06/20/2025
Prospect post office to move to new location. Here's where to find it
• The Prospect post office is relocating a quarter mile down U.S. Highway 42.
• The move is prompted by the loss of its current lease due to planned grocery-anchored redevelopment.
• A temporary mobile unit will operate until the new location is ready.
The Prospect post office will soon be on the move.
The U.S. Postal Service location at 9523 U.S. Highway 42 at Prospect Point Shopping Center will move a quarter mile down the road to 9217 U.S. Highway 42 at the Prospect Plaza shopping center, the Postal Service announced June 20.
Operations will continue at the current site through July 31. Until the new location is fully ready to open, a temporary mobile post office will open in the parking lot of either the current or the future location, according to the Postal Service.
The Postal Service lost its lease at the current location, where a grocery-anchored redevelopment is in the works.
A development plan filed in December 2024 shows a nearly 56,000-square-foot grocery store would be built on site, the Courier Journal previously reported. That plan is still moving through the city's approval process. No specific grocery tenant has yet been announced.
The development would include the grocery and adjacent retail storefronts totaling about 20,000 square feet, similar to the existing layout, according to a site plan.
"While the Postal Service is sensitive to the impact of this decision on its customers and the Prospect community, we properly considered community input, and this decision is consistent with Postal Service objectives," a spokesperson said in a release, saying the Postal Service "carefully considered the concerns and comments received from the public."
