Comments on UrbanCincy: The retail over-saturation problem

The saddest part about the mall dying is that, sin...

2008-05-16T17:43:00.000-04:00

The saddest part about the mall dying is that, since its renovation a few years ago, it is possibly the nicest looking mall in the area as well as the largest. I can see why specialty stores wouldn't stay alive out there: it's too far from the city, too far from rich suburbs, and too close to Northgate Mall. Some people have suggested turning it into an office park or something similar, but I don't think the area would support it. A large park would be great in that space, with large grassy areas, nice trees, bike trails, maybe baseball and soccer fields...

I went to the Biggs today at Cincinnati Mills sinc...

2008-05-16T15:57:00.000-04:00

I went to the Biggs today at Cincinnati Mills since I work across the highway to check out the liquidation sales. There was a sign near the entrace that said "We Are Hiring". I agree, tear it down and make me a walking/joking park I can go to at lunch.

Cooltownstudios explained this phenomena, the huge...

2008-05-16T10:51:00.000-04:00

Cooltownstudios explained this phenomena, the huge investment firms look at 10 million dollar projects as too tiny, they are floating on so much cash they have to invest in huge projects to hopefully get the return they need.
As a matter of fact they actively advocate against human-scale investment to satisfy their trillion dollar investments in huge projects.

Forest Fair Mall, which became Cincinnati Mills, w...

2008-05-16T09:20:00.000-04:00

Forest Fair Mall, which became Cincinnati Mills, was a disaster from the beginning. George Herscu (sp?}, the developer, was an Australian who was overextended financially even before he started the project in the 80s. It was another case of lenders pouring money in without visiting the site or the surrounding blue-collar area. Three of the anchors were old New York stores that the developer had bought up on the cheap. I agree with blowing it up.