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

6/8/2021
Oshins returns to NRDC as chief investment officer
After leading two successful energy companies, J.J. Oshins has returned to retail real estate and to the company that gave him his first job after graduating from Cornell’s hotel management school in 2005.

Al Urbanski
6/8/2021
X Team adds two new affiliates; brings total to 37
X Team’s nationwide network of boutique brokers and retail advisors has added two new affiliates: ADMI, Inc., and Hoffman Strategy Group.

Al Urbanski
6/1/2021
Bayer tests an online shopping program at The Summit in Alabama
One of the biggest changes in shopper behavior brought about by COVID-19 is rarely written about or discussed, according to Bayer Properties president Libby Lassiter.

Al Urbanski
6/1/2021
5Qs for Michael Kalil on repositioning malls
COVID-19 wasn’t the first crisis Michael Kalil confronted that diverted the course of retail.

Al Urbanski
5/31/2021
Retail will return to former New Jersey mall site—along with three warehouses
Big regional malls are usually located at major highway crossroads, also a good spot for distribution centers.

Al Urbanski
5/27/2021
Joint venture mixed-use project aims to remake DC’s Ward 7
Two developers and the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group Washington have broken ground on a mixed-use development in Washington’s Ward 7 that will deliver jobs, apartments, and a supermarket to the under-developed neighborhood.

Al Urbanski
5/27/2021
Billion-dollar mixed-use project near PGA of America project in Texas gets zoning approval

Al Urbanski
5/25/2021
Madison Marquette adds two execs to its retail services team
Madison Marquette, the operator of mixed-use developments such as The Wharf in Washington, D.C., and Hacienda Crossing in California, has hired a new head of specialty leasing.

Al Urbanski
5/25/2021
Vacated Sears space to become restaurant gallery in Massachusetts mall
Craftsman tools and Kenmore refrigerators will be replaced by veal parmigiana and Picanha sirloin at Simon’s Burlington Mall in Massachusetts.

Al Urbanski
5/25/2021
Study: COVID-19 has made shoppers much more channel-agnostic
Free product returns for online purchases and the ability to buy the same products either in-store or online are two of the most important things that will be considered by Americans when choosing which retailers they’ll shop post-pandemic.

Al Urbanski