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

11/1/2021
And the world’s most popular department store is…
The big red sign on the Macy’s flagship in New York’s Herald Square bills it as the biggest store in the world. Now a British party wall surveying firm has identified it as the world’s most widely searched department store.

Al Urbanski
11/1/2021
Target to fill the empty JCP space at Brooklyn’s Kings Plaza
Anchors Aweigh: Macerich wins a top tenant upgrade at Kings Plaza.

Al Urbanski
10/31/2021
Cinemas catch fire in October with best box office since February 2020
October was more like Christmas for America’s shut-down and embattled movie theaters.

Al Urbanski
10/31/2021
Major mall-owner CBL exits Chapter 11
“This is a huge day for CBL,” said chief executive Stephen Lebovitz, whose company just emerged from Chapter 11.

Al Urbanski
10/31/2021
Mall of America’s not waiting to look a lot like Christmas
Supply chain problems have retailers and center operators alike expecting an early start to the holiday shopping season, and Mall of America is rounding up its reindeer.

Al Urbanski
10/27/2021
Placer.ai: Holiday cheer may be for real this year
Americans who are eager to be celebrating the holidays with their families in person instead of on laptop screens are likely to be shopping early and often this year, according to reports from Placer.ai.

Al Urbanski
10/26/2021
$21.31: The average retail asking rent rose for the 3rd quarter in a row
On the retail scene, it’s not the increasing vaccination rate that tells you we’re phasing out of pandemic life, it’s the increase in rent.

Al Urbanski
10/26/2021
Nashville Yards adds five new names to its retail tenant list
Orangetheory and fast-casual dining concept Crisp & Green are among the new retail tenants to sign leases at Nashville Yards.

Al Urbanski
10/25/2021
Easton Town Center opens nine new tenants
Cut to the lowest occupancy rate in its 20-year history by the pandemic, Columbus's 90-acre super-center roars back with nine new tenants.

Al Urbanski
10/24/2021
New Jersey’s largest mall adds three new names to its restaurant list
Season’s 52, Eddie V’s, and Fogo de Chao will soon become part of Garden State Plaza’s menu of 30-plus restaurants.

Al Urbanski