Living Spaces furniture store opens in old Lenexa Kohl’s

Living Spaces has opened its first Kansas City area furniture showroom and store in a former Kohl’s in Lenexa.

The store sits at 12381 W. 95th St. just off of I-35. It spans 106,000 square feet, store manager Jorge Foneseca said, and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

This is Living Space’s first KC area showroom

• The store has an expansive furniture showroom and large mattress selection in the attached Revive Sleep Center.
• It also has a small cafe which serves some meals, as well as wine and beer.
• Additionally, there’s a children’s entertainment center that includes a movie theater.

The Lenexa store opened this week

• The store had a soft opening earlier this week but officially opens on Friday.
• “You walk in this door, and it grabs you and pulls you in,” Mayor Mike Boem said Thursday during a Lenexa Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting.
• This is the company’s first Kansas store and one of its first Midwest locations, with other stores primarily located in the western states.

There is a special 1% CID tax at the store

• The Lenexa Kohl’s closed as part of a string of closures across the U.S. four years ago.
• The building underwent significant upgrades over the last several months, including exterior and interior improvements ahead of Living Spaces’ opening.
• Last year, the Lenexa City Council awarded Living Spaces a special economic development grant split into two installments totaling $300,000
• The city also signed off on a community improvement district, which establishes an extra 1% sales tax in the area for 22 years. Living Spaces could collect up to $7 million in development cost reimbursement from that tax during that time period.

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