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

6/11/2023
Pyramid restructures its loan on Poughkeepsie Galleria in New York
This follows three other refinancing deals struck by the big mall owner last year.

Al Urbanski
6/11/2023
Report: Retail jobs in NYC have decreased by 11% since 2020
And in the busy retail nexus of Manhattan, employee rosters have fallen by 20%.

Al Urbanski
6/8/2023
‘Primania’ lands in western New York with Buffalo opening
Primark continues its aggressive expansion in New York and New Jersey

Al Urbanski
6/6/2023
JLL: Entertainment brands will sign leases for 9MM sq. ft. through 2024
Negotiations will be tough, however. Tenant improvement allowances for some concepts go as high as $400 per sq. ft.

Al Urbanski
6/6/2023
Six out of 10 Americans are rooting for a mall comeback
Gen Z and Gen X shoppers would miss indoor shopping the most, according to a national poll.

Al Urbanski
6/5/2023
Placer.ai: Mall traffic drops for the fourth straight month
In May, shopper visits fell off by 12% at indoor malls and 11% at outlet centers.

Al Urbanski
6/5/2023
Macerich achieves its goal of reducing solid waste by 37%
The big center owner also reports that 35% of the energy used at its 55 regional centers comes from clean or renewable sources.

Al Urbanski
6/4/2023
Half-million-sq.-ft. Michigan mall to get new life from local entrepreneur
Jordan Dice has plans to put new tenants in 100,000 sq. ft. of space at Midland Mall near Saginaw Bay

Al Urbanski
6/1/2023
Mall location doesn’t work out for Wegmans
It closes its 134,000-sq.-ft. supermarket at the Natick Mall outside of Boston, one of its largest stores.

Al Urbanski
5/31/2023
It’s 87 degrees in Minnesota, and Mall of America is hot for summer
MOA’s Summer Sweepstakes runs from now until the end of August

Al Urbanski