Rezoning clears way for Postal center

Oak Creek aldermen on Tuesday approved plans for rezoning 64 acres at the southwest corner of College and Pennsylvania avenues, clearing the way for construction of a mail processing and distribution center for the US Postal Service.

The new 858,000-square-foot center will house all mail processing and distribution operations currently located at the US Postal Service’s downtown Milwaukee facility at 345 W. St. Paul Ave. The new processing center will serve 672 postal locations throughout southeast Wisconsin and will replace three processing facilities, including one at the downtown Milwaukee post office.

“The relocation of this postal facility from downtown to Oak Creek is consistent with our long-term vision for the airport corridor,” said Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker.

Earlier this year, the US Postal Service acquired the 64-acre parcel from Cobalt Partners in Milwaukee. Cobalt’s principals, Scott Yauck and James Heffernan, said they are “thrilled to be working with the Postal Service on a project that has so many benefits, both locally and regionally.”

Construction is expected to begin in the next 12 to 14 months, and will take about two years to complete. The center will bring 2,200 jobs to Oak Creek and will be one of the largest light industrial buildings developed in the region in recent years, Cobalt officials said.

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