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

8/9/2020
Silver Diner installs new air system to make indoor dining almost as safe as outdoor

Al Urbanski
8/9/2020
Simon reportedly ponders putting Amazon DCs into empty department stores

Al Urbanski
8/9/2020
Outlet chain follows Walmart, will close this Thanksgiving
In a year that has caused so much anguish and inspired so much effort in the retail industry, one group of outlet stores wants to provide proper thanks to its employees on Thanksgiving.

Al Urbanski
8/5/2020
The Top 10 COMEBACK Retail Center Experiences: No. 10 Plaza del Lago
High-end, locally owned tenants took the concept of “open air” to a new level.

Al Urbanski
8/5/2020
80% of national brand tenants paid their rents in July
While states use case counts to measure the tenure of the COVID-19 pandemic, landlords use rent checks--and they got lots more of them last month.

Al Urbanski
8/4/2020
2020’s Top 10 COMEBACK Retail Center Experiences: Nos. 6 thru 10
Last week we revealed the Top 5 COMEBACK Retail Center Experiences, now here's the rest of the list.

Al Urbanski
8/4/2020
The Top 10 COMEBACK Retail Center Experiences: No. 9 Naperville Crossings
Neighbors at Naperville Crossings in Naperville, Ill., got together to work out solutions for prospering in the shadow of coronavirus restrictions.

Al Urbanski
8/3/2020
Mall of America to re-open theme park next week
Triple Five will soon get the roller coasters rolling and the cash registers ringing to re-energize Mall of America, though at a much slower pace than usual.

Al Urbanski
8/3/2020
5Qs for Matt Soffair on how the UK’s coping with COVID-19
We had the chance to speak with Legal & General Investment Management's retail research manager, Matt Soffair, to find out how the crisis has altered the course of retail there.

Al Urbanski
8/3/2020
The Top 10 COMEBACK Retail Center Experiences: No. 8 Hill Country Galleria
This Invesco town center provided another great example of how colorful, expressive graphic art can recast stern government regulation into refined living.

Al Urbanski