{"asOf":"2026-07-09T20:23:41.372Z","block":"6700-6799 CASTOR AVE","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/6700-6799-castor-ave","address":"6700 CASTOR AVE","parcelNumber":"882925490","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=882925490","ownerType":"absentee","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"STORE 1 STY MASONRY","useLabel":"Store","owner":"STERN BARBARA","marketValue":1065100,"livableArea":5377,"yearBuilt":1952,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2022-08-26T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violYears":[{"y":2010,"n":4,"worst":null},{"y":2017,"n":16,"worst":null},{"y":2018,"n":1,"worst":null},{"y":2023,"n":14,"worst":null}],"inspYears":[{"y":2006,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2008,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2010,"fails":1,"passes":1},{"y":2017,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2018,"fails":2,"passes":1},{"y":2023,"fails":1,"passes":1},{"y":2024,"fails":1,"passes":0},{"y":2025,"fails":0,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":30568.9,"lat":40.04349665336034,"lng":-75.07392794225318,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.07368679,40.043534779],[-75.073903648,40.043308069],[-75.074167252,40.04345586],[-75.073955326,40.043686215],[-75.07368679,40.043534779]]]},"zip":"19149","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":9200,"zoning":"CA1","grade":"C","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"613 BOB WHITE LN, HUNTINGDON VALLEY PA, 19006","mailOut":true,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR PERMANENT APPROVAL FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THREE (3) 8.5' X 20' X 8' HIGH STORAGE CONTAINERS AND ERECTION OF A NEW 8' HIGH FENCE AROUND LOT PERIMETER. FOR USE BY EXISTING RETAIL HARDWARE STORE WITH THREE (3) ACCESSORY PARKING SPACES","status":"CLOSED","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2009-01-28","number":"5769"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT TO LEGALIZE THREE (3) ACCESSORY STRUCTURES (STORAGE CONTAINERS) ON THE SAME LOT AS AN EXISTING DETACHED STRUCTURE. STRUCTURE FOR USE AS RETAIL SALES OF BUILDING SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT WITH ACCESSORY SURFACE PARKING.","status":"In Process","outcome":"Withdrawn","date":"2026-06-30","number":"32371"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":525000,"taxable":525000},{"y":2017,"v":525000,"taxable":525000},{"y":2018,"v":647900,"taxable":647900},{"y":2019,"v":650000,"taxable":650000},{"y":2020,"v":654800,"taxable":654800},{"y":2021,"v":654800,"taxable":654800},{"y":2022,"v":654800,"taxable":654800},{"y":2023,"v":715500,"taxable":715500},{"y":2024,"v":715500,"taxable":715500},{"y":2025,"v":715500,"taxable":715500},{"y":2026,"v":715500,"taxable":715500},{"y":2027,"v":1065100,"taxable":1065100}],"taxNow":14909,"familyHeld":true,"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2026,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal withdrawn"}],"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":["$30,569 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","failed L&I inspection activity in 2024"],"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":["8 permit events 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 #5769: 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":"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/"}]}