Place 2 B Night Club has signed a five-year lease for more than 29,000 square feet of space at the Forest Park center, according to a news release from Cincinnati Mall. The extension will modify the current end date of grant agreements from May 31, 2023 to June 30, 2024.. 1 / 14. Or a good location for a Halloween scare. The mall reportedly changed its name to Forest Fair Village in 2013 but never officially changed any of the exterior or interior signs saying "Cincinnati Mall". Why would they open a new one when they can just use the old one it is a very nice on its so dumb. [], [] https://abandonedonline.net/location/cincinnati-mall/ BACKGROUND MUSIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQyzEyIf7P0&t=254s []. 12 Nov. 2008. Amazingly, the entire mall is still open to the public. Were there any larger stores in the bigg's wing besides the sporting goods shop and the bigg's? Biggs in Forest Park to close. Cincinnati Enquirer 14 May 2008. Forest Fair Mall holds a small place in my heart. I remember going there in the late 90's/early 2000's and security not letting you walk around in large groups (they also had this policy at Northgate and Tri-County when I worked there), but I can't find any information on an indoor shooting war. I visited it back in the summer, You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Learn how your comment data is processed. We went everyday in the summer. 12 Nov. 2008. The potential developer is aware of the citys comprehensive plan, including the area plan for the South Gilmore/Mack Road area., Chris Anderson, Forest Parks director of community development said they havent met with Hillwood recently, but as far as I know everythings moving along, a little slower than we thought but still moving.. As I understand it, the guy who built the mall was an investor from Australia who just wanted to get in on the mall boom of the 80s. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. I told you I loved Bourbon Street lol. 25 Only a handful of shops and services were operating at the site, including Bass Pro Shop and Kohls. Forest fair mall was home to many grocery stores over the years. Note, the logo is still present on the groundtoday, Place 2 B Nite Club This nightclub replaced the former nightclub Metropolis. The mall still seems most commonly refered to as Cincinnati Mills. Mills was later taken over by Simon Malls. What kind of "general sh!t?". I think the incident you're referring to is when a gun was pulled and there was a huge response from the Fairfield and Forest Park police. Privacy Policy. There was a large incident at Metropolis in 2008 (IIRC), which may have been posted here, where about 200 youths got rowdy and started causing mass disruptions at the night club and throughout the mall. put stuff in there for teens and kids to do like ice skating roller skating the movie theater bowling jump zone games dance room! 12 Nov. 2008. View our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy & Cookie Settings. I'll concede that it is entirely possible that gang members went to the mall but the idea that it was a threatening or dangerous place is ludicris. 11Occupancy dropped to 56% because of uncertainty in the shopping centers future. If you want to use this photo please contact me (Nicholas Eckhart) in one of the following ways: >Send an email to eckhartnicholas@yahoo.com. In February 2022, Hillwood Construction Services began negotiations to purchase the site with the goal of tearing down the 1.9-million-square-foot shopping center and redeveloping the site with 1.5 million square feet of light industrial buildings at the cost of $150 million. 12 Nov. 2008. Found some papers that I obtained that should provide more specifically the crime that occurred in the mall. Description: When I moved to Ohio at the age of 14, the first place I went was FFM. The only reason I even go there these days is for the Babies 'R Us store, but now there is one near Kenwood Mall. Are you kidding me? In 2002, the Mills Corporation purchased the Malls at Forest Fair for $69.4 million and began a $70 million renovation project in February 2003. For more information, please see our Owing to an economic downturn and financial considerations, the new Bass Pro Shops store was never built. 9 By September, only 56% of the mall was leased, including 60% of the anchor space and 47% of the inline retailer space. 