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

5/11/2020
5Qs for Steve Backman on merging DCs with shopping centers
As a development chief for Van Trust and Rouse, Steve Backman has overseen the delivery of more than 6 million sq. ft. of industrial space.

Al Urbanski
5/7/2020
Three-fourths of Kimco’s top 50 tenants paid rent in April
One of the top nation’s top owners of necessity-based centers claims to have fared well through the pandemic-afflicted first quarter.

Al Urbanski
5/6/2020
Simon cancels scheduled mall openings in New York
Simon Property Group’s intention to make southern New York properties like the Woodbury Common outlet center part of its mass mall-reopening got postponed.

Al Urbanski
5/6/2020
Brookfield’s relief plan for retailers: $5 billion
Brookfield is betting five billion bucks on retailers to make it through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Al Urbanski
5/6/2020
A&G forms new unit to speed dispositions
Asset disposition specialists A&G Real Estate partners has formed a new unit to help both healthy and distressed businesses with asset-specific dispositions, bankruptcies, and out-of-court restructurings.

Al Urbanski
5/5/2020
The four things grocery center tenants should do post-pandemic
One of the most amazing occurrences during of the COVID-19 pandemic, to the mind of Erik Rosentrauch, is the blooming of Walmart’s product delivery programs, including a $10 option for two-hour home delivery.

Al Urbanski
5/4/2020
Federal installs permanent curbside pick-up program
Federal Realty has decided to make a COVID-19-inspired curbside pickup program a permanent feature at its centers, something Kimco did last week.

Al Urbanski
5/4/2020
ShopOne names Dake COO
ShopOne’s has named former chief of leasing Bob Dake as its new chief operating officer.

Al Urbanski
5/3/2020
Malls re-open this week in Tampa and Atlanta
Florida and Georgia will see several malls re-opening this month.

Al Urbanski
4/29/2020
ServiceChannel: Big problems face retailers in re-openings
Nail salons and barber shops have been given the approval to re-open in Georgia and Simon Property Group will be opening 49 malls and outlets the first week of May.

Al Urbanski