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

4/21/2022
First Look: Haagen-Dazs’s new shop design
A bold new color scheme brightens up Haagen-Dazs’s new shop design, something one might naturally expect from an artist named Jade Purple Brown.

Al Urbanski
4/19/2022
Survey: Shoppers will flock back to physical stores in 2022
Nearly nine of 10 consumers say they will be buying more at brick-and-mortar this year.

Al Urbanski
4/18/2022
URW survey: Shoppers will pay a premium for sustainability
Westfield shoppers are willing to pay more for sustainable goods.

Al Urbanski
4/12/2022
Santa Monica Place welcomes small and local businesses with short-term leases
More than five million people in the United States applied for new business licenses in the transformational year of 2021, and one California mall is doing its part to get a few of them up and running.

Al Urbanski
4/11/2022
Pet Paradise Resorts re-brands and expands its veterinary service
The pet boarding chain that features splash pools and synthetic grass dog parks has announced an upscale upgrade for its animal healthcare services.

Al Urbanski
4/11/2022
Topgolf opens first venue with an actual 10-hole golf course
Topgolf fans who want to leave their lofty links balconies with food and drink service and play a little actual golf can now do so at its new venue in El Segundo, Calif.

Al Urbanski
4/10/2022
Southwest Florida center adds six tenants in COVID comeback
Marketing director Valerie Cope says Mercato’s rebound from the pandemic in Naples, Fla., has been accelerated by the signing of six new tenants.

Al Urbanski
4/7/2022
Brookfield hands Chicago’s Water Tower Place back to its lender
Unable to fill a 300,000-sq.-ft. space left vacant by Macy’s, Brookfield Properties has given up its attempt to save Water Tower Place, the first indoor mall built in Chicago.

Al Urbanski
4/6/2022
American Dream inks deal with Live Nation; Ludacris to appear on May 7
Don Ghermezian has long held that his American Dream center is not a mall, but an entertainment brand.

Al Urbanski
4/6/2022
First National Realty debuts in Texas
A New Jersey-based real estate investment firm, most of whose 43 outdoor centers are found east of the Mississippi River, has purchased its first property in Texas.

Al Urbanski