2026 taxable assessment $8,309,800 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $8,106,000; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Commercial property report
1619-21 Walnut St
6 stories · 42,624 sqft · CMX5 · built 1937
Offices · Walnut Street Retail Inve · assessed $8.3M (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $8.1M. On the 1600 block of Walnut St.
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Property summary
Assessment$8,309,8002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $8,106,000
Last sale$7.1MRecorded 2007
Est. tax bill$116,321/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable
Permits8Dated events in report
Violations2 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 8830433002026 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 on record
Record summary$5.2M transfer recorded in 2026. Sign permit recorded in 2025.
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 $8,106,000; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.
Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line
- OPA assessment · 2016$7.0M 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$7.0M 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$7.9M 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$9.0M 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$9.3M 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$9.3M 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$9.3M 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$9.6M 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 · 2024$9.6M 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 · 2025$8.3M 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$8.3M 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$8.1M 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 ↗
- Deed / sale · 2026Deed / sale $5.2MA recorded real-estate document or transfer event. The amount and date can be useful history, but the underlying deed and transfer-tax filing control the parties, consideration, and legal effect.How to read the recorded document ↗
- Appeal · 2009-05-28Building standards 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 · 2011-10-05Zoning 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 · 2012-01-31Zoning 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 ↗
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / saleAppeal
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Every dated record4 events · exact dates, newest first
- Deed / saleDeed / sale $5.2M
- AppealZoning board appeal
- AppealZoning board appeal
- AppealBuilding standards appeal
Commercial propertyProperty report
This is a offices, recorded under the city's offices category. The homeowner tools (rent estimate, homestead playbook) don't apply, so they're hidden. The full record and owner trail are below.
2 open violations
What it is
Offices
Off Bld Com No Gar Mason
Owner
Walnut Street Retail Inve
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $8.3M
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$190
above the $143 median for 882 offices parcels citywide
Corridor
Market West
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$8,309,800
2026 OPA · 2027: $8,106,000
Interior area
42,624 sqft
Lot size
5,967 sqft
Stories
6
Built
1937
Zoning
CMX5
Records behind the chart
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The chart above is the primary timeline. This drawer preserves every underlying dated row and its filed status for source-level review.
Browse 4 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
- Recorded transfer$5.2M transfer
2026
- AppealZoning board appeal
Appeal 16655 · CLOSED · Granted with conditions
PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF A FLAT WALL CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGN ACCESSORY TO AN EXISTING REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE - ON A PORTION OF THE 3RD FLOOR , ADVERTISING OFFICE - PORTION OF 3RD FLOOR AND FOURTH FLOOR AND REAL ESTATE OFFICE ON
- AppealZoning board appeal
Appeal 16167 · CLOSED · Granted
PERMIT/ CERTIFICATE APPLICATION FOR: FOR RETAIL SALE OF COSMETICS/BEAUTY SUPPLIES, A BEAUTY SALON(MANICURE/NAIL SALON) ALL IN CELLAR FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS, FOR A REAL ESTATE OFFICE ON THE THIRD FLOOR, FOR AN ADVERTISING OFFICE ON THE THIR
- AppealBuilding standards appeal
Appeal 8835 · OPEN · APPROVED
ON 3/23/09 DEPARTMENT OF LICENSES AND INSPECTIONS ISSUED NOTICE OF REFUSAL FOR APPLICATION # 201895.
What this record suggests
2 violations are still marked open in the assembled record. The date and status belong in a current L&I check before relying on them.
Block context
1619-21 Walnut St sits on the 1600 block of Walnut St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 1617 Walnut St · 1615 Walnut St
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 10, 2026, 2:50 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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