By Russ Pulley – January 21, 2015 The United States Postal Service might close its downtown Lee’s Summit office, moving the retail operation and post-office boxes to an existing facility about a mile away. David Rupert, a spokesman for the Postal Service, said officials are in early stages of talking about the step, which would…
By Richard Johnson – January 16, 2015 Ever wonder how lowly paid lawmakers leave office filthy rich? Sen. Dianne Feinstein is showing how it’s done. The US Postal Service plans to sell 56 buildings — so it can lease space more expensively — and the real estate company of the California senator’s husband, Richard Blum,…
(October 19, 2014) On 149th street in the Bronx, students wearing Beats headphones wait for the bus, mothers trickle out of fast food restaurants; food in one hand, strollers in the other, and at the T-Mobile store on the corner customers flock to buy the latest smartphone. But across the street, the historic Bronx General…
The U.S. Postal Service is pushing back against a city proposal to limit development at its downtown Berkeley post office property, which has been up for sale since 2012. Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council is slated to approve that proposal, to establish more restrictive development standards in Berkeley’s civic center on nine parcels, including…
Union Member and Retired Postal Worker John Dennie filed a civilian complaint with the criminal division of the United States Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York on September 20, 2014.
(September 4, 2014) The New York Daily News is reporting that the Postal Service has sold the Bronx General Post Office to Youngwoo & Associates. Back in February, The Real Deal had reported that Youngwoo was proposing to use the site to build a marketplace in the vein of the company’s unsuccessful plan for the…
Horsham Council and about three dozen residents, many of them postal employees, were displeased with the responses from a postal official concerning the potential move of the Horsham Post Office. Richard Hancock, a real estate specialist with the U.S. Postal Service, spent nearly two hours Wednesday night answering questions and explaining a plan to sell…
The United States Postal Service, forced to move from its present location in Hershey, is considering the former Memmi’s Bakery as its new site. Richard Hancock, real estate specialist for the postal service, wants to know what people think of that idea. Hancock said the Memmi’s Bakery site at 204 Hillcrest Road meets all the postal…
