Wilmington Pottery Store Gets New Postal Service Tenant

The former New River Pottery building will now house a USPS facility.

Apr. 9, 2026 at 10:16am

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A high-end, photorealistic studio still-life photograph featuring a stack of USPS Priority Mail boxes, a postal scale, and a vintage typewriter on a clean, monochromatic background, conceptually representing the USPS's new presence in the former pottery store space.The USPS's new lease on the former New River Pottery building in Wilmington represents an adaptive reuse of commercial space to maintain economic activity in the local community.Wilmington Today

The U.S. Postal Service has signed a lease to occupy the former New River Pottery building in Wilmington, Delaware, after the pottery business closed its doors last year. The USPS is leasing a portion of the space, and the listing agent hopes the postal service will lease the remaining square footage to establish a full-service facility at the location.

Why it matters

The repurposing of the former pottery store space by the USPS represents an adaptive reuse of a commercial property that would have otherwise sat vacant, helping to maintain economic activity and foot traffic in the local area.

The details

The USPS has leased a portion of the former New River Pottery building, which closed its doors last year. The listing agent, Steve Hall of BlueCoast, expressed hope that the postal service would lease the remaining square footage to establish a full-service facility at the location.

  • The New River Pottery business closed its doors last year.
  • The USPS has now signed a lease to occupy the former pottery store building.

The players

U.S. Postal Service

The national postal service that has leased a portion of the former New River Pottery building in Wilmington, Delaware.

New River Pottery

The former pottery store business that occupied the building before closing its doors last year.

Steve Hall

The listing agent for BlueCoast who represents the former New River Pottery building.

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What they’re saying

“We would love to see them lease the remaining square footage to do a full service postal facility there, but that's not our decision.”

— Steve Hall, Listing Agent, BlueCoast

The takeaway

The USPS's decision to lease space in the former New River Pottery building represents an opportunity to repurpose a vacant commercial property and maintain economic activity in the local Wilmington community.