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

7/14/2025
Florida’s Aventura tops USA Today’s 10 Best Malls list
Other listees: Mall of America, Galleria Dallas, King of Prussia Mall, and Tysons Corner.

Al Urbanski
7/13/2025
New owners opening four new True Religion stores — here's where
Locations in Queens and Jersey City will double the brand’s New York Metro store count.

Al Urbanski
7/7/2025
Syracuse lands Upstate New York’s first Ikea store
Ikea will open later this year in an 88,5000-sq.-ft. space at Pyramid’s Destiny USA.

Al Urbanski
6/30/2025
Court OKs mixed-use redevelopment of Lord & Taylor site in New Jersey
Streetworks’ One Westfield Place is part of a six-year-old downtown redevelopment plan.

Al Urbanski
6/29/2025
New role for closed Macy’s in Connecticut: Submarine production
The Crystal Mall location will house 700 Electric Boat employees engaged in engineering and training, as well as nuclear sub building.

Al Urbanski
6/24/2025
Ethan Chernofsky named Placer.ai's chief marketing officer
He helped establish the company’s foot traffic analytics as a must-have tools for retail brands and developers in the U.S.

Al Urbanski
6/23/2025
Architectural studio focused on experiential excellence debuts in L.A.
Nadel Architects’ Third Space unit will ponder retail’s place in large-scale urban design.

Al Urbanski
6/17/2025
5Qs for Diversified Partners’ Walt Brown Jr. on how new construction happens
His Arizona-based company has $4 billion in transactions planned through 2026.

Al Urbanski
6/16/2025
Whitestone acquires its 10th Dallas-Fort Worth center
Tenants at the 86,907-sq.-ft. open-air center include Old Navy, Barnes & Noble, and Sephora.

Al Urbanski
6/15/2025
Stir oyster bar to join the F&B lineup at Toro’s Medley development
SquareOne Holdings will also run the Tonic House cocktail bar at the project set to open in the fall of 2026.

Al Urbanski