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

6/14/2022
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
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
6/13/2022
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
6/12/2022
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
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