2026 taxable assessment $1,800,000 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $4,477,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Commercial property report
1196 Adams Ave
68,632 sqft · I2 · built 1922
Store · 4150 Kensington Avenue LLC · assessed $1.8M (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $4.5M. On the 1100 block of Adams Ave.
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Property summary
Assessment$1,800,0002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $4,477,200
Last sale$900KRecorded 2023
Est. tax bill$25,196/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable
Permits2Dated events in report
Violations13 openNo historical match in fetched records
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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Property tax
The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.
BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.
A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”
OPA 8820213102026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.
Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion
The June 2022 delinquency snapshot was not verifiably available in this cached report. No conclusion about a match—or today’s balance—can be drawn from that absence.
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What stands out
From the public recordPermit between transfers
Record summaryAddition and/or Alterations (2024); 7 L&I violations (2025); L&I: 14 failed, 5 passed (2025); Appeal withdrawn (2025); Appeal complete (2025); Change of Use (2025); Appeal complete (2025); Appeal dismissed (2026); Appeal withdrawn (2026); Appeal filed (2026); 17 L&I violations (2026); L&I: 9 failed, 3 passed (2026).
View supporting records →Assessment and sale price disagree hard
Record summaryAssessed at $4.5M, but it traded for $900,000 in 2023 — a 5.0× gap. Could be a non-market deed the record doesn't label, or an assessment that hasn't caught up.
View supporting records →The property record, over time
Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal is placed on the City’s annual assessment line. Select a point to read what happened; the line is an assessment history—not a sale-price chart or appraisal. OPA has also published a 2027 assessment of $4,477,200; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.
Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line
- OPA assessment · 2016$548K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2017$548K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2018$1.6M assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2019$1.4M assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2020$1.4M assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2021$2.4M assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2022$2.4M assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2023$1.7M assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2024$1.7M assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2025$1.8M assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2026$1.8M assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2027$4.5M assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- Appeal · 2010-07-14Zoning board appealA challenge or request reviewed through a City appeals process. Filing an appeal does not show who prevailed; read the decision, conditions, and related permit or violation.How Philadelphia L&I appeals work ↗
- Appeal · 2026-01-21ZBA Permit Denial - VarianceA challenge or request reviewed through a City appeals process. Filing an appeal does not show who prevailed; read the decision, conditions, and related permit or violation.How Philadelphia L&I appeals work ↗
- Appeal · 2025-12-17LIRB Violation AppealA challenge or request reviewed through a City appeals process. Filing an appeal does not show who prevailed; read the decision, conditions, and related permit or violation.How Philadelphia L&I appeals work ↗
- Appeal · 2026-02-06LIRB Violation AppealA challenge or request reviewed through a City appeals process. Filing an appeal does not show who prevailed; read the decision, conditions, and related permit or violation.How Philadelphia L&I appeals work ↗
- Appeal · 2026-04-23BSFP Permission RequestA challenge or request reviewed through a City appeals process. Filing an appeal does not show who prevailed; read the decision, conditions, and related permit or violation.How Philadelphia L&I appeals work ↗
Property assessmentAssessmentAppeal
Scroll horizontally to move through the years. Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.
Every dated record5 events · exact dates, newest first
- AppealBSFP Permission Request
- AppealLIRB Violation Appeal
- AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance
- AppealLIRB Violation Appeal
- AppealZoning board appeal
Commercial propertyProperty report
This is a store, recorded under the city's commercial category. The homeowner tools (rent estimate, homestead playbook) don't apply, so they're hidden. The full record and owner trail are below.
13 open violations
What it is
Store
Auto Repair Shop Masonry
Owner
4150 Kensington Avenue LLC
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $1.8M
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$65
below the $130 median for 12,035 commercial parcels citywide
Assessed value
$1,800,000
2026 OPA · 2027: $4,477,200
Interior area
68,632 sqft
Lot size
123,057 sqft
Built
1922
Zoning
I2
Records behind the chart
Browse the source ledger
The chart above is the primary timeline. This drawer preserves every underlying dated row and its filed status for source-level review.
Browse 7 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
- AppealBSFP Permission Request
Appeal HA-2026-001602 · Submitted
need more time
- AppealLIRB Violation Appeal
Appeal HA-2025-001326 · Closed · Withdrawn
See attached
- AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance
Appeal ZP-2023-006081 · Dismissed / Withdrawn · Dismissed
***MUST BE HEARD*** PERMIT FOR NEW AND USED TIRE SALES ALONG WITH ALL OTHER PREVIOUS USES
- AppealLIRB Violation Appeal
Appeal HA-2025-001324 · Closed · Complete
See attached
- AppealLIRB Violation Appeal
Appeal HA-2024-002087 · Closed · Complete
See Attached
- AppealLIRB Violation Appeal
Appeal HA-2024-002088 · Closed · Withdrawn
See Attached
- AppealZoning board appeal
Appeal 11770 · CLOSED · Denied
PERMIT FOR AN AUTO SHOWROOM WITH RETAIL SALE OF AUTOMOBILES IN THE SAME SPACE AS AN EXISTING AUTO REPAIR SHOP WITH BODY AND FENDER WORK AND SPRAY PAINTING IN BUILDING SIX (6) AS PART OF AN EXISTING MULTI-BUILDING COMPLEX WITH OTHER USES AS
What this record suggests
13 violations are still marked open in the assembled record. The date and status belong in a current L&I check before relying on them.
Who's behind it
4150 Kensington Avenue LLC · corporate / LLC owner
• Owns 3 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $5.6M combined
• Tax bills mail to 5400 Eadom St, Philadelphia PA, 19137
Where the record looks off
Places where the city's own paperwork disagrees with itself. These are flags on the data — not problems with the property.
Assessment and sale price disagree hard
Assessed at $4.5M, but it traded for $900,000 in 2023 — a 5.0× gap. Could be a non-market deed the record doesn't label, or an assessment that hasn't caught up.
Block context
1196 Adams Ave sits on the 1100 block of Adams Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 1196r Adams Ave · 1100 Adams Ave
Where this comes from
- Assessment, spec sheet & owner — OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
- Sales & deed history — Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
- Permits, violations & inspections — L&I Property History · Atlas
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia Revenue
- Zoning appeals — L&I & Zoning Board appeals
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 11:21 AM 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.
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