3. Is this now Metropolis? Cross Streets: Located at Winter & Washington Streets in The Corner Mall . That place was great fun! 12 Nov. 2008. Tri-County?). Amazingly, the entire mall is still open to the public. He said they dont have any more details about the developers plans. Where else in the world would you be legally allowed to enter premises that are closed for business. Somewhere around 93-94. That does not make them gangs and isolated incidents hardly make something a big problem. The Journal-News reached out to the Ohio Department of Development and Gov. I love the indoor mountain bike park idea. Boyer, Mike. 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. * In May 1992, Cincinnati Police had to halt teen dances in downtown because of over 20 assaults. And I'm not an english major but your second statement certainly sounds like you are talking about suburbs surrounding the mall. I could actually hear the drips given the heavy rain we had the day beforeThe coolest food court Ive ever been toThis cinema changed names 3 times since opening at the beginning of the mall. Kiesewetter, Sue. I'll post this up in an article soon. Boyer, Mike. From the archives: Remembering the Forest Fair Mall when it was buzzing with activity, Scan this QR code to download the app now. The mall has changed hands more times than I can remember, and now has just 5 tenants, including the two anchors, Kohls and Bass Pro. Many of the walkways and escalators are barricaded off. 12 Nov. 2008. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Bourbon Street must have been on the upper level of the old Bonwit Teller, back when it was Festivals of Forest Fair. They should make it the worlds largest Cheescake Factory, add some faux paint textures here and there and some Egyptian columns and there you go, There was a large incident at Metropolis in 2008 (IIRC), which may have been posted here, where about 200 youths got rowdy and started causing mass disruptions at the night club and throughout the mall. I also remember after seeing the film my parents took me and my sisters to Wonderpark to conclude our time there. Following up on the incredible Volkswagen graveyard, this junkyard is far smaller with only a handful of vehicles but every bit as photogenic. Watch out for that Ferris wheel ya'll! After struggling to keep the mall filled, Simon sold the mall off. You also forget that in the winter of 1992, 2 rival gangs went to the Forest Fair Mall and started a violent indoor gang war, that included shootings, robberies and the like. Tri-County Mall VS. Forest Fair Mall Forest Fair Mall was the first to die, then Northgate Mall, then Cincinnati Mills thought it could save Forest Fair, then Tri-County said "wait a minute, we're NOT going down without a fight!" Funny thingI typically avoid malls like the plague, but was at kenwood tagging along with a friend during the Holiday madness. I was thinking, "If I want to go to a rough bar, I think I'll stick to ones around here, not the one all the way up at the mall.". The $7.9 million grant the county land bank received to raze the eyesore along Interstate 275 last year appeared to be in jeopardy because the May 31 deadline was impossible to reach. Of course Parisian closed in Kenwood and that is where the Nordstrom is located. The revitalization of the mall around 2003 or 2004. New stores announced for Cincinnati Mills. Cincinnati Mills 9 July 2004. Each of the 88 counties automatically received $500,000 for demolition and $1 million for brownfield remediation, which is the removal of hazardous materials left when industrial, or even commercial such as dry cleaners blight is downed. Though it was the coolest one of the three I frequented in my mall rat years in the 90's . FOREST PARK, Ohio - Cincinnati Mall has a new plan to mix retail with sports entertainment to make use of thousands of square feet of empty retail space. Sign up for a new account in our community. The gangs were not walking around the other malls like they were at Forest Parks, Forest Fair Mall. The remains of the mall, and its only current tenant (an arcade), features in YouTuber Adam the Woos daily vlog #1490 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZaTbToRWNw). In January 1991, Hookers seven lenders took over the malls operation as FFM Limited Partnership. 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. STORES. 