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

11/17/2020
Rockefeller Center intros six-month lease deals for retailers
Real estate researcher CoStar this week reported that sublease space in the second quarter reached 157 million sq. ft. or 1.7% of the total office inventory.

Al Urbanski
11/16/2020
Gainesville mega-center to do Christmas tree lightings on five consecutive Fridays
The massive Butler retail complex in Gainesville, Fla., has five supermarkets and 44 food and beverage establishments, so why not five Christmas tree lightings?

Al Urbanski
11/16/2020
69-Acre mixed-use project breaks ground outside Raleigh
Hines and Columbia Development has broken ground on what will be one of the largest retail-focused developments under construction in the United States this year.

Al Urbanski
11/15/2020
Sharp rise in October traffic signals fast start for holiday shopping
The early start predicted for holiday shopping in the pandemic year of 2020 is happening, according to store traffic counts.

Al Urbanski
11/15/2020
Nine months after the first offer, Simon and Taubman will merge
The merger of two of the nation’s biggest mall owners that was announced in February and hit several snags throughout the year is finally a deal.

Al Urbanski
11/11/2020
American Dream plans week of promotions starting Thanksgiving week
American Dream’s newly opened retail section will be getting a boost from a week-long “Make Dreams Come True” surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday.

Al Urbanski
11/10/2020
How the J.C. Penney acquisition is changing the game in retail real estate
Victor Sahn has specialized in bankruptcy law going on 40 years, and he says that what’s happening in retail Chapter 11 situations during the pandemic is something entirely new.

Al Urbanski
11/10/2020
Macerich aims to make customers comfortable this holiday season
Big mall operator Macerich began thinking in earnest about Holiday 2020 during the summer when it became clear it would be a holiday season like no other.

Al Urbanski
11/4/2020
AMC Theaters vet to head construction at DLC
After eight years of managing new builds, renovations, and dispositions for the nation’s largest movie theater chains, Stephanie Baldwin will now do the same for one of the largest owner-operators of outdoor retail centers.

Al Urbanski
11/3/2020
Hook & Reel’s expansion extends close to Yankee Stadium
The Feil Organization’s renovation of Concourse Plaza, a 311,000-sq.-ft. center four blocks from Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, continues four years after it began.

Al Urbanski