2026 taxable assessment $700,000 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $1,079,100; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Commercial property report
233 N 12th St
3,348 sqft · CMX4 · built 2005
Commercial · Cl Investment LLC · assessed $700K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $1.1M. On the 200 block of N 12th St.
Property summary
Assessment$700,0002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $1,079,100
Last sale$650KRecorded 2008
Est. tax bill$9,799/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current
Permits0Every fetched City permit
Violations0 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
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OPA 8829333602026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.
Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion
This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.
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What stands out
From the public recordTraded
Why it mattersTraded 2×: $500K in 2005 → $650K in 2008 (+30%).
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What this record proves—and what it does not.
These checks are triggered by this property’s actual City rows. They identify the controlling document to verify; they do not declare a use legal, a building safe, or title clear.
3 verify
VerifyFailed inspections are dated events—not the current condition3 failed, 3 passed, and 3 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Jun 24, 2008.
Why it mattersA PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.
Verify nextOpen the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyA historical business license is not current operating authorityDumpster License - Private Property #519431: Inactive since Sep 3, 2013; Dumpster License - Public ROW #594404: Inactive
Why it mattersA license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. An inactive or expired license does not establish that the business still operates—or that it may legally reopen under the same use.
Verify nextIf business income matters, verify the current tenant, use registration, and active license in eCLIPSE.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyA separate Commercial Trash account may applyOPA classifies the parcel as commercial. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.
Why it mattersPhiladelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.
Verify nextCheck the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Closing file: checks no public-record summary can replace3 documents/searches to assign before settlement
Property Sales Certification
The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.
Next: Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.
Official guidance ↗Date-effective City Property Payoff
The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.
Next: Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.
Official guidance ↗Professional title and water-lien searches
OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.
Next: Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Informational only—not a legal opinion, title report, code inspection, tax payoff, or substitute for a Pennsylvania lawyer, title company, inspector, or tax professional.
Records to verify together
Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.
Assessment/permit mismatch
The assessment jumped 54% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.
Evidence: assessment moved from $700,000 to $1,079,100 · 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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Commercial propertyProperty report
This is a commercial, recorded under the city's commercial category. The homeowner tools (rent estimate, homestead playbook) don't apply, so they're hidden. The full record and owner trail are below.
What it is
Commercial
Str/Off 2 Sty Masonry
Owner
Cl Investment LLC
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $700K
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$322
above the $130 median for 12,035 commercial parcels citywide
Assessed value
$700,000
2026 OPA · 2027: $1,079,100
Interior area
3,348 sqft
Lot size
1,674 sqft
Built
2005
Zoning
CMX4
City record timeline
Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.
The timeline combines the report’s transfer history with every successfully fetched L&I and zoning row. A date or status is the City’s filed record, not a statement that the condition remains current; use the official file for live detail.
- Recorded owner
- Cl Investment LLC
- L&I district
- CENTRAL EAST
- OPA account
- 882933360
- LicenseDumpster License - Public ROW
License 594404 · Inactive
DRESS FOR SUCESS WORLDWIDE · Expires 2014-03-31
- LicenseDumpster License - Private Property
License 519431 · Inactive
DRESS FOR SUCESS WORLDWIDE · Expires 2013-07-31 · Inactive 2013-09-03
- InvestigationCEASE INSP
Case 65739 · PASSED
- InvestigationCEASE INSP
Case 75726 · PASSED
- InvestigationCEASE INSP
Case 86275 · PASSED
- Recorded transfer$650K transfer
2008
- InvestigationBC INSP
Case 86275 · FAILED
- InvestigationBC INSP
Case 86275 · CLOSED
- InvestigationBC INSP
Case 75726 · CLOSED
- InvestigationBC INSP
Case 75726 · FAILED
- InvestigationBC INSP
Case 65739 · FAILED
- InvestigationBC INSP
Case 65739 · CLOSED
- Recorded transfer$500K transfer
2005
Who's behind it
Cl Investment LLC · corporate / LLC owner
• Owns 2 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $2.2M combined
• Tax bills mail to 425 Mc Clenaghan Mill Rd, Wynnewood PA, 19096 — outside Philadelphia
Block context
233 N 12th St sits on the 200 block of N 12th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 231 N 12th St · 235 N 12th 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, 4:23 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. 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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