Chelsea looks for new use for old downtown Post Office

Now that the door is closing on Chelsea’s downtown Post Office an interesting one will open for whatever replaces it.The U.S. Postal Service is moving to a new, bigger space in the Chelsea Village Plaza Shopping Center just outside of downtown. It’s selling the single-story building on 200 Main Street across the street from the County Court House. The 6,000-square-foot building was built in the 1940s.”We have had a lot of interest in that building,” says John Hanifan, city manager for Chelsea. “We just want to see a good positive use whether its office or retail use.”For information on the building, contact Marla J. Larsen at marla.j.larsen-williams@usps.gov or (630) 295-6289.Source: John Hanifan, city manager for ChelseaWriter: Jon Zemke