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. Combined, the new Forest Fair Mall featured 1-million square feet with B. Altman, Biggs, Bonwit Teller, Elder-Beerman, and Parisian as anchors and 200 stores. Found this out firsthand, the management will try anything to keep it out of the papers. I don't think Metropolis is accessible through the main mall though. Did you know that MS-13 roamed the mall back, and in the surrounding suburbs of Sharonville and Winton Woods? The Butler County Land Bank applied for $9.5 million in state funding to raze dilapidated and abandoned buildings, with the bulk of the money, if approved, going to tear down Cincinnati Mall. Please join our group and share your memories/pictures of one of Cincinnati's unique nightclubs located on the second floor of the now defunct Forest Fair Mall. Hooker literally bought controlling interest in the upscale anchors and forced them to open at the mall. New developers would be on the hook for the back taxes. . . IMO Kenwood was always the go to mall. While these malls don't have substations, they do have a constant police presence. Its important that if they offered these monies to bring these major blighted projects that they allow the time for these things to proceed, Nix said. Hopefully a new buyer will come in and restore it, and find some kind of entertainment use for this gem of a place. The bleeding of tenants only accelerated which led Showcase Cinemas to close onFebruary 28, 2010. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Have mercy west move in. Get the inside scoop (and a chance at a $1,000 shopping spree) today. 11 By June, Forest Fair was put up for sale. There are two other major malls within several miles of this one that were built earlier with more stable (in the long run) anchor stores like Sears and JCPenney. Now it looks like the Metropolis may remain open at the mall. Thinking of moving to Cincinnati -- help? Despite success, Cincinnati Mills may return to sale rack. Cincinnati Business Courier 28 April 2006. I left the conversation with a promising understanding that an extension would occur, Geisler told the Journal-News. That could work. I merely said that was the kind of picture your article and your comments on here were painting the mall as, that's the vibe I got. Mike DeWines office last fall about the deadline that appeared to jeopardize the $8 million project. Scope it here: http://www.labelscar.com/ohio/forest-fair-mall-cincinnati-mills-cincinnati-mall-cincinnati-ohio. One was done in the early 1990s to make the mall more of a discount-based mall and cost $8 Million. The Cottrill Opera House in Thomas, West Virginia opened in 1902 and closed in the 1970s. 13 Nov. 2008: 6B. LOL!!!!!!!!!!! 12 Nov. 2008. Cookie Notice Official MapQuest website, find driving directions, maps, live traffic updates and road conditions. [] in any bathroom. Forest Fair Village is a mall that was built in 1988 and 1989 in the Northern suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio, between Fairfield and Forest Park on the I-275 beltway. The property, which is. Metropolis was opened in November of 2000 at this new location, after the closure of Bourbon StreetFormer Ruby Tuesday then MargaritasThe 2nd of the 2 anchors left. By the early 2000s, all of the anchor stores original to the mall had closed except for Bigg's Hypermarket. I like the fact that there is nothing in there. The problems this mall had in my opinion are because of poor planing, foresight, and enforcement. 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. The mall was dead from the start. Even the bathrooms had the water shut off. Hooker sought bankruptcy protection in September, claiming debts of $1.7 billion. The land bank applied for $11.5 million to topple 51 eyesores with the the Ohio Department of Development last February and was awarded $8.7 million in October. 22 The Candlewood Suites would be located on the footprint of the former Steve and Barrys store 19 while the ice hockey arena and water park would be situated in the old Biggs anchor. Can't make it to us? I remember going to them as a kid. Once the request is received, Development will work with the entity to execute their awards, she said. 6 March 2009. Recently we uploaded a video about Forest Fair Mall the state it is in now, Here is a video of what the mall looked like with the original asteadics and Time. Phone # Not Available . Bourbon Street must have been on the upper level of the old Bonwit Teller, back when it was Festivals of Forest Fair. First you talked about rampant crime in the mall, then you further went on to post about gangs and violence. The first grocery store to open in the mall was a Kroger, which opened in the late 1970s. Bourbon St. Do they still have fishing in the Food Court fountain? When you're a security force with nothing to guard, it's a pretty easy job. The police always had a kind of "ambassador" presence there, it wasn't put there to curtail rising crime post-mills renovation that your article seems to suggest. I didn't realize that Metropolis was open that recently, but I haven't been on that side of the mall in a very long time. Published: Dec. 2, 2022 at 12:41 PM PST FAIRFIELD, Ohio (WXIX) - Forest Fair Mall has been shut down due to possible safety hazards, according to Forest Park Fire Chief Alfie Jones. It's been #1 in the trade area for over 20 years. 