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

2/10/2021
Andrea Olshan steps down as CEO of Olshan Properties
After 17 years of working with and leading her family’s company, Andrea Olshan is stepping down as CEO of Olshan Properties.

Al Urbanski
2/9/2021
Boston area market gets $33.5 million re-finance to add a supermarket
Saugus Plaza Shopping Center, a northern suburb of Boston, has won a $33.5 million refinancing to add a new supermarket anchor.

Al Urbanski
2/9/2021
Centennial’s new president wants to see a youth movement in retail real estate
As Centennial's president, Whitney Livingston would like to recruit more young people to work in what she thinks is the most fun and challenging segment of real estate.

Al Urbanski
2/8/2021
Wloszek is picked to lead customer experience at Phillips Edison
What do retail tenants really want from their landlord?

Al Urbanski
2/7/2021
True Food Kitchen to open its first restaurant in New Jersey
True Food Kitchen announced it will open a new location at The Shops at Riverside in Hackensack, N.J.

Al Urbanski
2/7/2021
Three of Stock + Field’s 25 closed stores are up for sale or lease
After 55 years in business, Stock + Field, the Midwestern farm supply and outdoor equipment retailer, will be closing all 25 of its stores and liquidating all of its inventory.

Al Urbanski
2/4/2021
Simon gives Northwest Atlanta’s largest mall back to the bank
Simon Property Group and its lender, Deutsche Bank, put Town Center at Cobb mall in Kennesaw, Ga., on the auction block this week and received no bids. The property is now returned to the bank.

Al Urbanski
2/4/2021
Neighborhood center changes hands near Eastmark MPC in Arizona
A Southern California investor paid $12.5 million for an 83,743-sq.-ft. Basha’s-anchored neighborhood center in Mesa, Ariz., near the Eastmark master-planned community.

Al Urbanski
2/3/2021
PREIT to show Just Love to Restaurants on Valentine’s Day
Like all malls and retail centers, PREIT is aggressively adding new food and beverage establishments to its tenant lineups and this Valentine’s Day wants to give its restaurant operators some extra loving care.

Al Urbanski
2/2/2021
30-year-old BurgerFi president thinks the chain can be the Shake Shack of the South
In the 10 years since the first restaurant opened, BurgerFi has added 124 locations. Now a new owner and a listing on Nasdaq figure to fuel the chain's growth.

Al Urbanski