LEGO City 2

Bu-Ra-Do Business Complex

Although LEGO City 2 had a large number of office buildings, additional commercial space was badly needed.  LEGO City 2's economy was booming madly.

Even more annoying for local businesses, the employees in the city had become more and more finicky about where they worked.  Competition became fierce over highly skilled professions such as computer programmers.

An innovative thinker at the Cutie corporation came up with the concept that workers might be more attracted to their company if the building in which they worked was exciting and fun.

Thus the seed behind the Bu-Ra-Do business complex was planted.

The Cutie corporation explored several possibilities for themed office buildings, eventually settling on a plan put forth by the Japanese Bu-Ra-Do construction conglomerate.  The design proposed two large towers in a ninja theme straddling the north-eastern railroad tracks.

After the design was settled, the next problem was to allocate the required parts.  Luckily, ninja themed parts were readily available at steep discounts at this point, so these parts were no problem.  However, there were issues with getting enough windows and columns.  Therefore, the Cutie corporation did something it had never attempted before: It traded with other companies.  The windows for the office tower were acquired from Tom Stangl's train empire in return for some extra train carriages.  The columns were obtained from Shiri Dori's CastLEGO company in trade for excess castle uniforms.

Construction began around April 1st.  Each tower was built separately in a construction yard and then hauled to its final destination using a secret technique code-named "the hands of a giant."

The resulting structure is the largest in LEGO City 2. 

The "rocky" lower floors house environmental systems as well as several large computers.  

The 2-story red structures above house the primary headquarters for the Cutie corporation.  

The large white sky-scraper houses additional office space that is leased to new businesses at exceedingly cheap rates to encourage entrepreneurship.  To finance these rates, the Cutie corporation (who owns the building) requires that it be given a 2% per year stake in all new companies leasing the space.  This has proven very attractive and has vastly increased the number of new companies in town.  While the Cutie corporation has yet to profit from this venture, speculation runs wild that even if a single tenant makes it big, Cutie corporation will reap huge dividends from their deal.

The black tower on the right is called the dragon's forge.  A series of computerized dragons inhabit the tower.  These dragons move around constantly, but every hour, they stage a full-fledge spectacle for the workers and any passers-by.  This decision was criticized by some Cutie corporation management in the beginning because it was felt that workers would be too easily distracted.  However, it turns out that productivity rates in the Bu-Ra-Do complex are at least 30% higher than in other buildings in the city!  Apparently, the break rejuvenates the workers so that they can work all the harder during the rest of the hour.  Additionally, this show has brought in many walk-in customers.  Its also a great way to schmooze large clients.

All the maintenance workers in the building are dressed up in traditional Japanese attire.  Workers are encouraged to do the same for extra fun, but this is not required.

This experiment with themed building has been so successful that Cutie corporation has purchased the old LEGO City 2 castle and intends to enlarge and beautify it for the same purpose.

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