[Atrocities]

It takes a lot of time to get the big ones.... Mainly zone your C$ then rezone to C$$ then again later to C$$$. Keep rezoning your surrounding Residential as well.

It takes a bit to get the populations high enough in a concentrated area to get the sims to build those big buildings. That is why I say expand slowly and in small increaments. If you start to see slums, plop down a baseball part or something near by. Also be sure you have plenty of bus stops and eventually next to the bus stops, sub way portols.

If you run into big problems visit simtropolis for some $$ making buildings. I can even send the water front casino to you if you need it. (Goes into your MyDocuments/SC4/Plugins folder. Let me know.