{"asOf":"2026-07-09T19:43:41.562Z","block":"4500-4599 N BROAD ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/4500-4599-n-broad-st","address":"4527-31 N BROAD ST","parcelNumber":"882006940","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=882006940","ownerType":"owner-occupied","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"STORE 2 STY MASONRY","useLabel":"Store","owner":"4527-31 N BROAD ST LLC","marketValue":881000,"livableArea":3500,"yearBuilt":2010,"lastSale":{"price":350000,"date":"2019-06-27T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":3,"violYears":[{"y":2008,"n":1,"worst":null},{"y":2010,"n":3,"worst":null},{"y":2011,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2025,"n":11,"worst":null}],"inspYears":[{"y":2004,"fails":0,"passes":1},{"y":2025,"fails":9,"passes":2}],"taxOwed":0,"lat":40.02218766025067,"lng":-75.14806631156296,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.147944723,40.02206917],[-75.148175745,40.022097956],[-75.148117284,40.022391802],[-75.147932708,40.022123334],[-75.147944723,40.02206917]]]},"zip":"19140","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":4157,"zoning":"CMX2.5","grade":"C+","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"3","intCond":"3","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"4527-31 N BROAD ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19140","mailOut":false,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF A SIDE ADDITION TO AN EXISTING SEMI- ATTACHED STRUCTURE; SPACE #1A, TO REMAIN AN EXISTING RETAIL SALE OF CONSUMER GOODS, PROPOSED SPACE #1B, TO BE A VACANT SPACE (USE REGISTRATION PERMIT REQUIRED PRIOR TO OCCUPANC","status":"CLOSED","outcome":"Granted","date":"2015-12-09","number":"26230"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF 1 NON-ILLUMINATED ACCESSORY WALL SIGN AND ONE NON-ILLUMINATED NON-ACCESSORY WALL SIGN. FOR USE AS OFFICE- BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN APPLICATION/PLANS","status":"Scheduled","outcome":null,"date":"2026-07-08","number":"ZP-2025-011776"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":267600,"taxable":267600},{"y":2017,"v":267600,"taxable":267600},{"y":2018,"v":216300,"taxable":216300},{"y":2019,"v":216800,"taxable":216800},{"y":2020,"v":218400,"taxable":218400},{"y":2021,"v":218400,"taxable":218400},{"y":2022,"v":218400,"taxable":218400},{"y":2023,"v":362500,"taxable":362500},{"y":2024,"v":362500,"taxable":362500},{"y":2025,"v":881000,"taxable":881000},{"y":2026,"v":881000,"taxable":881000},{"y":2027,"v":881000,"taxable":881000}],"taxNow":12332,"familyHeld":true,"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2015,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2019,"k":"sale","p":350000},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"11 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 9 failed, 2 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2026,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal filed"}],"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":["3 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"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":["1 permit event since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal 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 #26230: CLOSED · Granted.","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":"3 open L&I violations","finding":"3 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/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"}],"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/"}]}