Torn down & rebuilt
Why it mattersdemolished and rebuilt (2021), then sold for $138M in 2025.
View supporting records →Multi-family report
2116 Chestnut St
34 stories · 330,183 sqft · CMX4 · built 2013
Owner-occupied · assessed $149M · sold 1×. On the 2100 block of Chestnut St.
Property summary
Assessment$149MCity assessed value
Last sale$138MRecorded 2025
Est. taxes$2.1M/yearAnnual city record
Permits3Shown in this report
Violations3Open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordWhat to do with this
The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.
If you own it
$1,399/yr may be unclaimed
This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.
3 open violations: the clock matters
L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.
Derived from this house's public records and the city's rules as of 2026 (abatement ordinance, Homestead, rental licensing, lead certification, L&I process, excavation protections). Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.
The investment read
How this building has moved and where it's pointed: the city's assessed value (not a listing price) over 12 years, charted against its block; appreciation is that history's pace, and the 5-year figure simply extends it. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the record to dig into any number.
Assessed value
$149M
built 2013
Price / sq ft
$451
block $319 · above block
Appreciation
+5%
+0%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$149M
+0%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2.1M
1.4% effective
Gross yield
0%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
1
kept in the family
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermitInspection
The paper trail
Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2021), then sold for $138M in 2025.
- 2021 Addition and/or AlterationsPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermit
- 2022 L&I violationL&I
- 2023 Inspection passedL&I visit
- 2024 2 L&I violationsL&IInspection failedL&I visit
- 2025 Lawful Occupancy (LO) ONLYPermit$138MSold5 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 3 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
- 2026 3 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
Flags: 3 open L&I violations · long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The house, on paper
The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.
Stories
34
Interior
330,183 sqft
livable area
Lot
26,710 sqft
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Above averageBelow average
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
A
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
CMX4
city zoning code
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 2116 Chestnut St takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this house's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.
When this house last sold (2025) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — Freddie Mac's average that year.
Mortgage
—
P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
—
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
—
down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
—
rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
—
NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
—
year-1 return on cash in
Estimates for orientation, not advice. Assumes a 30-year fixed loan, $1,400/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record.
Block context
2116 Chestnut St sits on the 2100 block of Chestnut St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 2108-14 Chestnut St · 2100-06 Chestnut 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
- Back taxes & liens — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of 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
City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.
First time here?
This is 2116 Chestnut St,
on paper.
Built 2013. Every deed, permit, L&I visit, tax bill and sale for this house — plus its whole block.
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What to catch on the way down.
On the way down: the story of the house, its paper trail drawn on the value chart, and run-the-numbers, a calculator seeded with this house's actual tax bill.
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