REDLANDS — A close evaluation and analysis of local real estate holdings and work space requirements by the U.S. Postal Service’s San Diego District has identified the Redlands Main Post Office at 201 Brookside Avenue as a valuable asset whose potential sale would generate much needed capital for the Postal Service.

Within the process of Facility Optimization the Redlands Main Post Office will be consolidated with the Redlands-Lugonia Station which is located within 1 mile of the main office.

P.O. Box customers will be able to choose to move their P.O. Box to the Redlands-Lugonia Station or any other Post Office with available boxes.

The Postal Service has experienced a 25 percent decline in First-Class Mail volume since 2006, and receives no tax dollars for its operations, relying instead on the sale of postage, postal products and services.

The Postal Service has undertaken a number of initiatives to reduce costs and address its financial challenges. As part of those efforts, the Postal Service believes it can reduce costs considerably by liquidating certain high-value properties and consolidating operations.

The Postal Service has retained the real estate professionals of CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) to handle the real estate transactions.

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A list of processing facilities studied, FAQs, mail processing b-roll, and additional information can be found at usps.com/ourfuturenetwork.

A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With nearly 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. In 2011, the U.S. Postal Service was ranked number one in overall service performance, out of the top 20 wealthiest nations in the world, Oxford Strategic Consulting. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.