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

3/15/2022
Big California lifestyle center owner acquires four grocery-anchored centers
DJM Capital, owner of Ovation Hollywood and Pacific City in Huntington Beach has seen what’s essential and this week closed on four neighborhood centers in California.

Al Urbanski
3/15/2022
P.F. Chang’s COO: ‘We’re taking takeout to the cities and the suburbs’
P.F. Chang's is pursuing a two-tier strategy with its takeout shops.

Al Urbanski
3/14/2022
NYC’s Meatpacking District wins a key tenant
Pandemic deserters are back and rents are up in Manhattan, office lights are flickering, and a corner property across the street from Diane von Furstenburg in the Meatpacking District has captured a major luxury watch Brand.

Al Urbanski
3/9/2022
New owners to turn Cincinnati’s first big mall into 76-acre mixed-use project
When it opened in 1960, Tri-County Shopping Center was the biggest mall built by Baltimore-based developer Joseph Meyerhoff and the Cincinnati metro’s first enclosed shopping space.

Al Urbanski
3/7/2022
Topgolf to open its 75th venue in California’s Inland Empire
Twenty-two years after it debuted in Watford, England, Topgolf will begin construction of its 75th target-golf entertainment center in Ontario, California.

Al Urbanski
3/7/2022
Gym traffic was back in the ring before taking a punch from Omicron
Gyms, like multiplex cinemas, saw their traffic rise to match the healthy levels of 2019 in December. Then Omicron arrived and set their game plans back.

Al Urbanski
3/6/2022
Gen Z renters begin pouring into major Metros
Two years ago, newly graduated Gen Zers were moving into tertiary markets closer to their native towns. Now they’re booking it to big cities.

Al Urbanski
3/1/2022
Muscle-building gym aimed at the 40+ market is going nationwide
Surely, you’ve seen lots of small-space fitness boutiques that teach barre, biking, and yoga. How about one that teaches 70-year-old men to deadlift 385 pounds?

Al Urbanski
2/28/2022
Long Island center to get a Whole Foods and a new look
With a Whole Foods Market about to take up residence at Huntington Shopping Center, Federal Realty has announced a $75 million makeover of the property on Long Island’s north shore.

Al Urbanski
2/22/2022
A tenant pledges to buy his failing mall Upstate New York
"This mall can be saved," says tenant Noal White, and he intends to save it.

Al Urbanski