5 By December, occupancy was down to 66%. "FOREST PARK POLICE WIN STATE AWARD - COP PROGRAM 'OUTSTANDING'" April 7, 1992. 12 Nov. 2008. * Police substation opened in December 1991. Anyone?? Sherman, I grew up in Fairfield and was often at Forest Fair Mall but do not ever remember feeling unsafe inside. Will have the memories forever though!! Anyone? 19 SMT-Reddit 19 days ago There is a lot of you connecting dots and then saying that you never did. SIMON SEARCH. ;), Never said it was a warzone. Entry #7Only Bass Pro and Kohls are openMall entry #6 looking into the old Biggs HypermarketEast end of the mall. You dont have to, but we always recommend one! events and such there. Forest Fair Village Cincinnati, OH | Barge Photography, Mall entry #6 looking into the old Biggs Hypermarket, East end of the mall. "Cincinnati Newcomers" questions answered. The mall is the second largest mall in Ohio with 1,500,000 square feet. I don't think that anyone is arguing whether or not gangs were there on occasion and such. That section of the mall opened about a year before the rest of it. Bear_Salary6976 2 mo. Regardless if the mall had "crime" or not (I'm sure Kenwood and Tri-County had "crime" as well), it was a safe mall and I do remember it well in the 90's. The mall suffers from crime, hence the need for a police substation (how many other malls have that? When Rookwood was built it hurt it a little but they both exist and well with each other. "Even the suburbs can suffer from years of neglect, vandalism and crime.". Today 10:00AM-9:00PM . ^One of my friends got busted for underage drinking in the garage. and our Saks Off Fifth signed open as an anchor outlet store in August 2000 followed by Burlington Coat Factory in October and Bass Pro Shops in November. This mall has changed hands again and is undergoing another rebrand. We ate at Chik-Fil-A []. ..30 years of failed attempts at the same thing. Maybe drop ceilings were there?? I seen this place from beginning to end. A major redevelopment of the mall likely requires planning commission and/or city council approval, including multiple meetings and public hearings, Kaelin said. No one in Fairfield or Forest Park could afford Bonwit Teller. ^It was called Bourbon St. Cincinnati Mills owner to be acquired. Associated Press 17 Jan. 2007. It is interesting to walk the ghost-town mall. Bourbon Street nightclubs at Forest Fair Mall. Cincinnati Mills sold again. Cincinnati Enquirer 2 Jan. 2009. So thanks Forest Fair-we loved you. With all this talk about crime, I thought something entirely different when you said "tagging". I think its time to tear this down and reclaim the land for another use. Welcome back to where it all started, FOREST FAIR MALL, to celebrate 1,000 subscribers with a newly re-rerecorded, re-shot, re-mastered, re-booted edition. Amazingly, the entire mall is still open to the public. * Perception that under Forest Fair management, the mall had become a gang hangout. Cincinnati Mall works on debt plan., Baverman, Laura. Fairfield Mayor Mitch Rhodus told the Journal-News while he would be thrilled to see the eyesore demolished he isnt wild about warehouses at the citys front door. I had a lot of fun at this mall when it opened. Cincinnati Mills hopes sparked. Cincinnati Enquirer 6 Feb. 2007. On one occasion when she went several cases away to show him some better merch, she just left a few watches that were worth several hundred $$ apiece on the counter instead of placing them back in the locked case. Here was the combined comment from the state: If entities need an extension to their agreement, Development will begin working with them early next year, the statement reads. Changes in Store Forest Fair Mall Has New Name and New Direction. Cincinnati Post 31 Aug. 1992. | Barge Photography, CHRISTIAN DANCE ALLIANCE | BARGE PHOTOGRAPHY. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. I don't know if anybody has already seen this, but last year an article appeared on Labelscar about this mall (whatever it's called this week). 5 Jan. 2009. