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

3/29/2022
American Dream opens its 300-ft.-high Dream Wheel
The first big sky wheel with views of the nation’s biggest city is soon opening in the New Jersey Meadowlands.

Al Urbanski
3/28/2022
The mall operator that just set a sales per square foot record is…
PREIT, the mall owner which years ago set a minimum average sales-per-sq.-ft. number as a marker for dispossession, now finds itself with record-high receipts.

Al Urbanski
3/27/2022
Grocery-anchored center operator makes a grand entrance on the West Coast
Edens, a neighborhood center owner whose 91 properties cling to the East Coast and hit Texas and Colorado, has established an important presence on the West Coast.

Al Urbanski
3/27/2022
National Harbor in D.C. gets four new tenants on its 14th birthday
National Harbor, Peterson Companies’ massive mixed-use township on the banks of the Potomac River, continues to expand its reach.

Al Urbanski
3/23/2022
Fortunoff Backyard to take over Pier 1 space in New Jersey
The long-honored retail name Fortunoff continues to thrive in New Jersey.

Al Urbanski
3/22/2022
Award goes to Newmark Merrill chief for aiding tenants during the pandemic
Immediate actions taken by Sandy Sigal on behalf of his tenants in March 2020 have resulted in him being honored this week by the California Business Properties Association.

Al Urbanski
3/21/2022
X-Team Retail Advisors adds three new affiliates
One of the nation’s biggest retail real estate brokerages just got bigger.

Al Urbanski
3/20/2022
BLCK Market takes African American brands to the mall in Texas
Black Americans have never had the opportunity to do retail the right way, according to J.O. Malone of Pearland, Texas.

Al Urbanski
3/17/2022
New retail plaza takes shape near Radio City in New York
The 115-ft. long plaza that distances what once was the McGraw-Hill Building from the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan is being converted into a meeting place that will feature 65,000 sq. ft. of retail space.

Al Urbanski
3/16/2022
First Look: Bucherer's 'TimeMachine'
Watch aficionados in New York City who’ve long been without Gotham’s largest timepiece temple can get set to make their returns to what is now the most luxed-out chronometer gallery in town.

Al Urbanski