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Commercial property report

3251 Cedar St

44,820 sqft · I1 · built 1940

Store · 3251 Cedar Street LLC · assessed $3.0M (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $4.5M. On the 3200 block of Cedar St.

Property summary

Assessment$2,958,1002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $4,526,800 Last sale$3.1MRecorded 2020 Est. tax bill$41,407/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits4Dated events in report Violations2 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$41,407/year

2026 taxable assessment $2,958,100 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $4,526,800; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 882021390
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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

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $3.1M in 2020, administrative permit in 2019, sold for $3.1M in 2020 (+290%).

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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 $4,526,800; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$2.5M$5.0M2016 OPA assessment: $672K2017 OPA assessment: $672K2018 OPA assessment: $742K2019 OPA assessment: $741K2020 OPA assessment: $747K2021 OPA assessment: $747K2022 OPA assessment: $3.0M2023 OPA assessment: $3.0M2024 OPA assessment: $3.0M2025 OPA assessment: $3.0M2026 OPA assessment: $3.0M2027 OPA assessment: $4.5M2012 — 2012-07-25: Zoning board appeal2013 — 2013-06-11: Zoning board appeal2020 — Deed / sale $3.1M2021 — 2021-04-28: ZBA Permit Denial - Variance$4.5M201220152018202120242027
This propertyDeed / saleAppeal
2021-04-28: ZBA Permit Denial - Variance
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Every dated record4 events · scroll to browse
  1. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $3.1M
  3. AppealZoning board appeal
  4. AppealZoning board appeal
Commercial propertyProperty report

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2 open violations

What it is
Store
Store 1 Sty Masonry
Owner
3251 Cedar Street LLC
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $3.0M
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$101
below the $130 median for 12,035 commercial parcels citywide
Assessed value
$2,958,100
2026 OPA · 2027: $4,526,800
Interior area
44,820 sqft
Lot size
58,610 sqft
Built
1940
Zoning
I1

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Browse 4 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance

    Appeal ZP-2021-001498 · Completed · Granted

    PERMIT FOR A PERSONAL SERVICE(GYM) AT SPACE# B AS PART OF EXISITNG STRUCTURE ON THE SAME LOT WITH ALL OTHER USES AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. NO SIGN ON THIS APPLICATION.

  2. Recorded transfer$3.1M transfer

    2020

  3. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 20285 · CLOSED · Granted

    PERMIT FOR THE CREATION OF ONE (1) SPACE FROM TWO (2) SPACES (B & C) FOR USE AS RETAIL SALE OF CONSUMER GOODS IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH EXISTING MEDICAL OFFICES (PHYSICAL & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY) IN SPACE A AND OTHER USES AS PREVIOUSLY APPRO

  4. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 18181 · CLOSED · Granted with conditions

    PERMIT FOR THE MEDICAL OFFICE AND TREATMENT OF PATIENT (REHAB CENTER) IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.

What this record suggests

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

Who's behind it

3251 Cedar Street LLC · corporate / LLC owner

Nothing beyond the deed name in the assessor's record. Ask a cited question to research the owner's public property record.

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Block context

3251 Cedar St sits on the 3200 block of Cedar St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 4:30 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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