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

12/1/2019
CBRE says Black Friday weekend traffic was up at properties it manages

Al Urbanski
11/21/2019
Indoor navigation tool debuts in Canadian malls for the holidays
Shoppers will be able to use a mobile app to guide their searches at Canadian malls this holiday season.

Al Urbanski
11/21/2019
Fly me to the Moon, Gorilla!
Columbus millennials who missed the Golden Age of air travel and baby boomers who want to reminisce can take part in an immersive pop-up experience called “Pan Am Layover Lounge” at Gorilla Cinema at the River & Rich complex in Ohio’s capital city.

Al Urbanski
11/19/2019
Report: Fast-casual restaurant chains will continue to grow at a pace of 24%
Despite the fact that real estate deals with restaurants are complex, risky, and require expensive buildouts, the revenue and traffic they churn is so remarkable that landlords continue to seek out more of them for their centers, according to CBRE’s research department.

Al Urbanski
11/18/2019
Federal acquires center in little-known Brooklyn neighborhood
Calling it a New York “real estate secret” in a 2017 piece about the neighborhood, the Brooklyn Paper noted that “the Georgetown Shopping Center is the center of it all.”

Al Urbanski
11/17/2019
Expanding cannabis chain seeks premium corner locations
For the better part of a decade, Ryan Brandt scoured the country for Murphy Oil, looking for freestanding corner locations for their gas and convenience stores at major intersections.

Al Urbanski
11/14/2019
Artkive takes over Easton’s Shop/LAB
Easton Town Center in Columbus has been known to invite kids to do chalk drawings on its streets.

Al Urbanski
11/12/2019
Brookfield opens brand new mall in Connecticut

Al Urbanski
11/11/2019
Fenton project in North Carolina announces new tenant signings
Hines and Columbia Development have announced several new tenant signings at Fenton, their 69-acre mixed-use project rising up on the outskirts of Raleigh, N.C.

Al Urbanski
11/11/2019
PREIT: ‘$360 million makeover is paying off’
Just months after the opening of 700,000 sq. ft. of new or remerchandised space, PREIT has declared a major victory for its long-term plan to uplift high-impact properties and dispose of low-performing ones.

Al Urbanski