Post Office

Much of the attention surrounding the old Chicago Main Post Office redevelopment has centered on the Monaco-based English developer Bill Davies and his patchy track record. Others who stand to benefit from the recently approved plan have escaped notice. The site on the southwestern edge of downtown is in line …

Sale process for Norristown post office moves forwardThe Times HeraldNORRISTOWN — More than two weeks after a public announcement at a Norristown Council meeting, the U.S. Postal Service has determined it will proceed with plans to sell the Norristown post office on Airy Street and lease a nearby building. The …

NBC Bay Area Berkeley: Post office warns protest campersContra Costa TimesBERKELEY — More than a dozen uniformed postal police and nonuniformed postal inspectors turned up the heat on protesters at the downtown post office late in the afternoon on Aug. 5, warning those occupying tents on the post office steps …

Police: Woodbridge pair mailed $51000 worth of marijuana to Linden Post OfficeDailyrecord.comFollowing a joint investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Linden Police Narcotics Unit, the two people were arrested Friday when they went to pick up the package at the post office. Around 12:25 p.m. a woman went …

Alexandria preservation group working on post office restorationThe Birmingham News – al.com (blog)Eventually, Gillam said, the project hopes to restore the interior to resemble a working post office of its time, but also to house relics of Alexandria's past. Exhibits might honor the town's Civil War veterans and display pictures …

Activists have been camping and demonstrating at the post office since July 24, protesting the postal service decision to put the historic 57,000-square-foot building up for sale. More: continued here

MSN News Trumps Reach Lease Deal on Old Post Office in DCABC NewsDonald Trump's real estate company has completed a $200 million deal on a 60-year lease agreement on the Old Post Office building in Washington. The General Services Administration says the deal with the Trump Organization was signed Monday …

Yonkers post office robbed at gunpoint (video)The Journal News | LoHud.comYonkers post office robbed at gunpoint: U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Yonkers police respond to robbery of a post office at 355 S. Broadway on August 5, 2013. Video by Hoa Nguyen/The Journal News … More: continued here

Post office closed in AlortonBelleville News DemocratALORTON — Many residents in Alorton are upset because the post office where they live has been abruptly closed. They went to take care of their postal business on Saturday and found out that they would have to go elsewhere. Even that, though, proved …

Trump to Turn DC's Old Post Office Into HotelFox BusinessThe Trump Organization finalized a $200 million agreement with the General Services Administration to redevelop the Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C., into a luxury hotel. The deal was struck in June, but Congress had 30 days to vote against …