{"asOf":"2026-07-09T19:19:49.993Z","block":"6500-6599 GERMANTOWN AVE","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/6500-6599-germantown-ave","address":"6516 GERMANTOWN AVE","parcelNumber":"882935610","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=882935610","ownerType":"investor","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"STR/OFF 2 STY MASONRY","useLabel":"Commercial","owner":"FR PELHAM DEVELOPMENT LLC","coOwner":null,"marketValue":575500,"livableArea":3704,"yearBuilt":1925,"lastSale":{"price":200000,"date":"2019-02-15T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violYears":[{"y":2007,"n":1,"worst":null},{"y":2021,"n":2,"worst":null}],"inspYears":[{"y":2007,"fails":1,"passes":1},{"y":2021,"fails":1,"passes":0},{"y":2025,"fails":0,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"lat":40.04896833658236,"lng":-75.18394835574634,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.183942651,40.049068515],[-75.183854606,40.048903578],[-75.183888347,40.048869965],[-75.184056744,40.048972846],[-75.183942651,40.049068515]]]},"zip":"19119","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":1939,"zoning":"CMX2","grade":"C","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"7","intCond":"7","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"482 NORRISTOWN RD, BLUE BELL PA, 19442","mailOut":true,"appeals":[{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Special Exception","grounds":"Permit for the proposed use, Take-Out Restaurant, on the first floor level of an existing structure. No changes to the previously approved Multi-Family Household Living use.","status":"Completed","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2024-09-23","number":"ZP-2024-003161"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":285200,"taxable":285200},{"y":2017,"v":285200,"taxable":285200},{"y":2018,"v":343300,"taxable":343300},{"y":2019,"v":162800,"taxable":162800},{"y":2020,"v":164000,"taxable":164000},{"y":2021,"v":164000,"taxable":164000},{"y":2022,"v":164000,"taxable":164000},{"y":2023,"v":179200,"taxable":179200},{"y":2024,"v":179200,"taxable":179200},{"y":2025,"v":225000,"taxable":225000},{"y":2026,"v":225000,"taxable":225000},{"y":2027,"v":575500,"taxable":575500}],"taxNow":8056,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2021,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted with conditions"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"}],"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":["4 permit events since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 156% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $225,000 to $575,500","no permit shown in 2026-2028"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #ZP-2024-003161: Completed · 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/"}]}