Abandoned Cincinnati Mills Mall
Cincinnati mills cincinnati mall and forest fair village were all tried but all failed to create buzz.
Abandoned cincinnati mills mall. The renovated center contained nightclubs two movie theaters themed restaurants 145 tenants and 93 occupancy. To give a little back story about forest fair mall i submit the following from the malls wikipedia page. The bleeding of tenants only accelerated. Now it is a maze of silent hallways and slowly decaying storefronts.
The forest fair village mall in the northern suburbs of cincinnati ohio was once a bustling community hub and shopping paradise. Despite being the second biggest mall in the state and bringing many new retailers to the. This change in consumer habits is possibly no more real and ominous than at the skeletal remains of the forest fair mall aka cincinnati mills aka cincinnati mall. In 2002 the mills corporation purchased forest fair for nearly 70 million and began a much anticipated 70 million renovation project in 2003 aided in part by 19 million in tax increment financing.
Cincinnati mills is still open for mall walkers curious wanderers and people who like to freak themselves out by traipsing through dark. While it has gone by several. 19 it renamed cincinnati mall. The mall built in phases between 1988 and 1989 as forest fair mall has become noted for its troubled history.
Cincinnati mills is a perfect example of over saturation in the retail market. The mall is a ghost town still decorated in bright 1980s colors. Today a couple of anchors kohls bass pro shops are operating on the outside of the mall but the interior is empty. Forest fair village formerly cincinnati mall cincinnati mills and forest fair mall is a shopping mall in the northern suburbs of cincinnati ohio united states.
In a move to restore the malls viability cincinnati holding sought non traditional tenants to fill the empty mall. It is situated on the border between forest park and fairfield at the junction of interstate 275 and winton road exit 39. Step inside an abandoned ohio mall thats eerily well preserved. Cincinnati mills was purchased by the cincinnati holding company a subsidiary of world properties inc.
Each facelift would give the mall a new name. Upon completion forest fair mall was renamed cincinnati mills on august 19 2004. Step inside the massive derelict shopping mall with the help of this fascinating video from youtube channel this is dan bell.

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