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Commercial property report

247 S 17th St

3,186 sqft · CMX3 · built 1880

Commercial · Gl Seventeenth L P · assessed $1.1M (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $1.3M. On the 200 block of S 17th St.

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Property summary

Assessment$1,108,6002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $1,300,200 Last sale$200KRecorded 1998 Est. tax bill$15,518/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits3Dated events in report Violations5 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$15,518/year

2026 taxable assessment $1,108,600 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $1,300,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 882550600
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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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The property record, over time

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Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$1.0M$2.0M$1.3M201420172020202320262027
Property assessmentAssessmentAppeal

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Every dated record2 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. AppealRB_LIRB
  2. AppealRB_LIRB
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5 open violations

What it is
Commercial
Rest'Rnt W/Bar Masonry
Owner
Gl Seventeenth L P
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $1.1M
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$408
above the $130 median for 12,035 commercial parcels citywide
Corridor
Market West
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$1,108,600
2026 OPA · 2027: $1,300,200
Interior area
3,186 sqft
Lot size
1,120 sqft
Built
1880
Zoning
CMX3

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  1. AppealRB_LIRB

    Appeal 25302 · OPEN · SUSTAINED

    LICENSEE'S DUMPSTERS ARE KEPT IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AT ALL TIMES, OBSTRUCT FOOT TRAFFIC, AND CREATE A NUISANCE THAT DETRACTS FROM THE CLEANLINESS, SAFETY, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BLOCK.

  2. AppealRB_LIRB

    Appeal 22632 · OPEN · SUSTAINED

    APPELLANT IS A BLOCK ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE THE CLEANLINESS, SAFETY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE 1600 BLOCK OF LATIMER ST. AND HAS HAD A LONGSTANDING POLICY OPPOSING DUMPSTERS ON THE SIDEWALK. LICENSEE'S DUMPSTERS ARE KEPT IN THE PUBLIC

What this record suggests

5 violations are still marked open in the assembled record. The date and status belong in a current L&I check before relying on them.

Block context

247 S 17th St sits on the 200 block of S 17th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 245 S 17th St  ·  251-57 S 17th St

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 11:12 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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