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

8/12/2021
Texas outdoor center gets a post-pandemic facelift
Malls aren’t the only retail real estate properties adding greenspaces, bright colors, and outdoor seating to get shoppers to spend more time on-site.

Al Urbanski
8/11/2021
Court approves mall owner’s reorganization plan
“This confirmation is a huge milestone for CBL,” said the company’s CEO Stephen Lebovitz in a mood of deliverance after having undergone a Chapter 11 filing and a financial restructuring during the pandemic.

Al Urbanski
8/11/2021
Nashville Yards acquires partner to help promote entertainment tenants
Nashville Yards has brought in a partner that will be charged with promoting the entertainment district being co-developed by AEG and Southwest Value Partners.

Al Urbanski
8/10/2021
Ingka Centres opens 4M-sq.-ft. mixed-use center in China
Ingka Centres which has embarked on a plan to place mid-sized Ikea-anchored “meeting places” in the United States and Canada has just opened a massive mixed-use center in China.

Al Urbanski
8/10/2021
Ohio’s Easton Town Center is named No. 1 Retail Center Experience in U.S.
Easton Town Center, Columbus’s 1,300-acre mixed-use development with more than 200 retail shops, has been named the No. 1 Retail Center Experience in the United States by Chain Store Age in its annual listing of the Top 10.

Al Urbanski
8/10/2021
2021's Top 10 Retail Experiences: No. 9 Mellody Farm
Chain Store Age picks physical retail's most engaging centers

Al Urbanski
8/10/2021
Placer.ai: Mall resurgence begins!
The crowded, enclosed environment that caused malls to be one of the major economic casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic is now making them the comeback kids of post-pandemic America.

Al Urbanski
8/10/2021
2021's Top 10 Retail Experiences: No. 10 Crocker Park
Chain Store Age picks physical retail's most engaging centers

Al Urbanski
8/9/2021
Mall of America sponsors ‘Haul of America’
America’s largest mall intends to serve as a studio where back-to-school shoppers can photograph and video their new fall wardrobes and display them on social media.

Al Urbanski
8/9/2021
2021's Top 10 Retail Experiences: No. 8 Avalon
Chain Store Age picks physical retail's most engaging centers

Al Urbanski