KANSAS CITY | H&R Block World Headquarters | 72m | 236ft | 17 fl | Com

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TheKansan

Discussion Starter · Mar 19, 2005

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Forgive me if this takes a while to load. These are the progress images of the H&R Block HQ construction that have been posted by scooterj on kcskyscrapers.com over the last several months. He created a progress animation, but I thought it would be better to post each image one at a time so you could look at the details
Progress Animation

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beiklopa

· #2 · Mar 19, 2005

ese guyz are cool

i was shocked when i saw them cleanin up the area

SA BOY

· #3 · Mar 20, 2005

did anyone else notice the 2 white vans parked at the top of the parkade in very pic, they maust be long term parkers.

beiklopa

· #4 · Mar 20, 2005

heh yeah

funny thing

TheKansan

Discussion Starter · #5 · Mar 20, 2005

Here is a model that shows what the site will look like when complete. Notice that all of the surface parking lots are gone, and replaced with an entertainment district.

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james2390

· #6 · Mar 20, 2005

Nice photos!

The final product is great. I really like the designs.

th0m

· #7 · Mar 21, 2005

Nice project, definitely a lot better than what is there now. How tall will the building be?

Gendo

· #8 · Mar 21, 2005

^^ It looks to be 18 floors and somewhere between 250-275 feet tall.

chex

· #9 · Mar 21, 2005

nice pix thanks!!!!
but to me the tower looks a bit fat and not with a good height too...

colink

· #10 · Mar 21, 2005

Does anyone else think it's odd that H&R BLOCK is building an oval building???

TICONLA1

· #11 · Mar 21, 2005

Great pic's, i personally enjoy this type of documentation in construction. these shots bring back to mind a term i've not heard used in a long time, "urban renewal". this looks to be a fairly large project, is H&R Block financing the project, or are there other private or city agencys involved?. and also is there to be a residential component in this development? most of the projects out here, (Los Angeles) of this size, have at least 1/3 of the total development sq.footage, devoted to residential, there seems to be a damand for it in the downtown areas of alot of citys, and the city of Long Beach has had much success with about 3 projects around the same size as this one. but whoever was the one to come up with the idea of the entertainment center or component, aspect of these developments is the one to thank for there success worldwide. i'm sure this project will be a great addition to the downtown area of Kansas City.

TheKansan

Discussion Starter · #12 · Mar 21, 2005

TICONLA1 said:
Great pic's, i personally enjoy this type of documentation in construction. these shots bring back to mind a term i've not heard used in a long time, "urban renewal". this looks to be a fairly large project, is H&R Block financing the project, or are there other private or city agencys involved?

A company by the name of Cordish is developing the entertainment district while H&R Block is doing their HQ. At the same time Kansas City is also building a brand new arena.

. and also is there to be a residential component in this development? most of the projects out here, (Los Angeles) of this size, have at least 1/3 of the total development sq.footage, devoted to residential, there seems to be a damand for it in the downtown areas of alot of citys, and the city of Long Beach has had much success with about 3 projects around the same size as this one. but whoever was the one to come up with the idea of the entertainment center or component, aspect of these developments is the one to thank for there success worldwide. i'm sure this project will be a great addition to the downtown area of Kansas City.

A good deal of residential is part of this district as well, and several residential towers are in the works. This is a huge improvement to Kansas City's downtown and should bring the life back to it. The entire district will be known as "The Power & Light District" and should be similar to the LA Live project.

TheKansan

Discussion Starter · #13 · Mar 21, 2005

chex said:
nice pix thanks!!!!
but to me the tower looks a bit fat and not with a good height too...

Its not a huge tower, but KC is jut a modest mid-sized city here in the US, so 300 meter towers aren't really what we are about.

Gendo

· #14 · Mar 22, 2005

colink said:
Does anyone else think it's odd that H&R BLOCK is building an oval building???

And they are using two city blocks. Is it H&R Blocks now? If so which block is H and which is R? :hahaha:

finn

· #15 · Mar 22, 2005

Wow! Great series of pics! Can't wait to see the full series when everything is complete! So cool to see the surface parking lots being developed.

rj2uman

· #16 · Mar 22, 2005

Very nice! LOL all the HR Block comments just cracked me up too.

TheKansan

Discussion Starter · #17 · Mar 31, 2005

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These picture are from 3/28/2005

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TheKansan

Discussion Starter · #18 · May 17, 2005

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These pictures are as of 5/14/05

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Urban Dave

· #19 · May 17, 2005

Amazing cronology of the works!

nygirl

· #20 · May 19, 2005

Looks really cheesey to me, but its alot better than those crappy parking lots

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