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

6/29/2021
5Qs for Andy Graiser on restructuring in a year with no playbooks
What might the fates of thousands of distressed retailers and hundreds of shutdown owners of retail centers have been in 2020?

Al Urbanski
6/29/2021
A&G takes 'Top Retail Restructuring Firm' title for 2nd straight year
Over 20% of Americans got COVID-19 in the past year, but close to 100% of retail chains and mall and center owners were victimized by its effects.

Al Urbanski
6/28/2021
Urban Edge’s investment in Puerto Rican outlet center is paying off
Urban Edge Properties has pumped $21 million dollars into The Outlets at Montehiedra in San Juan.

Al Urbanski
6/28/2021
Former steel plant to become top stop on Birmingham’s Rotary Trail
The Birmingham, Ala., Rotary Club built the quarter-mile Rotary Trail in the center of town.

Al Urbanski
6/27/2021
Naked Farmer restaurant group to add 15 to 20 locations in Florida
It calls the concept behind its two “farm-to-fork restaurants” in Tampa-St. Pete “The Foodture,” and now Naked Farmer has invested in it.

Al Urbanski
6/23/2021
PREIT reports the leasing of 700K sq. ft. of space and mall traffic at 90% of 2019 levels
In the week that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told shoppers, diners, and workout fanatics they could leave their masks in their cars, the CEO of a super-regional mall operator released some numbers that may have made him tear his own mask off and sing.

Al Urbanski
6/23/2021
Hobby Lobby adds to Ohio presence with new store in the Columbus Metro
Hobby Lobby has some 900 stores spread across the United States, but its presence has been sparse in the state of Ohio.

Al Urbanski
6/23/2021
Team esports concept from U.K. to open 500 locations in U.S. malls and centers
Belong Gaming Arenas, owned by top esports platform Vindex, has announced it will be opening 500 locations in malls and shopping centers in the United States.

Al Urbanski
6/22/2021
5Qs for Stephen Lebovitz on retail’s rebound

Al Urbanski
6/22/2021
At Home takes over former J.C. Penney site at Maryland mall
Heritage Partners has announced the lease of the entire 96,000-sq.-ft. former J.C. Penney site at its Woodmore Towne Centre in Glenarden, Maryland.

Al Urbanski