{"asOf":"2026-07-10T07:15:35.590Z","block":"5200-5299 WHITAKER AVE","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/5200-5299-whitaker-ave","address":"5200 WHITAKER AVE","parcelNumber":"882051500","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=882051500","ownerType":"investor","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"SUPERMKT 1 STY MASONRY","useLabel":"Commercial","owner":"TIMTAY WHITAKER AVE LLC","marketValue":4452000,"livableArea":19787,"yearBuilt":2018,"lastSale":{"price":3000000,"date":"2016-11-04T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":1,"violYears":[{"y":2007,"n":3,"worst":null},{"y":2014,"n":3,"worst":null},{"y":2015,"n":5,"worst":null},{"y":2016,"n":4,"worst":null},{"y":2020,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2021,"n":1,"worst":null},{"y":2026,"n":1,"worst":null}],"inspYears":[{"y":2020,"fails":1,"passes":1},{"y":2021,"fails":1,"passes":1},{"y":2026,"fails":1,"passes":0}],"taxOwed":0,"lat":40.03206094689188,"lng":-75.1034933519898,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.102523049,40.032041861],[-75.103180431,40.031357288],[-75.104463783,40.032091064],[-75.103813587,40.032759272],[-75.102523049,40.032041861]]]},"zip":"19124","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":156887,"zoning":"CMX3","grade":"A-","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"1","intCond":"1","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"4215 HOOD DR, DOYLESTOWN PA, 18902","mailOut":true,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE (1) ACCESSORY DOUBLE FACED STATICALLY ILLUMINATED FREESTANDING SIGN. SIGN\nACCESSORY TO AN EXISTING FOOD, BEVERAGE AND GROCERIES WITH ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR (134) ACCESSORY OFF STREET SURFACE PARKING SPACES IN","status":"OPEN","outcome":"Granted","date":"2018-06-13","number":"33674"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF ONE (1) EXISTING REAR STRUCTURE ON THE LOT AND FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE (1) NEW  DETACHED STRUCTURE; AND FOR ERECTION OF ONE (1) FREESTANDING ILLUMINATED DOUBLE FACES SIGN (ON FOULKROD ST) AND  ADDITIONAL SI","status":"Completed","outcome":"Granted","date":"2022-05-19","number":"ZP-2021-011143"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"timesSold":1,"abated":true,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":2426600,"taxable":2426600},{"y":2017,"v":2426600,"taxable":2426600},{"y":2018,"v":2674300,"taxable":2674300},{"y":2019,"v":5700000,"taxable":3000000},{"y":2020,"v":5700000,"taxable":3000000},{"y":2021,"v":5700000,"taxable":3000000},{"y":2022,"v":5700000,"taxable":3000000},{"y":2023,"v":4452100,"taxable":3116452},{"y":2024,"v":4452100,"taxable":3116452},{"y":2025,"v":4452100,"taxable":3116470},{"y":2026,"v":4452100,"taxable":3116470},{"y":2027,"v":4452000,"taxable":3116400}],"taxNow":43623,"familyHeld":false,"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2021,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)"},{"y":2022,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"}],"rented":false,"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"watch","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","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."},{"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"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"violations","level":"attention","title":"1 open L&I violation","finding":"1 violation row 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":"abatement","level":"verify","title":"A reduced taxable assessment is not a verified abatement","finding":"OPA’s numeric assessment fields show a reduced taxable assessment; BlockReport has no official program determination for this parcel.","why":"The numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.","action":"Obtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-a-property-tax-abatement/"},{"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/"}]}