Postal Service considering four sites for new facility

The U.S. Postal Service, which for years has been planning a new Milwaukee area processing and distribution center, has narrowed its list of possible sites to four, according to a source familiar with the negotiations. The four sites are: a site at the south end of Grandview Corporate Park south of Highway 20 and west of Interstate 94 in Mt. Pleasant owned by Wispark LLC; a site in the Mt. Pleasant Business Park at Highway 20 along the east side of I-94; the Oakwood Crossings Corporate Park in Oak Creek at Howell Avenue and Oakwood Road; and the former Van Beck Farm site at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and College Avenue in Oak Creek and South Milwaukee. The size of the USPS facility will depend on how much land can be acquired. The facility could be as large as 850,000 or as small as 485,000, according to the source. The facility will partially replace the USPS’ downtown Milwaukee facility and its facilities on 10th Street in Oak Creek.