Apartment building report

218 W Walnut Ln

3 stories · 7,154 sqft · RSD1 · built 1900

Apartment building · 6 units · Boardwalk Realty LLC · assessed $485K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $538K. On the 200 block of W Walnut Ln.

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$6,788/year

2026 taxable assessment $484,900 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $537,900; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

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What stands out

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Finding

Permit on record

Record summary

$385K transfer recorded in 2013. Addition and/or Alteration permit recorded in 2021.

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Finding

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Record summary

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 $537,900; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$500K$1.0M$538K2004200820122016202020242027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / saleTeardownPermitLicenseCertification

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Every dated record10 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  2. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  3. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  4. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  5. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  6. TeardownDemolished
  7. LicenseRental
  8. PermitDemolition
  9. Deed / saleDeed / sale $385K
  10. LicenseRental
Apartment buildingBuilding report

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What it is
Apartment building
Apts 5-50 Units Masonry
Owner
Boardwalk Realty LLC
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $485K
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$75
below the $151 median for 3,983 apartments parcels citywide
Licensed units
6
active rental license
Assessed value
$484,900
2026 OPA · 2027: $537,900
Interior area
7,154 sqft
Lot size
17,400 sqft
Stories
3
Built
1900
Zoning
RSD1

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Browse 9 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2026-012167 · Certified

    Expires 2027-04-25

  2. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2025-010755 · Certified

    Expires 2026-04-19

  3. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2023-006539 · Certified

    Expires 2024-03-18

  4. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2022-004049 · Certified

    Expires 2023-03-16

  5. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit EP-2021-000937 · Expired

    Upgrade existing 40amp electrical panels (8) to new 100amp panels with new 100amp conductors from existing 200amp service via existing 200amp service. Replace existing meter-boards with new 100amp rated meter-boards. all work in the basement of location as per 2017 NEC.

  6. LicenseRental

    License 599060 · Active

    BOARDWALK REALTY LLC · Expires 2027-02-28

  7. PermitDemolition

    Permit 467046 · COMPLETED

    REMOVE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK CONTAINING NO. 2 HEATING OIL.

  8. Recorded transfer$385K transfer

    2013

  9. LicenseRental

    License 217002 · Inactive

    BRENNER BARBARA & · Expires 2014-02-28 · Inactive 2013-02-07

What this record suggests

The City file documents 2 permits touching electrical work. 1 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

Who's behind it

Boardwalk Realty LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 425 Gaskill St, Philadelphia PA, 19147
• 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

218 W Walnut Ln sits on the 200 block of W Walnut Ln. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 224 W Walnut Ln  ·  232-42 W Walnut Ln

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 1:46 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. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “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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