Cincinnati Mall
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| Location | Forest Park, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Opening date | 1989 |
| Closing date | 2017 |
| Developer | L. J. Hooker |
| Management | World Properties, LLC |
| Owner | World Properties, LLC |
| No. of stores and services | 4 (150+ before decline) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 (5 before decline) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
Forest Fair Village (formerly Cincinnati Mall, Cincinnati Mills, and Forest Fair Mall) is a shopping mall in Forest Park in the northern suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, at the junction of Interstate 275 and Gilmore Road (Exit 39). Currently, Forest Fair Village is a two-story enclosed mall with four stores and services, as well as an abandoned food court and two abandoned movie theaters; anchor stores include Kohl's, Babies "R" Us and Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World. The mall also features a large arcade in the basement, called Arcade Legacy. It is considered to be a greyfield property or dead mall.
Developed by Australia-based real estate franchise L. J. Hooker, the mall opened as Forest Fair Mall in phases between 1988 and 1989. At first, it featured three upscale department store chains which had not previously operated in the Cincinnati area: Parisian, B. Altman, and Bonwit Teller.
Maryland-based management firm Mills Corporation purchased the mall in 2002, forcing out the few remaining non-anchor tenants before closing off the entire mall for renovations. In 2004, the property was re-opened as Cincinnati Mills, a discount-oriented mall. North Star Realty of Georgia purchased the mall in 2009.
Developer George Herscu, head of the Australian-based real estate firm L. J. Hooker, first proposed to build a mall in Cincinnati, Ohio in the mid-1980s. Originally, his mall plans called for discount department stores such as TJ Maxx and Marshalls; these plans were later changed to include primarily upscale merchants. Three high-end department store chains—B. Altman, Bonwit Teller, and Sakowitz, none of which had ever operated in Ohio before—were proposed as anchor stores. The three chains were uninterested, so in 1987, Herscu bought controlling interest in the three chains. In addition to these three department stores, grocery store and discount retailer bigg's, and Elder-Beerman, a mid-range department store, were signed on as anchors.
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