{"asOf":"2026-07-09T23:04:28.294Z","block":"1200-1299 N FRONT ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/1200-1299-n-front-st","address":"1233-37 N FRONT ST","parcelNumber":"881000857","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=881000857","ownerType":"vacant","kind":"vacant land","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"AUTO REPAIR SHOP MASONRY","useLabel":"Store","owner":"ARELIA GROUP LLC","marketValue":410400,"livableArea":null,"yearBuilt":null,"lastSale":{"price":1634000,"date":"2022-08-11T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violYears":[{"y":2023,"n":3,"worst":"UNSAFE STRUCTURE"},{"y":2024,"n":1,"worst":null}],"inspYears":[{"y":2023,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2024,"fails":1,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"lat":39.969759202596,"lng":-75.13566799626841,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.135472356,39.969796599],[-75.135514633,39.969656254],[-75.135863655,39.969720449],[-75.135819001,39.969863287],[-75.135472356,39.969796599]]]},"zip":"19122","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":5400,"zoning":"CMX3","grade":null,"basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":null,"intCond":null,"garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"1608 PINE ST UNIT 2F, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19103","mailOut":false,"appeals":[{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ONE (1) STORY STRUCTURE; FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED STRUCTURE; ROOF DECK ACCESSED BY A STAIR ENCLOSURE FOR A VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACE AT FIRST FLOOR (USE REGISTRATION PERMIT REQUIRED PRIOR ","status":"Closed","outcome":"Withdrawn","date":"2020-07-27","number":"39379"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"FOR MUTLIFAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING FOR FIFTEEN DWELLING UNITS WITH FIVE (5) ACCESSORY PARKING SPACES AND SIX (6) CLASS 1A BICYCLE SPACES.\nFOR THE ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED BUILDING WITH ROOF DECK AND TWO ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURES. SIZE AND LO","status":"Completed","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2021-05-06","number":"ZP-2020-002903"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED SEVEN (7) STORY STRUCTURE WITH A ROOF DECK ACCESSED FROM TWO (2) ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURES, INCLUDING ELEVATOR OVERRUN, AND FOUR (4) ROOF DECKS ACCESSED FROM THE SEVENTH FLOOR OF THE STRUCTURE.; SIZE","status":"Completed","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2026-03-03","number":"ZP-2025-001416"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2025,"v":410400,"taxable":410400},{"y":2026,"v":410400,"taxable":410400},{"y":2027,"v":410400,"taxable":410400}],"taxNow":5745,"familyHeld":true,"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2023,"k":"demo"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Full Demolition"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Minor Demolition"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2024,"k":"demo"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2026,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted with conditions"}],"rented":false,"signals":[{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["5 permit events since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal since 2023","demolition activity since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #39379: Closed · Withdrawn.","why":"Philadelphia says a zoning approval or Property Sales Certification can identify a use without proving that it was established under the Building Code. A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.","action":"Verify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"}]}