New construction
Why it mattersbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated).
View supporting records →Apartment building report
229 Arch St
5 stories · 72,300 sqft · CMX3 · built 1900
Apartment building · 86 units · Berger Development LP · assessed $18M. On the 200 block of Arch St.
Property summary
Assessment$18MCity assessed value
Last sale—No sale value available
Est. taxes$190K/yearAnnual city record
Permits8Shown in this report
Violations2Open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordCondition says new, year built says old
Why it mattersThe assessor coded this "newer construction" but records the build year as 1900. Either the year is a leftover from a demolished predecessor or the condition code belongs to a different visit.
View supporting records →"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder
Why it mattersPhiladelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.
View supporting records →Apartment buildingBuilding report
This is a apartment building, recorded under the city's apartments 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
Apartment building
Apts 51-100 Units Masonry
Owner
Berger Development Lp
Tax standing
Assessed $18M
On the tax roll
$ / sq ft
$247
above the $151 median for 3,983 apartments parcels citywide
Corridor
Old City
city commercial corridor
Licensed units
86
active rental license
Assessed value
$18M
City market value
Interior area
72,300 sqft
Lot size
28,519 sqft
Stories
5
Built
1900
Zoning
CMX3
Who's behind it
Berger Development LP · corporate / LLC owner
• Tax bills mail to 901 N Penn St, Philadelphia PA, 19123
• Holds an active rental license for this address
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale
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.
Condition says new, year built says old
The assessor coded this "newer construction" but records the build year as 1900. Either the year is a leftover from a demolished predecessor or the condition code belongs to a different visit.
"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
229 Arch St sits on the 200 block of Arch St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 223-27 Arch St · 221 Arch 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.
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Built 1900. Every deed, permit, L&I visit, tax bill and sale for this house — plus its whole block.
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