Al Urbanski

Real Estate Editor & Manager

Author Profile

Al Urbanski is the real estate editor of Chain Store Age. He has covered CSA’s retail real estate beat since he joined the brand in 2016.

Al is a veteran of the retail and and consumer products marketing industry, with more than 30 years of reporting experience. Over the course of his career, he served as the chief editor for a variety of publications, including Sales & Marketing Management, Food & Beverage Marketing, Promo and others.

Al is a graduate of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications.

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ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

12/3/2024
The crucial importance of store openings and renovations
When retailers say they are investing in store experience, those are code words for the need to renovate.

Al Urbanski
12/3/2024
Retail real estate's map of the future
In the near future, retailers may shrink store footprints in neighborhoods where drone-drops and driverless delivery have taken hold.

Al Urbanski
12/3/2024
CBRE: Five forces will shape the future of retail
Young spenders, mixed-use centers, and e-commerce will have a profound effect on physical retail.

Al Urbanski
12/2/2024
Mall of America logs 500,000 visitors on Black Friday weekend
Average Black Friday dwell times of more than three hours were 35% longer than they were in 2023.

Al Urbanski
12/1/2024
Mall of America draws 200,000 on Black Friday
Doorbuster Mystery Card winners claimed prizes worth up to $600.

Al Urbanski
11/24/2024
Target signed to anchor Flemington Marketplace in New Jersey
Will join an anchor lineup of Kohl’s, Michaels, and Aldi

Al Urbanski
11/4/2024
Cafaro fetes the fall with fireworks
For more than 20 years, the big center operator continues to honor autumn at it’s November Rain celebration at Eastwood Mall in Ohio.

Al Urbanski
10/31/2024
Fast-expanding operator buys Springfield Commons in Virginia
DLC Management Corp. takes another step toward a goal of doubling the size of its portfolio.

Al Urbanski
10/30/2024
Trademark takes over leasing at Texas’s La Centerra at Cinco Ranch
Looks to work with property manager JLL to attract high-impact brands.

Al Urbanski
10/29/2024
One of the first mall-to-town-center conversions turns 10
PREIT’s Springfield Town Center is now embarked on adding residential.

Al Urbanski