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Article: H&R Block breaks ground on headquarters in Kansas City, Mo.

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By Kevin Collison, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 13--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- H&R Block marked the start of a $138 million headquarters project Tuesday that is expected to spark sweeping downtown redevelopment. The company did so with the blessing of co-founder Henry Bloch.

"I'm pleased that what we are doing as a company is part of something bigger -- the rebirth of Kansas City's downtown," the 82-year-old Bloch told about 100 people at a groundbreaking ceremony near where construction has begun on the 17-story complex at 13th and Main streets.

"I couldn't be more pleased that H&R Block's longtime future ...

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