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

8/5/2024
2024's Top 10 Retail Center Experiences: No. 10 Dania Pointe
Kimco quickly built a neighborhood center into a high-traffic lifestyle center, landing it on CSA's Top 10 Retail Center Experiences list.

Al Urbanski
8/5/2024
2024's Top 10 Retail Center Experiences: No. 9 RIO
Peterson Companies returns to CSA's Top 10 Retail Experiences list after spending $30 million to enhance its tenant list and make an anchor out of its 9-acre lake.

Al Urbanski
8/4/2024
2024's Top 10 Retail Center Experiences: No. 8 Avenue East Cobb
PGIM Real Estate snared a CSA Top 10 Retail Center Experiences honor when it partnered with North American Properties to add new luster to their jewel property.

Al Urbanski
8/1/2024
2024's Top 10 Retail Center Experiences: No. 6 Market Street
Trademark Property and Miller Capital made CSA's Top 10 Retail Center Experiences list by fashioning a suburban luxury lair 50 miles north of Houston.

Al Urbanski
7/31/2024
2024's Top 10 Retail Center Experiences: No. 4 American Dream
With the Arena Football League championships and the Globetrotters under their dome, American Dream scores a Top 10 ranking from CSA.

Al Urbanski
7/30/2024
2024's Top 10 Retail Center Experiences: No. 2 Easton Town Center
CSA's No. 2 center experience stays inspiring by never staying the same.

Al Urbanski
7/30/2024
2024's Top 10 Retail Center Experiences: No. 1 Mall of America
Mall of America tops Chain Store Age's annual Top 10 Retail Center Experiences list.

Al Urbanski
7/22/2024
Monster Mini Golf goes in search of new haunts nationwide
Daunted by scary putts at your local course? This entertainment chain is out to get America used to them.

Al Urbanski
7/21/2024
Placer.ai: Chipotle posts double-digit traffic gains in Q2
A chainwide rise of 17% in guests far outpaced the fast-casual restaurant sector’s average lift of 4%

Al Urbanski
7/17/2024
Cordish tops off a $270 million casino outside of Shreveport
Live! Casino & Hotel Louisiana will be the first land-based gaming center in the market.

Al Urbanski