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Commercial property report

421 S Broad St

Commercial · Individual owner on record · assessed $394K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $597K. On the 400 block of S Broad St.

Property summary

Assessment$394,2002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $597,000 Last sale$4.5MRecorded 2022 Est. tax bill$5,518/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits0Dated events in report Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$5,518/year

2026 taxable assessment $394,200 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $597,000; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 885794140
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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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History

Why it matters

L&I violation (2008); Inspection failed (2008); Inspection passed (2009); sold $4.5M (2022).

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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 $597,000; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$500K$1.0M2016 OPA assessment: $199K2017 OPA assessment: $199K2018 OPA assessment: $390K2019 OPA assessment: $390K2020 OPA assessment: $377K2021 OPA assessment: $377K2022 OPA assessment: $377K2023 OPA assessment: $384K2024 OPA assessment: $384K2025 OPA assessment: $394K2026 OPA assessment: $394K2027 OPA assessment: $597K2022 — Deed / sale $4.5M$597K2016201820202022202420262027
This propertyDeed / sale
Deed / sale $4.5M
Every dated record1 event · scroll to browse
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $4.5M
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
Pd Pkg Lot Commercial
Owner
Individual owner on record
Individual name redacted
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $394K
Taxable assessment on the roll
Corridor
Broad and South
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$394,200
2026 OPA · 2027: $597,000
Lot size
1,592 sqft
Zoning
CMX4

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  1. Recorded transfer$4.5M transfer

    2022

What this record suggests

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Block context

421 S Broad St sits on the 400 block of S Broad St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 423 S Broad St  ·  417-19 S Broad St

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 3:40 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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