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Nebraska Furniture Mart And The Battle Over ‘Dark Stores’

By Nomin Ujiyediin,
Byron J. Love
Published September 20, 2021 at 4:00 AM CDT
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Nebraska Furniture Mart, one of the busiest retailers in the region, stands to get a nearly $1.5 million property tax refund on its Kansas City, Kansas, location after winning an appeal to a state tax board. What could this mean for other big box retailers?

Big retail companies in Kansas are trying to get out of paying property taxes by using a strategy called the "Dark Store Theory". The latest is Nebraska Furniture Mart in Wyandotte County. Steve Vockrodt, the investigative editor of the Midwest Newsroom, has been covering this issue, and he’s here to explain why.

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Kansas City Today is hosted by Nomin Ujiyediin. It is produced by Byron Love and edited by Maria Carter and Lisa Rodriguez.

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Nomin Ujiyediin
As a newscaster and a host of a daily news podcast, I want to deliver the most important and interesting news of the day in an engaging and easily understandable way. No matter where you live in the metro or what you’re interested in, I want you to learn something from each newscast or podcast – and maybe even give you something to talk about at the dinner table.
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Byron J. Love
As an on-demand producer, I am focused on using my skills and experiences across multiple digital applications, platforms and media fields to create community focused audio, video and on-demand products for KCUR Studios. The media that I produce aims to inform, entertain and connect with the Kansas City metro area as we continue to learn from each other. Email me at byronlove@kcur.org.
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