Forest Fair Mall

Forest Fair Mall
Forest Fair Mall logo
A wing of Forest Fair Village, a two-story shopping mall. Visible are a number of abandoned storefronts and fixtures. In the distance is a sign reading "Kohl's"
The Kohl's wing of Forest Fair Village, May 2018
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LocationForest Park and Fairfield, Ohio, U.S.
Address1047 Cincinnati Mills Drive
Opening dateJuly 11, 1988; 36 years ago (1988-07-11)
Closing dateDecember 2, 2022; 23 months ago (2022-12-02)
Previous names
  • The Malls at Forest Fair
  • Cincinnati Mills
  • Cincinnati Mall
  • Forest Fair Village
DeveloperLJ Hooker
OwnerCincinnati Holding Company, LLC
No. of stores and services1 (20+ at peak)
No. of anchor tenants1 (5 at peak)
Total retail floor area1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2)
No. of floors2
Parking6,000
Public transit accessBus interchange Metro

Forest Fair Mall (also known as The Malls at Forest Fair, Cincinnati Mills, Cincinnati Mall, and Forest Fair Village) is an abandoned enclosed shopping mall in the northern suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is situated on the border between Forest Park and Fairfield, at the junction of Interstate 275 and Winton Road (Exit 39). The mall, built in phases between 1988 and 1989 as Forest Fair Mall, has become noted for its troubled history; despite being the second-biggest mall in the state and bringing many new retailers to the 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, attracting new stores such as Kohl's, Burlington Coat Factory, and Bass Pro Shops. Mills Corporation renamed the property to 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 afterward, while continuing to lose many of its key tenants. After having been renamed to Cincinnati Mall and again to Forest Fair Village in the 2010s, the property received significant media attention as an example of a dead mall. It also received a number of proposals for renovation, none of which were realized. Following years of tenancy decline, it closed to the public on December 2, 2022 with the exception of Kohl's and Bass Pro Shops.