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

3/30/2020
Simon furloughs 30% of its workforce
The nation’s biggest, which had temporarily closed all of its properties, is now shedding nearly a third of its workforce.

Al Urbanski
3/30/2020
ICSC’s McGee asks Congress to create fund for ailing retail businesses
International Council of Shopping Centers president Tom McGee has urged Congress to pass a recovery fund bill for businesses debilitated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Al Urbanski
3/30/2020
PREIT takes actions to improve liquidity by $300 million during Coronavirus pandemic
Pennsylvania’s largest owner of enclosed malls has taken actions to strengthen its balance sheet and create $300 million in incremental liquidity.

Al Urbanski
3/23/2020
RPAI scales down redevelopment plans at Carillon
In reaction to the sudden economic downturn, Retail Properties of America, Inc., has decided to halt vertical construction plans at its Carillon project, which resides in Maryland between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

Al Urbanski
3/17/2020
5Qs for Stephen Congel on hard times
Being a developer who’s ever bullish on the stature of retail real estate, we decided to ask Stephen Congel about aggressive adherence to the physical marketplace.

Al Urbanski
3/10/2020
JLL claims cap rate record on 7-Eleven sale
JLL claims to have netted a record in its sale of a net-lease property in Orlando, Fla.

Al Urbanski
3/9/2020
Anthropologie to make its Gainesville debut at new town center
Anthropologie has announced it will open in North Central Florida later this year at the new Butler Town Center in Gainesville.

Al Urbanski
3/5/2020
Chain Store Age announces its Breakout Retail Centers of 2020
What will be the state of physical retail in the 21st Century? That’s a question on the minds of everybody in retail, and an elite group of developers is endeavoring to answer it with bold new projects and spectacular renovations.

Al Urbanski
3/4/2020
JLL appoints Wilson to new national leasing post
JLL Retail has announced that Chris Wilson will take on the newly created position of head of national retail agency leasing.

Al Urbanski
3/3/2020
5Qs for Tom Buiocchi on the mall of the future
ServiceChannel CEO Tom Buiocchi describes his digital service as the Uber of store and shopping center maintenance.

Al Urbanski