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. With Forest Fair Village, an almost completely dead mall straddling two mature northern suburbs of Cincinnati (Forest Park and Fairfield, hence the name), we have a mega-facility that, from all I've read, after a slow rollout in 1988, never achieved roaring success and therefore underwent numerous rebranding efforts over the years in an . Bourbon Street was closed to make way for construction. I worked for bigg's at Forest Fair Mall when it first opened in 1988. For the life of me I can't remember what store took over the Bourbon Street area. Cookie Notice They even had a Virtual Reality place there. No offense, but some people are way too young to remember anything significant that occurred there during the early 1990s. PHOTOS: When Forest Fair Mall was full and thriving. I wonder if all those tenants will really appear and if/when they do - will they last? They are thinking about the name Forest Fair Village, stating they dont want to considered a mall. The Castle: Inside Rackspace's Headquarters, When you visited the mall, was the arcade type store already closed? It later became the place my friends and I came to call our favorite place to go on the weekends Bourbon Street night club. Note, the logo is still present on the groundtodayPlace 2 B Nite Club This nightclub replaced the former nightclub Metropolis. The Fast, Easy Way Find What You're Shopping For In-Store. They just need to make it into a hospital. It was sandwiched in between two other oversized malls in an area that wasn't that densely populated. The name was changed to Cincinnati Mall in 2009. She covers Butler County including all elected office holders, departments and independent boards; Liberty, Ross and West Chester townships. I took my niece and nephew there all the time. And you are correct, Winton Wood is not a suburb or a CDP, but a school district. There was a rumor that there were gang wars inside Forest Fair during the 1990s, guess it was true after all? 4 20 The mall was rededicated as Cincinnati Mills on August 19, 2004. Land bank Executive Director Seth Geisler has been communicating with the Ohio Department of Development. Does Greenhills work better? 2000-2023 Abandoned. Yes, Bub City offers both delivery and takeout. so yet another space that will need filled, will be totally empty soon if they dont get something else in there. The ice rinks can melt to be used instead for soccer or even car shows. Uh oh. Area Showcase Cinemas closes. Fairfield Echo 2 March 2010. 57F OPEN 10:00AM - 8:00PM. Also, you can't enter the nightclub from within the mall itself, you have to go outside. There are more, but the NewsBank is giving me fits right now. 1617. Hooker was saddled with debt as construction costs that were estimated at $200 million came in at more than $250 million. 23 The new store would feature 150,000 square feet of retail with an Uncle Bucks Fishbowl and Grill and a bowling alley. Seeking to turn around its flagging fortunes, FFM rebranded the mall as Malls at Forest Fair in May 1992 as part of a $25 million project which included dividing the concourses into four retail themes centered around entertainment, fashion, lifestyle, and value. Youre lucky the lights are kept on! They had a very strange experience to say the least when visiting at night back in 2010. and our For more information, please see our Privacy Policy. She was polite enough, but seemed very annoyed when my friend didn't find a watch to his liking. According to the funding application, the property is currently valued at $9.2 million, with $2 million of that on the Butler County side. I think that groups of kids hanging out places sometimes get in fights. Forest Fair Mall chronology. Cincinnati Enquirer 29 Oct. 2000. Was there a Parisian there when it first opened or did that come later too? Butler County officials are confident they will be able to get an extension to June 2024 to preserve an $8 million state grant to down the old Forest Fair Mall, but some Fairfield officials arent wild about what might come next. Bonwit Teller closed in October 1990, followed by B. Altman and Sakowitz in November. Such good memories. ^Were you babysitting one of the kids there? Malls new look holds surprises. Cincinnati Enquirer 8 July 2004. My (ex)girlfriend's friend's brother was Ultimate Fighting there. Or R20^llin? "HANGING OUT: - TEENS WITH IDLE TIME WEAR OUT WELCOME" 22 June 1992. When the state biennial budget passed in June 2021, it allocated $150 million for commercial and residential demolitions and $350 million for brownfield remediation. The mall suffers from crime, hence the need for a police substation (how many other malls have that? An update from my post yesterday. One day I had planned on meeting him at the Chipotle in the parking lot, so I went to BRU first. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers. There is a lot you won't find in the newspapers, because it's just bad PR. Can Cincinnati Mills work? Cincinnati Enquirer 4 Feb. 2007. Now the Monroe Outlet Mall. that gives me the hee bee gee bees!! And as an aside, Winton Woods is not a suburb, it is a school district and a park. The mall underwent two major renovations since its debut.
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