SPRINGDALE, Ohio — Once, they competed for shoppers, investment capital and retail anchors. But now the Forest Fair and Tri-County malls are in a new kind of race. We’ll find out this fall which will be first to the wrecking ball.

O’Rourke Wrecking Company won the $4.5 million contract to demolish Tri-County, according to John Rickert, who is managing the City Center Springdale project for a group of investors known as AV Cincinnati Acquisition LLC.

Rickert said demolition could start by the end of September, if Springdale’s Planning Commission approves a minor modification to the mall’s redevelopment plan Tuesday.

No demolition start date has been announced for Forest Fair Mall. But its redevelopment is further along, thanks to last month’s announcement that the Hillman Group, one of

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