State Ex Rel. Broadway-Washington Associates, Ltd. v. Manners

RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Judge.

Relator Broadway-Washington Associates, Ltd. (“Broadway”), seeks a writ of prohibition barring respondent from taking any further action other than sustaining Broadway’s motion to dismiss the underlying condemnation action. The Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City filed a condemnation petition five years after the adoption of the ordinance approving the redevelopment project. The circuit court entered an order of condemnation. Section 99.810.1(3), RSMo 2000, 1 requires that the subject property be “acquired” within five years of the adoption of the…