Hillcrest Post Office is moving from its current location on Cleveland Avenue to the site of a former church overlooking Normal Street Promenade that the federal agency recently bought.
A spokesperson for the United States Postal Service could not provide a timeline on when the move will happen and how much remodeling will take place before then.
The church is on a smaller parcel than the current post office location and does not include parking.
However, graffiti, trash and encampments litter the site. Hillcrest Business Association executive director Benjamin Nicholls explained that the Cleveland Avenue post office is outside Hillcrest’s Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) borders, so security teams that clear out unsheltered people near businesses that pay the MAD fees do not go there.
“The current building and the way it’s configured is a complete eyesore,” Nicholls said. “I’m excited that it’s going to be redeveloped.”
A residential redevelopment effort on the Cleveland Avenue parcel prompted the post office’s move.
The city’s Development Services Department received several requests for review and permit applications since July 2025 related to a proposed residential building with up to 270 dwelling units. The proposal includes three stories of underground parking. Including those underground layers, the building is eight stories total.
Washington state-based Hillcrest Property LLC owns the Cleveland Avenue site. The city website does not identify the developer attached to the project.
The former Newbreak Church is closed amid construction on Normal Street Promenade. (Photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego)After holding the lease for decades, USPS requested public comment on a replacement retail location back in December because of a lease non-renewal.
Newbreak Church, an Assemblies of God congregation with three sites in San Diego, sold the property in 2023 to William Pfeiffer who transferred the title to MRD Hillcrest LLC a few days later, according to county records. Newbreak Church bought the property in 2018.
While the church lay fallow, the construction of the Normal Street Promenade blocked its main entrance. SANDAG and the city fixed the stormwater system and add a bike lane, park and Pride Plaza to the neighborhood. The main entrance to the church-turned-post office will be directly onto the Normal Street Promenade grounds. It also sits next to the DMV. That park project is close to completion.
“You have a post office and the DMV right next to each other, and a park. It’s kind of like this nice civic hub with a bike lane going through it,” Nicholls said. “There’s an upside to it being moved, provided they get the community interface done well.”
A DMV sign lays on the ground next to the vacant church building which will soon hold a post office. (Photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego)Hence then, the article about eyesore hillcrest post office to move to normal street was published today ( ) and is available on Times of San Diego ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
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