Forest Fair Mall
Center court, c. May 2018 | |
| Location | Forest Park and Fairfield, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Address | 1047 Cincinnati Mills Drive |
| Opening date | July 11, 1988 |
| Renovated |
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| Closing date | December 2, 2022 |
| Demolished | September 21, 2025–March 16, 2026 |
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| Developer | George Herscu LJ Hooker |
| Owner | Hillwood Investment Group |
| Architect | Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum (HOK) |
| Stores and services | 200+ (at peak) |
| Anchor tenants | 5 (at peak) |
| Floor area | 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2) |
| Floors | 2 |
| Parking | Parking lot with 6,000 spaces |
| Public transit | Metro |
| Website | cincinnatimills.com (2007 archive) |
Forest Fair Mall (also known as The Malls at Forest Fair, Cincinnati Mills, Cincinnati Mall, and Forest Fair Village) was an enclosed shopping mall in the northern suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was located on the border between Forest Park and Fairfield, at the junction of Interstate 275 and Winton Road.
Opened in phases between 1988 and 1989, the mall has become noted for its troubled history. Despite being the second-biggest mall in the state of Ohio and bringing many new retailers to the Cincinnati market, it lost three anchor stores (B. Altman and Company, Bonwit Teller, and Sakowitz) and its original owner LJ Hooker to bankruptcy less than a year after opening. The mall underwent renovations throughout the mid-1990s under its second owner, Gator Investments, attracting new big-box stores such as Kohl's, Burlington Coat Factory, and Bass Pro Shops. The Mills Corporation renamed the property Cincinnati Mills in 2002 and renovated the mall once more in August 2004. Following the sale of Mills's portfolio to Simon Property Group, the mall was sold several times, while continuing to lose many of its key tenants due to a combination of retailer bankruptcies and increased competition from newer shopping centers.
After having been renamed Cincinnati Mall, and again Forest Fair Village in the 2010s, the property became a dead mall. It also received a number of proposals for renovation, none of which were realized. Following years of losing tenants, it closed to the public in December 2022, with the exception of Kohl's and Bass Pro Shops. Those stores closed in 2024 and 2025 respectively. Demolition of the entire complex began in September 2025.