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

12/9/2021
Crowds were small and so were booths, but business was big at RECon 2021 in Las Vegas
Eighteen months after its last convocation, the retail real estate industry’s RECon show reopened this week in Las Vegas.

Al Urbanski
12/8/2021
Neighborhood center developer sees tenants making bolder steps into omnichannel
Long-running brick-and-mortar tenants have ramped up their technological prowess and are engaged in trend-setting changes to their physical stores, according to Phillip Edison & Company.

Al Urbanski
12/8/2021
Euro-style retail square to be opened at Boston’s Seaport in 2022
The Superette, an “intimate” retail setting that will host trendy brands such as Rag&Bone, Le Labo, and Scotch & Soda will be opening up in the spring and summer of 2022 as part of WS Development’s 33-acre renovation of waterfront in Boston.

Al Urbanski
12/7/2021
JLL: ‘Retail’s recovery is going faster than anyone imagined’
Highlights of JLL’s “Retail Recovery” report released as the ICSC’s big RECon show—canceled last May—opened this week in Las Vegas.

Al Urbanski
12/5/2021
5Qs for Jen Peterson on creating a real sense of community at town centers
We called Jen Peterson, chief executive of Easton Town Center, to find out what was cooking there this holiday season.

Al Urbanski
11/30/2021
5Qs for bankruptcy lawyer Mark Indelicato about the future of shopping center tenants
Over more than 30 years at the firm of Thompson Coburn Hahn & Hessen in New York, Mark Indelicato has surveyed both the unfolding and rebuilding of scores of retail chains.

Al Urbanski
11/29/2021
Iris Apfel opens American Dream’s first pop-up shop
Iris Apfel has now added her unique fashion sense to New Jersey’s biggest house of retail, American Dream.

Al Urbanski
11/29/2021
Sam’s Club scored a 30% rise in Thanksgiving traffic over 2020
Trader Joe’s, Costco, and Sam’s Club all had plenty to be thankful for last week, all seeing 25%-plus rises in store traffic on “Turkey Wednesday,” according to foot traffic analyst Placer.ai.

Al Urbanski
11/23/2021
5Qs for Brad Wright on warehousing's answer to Airbnb
Brad Wright learned years ago that emergency needs for extra warehouse space were constant, so he started a website where retailers could find it.

Al Urbanski
11/22/2021
Kohan acquires former Simon Mall in Pennsylvania
Kohan Retail Investment Group, the fallen mall resuscitator willing to operate properties with 20%-plus vacancy rates, has purchased Montgomery Mall in North Wales, Pa., for $55 million, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Al Urbanski