Philadelphia property report

1800 block of S Chris Columbus Blvd

A commercial block: 4 storefronts and businesses, with 7 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 199% since 2016, now about $7.1M. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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By the Numbers

Median value
$7.1M
$1.3M–$25M
ZIP median $259K
Commercial
$7.1M
4 buildings · $318/sqft
Vs. Philadelphia
31.0×
the city median
city $230K
Median built
1970
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 4
city 48%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 25% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 50% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+120%
value · tax +$54K
5 years
+195%
value · tax +$66K
10 years
+199%
value · tax +$66K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical parcel here is $7.1M — about 31.0× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19148 median of $259K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median parcel value (ZIP/city: homes)$7.1M$259K$230K
Owner-occupied0%44%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 188 reported crimes (about 16 a month, 6% of them violent) and 15 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Crimes · 12mo
188
about 16/month · 6% violent
311 requests · 12mo
15
about 1/month · 5 open

Most reported crimes

Thefts148
Fraud6
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Other Assaults6
Burglary Non-Residential5
Theft from Vehicle5

Top 311 complaints

Construction Complaints6
License Complaint4
Information Request2
Illegal Dumping1
Shoveling1
Traffic Signal Emergency1

Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary · K-8
Vare-Washington ES
1198 S 5th St · 370 students
High
Horace Furness

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$10M$20M$7.1M2016: $2.4M2017: $2.4M2018: $2.4M2019: $1.2M2020: $2.4M2021: $2.4M2022: $2.4M2023: $2.4M2024: $2.4M2025: $3.2M2026: $3.2M2027: $7.1M2016202020232027

▲ +199% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$50,000$100,000$99,5522016: $33,3232017: $33,3232018: $33,6922019: $16,9782020: $33,6922021: $33,6922022: $33,6922023: $33,8582024: $33,8582025: $45,1672026: $45,1672027: $99,5522016202020232027

▲ +199% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

5110050020162019202220252027This block 299 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $299 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+199%
since 2016
Real return
+7.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years). Informational only, not investment advice.

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 1 4parcels
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$1.3M$13M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Mc Donald'S Corp16$8.5M57 Haddonfield Rd, Cherry Hill NJ, 08002phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1850 S Christopher Columbus Blvd Holding11$1.3M6 Lenn Rd, Allentown NJ, 08501phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Paramount Crossing At Columbus LLC11$25M1195 Route 70, Lakewood NJ, 08701phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

Parcel by parcel

All 4 parcels on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every parcel's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one parcel

$0$25M$50M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1800 S CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BLVD Industrial building Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Absentee individual $13M 400,004 1930 0
1801 S CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BLVD Commercial Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $1.3M 2,740 1990 0
1850 S CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BLVD Commercial Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $1.3M 2,429 1950 0 7 viol
1851 S CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BLVD Store built new under a 2021 permit. Investor / LLC $25M 141,380 1990 0

Neighborhood

Median income
$-667M
household
Own vs. rent
owner-occupied
Median age
-666666666
residents
Median rent
$-667M
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 4:53 PM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.