The abandoned Midway Post Office, 2535 Midway Drive, once the central mail processing and distribution facility for San Diego County, will hold an online auction for the contents of the building. Proxibid will provide online bidding for AAA Public Auction’s United States Postal Service District Hub Auction. The sale features USPS collectibles and various types of machinery. Online bidding is available at www.proxibid.com/aaapublicauction.
The complex will eventually be redeveloped and local planners want it to mesh with their community plan that is now in the throes of being updated.
“The draft community plan suggests something like an office park as first choice,” said Melanie Nickel, chairwoman of the Midway Community Planning Group. “There is a need for offices in the area, for companies working with SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in Point Loma), and something like that would not cause a heavy traffic impact.”
Also open to some kind of mixed use, or previously proposed redevelopment like a residential senior center, Nickel said, “We want to be sure that whatever goes there does not make local traffic any worse than it already is.”