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29-79 E Chelten Ave

29,832 sqft · CMX2.5 · built 1995

Store · Chelten Retail Partnershi & Main Line Federal Savings · assessed $3.2M (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $4.9M. On the 0 block of E Chelten Ave.

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Property summary

Assessment$3,200,0002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $4,922,200 Last sale—No sale value available Est. tax bill$44,794/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency$71KCity snapshot · Jun 2022 Permits2Dated events in report Violations3 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$44,794/year

2026 taxable assessment $3,200,000 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $4,922,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 882841700
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$70,756.25 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

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What stands out

From the public record

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 $4,922,200; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$2.5M$5.0M$4.9M200820122016202020242027
Property assessmentAssessmentAppeal

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Every dated record5 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Special Exception
  2. AppealBBS Unsafe
  3. AppealLIRB Retaining Wall
  4. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance
  5. AppealZoning board appeal
Commercial propertyProperty report

This is a store, 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.

$71K · Jun 2022 delinquency snapshot 3 open violations

What it is
Store
Shop Cent N'Hood Masonry
Owner
Chelten Retail Partnershi & Main Line Federal Savings
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $3.2M
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$165
above the $130 median for 12,035 commercial parcels citywide
Corridor
Central Germantown & Vicinity
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$3,200,000
2026 OPA · 2027: $4,922,200
Interior area
29,832 sqft
Lot size
76,414 sqft
Built
1995
Zoning
CMX2.5

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Browse 5 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Special Exception

    Appeal ZP-2024-008130 · Completed · Dismissed

    PERMIT FOR THE USE OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE FOR * ASSEMBLY & ENTERTAINMENT (EVENT SPACE) *

  2. AppealBBS Unsafe

    Appeal HA-2023-005317 · Closed · Complete

    See Attached

  3. AppealLIRB Retaining Wall

    Appeal HA-2024-000280 · In Process

    See Attached

  4. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance

    Appeal ZP-2020-003180 · Completed · Granted

    Application is for the removal of two (2) existing drive-thru menu board signs and for the erection of two (2) new digital drive-thru menu board signs accessory to an existing sit-down restaurant. Sizes and locations as shown on plans. One

  5. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 4353 · CLOSED · Granted with conditions

    PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF TWO (2) NEW INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED FLATWALL SIGNS (CHANNEL LETTERS), REFACE TWO (2) EXISTING PANELS IN DOUBLE FACED FREESTANDING SIGN, ACCESSORY TO RETAIL SALES OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND ACCESSORY ITEM

What this record suggests

3 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

29-79 E Chelten Ave sits on the 0 block of E Chelten Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 23-27 E Chelten Ave  ·  21 E Chelten Ave

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 2:29 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. “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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