Commercial property report

1604 Chestnut St

11,572 sqft · CMX5 · built 1890

Store · 1604 Chestnut Associates · assessed $2.2M (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $2.2M. On the 1600 block of Chestnut St.

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Street view of 1604 Chestnut St
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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$30,453/year

2026 taxable assessment $2,175,500 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $2,175,500; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 882032550
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 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

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Assessment history

The City’s annual assessed value for this parcel, with dated permits, inspections, violations, and appeals marked when the record has a date. The line is an assessment history—not a sale-price chart or appraisal. OPA has also published a 2027 assessment of $2,175,500; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

City assessment over time · dated property records marked on the line

$0$1.3M$2.5M2019: L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed2025: Appeal granted with conditions 2025: 2 L&I violations 2025: Inspection failed ×2 2025: Addition and/or Alterations 2025: Addition and/or Alteration 2025: Alterations 2025: ZBA Permit Denial - Special Exception2026: Sign 2026: Addition and/or Alterations 2026: Addition and/or Alteration$2.2M2016201820202022202420262027
This propertyL&I violationPermitInspection
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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.

What it is
Store
Store 4 Sty Masonry
Owner
1604 Chestnut Associates
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $2.2M
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$188
above the $130 median for 12,035 commercial parcels citywide
Corridor
Market West
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$2,175,500
2026 OPA · 2027: $2,175,500
Interior area
11,572 sqft
Lot size
3,190 sqft
Built
1890
Zoning
CMX5

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.

The timeline combines the report’s transfer history with every successfully fetched L&I and zoning row. A date or status is the City’s filed record, not a statement that the condition remains current; use the official file for live detail.

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Recorded owner
1604 Chestnut Associates
L&I district
OPA account
882032550

What this record suggests

The timeline preserves the dated City rows that matched this parcel. It is a sequence to verify, not a conclusion about present condition.

  1. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Special Exception

    Appeal ZP-2024-010987 · Completed · Granted with conditions

    Permit for an eating and drinking establishment - takeout restaurant with accessory storage in basement, 1st and 2nd floor of an existing structure other existing uses in the structure as previously approved.

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Permits and inspections

A permit is the City’s authorization and review pathway for construction or repair work. No fetched permit is not proof that no work ever happened.

L&I inspections are scheduled at defined stages; final inspection and required certifications are separate steps in closing out applicable work.

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Assessments and taxes

The OPA assessment is the City’s value on the tax roll—not an asking price, appraisal, or live account balance. The taxable assessment can differ from the full assessment because the City roll records exemptions or other treatment; the report keeps those fields separate.

Your annual estimate uses the taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and the amount due are maintained separately in Tax Center.

How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗
Violations, cases, and status

L&I enforcement records can include warnings, notices, orders, inspections, and later resolution activity. A closed visit is still a historical record; it is not a missing event.

How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗

Who's behind it

1604 Chestnut Associates · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 1845 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA, 19103
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale

Block context

1604 Chestnut St sits on the 1600 block of Chestnut St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1606 Chestnut St  ·  1606 Chestnut St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 4:47 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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