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

8/30/2022
Indy’s first mall shuts down; will become ‘Window to the World’
Erected by Edward DeBartolo in 1968, the Lafayette Square Mall just two miles north of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway enjoyed its own fast-paced traffic for decades.

Al Urbanski
8/23/2022
Big new project in North Carolina lassos PBR Cowboy Bar
The Cordish Companies’ Live! unit is on a roll.

Al Urbanski
8/23/2022
Exclusive: How Yesway is seizing territory fast in the C-store business
Real estate chief Tom Brown will depend on responsive rural municipalities and dedicated contractors to add 100 new stores in ’22 and ’23.

Al Urbanski
8/22/2022
How Poag Shopping Centers’ deal with JLL will work
Says CEO Josh Poag: “It gives us a breadth we haven’t had before.”

Al Urbanski
8/22/2022
Centennial expands its Shop Now! online platform to California mall
The Shops at Montebello in the Los Angeles Metro got a new operator and, shortly thereafter, a digital shopping platform.

Al Urbanski
8/21/2022
URW names developer to build luxury apartments at Garden State Plaza
One of the highest-grossing malls in the nation is about to become a neighborhood.

Al Urbanski
8/21/2022
DraftKings goes Live! with its first gaming and dining establishment
Live! Hospitality & Entertainment, the company that’s brought 100,000 sq. ft. casinos to malls, is now bringing an online gaming brand into a mall with a 10,000-sq.-ft. bar and restaurant.

Al Urbanski
8/18/2022
Big Vegas hotel opening in 2023 unveils its retail component’s design
ICSC Las Vegas show attendees will soon have a new luxury hotel to stay in—and it’s promising a revolutionary retail configuration.

Al Urbanski
8/17/2022
Noted retail real estate consultant takes managing director post at JLL
Nicki Hines, whose helped develop real estate strategies for brands such as Nike, Tiffany, and Coach has accepted a top position in JLL’s Chicago office.

Al Urbanski
8/17/2022
JLL partners with Poag to help it develop ‘shopping centers of the future’
Brick-and-mortar retail is all about mixed-use centers these days, and one of the world’s top real estate services companies has forged a partnership with a pioneer in that sector.

Al Urbanski