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

3/2/2020
Coach Spurrier to debut as restaurateur in Gainesville
He’s the winningest coach in the history of the University of Florida and delivered the national championship to the Gators in 1996, but can he get the cooking done in the kitchen?

Al Urbanski
2/24/2020
CBL mall partners with Carolina Country Music Fest
Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach has signed on as the official fashion partner of the Carolina Country Music Fest, which is held the first week of June in the popular beach community.

Al Urbanski
2/24/2020
New Philly mall draws some five million in first five months
Shopping and movie-going appear to have come back to Center City Philadelphia in a big way, according to a report from PREIT.

Al Urbanski
2/10/2020
Simon & Taubman: New-age pressures force marriage of old rivals
Simon’s 2003 attempt to take over Taubman Centers, a failed bid that set the big mall owners at odds ever since, has culminated in a merger forced by conditions of the times.

Al Urbanski
2/4/2020
5Qs for Ami Ziff on e-coms' migration into physical retail
As the national retail director for Time Equities, Inc., Ami Ziff has long worked with digitally native brands looking to branch out into physical retail in urban areas where TEI owns many residential and office properties.

Al Urbanski
2/4/2020
Minneapolis mall forsakes the cineplex for the suplex
"On March 7, mall walkers taking a lap around the old Herberger's space at Rosedale Center are going to see more body-slamming action than at any Black Friday sale at the store."

Al Urbanski
2/3/2020
Vacated Payless space is filled at Gainesville mega-center
Tilly’s has assumed the lease of a shuttered Payless Shoe Source at the Butler North section of the 267-acre mega-center operated by Butler Enterprises in Gainesville, Fla.

Al Urbanski
2/3/2020
PREIT reports 22% holiday traffic increases at two renovated malls
PREIT, one of a number of traditional mall owners engaged in major renovations, reaped outstanding results from its efforts at re-done centers over the holidays.

Al Urbanski
1/30/2020
Clicks-to-bricks retailers quadrupled in SoCal over last four years
Rising costs and competition in the online marketplace, exacerbated by supply chain limitations, have unleashed waves of e-coms seeking out space in retail centers in Southern California.

Al Urbanski
1/28/2020
Tanger rides strong Q4 to remain stable in 2019
Tanger Outlets recaptured almost 200,000 sq. ft. of retail space at its centers in 2019 due to bankruptcies and brand-wide restructurings.

Al Urbanski