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.

Connect with Al on LinkedIn.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

7/6/2022
Residential to rise at a Pyramid mall in the Hudson Valley
Pyramid Management Group has been rather busy lately shoring up the finances of its malls, including Destiny USA in Syracuse.

Al Urbanski
7/6/2022
Gap and Old Navy ordered to pay $24 million in back rent on stores in Times Square
The decision, say the landlord’s attorneys, will set a ‘flagship’ precedent for landlords of locations with unique rental values.

Al Urbanski
7/6/2022
North American Properties to begin redevelopment of Marietta shopping center
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners has granted unanimous approval to North American Properties to move forward with its redevelopment of Avenue East Cobb.

Al Urbanski
7/5/2022
American Ninja Warrior Adventure Park makes debut in SoCal Mall
For more than a dozen years, NBC has challenged top amateur athletes in the United States to compete against each other in high-flying obstacle courses and win a spot in the “American Ninja Warrior” finals in Las Vegas.

Al Urbanski
7/5/2022
The leasing chief of N.C.’s Fenton Project moves on to Atlanta and Spring Quarter
Dotan Zuckerman will now take his leasing talents to the Dallas Arts District and Spring Quarter in Atlanta.

Al Urbanski
7/4/2022
PREIT sells land at Moorestown Mall for multifamily housing development
Before COVID-19 got all Class A mall developers considering new uses for their well-located land, PREIT CEO Joe Coradino said he would consider selling off surrounding mall property to multifamily developers in dense regions needing housing.

Al Urbanski
6/30/2022
American Dream to offer NYC fireworks views from its Dream Wheel
American Dream is marching out a battalion of special offers to get folks to spend time with Triple Five on the Fourth.

Al Urbanski
6/29/2022
Consumers: ‘We wish specialty retailers could deliver as fast as fast-food’
During peak hours at some of its locations, Chick-fil-A can fill the orders of 100 cars an hour during peak times.

Al Urbanski
6/28/2022
Michigan mall’s autism museum is said to be the first of its kind
The Autism History Museum at Meridian Mall in Okemos, Mich., was the idea of Xavier DeGroat.

Al Urbanski
6/28/2022
Freddy’s Steakburgers will add 57 new locations in the Lone Star State
One of the fastest-growing burger chains aims to nearly double its store count in Texas.

Al Urbanski