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

1/20/2026
A&G names new business development chief
Investment banker Jacob Czarnick directed restructuring at Raymond James & Associates.

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1/15/2026
Levin Management adds two centers to its New Jersey management roster
The centers in Edison and North Brunswick total 260,000 sq. ft.

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1/13/2026
American Dream to celebrate Year of the Fire Horse with month-long event series
Dance competitions, concerts and parties will take over the mega-mall in February.

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1/13/2026
JLL: Available prime retail space hits record low in NYC
Decreases are most severe in SoHo, Madison Avenue and the Meatpacking District.

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1/12/2026
PREIT executed a quarter-million sq. ft. of leases in 2025
Majority of signers are brands that are new to the super-regional mall developer.

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1/8/2026
Retail center set for master-planned communities in Las Vegas
Osprey Real Estate and Bruin Capital will develop the 13-acre site.

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1/7/2026
Federal Retail buys repositioned Annapolis Town Center
Trademark and PGIM turn over the center following a six-year repositioning.

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1/7/2026
JLL names new CEO of its Americas Leasing Advisory
Michael Colacino succeeds John Gates, who's spent 17 years at the global real estate services company.

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1/6/2026
Levin Management Corp. achieved 100% occupancy rates at six centers in 2025
Heightened activity also helped it hit the million-square-foot leasing mark.

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1/6/2026
West Coast center developer expands its presence in Chicago
NewMark Merrill acquires Lake Meadows Shopping Center in the Bronzeville on the city’s South Side.

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1/5/2026
GGP lives again!
Brookfield Properties officially rechristens the 100-plus malls it bought from General Growth Properties with their long-held brand name.

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1/1/2026
Net lease cap rates remained on stable path in Q4
Retail cap rates declined by two basis points to 6.55%, according to The Boulder Group.

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