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

6/22/2022
The Food Hall at American Dream will open next month
Triple Five promised it would open New Jersey’s finest fine-dining destination at American Dream, but it’s not yet open due to pandemic and supply chain delays.

Al Urbanski
6/21/2022
Avalon developer Mark Toro announces first project for his new company
Less than a year after it came together, Toro Development Company has announced plans to turn a 43-acre site in Johns Creek, Ga., into a “Third Place” combining retail, dining, and entertainment.

Al Urbanski
6/20/2022
Parisi named to head Gristedes and D’Agostinos
Joe Parisi has been named to lead two of the most famous grocery brands in the Big Apple.

Al Urbanski
6/20/2022
Target to fill former Sears space at Danbury Fair in Connecticut
Target continues to take advantage of vacated department store spaces to expand its presence in the Northeast.

Al Urbanski
6/15/2022
Inland acquires eight grocery-anchored properties
Inland Real Estate Group is expanding its portfolio.

Al Urbanski
6/14/2022
First Look: Fenton debuts 350,000 sq. ft. of retail in the Research Triangle
The $850 million first phase of Hines’s Fenton project has opened in Cary in the heart of North Carolina’s Research Triangle.

Al Urbanski
6/13/2022
Mall owner secures its second refinancing deal in a week
The owner-operator of Destiny USA has announced it secured a commercial mortgage-backed securities debt package to refinance its Crossgates Commons in Albany.

Al Urbanski
6/13/2022
Reno mall must go up for sale…because it’s doing so well
Not all malls these days go on the market because Macy’s and J.C. Penney and 60% of their customers left them--especially not this one in Reno.

Al Urbanski
6/13/2022
The Magnificent Mile’s latest rebuilding block—Aritzia in 46K sq. ft.
The largest retail lease transaction executed in nearly a decade on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, according to CBRE, is a new 46,000-sq.-ft. location for Aritzia—its fourth in the city.

Al Urbanski
6/12/2022
CBL will host More Than Pink walk at two of its properties
CBL Properties will partner with the Tennessee, Mississippi & Alabama chapter of the Susan G. Komen organization on two of its More Than Pink walks this year.

Al Urbanski