It looks like deciduous magnolia that has been heavily pruned, cutting off all the flower buds. Stop any itinerant"gardeners" pruning it to a lollipop shape and it should recover and flower .
You don't stop doing new things because you get old, you get old because you stop doing new things.
We moved here in December and was hard pruned by previous owners. I have left it to see how it develops. So far no flowers and leaves are size of my hand.
It'll take a while to get going again. Whenever you prune a shrub back hard, it can take several seasons for them to properly recover and start flowering, but the advantage is that they are often rejuvenated and grow much better as a result.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
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Whenever you prune a shrub back hard, it can take several seasons for them to properly recover and start flowering, but the advantage is that they are often rejuvenated and grow much better as a result.
Leave it be and it'll put on a lot of greenery (as evidenced in your pics) and buds for flowers in spring next year.
Thin it out as needed after flowering and away you go.