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

8/3/2026
2026 Top 10 Retail Center Experiences: No. 7 — Eastwood Mall
Located in Niles, Ohio, Eastwood Mall is the largest retail shopping complex between Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

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8/3/2026
2026 Top 10 Retail Center Experiences: No. 8 — Market Street - The Woodlands
Market Street - The Woodlands features nearly 400,000 square feet of retail.

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8/2/2026
2026 Top 10 Retail Center Experiences: No. 9 — Park West Village
Park West Village's roster includes sought-after brands such as Shake Shack, Nordstrom Rack and Trader Joe’s.

Al Urbanski
8/2/2026
2026 Top 10 Retail Center Experiences: No. 10 — Rosedale Center
Rosedale Center's "Scandinavian-chic" interior re-design makes it one of the Midwest's top retail centers.

Al Urbanski
7/29/2026
Perry’s Steakhouse to open a second Alabama location
The “Rare & Well Done” brand will debut in Huntsville’s MidCity District.

Al Urbanski
7/29/2026
J.Crew celebrates its return to Mall of America by hosting a fair
The brand left its first space at MOA in 2018 during a spate of store reductions.

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7/28/2026
Two luxury brands debut in Arizona
Hill House Home and L’Agence touch down at Scottsdale Quarter.

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7/27/2026
Cleveland metro’s Crocker Park wins an Ikea store
The 80,000-sq.-ft. location is scheduled to open next spring.

Al Urbanski
7/26/2026
Ryans 'Ryde the Ryan Coaster' at Mall of America
The Ryan Meetup organization made up of people named Ryan have 14 chapters nationwide.

Al Urbanski
7/23/2026
New mixed-use project planned for downtown Jacksonville
Vandeveer to blend 1,250 residential units and 200,000 square feet of retail.

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7/14/2026
Survey: Retail tenants continue to up investments in new technology
AI becomes mainstream. Two-thirds of LMC’s tenants are using it or testing it.

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7/13/2026
Shopping center near Houston Space Center changes hands
Seabrook Center has 19,000 square feet of empty space available.

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