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

5/3/2022
American Dream’s latest new attraction: Paradox Museum
Is the newly announced museum at Triple Five’s American Dream an actual attraction or just an absurd self-contradiction?

Al Urbanski
5/3/2022
JLL: Traffic at Sunbelt restaurants far outpaces those in the North
The numbers of on-premise diners at restaurants in Austin and Miami 25% are higher than they were in 2019.

Al Urbanski
5/2/2022
Award-winning Dallas mall signs six new tenants
Galleria Dallas, known as the presenter of one of the best Christmas celebrations in mall-dom, has six new presents to offer its loyal shoppers.

Al Urbanski
5/1/2022
Garden State Plaza jumps on trend of short leases for local stores
PREIT has been doing it, CBL is doing it, and now another big mall owner is offering special lease terms to local and minority-owned businesses to add variety to its tenant lineups.

Al Urbanski
4/26/2022
Cullinan Properties hires investment director
Cullinan Properties, developer of noted mixed-use projects such as Streets of St. Charles and The Levee District in East Peoria, has hired a new senior VP and director of investments.

Al Urbanski
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