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H&R Block Headquarters, by Mattb325.
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Allow the 'joy' of doing taxes in real life to spill into SC4.

H&R Block has almost 12,000 retail outlets in the United States, Canada, Australia and India. 

H&R Block also has a tax office in Mawson, Antartica, and, given the prolonged deep funding cuts to most NASA programs from an indifferent administration which views science as voodoo, it is currently in negotiations with the International Space Station to have a tax kiosk in low earth orbit after Starbucks pulled out over disagreements with naming and giant illuminated signage rights.

Anyway, this building is an interpretation of the Head Office in Kansas City, Missouri.

A request on the BAT Request thread, it's a big 18 floor oblong-shaped building with retail space, cafes, restaurants, outdoor podiums and even a theater where you can claim your ticket stubs from next door as a depreciable asset. At any rate, the entire mid-rise complex certainly breaks up the blocky (pun intended) buildings of SC4.

I've taken some liberties with the building and layout to fit it onto a 5x5 lot, but otherwise it's a reasonably faithful rendition that is offered as a High wealth Commercial, medium density, mid rise growable building for corner lots. Hold the CTRL key when zoning, or just use Buggis extra cheats to make it a ploppable. 

You can probably even claim the Kilobyte portion of the download on your next income tax return.

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STATS CO§§§:

Lot size :                  5x5 (Both corners)
Growth Stage:         6 (Medium & High Density Zoning)
Bulldoze Cost:         § 1,051
Capacity Satisfied: CO§§ 4,373, CO§§§ 3,059
Pollution:                 18 (Air)/ 18 (Water)/ 7 (Garbage )
Pollution Radius:    6/7/0
Power Consumed: 123 Mwh
Water Consumed:  1,326 Gal/Month
Building Style:         Chicago, New York, Houston, Euro
Occupant Group:    High Wealth CO

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NOTE ABOUT DARK NITE vs MAXIS NITE:

There are two model files in this download. You must select the appropriate file from the download. The file suffixed with 'DN' is for those users with a night-time darkening mod installed. The file suffixed with 'MN' is for users who do not have any such mods installed.

If you are unsure whether you have a night-darkening mod installed, then choose the Maxis night version. 

If you use the dark nite version, you will need a dark nite mod. (http://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/23089-simfox-day-and-nite-modd/) 

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DEPENDENCIES:

There are no dependencies required.


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To install, simply unzip the contents of this file into your plugins folder.

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Tyberius06

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Really nice midrise building! :) Pretty cool design! Thanks for making and sharing it!

- Tyberius

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sejr99999

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thank you  I like all the visual interest in this with shapes and outdoor spaces and stairways   great lighting too

very appropriate to make a tax preparation company  a high wealth business

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I just used H&R Block to file my taxes two months ago! love to add this to my collection. :ohyes:

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This is just incredible work! You must publish very detailed tutorials if you ever get tired of BATting - which I hope will be in a very VERY distant future!

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Glad to see some representation from Kansas City! What a beautiful addition! Great work :)

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Taxes are one of those miserable facts of life that also happen to be inevitable as I've heard... yet they are a thing and as anyone who watches the in-game budget settings can attest, even Sims must pay them.  Therefore, they must file them, and have them prepared... so they need a place to get it done and you've at least built a pleasant facility in which to do this most unpleasant task.  Nice work Matt!

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Absolutely beautiful building!  I really like the lot, as well.  The planters and so forth are very well-done.

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This is beautiful, Matt, really, you've outdoned yourself. :)

I can't wait for you to release that train station as well. 

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love this project as it is a real standout... well done 5/5... design subject and final look are to be noted...

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This is stunning. Lots of visual interest and those reflections!! Keep it up Matt, and great work!

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Wow, I never knew that the Lots can reflecte the environment from the window. I shoud consult you someday Matt, Thank you for bringing so splendid work to us.

Yours Sincerely,

-- Raymond

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My god you move quick - and it's not like the quality suffers: this is one is gorgeous!

Great work with the reflections.

Plus it's another Aussie business in game (exists in, not from Australia) which always floats my boat!

 

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Omg this is stunning. You are amazing. Thank you so much matt. 

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