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3952-54 Lancaster Ave

3 stories · 9,500 sqft · CMX2 · built 2024

Apartments · 15 units · Cja Real Estate Development LLC · assessed $1.9M (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $2.0M. On the 3900 block of Lancaster Ave.

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Property summary

Assessment$1,853,0002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $1,985,700 Last sale$955KRecorded 2022 Est. tax bill$2,594/year2026 taxable assessment · full-value scenario $25,938/year · basis and term unverified Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits8Dated events in report Violations3 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$2,594/year

2026 taxable assessment $185,300 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $1,985,700; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 881000668
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Exemption classificationPartial assessment exemption — basis unverified

2026 OPA taxes $185,300 of $1,853,000 assessed. The assessment fields alone do not identify a program, approval date, expiration, or buyer eligibility.

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Full-assessment scenario$25,938/year

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Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

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What stands out

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Finding

New construction

Record summary

new construction appears in a 2023 permit with a reduced taxable assessment shown.

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The property record, over time

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Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

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Apartment buildingBuilding report

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3 open violations

What it is
Apartments
Non Pd Pkg Lot Commercial
Owner
Cja Real Estate Development LLC
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $1.9M
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$209
above the $151 median for 3,983 apartments parcels citywide
Corridor
40th and Lancaster
city commercial corridor
Licensed units
15
active rental license
Assessed value
$1,853,000
2026 OPA · 2027: $1,985,700
Interior area
9,500 sqft
Lot size
4,003 sqft
Stories
3
Built
2024
Zoning
CMX2

Who's behind it

Cja Real Estate Development LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 1632 North 29th Street, Philadelphia PA, 19121
• Holds an active rental license for this address
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale

PA corporate registry ↗OpenCorporates ↗City record ↗

Block context

3952-54 Lancaster Ave sits on the 3900 block of Lancaster Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 3950 Lancaster Ave  ·  3948 Lancaster Ave

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 9:06 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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