Apartment building report

1204 Chestnut St

5 stories · 15,052 sqft · CMX5 · built 1900

Apartment building · 18 units · Chestnut 1204 LLC · assessed $3.1M (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $3.9M. On the 1200 block of Chestnut St.

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Street view of 1204 Chestnut St
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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$43,394/year

2026 taxable assessment $3,100,000 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $3,890,300; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 881301950
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

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.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records a balance and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $3.8M in 2025, alterations permit in 2025, sold for $3.8M in 2025 (+250%).

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Finding

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Why it matters

Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.

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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 $3,890,300; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$2.5M$5.0M$3.9M2016201820202022202420262027
Assessment lineAssessmentDeed / saleAppeal

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Every dated record2 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $3.8M
  2. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Special Exception
Apartment buildingBuilding report

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historical lien entry · through 2016 3 open violations

What it is
Apartment building
Apts 5-50 Units Masonry
Owner
Chestnut 1204 LLC
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $3.1M
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$258
above the $151 median for 3,983 apartments parcels citywide
Corridor
Market East
city commercial corridor
Licensed units
18
active rental license
Assessed value
$3,100,000
2026 OPA · 2027: $3,890,300
Interior area
15,052 sqft
Lot size
3,576 sqft
Stories
5
Built
1900
Zoning
CMX5

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Browse 2 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. Recorded transfer$3.8M transfer

    2025

  2. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Special Exception

    Appeal ZP-2023-008946 · Completed · Granted with conditions

    SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR CHANGE OF USE TO TAKE-OUT RESTUARANT AT GROUND FLOOR OF EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE.

What this record suggests

3 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

Chestnut 1204 LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 101 Avenue Of The Americas 9th Floor, New York NY, 10013 — outside Philadelphia
• Holds an active rental license for this address

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.

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.

Block context

1204 Chestnut St sits on the 1200 block of Chestnut St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1206 Chestnut St  ·  1200-02 Chestnut St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 4:46 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.

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