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

3/7/2022
Topgolf to open its 75th venue in California’s Inland Empire
Twenty-two years after it debuted in Watford, England, Topgolf will begin construction of its 75th target-golf entertainment center in Ontario, California.

Al Urbanski
3/6/2022
Gen Z renters begin pouring into major Metros
Two years ago, newly graduated Gen Zers were moving into tertiary markets closer to their native towns. Now they’re booking it to big cities.

Al Urbanski
3/1/2022
Muscle-building gym aimed at the 40+ market is going nationwide
Surely, you’ve seen lots of small-space fitness boutiques that teach barre, biking, and yoga. How about one that teaches 70-year-old men to deadlift 385 pounds?

Al Urbanski
2/28/2022
Long Island center to get a Whole Foods and a new look
With a Whole Foods Market about to take up residence at Huntington Shopping Center, Federal Realty has announced a $75 million makeover of the property on Long Island’s north shore.

Al Urbanski
2/22/2022
A tenant pledges to buy his failing mall Upstate New York
"This mall can be saved," says tenant Noal White, and he intends to save it.

Al Urbanski
2/21/2022
Prime seafood restaurant is set to open a second New Jersey location at…
Eddie V’s, a top-quality seafood restaurant with locations in Austin, Palm Desert, and Fort Lauderdale, will soon be serving southern New Jersey.

Al Urbanski
2/21/2022
Bull riding, beer-drinking, and barbecue comes under one roof in Huntsville
Professional bull riders round ‘em up, Lockhart Smokehouse cooks ‘em up, and now the two have formed a professional partnership in Alabama.

Al Urbanski
2/17/2022
Coke Starlight is now available in limited quantities at…
It’s redder than the Coke you know, it contains a “dash of the unexpected,” and you have to go to that big mall in the New Jersey Meadowlands to get it.

Al Urbanski
2/15/2022
5Qs for NAP’s Tim Perry on community centers (and parking lots)
Retail real estate and community building are the same thing, says Tim Perry.

Al Urbanski
2/15/2022
PREIT to add ‘new generation’ Legoland at center in the DC metro
Springfield Town Center in suburban Washington, D.C., will be introducing a 32,000-sq.-ft. Legoland Discovery Center co-created by Lego and Merlin Entertainments.

Al Urbanski