Vancouver Hudson's Bay store on Granville suffering months-long maintenance issues
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-hudsons-bay-store-maintenance
And I doubt that the condo corp would diligently maintain those lights anyways.
May be a blessing in disguise to leave them out.
The mechanical floors may be lit up like the rendering.
I referenced it because the reason for the carve-out was similar - to accommodate a neighbouring building - not to suggest that the designs were similar or equal.
It's also Winter.
The views of the valley from the train will be amazing after the line is built - much nicer than going down the middle of a street.
Given the station placement, routing the guideway would not have brought the line closer to any passengers,
it would just have the Nimbys...
On SkyTrain they can also be "special structures" if they are made of a different material (ie. steel box girder instead of concrete box girder). There may also be an arch introduced into the concrete box girder, which makes it look just like a bridge!
This is at Braid Station in New...
Those particular ones will have full height glass enclosures around the balcony edge - one of the first around Metro Vancouver.
In Toronto, the much maligned Concord Canada House has radiant ceiling heaters on its balconies.