2026 taxable assessment $173,700 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $496,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Commercial property report
1908-18 E Westmoreland St
8,270 sqft · ICMX · built 1930
Store · Firefighters Investments · assessed $174K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $496K. On the 1900 block of E Westmoreland St.
Property summary
Assessment$173,7002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $496,200
Last sale$150KRecorded 2009
Est. tax bill$2,431/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable
Permits2Dated events in report
Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records
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OPA 8829674202026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.
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What stands out
From the public recordImproved
Why it mattersOwner pulled a operations permit in 2017.
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Assessment/permit mismatch
The assessment jumped 186% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.
Evidence: assessment moved from $173,700 to $496,200 · no permit shown in 2026-2028
Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.
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What it is
Store
Auto Repair Shop Masonry
Owner
Firefighters Investments
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $174K
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$60
below the $130 median for 12,035 commercial parcels citywide
Assessed value
$173,700
2026 OPA · 2027: $496,200
Interior area
8,270 sqft
Lot size
8,320 sqft
Built
1930
Zoning
ICMX
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- Recorded owner
- Firefighters Investments
- L&I district
- —
- OPA account
- 882967420
What this record suggests
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- AppealZoning board appeal
Appeal 17821 · CLOSED · Dismissed
PERMIT FOR THE USE AS AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP (NO BODY AND FENDER WORK OR PAINTING) IN AN EXISTING ONE (1) STORY STRUCTURE. NO CHANGE IN HEIGHT OR AREA OF EXISTING STRUCTURE. NO SIGNS ON THIS APPLICATION.
- AppealZoning board appeal
Appeal 15778 · CLOSED · Withdrawn
PERMIT FOR AN AUTO CARE SHOP INCLUDING AUTO DETAILING, RETAIL SALE & INSTALLATION OF TIRES AND AUTO REPAIR, NO BODY AND FENDER WORK IN SPACE 1918 IN AN EXISTING BUILDING WITH AN EXISTING WAREHOUSE FOR HARDWARE.
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Permits and inspections
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How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗Violations, cases, and status
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How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗Who's behind it
Firefighters Investments · corporate / LLC owner
• Owns 2 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $726K combined
• Tax bills mail to 343 Davistown Rd, Blackwood NJ, 08012 — outside Philadelphia
Block context
1908-18 E Westmoreland St sits on the 1900 block of E Westmoreland St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 1900-06 E Westmoreland St · 1920-24 E Westmoreland 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
- Neighborhood income & rents — US Census ACS 5-year estimates
- Historical mortgage rates — Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:10 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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