The Forest Fair Mall was opened in 1989 and originally featured Bigg's Hypermarket, Bonwit Teller, B. Altman, Elder-Beerman, Parisian, and Sakowitz as anchor stores. I visited it back in the summer, You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. According to the Butler and Hamilton county auditors websites, the properties have not been sold. Forest Fair Village, formerly Forest Fair Mall, The Shops at Forest Fair, Cincinnati Mills and Cincinnati Mall was a two-level shopping mall 25.1 miles (40.4 km) southeast of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, between Cincinnati Mills Drive, Forest Fair Drive, South Gilmore Road and Interstate 275 in Fairfield, a suburb of Cincinnati. Owing to an economic downturn and financial considerations, the new Bass Pro Shops store was never built. Sorry Sherman, but the implications of both statements are both misleading. And the articles you posted are about a variety of malls which includes Forest Fair. There was a huge CompUSA next to the Bigg's, but it didn't have an entrance inside the mall. This cinema has been closed since 2014, Entries #2 and #8 and Steve & Barrys. I was living in Corryville at the time and had already been drinking so I didn't want to drive. This mall was built in 1988, and it was there when I moved into my first apartment that I furnished it with everything from the senior anchor, Biggs Hypermarket. Yes - I've been inside when it's just been a dark concourse. 2 March 2010. Kohls opened in the B. Altman location in September 1994. Bourbon Street Cafe. The Forest Park and Fairfield Police had a substation there for years and often held D.A.R.E. Boyer, Mike. Sharonville and Winton Woods are suburbs of Cincinnati. It was safe and the Time Out area was beautiful with indoor putt putt and merry go round. Hooker sought bankruptcy protection in September, claiming debts of $1.7 billion. I remember thinking that was the coolest thing of all time. Its crazy to think this mall is still standing after all these years. * Breakdown in arrests since the mall opened in 1987: * Huge disturbance in the parking lot 3 days prior to article published, melee. Area Showcase Cinemas closes. Fairfield Echo 2 March 2010. Hooker was saddled with debt as construction costs that were estimated at $200 million came in at more than $250 million. Several articles from August 1998 about a series of gang-related robberies in the area malls, including Forest Fair, that are violent and involve guns. Today, this nearly 2,000,000 square foot mall has only Kohl's, Bass Pro Shops (leaving later in 2015), and Babies R Us as anchor stores. Supposedly, in the beginning, the bigg's wing was always the discount wing, and it was laid out so that you could take your shopping cart from store to store, and that there was a two-level store called "Super Sports USA", "Summer Sports USA", or just "Sports USA" (it could've been Oshman's SuperSports USA, but I have no proof of that). Forest Fair Mall chronology. Cincinnati Enquirer 29 Oct. 2000. Maybe drop ceilings were there?? and our 7Biggs closed its hypermarket due to slumping sales in June 2008 following an attempt to partition off a section of its store and attempt an outlet store concept. I guess it goes to show that some malls just can't be saved no matter how much money is poured into them. Cincinnati Mills: One Year Later. Fairfield Echo 5 Oct. 2005. The Journal-News reached out to the Ohio Department of Development and Gov. 3. [] in any bathroom. ^It was called Bourbon St. put stuff in there for teens and kids to do like ice skating roller skating the movie theater bowling jump zone games dance room! They tore that club down, built a store, and the moved the club to a different area I think near Kohls. Store Directory for Wolfchase Galleria - Simon Bonwit Teller closed in October 1990, followed by B. Altman and Sakowitz in November. Can't find any reference to "warzone" on my article, but this is what I wrote: "By this point, crime in the center was so rampant that a police substation was installed adjacent to the parking garage.". I remember there always being rumors of gangs there, but I don't remember anything about an indoor shooting war. 11, FFM placed Malls at Forest Fair on the market in February 1995 which was acquired by Gator Forest Park Partners of Miami in 1996 for $18 million.11 Gator envisioned Forest Fair as a destination outlet mall3710 and pledged to invest $10 million into the shopping center over the next three years. The prior summer saw a major brawl at a McDonalds - where a security firm was hired just for the parking lot on the weekends. I love the indoor mountain bike park idea. 9 By September, only 56% of the mall was leased, including 60% of the anchor space and 47% of the inline retailer space. 12 Nov. 2008. 21 The company worked out a payment schedule with the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to pay the late assessments and taxes owed. I do believe they understand that and are also incentivized to allow for these extensions.. For more information, please see our Even though I moved out of Fairfield, I still have to go back there every now and then for eye appointments, they keep the place pretty well maintained and they were pretty quick to throw me out of there for shooting photos. Also, you can't enter the nightclub from within the mall itself, you have to go outside. Bourbon Street was closed down in 1999 and replace with Burlington Coat Factory, My VIP card. The fact that it's Bubcity and Joe's I mean what an awesome combination. PDF FOREST FAIR VILLAGE - Newmark 12 Nov. 2008. She covers Butler County including all elected office holders, departments and independent boards; Liberty, Ross and West Chester townships. My (ex)girlfriend's friend's brother was Ultimate Fighting there. Yea, I don't ever remember hearing anything about a shooting inside the mall. Boyer, Mike. That was the main reason for the initial failure of the Forest Fair Mall. and our No offense, but some people are way too young to remember anything significant that occurred there during the early 1990s. The remainder of the money was to be awarded on a first come first served basis. I remember it well. Fun fact, I went to Metropolis over the summer on its last day of operation. Kent, Jennifer. Cincinnati Mall - Abandoned I was shocked to find out that so much of the mall had been shut down that it was nearly impossible to actually walk from the store to Chipotle. Not so, now. Apr. I told you I loved Bourbon Street lol. Fairfield, Ohio bordered with Forest Park, Ohio | Forest park, Butler county, Hamilton county Travel Destinations US Destinations Uploaded to Pinterest Bourbon Street nightclubs at Forest Fair Mall. Called the COP Shop. Entry #7Only Bass Pro and Kohls are openMall entry #6 looking into the old Biggs HypermarketEast end of the mall. Forest Fair Village - Cincinnati, OH | Barge Photography West lower level of the mall The Journal News reports that Cincinnati Sports Zone has signed a 25-year lease to open a new sports complex inside the space formerly used by Bigg's.
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