A new furniture store may be coming to Ames, aided by a tax abatement incentive.
Furniture Mart USA wants to construct a 91,000-square-foot building on the north side of S.E. 5th Street between Target and Walmart. The Ames City Council considered the company’s request for a five-year property tax abatement on Tuesday.
Troy Eichmann, chief operating officer of Furniture Mart USA, said the company has purchased the property and will invest funds this year to fill the site and make it developable in the flood plain…