{"asOf":"2026-07-10T01:59:28.295Z","block":"3600-3699 MARKET ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/3600-3699-market-st","address":"3601 MARKET ST","parcelNumber":"881115776","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=881115776","ownerType":"vacant","kind":"vacant land","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"VACANT LAND COMMER < ACRE","useLabel":"Vacant lot","owner":"UNIVERSITY CITY SCIENCE C","marketValue":18200000,"livableArea":null,"yearBuilt":null,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2013-01-30T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":13,"violYears":[{"y":2015,"n":3,"worst":null},{"y":2026,"n":13,"worst":null}],"inspYears":[{"y":2015,"fails":1,"passes":1},{"y":2026,"fails":6,"passes":0}],"taxOwed":0,"lat":39.95645279116805,"lng":-75.19470218096112,"geom":null,"zip":"19104","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":40125,"zoning":"CMX4","grade":null,"basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":null,"intCond":null,"garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"6191 STATE HWY 161, IRVING TX, 75038","mailOut":true,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"SPECIAL EXCEPTION/PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED BUILDING INCLUDING ABOVEGROUND PRIVATE PARKING GARAGE, ACCESSORY ROOF DECK, (15) STATICALLY ILLUMINATED ACCESSORY WALL SIGNS, ONE (1) STATICALLY ILLUMINATED BUILDING IDENTIFICATION WA","status":"CLOSED","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2013-04-24","number":"20196"},{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ADDITION ABOVE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ATTACHED BUILDING INCLUDING PRIVATE PARKING GARAGE, ACCESSORY ROOF DECK, & WINDOW AWNING STRUCTURES; SIZE & LOCATION AS SHOWN IN APPROVED PLANS. FOR USE AS COMMERCIAL USES AS ","status":"CLOSED","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2013-09-25","number":"21083"},{"type":"Building standards appeal","grounds":"ON 7/14/15, THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSES AND INSPECTIONS ISSUED A NOTICE OF REFUSAL FOR APPLICATION #620000.","status":"CLOSED","outcome":"APPROVED","date":"2015-08-27","number":"25688"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":86632000,"taxable":0},{"y":2017,"v":86632000,"taxable":0},{"y":2018,"v":113283500,"taxable":0},{"y":2020,"v":15000000,"taxable":15000000},{"y":2021,"v":15000000,"taxable":15000000},{"y":2022,"v":15000000,"taxable":15000000},{"y":2023,"v":15000000,"taxable":15000000},{"y":2024,"v":15000000,"taxable":15000000},{"y":2025,"v":15000000,"taxable":15000000},{"y":2026,"v":15000000,"taxable":15000000},{"y":2027,"v":18200000,"taxable":18200000}],"taxNow":254764,"familyHeld":true,"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2015,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2015,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal approved"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"13 L&I violations"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×6"}],"rented":false,"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["13 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2026"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #21083: CLOSED · Granted with conditions.","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/"},{"id":"violations","level":"attention","title":"13 open L&I violations","finding":"13 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"}],"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/"}]}