{"id":2962,"date":"2026-07-22T19:11:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2026-07-22T19:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:11:52","slug":"after-closure-rumors-usps-and-federal-realty-are-finalizing-wynnewood-post-office-lease-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2962","title":{"rendered":"After closure rumors, USPS and Federal Realty are \u2018finalizing\u2019 Wynnewood Post Office lease extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><audio><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p>For weeks, arumor swirled in Wynnewood that thelocal post office may be shuttering due to a leasing dispute between the U.S. Postal Service and Federal Realty Investment Trust, the owner of the shopping center where the post office is located. <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2960\">How LeBron James\u2019 lingering decision is holding up the Sixers \u2014 and the NBA<\/a><\/p><div><\/div><p>Now, Federal Realty says it is \u201cfinalizing an agreement to extend the current lease\u201d of the post office and anticipates \u201cno disruption to services.\u201d<\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>\u201cThe Wynnewood Post Office is a valued tenant, and we appreciate the important role they play in serving the community,\u201d a spokesperson for Federal Realty said in a statement.<\/p><div><\/div><p>The Wynnewood Post Office primarily serves residents in the 19096 zip code, which encompasses parts of Penn Wynne, Wynnewood, and Penn Valley in Lower Merion. The post office provides a variety of mailing services, including international mailing, money orders, mail holds, and burial flags for deceased veterans. Some functions of the Wynnewood Post Office moved to nearby Havertown in 2009, namely mail processing and sorting for mail carrier pickup.<\/p><div><\/div><p>The U.S. Postal Service did not respond to multiple requests for comment. <\/p><div><\/div><p>Last month, patronsof the Wynnewood Post Office began hearing from postal workers that the location may closing at the end of October after USPS and Federal Realty, the owner of the Wynnewood Shopping Center, were unable to reach an agreement over the terms of the post office\u2019s lease.<\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>Without the Wynnewood Post Office, residents would have to use neighboring post offices for services like mailing packages and accessing P.O. boxes. While other post offices aren\u2019t far \u2014 Narberth\u2019s post office is about a mile up the road from Wynnewood, and Merion Station\u2019s is about 1.5 miles away \u2014 locals have said the Wynnewood location is critical for older adults and residents who value its convenience and easy access. <\/p><div><\/div><p>Vince Tarducci, regional coordinator for the American Postal Workers Union, said in an email, \u201cIf there is no disruption in services to the People\u2019s Post Office, we all win,\u201d noting that the postal service, which turns 251 on July 26, is older than the United States itself.<\/p><div><\/div><p>\u201cMaintaining postal services in Wynnewood will allow people, especially our elderly, not to have to travel further from their residences to handle their business whether personal or work related,\u201d Tarducci added.<\/p><div><\/div><p>Federal Realty declined to say how much the post office\u2019s rent would be raised under the new lease terms. <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2958\">Modeling agent who introduced women to Jeffrey Epstein found dead in France<\/a><\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>\u201cIt\u2019s great news that Federal Realty is speaking positively about renewing the lease for the Wynnewood Post Office,\u201d Paul Gottleib, vice president of the Shortridge Civic Association, one of the neighborhood groups associated with the 19106 zip code, said in an email. <\/p><div><\/div><p>The civic associations that represent the zip code will be \u201crelieved and comforted knowing that the public resources available in the neighborhood will remain here for the foreseeable future,\u201d Gottleib said. <\/p><div><\/div><p>Gottleib was among a group of residents and civic association representatives rallying to keep the post office open, including spurring a campaign of calls to U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon\u2019s office. <\/p><div><\/div><p>USPS is facing a financial cliff as costs rise and Americans send less mail. Customer visits to post offices across the country fell by more than half between 2000 and 2025, and walk-in stamp revenue, which once generated over $9 billion annually, decreased by two-thirds,  the USPS Office of Inspector General. USPS was on track to run out of money next year, but was recently able to stave off a crisis until the early 2030s after pausing payments to worker retirement funds.<\/p><div><\/div><p>The Postal Service leases around 25,000 facilities throughout the country, nearly triple the 8,500 locations it owns. Leasing post offices leaves USPS vulnerable to leasing disagreements with property owners and, sometimes, post office closures. <\/p><div><\/div><div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Inquirer logo\" class=\"wp-image-2933\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5e4db317ebfbc9ee4ea58d2e0d6b8ba8.png\" width=\"162\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Inquirer Lower Merion<\/p><\/div><div><p>A weekly newsletter<\/p><p>Want to get Inquirer Lower Merion straight to your inbox every week? Sign up here for our guide to the news, stories, and events shaping life in your community.<\/p><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><\/div><p><i>This suburban content is produced with support from the Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Foundation and The Lenfest Institute for Journalism. Editorial content is created independently of the project donors. 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A list of Lenfest Institute donors can be found at <\/i><i>lenfestinstitute.org\/supporters<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2956\">Utz, the Pa. snack maker, is going private again as part of $2.9 billion deal<\/a><\/p><div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wynnewood Shopping Center owner Federal Realty Investment Trust said Tuesday it anticipates &quot;no disruption to services&quot; at the Lower Merion post office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-pennsylvania"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>After closure rumors, USPS and Federal Realty are \u2018finalizing\u2019 Wynnewood Post Office lease extension - 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