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

1/6/2025
Mall re-maker Pacific Retail spent $400 million on buys and redevelopments in 2024
PRCP’s founder Steve Plenge believes there is immense potential in reimagining traditional retail spaces.

Al Urbanski
1/1/2025
Pioneering Texas town center celebrates its 20th anniversary
Trademark’s Market Street – The Woodlands was one of the earliest design departures from traditional outdoor and indoor retail developments.

Al Urbanski
12/29/2024
Inland Real Estate Group co-founder Joe Cosenza passes away at the age of 81
He was one of a group of four schoolteachers who co-founded one of the nation’s largest commercial real estate acquirers.

Al Urbanski
12/22/2024
Malls see an 11% traffic surge on Super Saturday, downtowns experience a fall-off
In the week leading up to the occasion, mall traffic rose by 20%.

Al Urbanski
12/19/2024
Landlords: Overbuilt’s now underbuilt, and business is good
Center redevelopers are snapping up properties, and retailers were fighting over their open spaces at ICSC’s New York show.

Al Urbanski
12/16/2024
Newmark hires top European consultant to ramp up its luxury business
Luca de Ambrosis Ortigara helped develop the Porta Nuova and CityLife projects in Milan.

Al Urbanski
12/15/2024
Westchester County’s Ridge Hill center unveils its new Town Square
Jamestown completes the central gathering place of the 1.3 million-sq.-ft. lifestyle center in Yonkers.

Al Urbanski
12/3/2024
The crucial importance of store openings and renovations
When retailers say they are investing in store experience, those are code words for the need to renovate.

Al Urbanski
12/3/2024
Retail real estate's map of the future
In the near future, retailers may shrink store footprints in neighborhoods where drone-drops and driverless delivery have taken hold.

Al Urbanski
12/3/2024
CBRE: Five forces will shape the future of retail
Young spenders, mixed-use centers, and e-commerce will have a profound effect on physical retail.

Al Urbanski