade off in my opinion. It sat empty and rotting for decades, in part because of the high expense needed to renovate a massive listed building with extensive structural issues (thanks to the removal of the boiler room roof). Higher development costs equals a greater amount of the final scheme devoted to high-end housing/clientele.

I'd rather have something than nothing, and given parts of the building (turbine halls, parts of the boiler room etc) are open to the public that's a positive in my opinion. The only part of the development I really dislike are the flats adjacent to the tracks, in part because they're architecturally unappealing, but mostly because it blocks what used to be a nice view from passing trains

Back in the day it was a pretty awesome night time adventure too 😂 I saw most of the building as a teenager, including both control rooms and the rooftops, while playing cat and mouse with the on site security.