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

6/21/2021
Beleaguered Buffalo mall rescued by small-mall redeveloper
Kohan Retail Investment Group has acquired McKinley Mall in Hamburg, N.Y., for a sale price of $8.5 million.

Al Urbanski
6/21/2021
U.S. retailers need 330 million sq. ft. of DC space built in four years to meet demand
Just 190 million sq. ft. of industrial warehouse space is expected to be delivered this year and more than half of it is spoken for.

Al Urbanski
6/20/2021
URW gives Broward Mall back to its lender
The Westfield Broward Mall in Plantation, Fla., once one of the most popular shopping destinations in the state, has been abandoned by Unibail Rodamco Westfield.

Al Urbanski
6/15/2021
Dayton’s Project developer fights takeover attempt by lender
An office-and-retail makeover of the historic Dayton Dry Goods building in downtown Minneapolis has turned into a takeover—and the project’s developer intends to fight it.

Al Urbanski
6/15/2021
5Qs for Heather Crowell on reimagining the mall
Seven years before COVID-19 stalked open society and changed the game for owner-operators of shopping centers, CEO Joe Coradino began disposing of under-performing malls in PREIT’s portfolio and replacing traditional anchors with restaurant plazas and entertainment purveyors.

Al Urbanski
6/14/2021
27% of U.S. shopping centers are found in California, Texas, and Florida
There are 115,049 shopping centers in the United States and 27% of them can be found in its three most populous states: California, Texas, and Florida.

Al Urbanski
6/14/2021
Ex-retailer forms company to expand DC space
Box Equities has acquired two distribution centers in its efforts to help retailers secure hard-to-find industrial real estate.

Al Urbanski
6/13/2021
Washington Prime Group files for Chapter 11 protection
Washington Prime Group and some of its subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 restructuring relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Al Urbanski
6/9/2021
Brookfield latches on to new gaming concept; planning 1,000 locations in five years
Electric Gamebox, a multi-player video game experience developed in the U.K., will be opening 100 locations in the U.S.

Al Urbanski
6/9/2021
Starwood sells Blue Back Square for $40.5 million
Blue Back Square in the center of West Hartford, Conn., has been sold by Starwood Retail Partners.

Al Urbanski