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

6/9/2022
Macerich releases its corporate responsibility scorecard
Like most major owners of shopping centers, Macerich considers one of its chief corporate goals to be an involved supporter and benefactor of the communities in which its properties reside.

Al Urbanski
6/9/2022
Domestic tourist foot traffic in New York is now higher than it was in 2019
Workers continue to stay home rather than head back to offices in big cities, but tourists are beginning to flock to them.

Al Urbanski
6/8/2022
Simon Premium Outlets will rise in Nashville, Tulsa, and L.A.
This coming Saturday and Sunday are National Outlet Shopping Days, so what better time for Simon Premium Outlets to announce three new centers under development.

Al Urbanski
6/8/2022
Texas taco chain expands nationwide with a scaled-down store footprint
A taco shop that opened its first store near Texas Christian University in Fort Worth will soon open in its 19th state with a four-store deal signed in Utah.

Al Urbanski
6/8/2022
PREIT reports 10% sales increases at three malls in May
Sales at Cherry Hill Mall, Springfield Town Center, and Woodland Mall were up 10% year-over-year in May and 12-month comp sales grew 3% since the end of 2021, PREIT reported.

Al Urbanski
6/7/2022
Rick Caruso will run against U.S. Rep. Karen Bass to be mayor of L.A.
Famed Grove developer Rick Caruso says he'll fix L.A.'s homeless problem and shore up its police department if he's elected in November.

Al Urbanski
6/6/2022
Vestar plans a modern makeover for Tivoli Village in Vegas
A mixed-use development in the Summerlin neighborhood of Las Vegas has a new operator that plans to make it a “city within a city.”

Al Urbanski
6/6/2022
Placer.ai: Don’t read too much into spring visit traffic declines
A new report from a leading source of traffic data at retail centers found a distinct lag in store visits during April, but blamed peaking gas prices, not waning shopper interest.

Al Urbanski
6/5/2022
Remaking a mall: The new life planned for Georgia’s North Point
Can a dying mall rise again? Trademark's Terry Montesi says yes.

Al Urbanski
6/2/2022
ICSC: Physical retail’s transition to omnichannel sped up at the Las Vegas show
Of the five “marketplace moves to watch,” two of them had to do with brick-and-mortar’s increasingly growing role in fulfillment of online orders.

Al Urbanski