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

1/11/2022
Pine Tree adds SoCal center to its retail portfolio
The company that claims to be the only private commercial real estate company in the country has added Glendale Marketplace in Glendale, Calif., to its growing portfolio.

Al Urbanski
1/10/2022
An ice cream chain without freezers eyes national expansion
Ever been to a convenience store without refrigerators? A pizza shop without an oven? An ice cream store without freezers?

Al Urbanski
1/9/2022
Top shopping center owner names new VP of acquisitions
Aaron Wu has taken over as head of acquisitions at DLC Management which, with some 70 centers from Maine to Florida and west to Texas, is one of the nation’s biggest owners of outdoor centers.

Al Urbanski
1/9/2022
Centennial acquires Westland Mall in Florida
A Dallas-based owner of regional and super-regional malls has added a twelfth location to its mall roster.

Al Urbanski
1/6/2022
The return of the automat
Quick-service food arrived in America in 1902 when Horn & Hardart introduced the automat.

Al Urbanski
1/5/2022
Fargo mall expects great results to get better with purchase of empty anchor building
The owners of a mall in Fargo, N.D., claim to have hit a record sales per sq. ft. number in 2021. Now they look to take it higher after taking possession of a closed anchor.

Al Urbanski
1/4/2022
Gucci signs lease for spacious store at American Dream
Gucci is going big at American Dream.

Al Urbanski
1/4/2022
Popular Long Beach center gets a new owner
A California-based developer of open-air retail properties that plans to double the square footage of its portfolio this year has set off aggressively on its mission in the first days of 2022.

Al Urbanski
1/3/2022
5Qs for Kristina Tipton on attracting millennials and Gen Zers
Nine out of 10 Gen Zers shop online, but eight out of 10 said they visited stores during the holidays, as well.

Al Urbanski
12/29/2021
$850 million mixed-use project approved for New York’s South Street Seaport
Howard Hughes Corp. will be expanding its presence in New York City’s historic downtown seaport that promises to revitalize the South Street Seaport Museum.

Al Urbanski