Attorneys for a real estate company have sued the U.S. Postal Service in San Diego federal court, alleging the agency has failed to either vacate its Hillcrest post office or pay fair market rate to continue renting the property after its 50-year lease ended last summer.
The lawsuit, first reported locally by NBC7 San Diego, was filed last week on behalf of Hillcrest Property LLC and seeks nearly $1 million in rent payments and premiums from the Postal Service. The suit also seeks an order mandating that the Postal Service either vacate the property or negotiate a new lease within 60 days.
The lawsuit alleges “flagrant exploitation of (the Postal Service’s) position as a quasi-governmental agency that has received judicial protection from eviction proceedings.”
The Postal Service had not responded to the suit as of Wednesday, and a spokesperson for the agency did not respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit or the real estate dispute.
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