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ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE THE ERECTION OF PARTITION WALLS, PROVIDE FINISHES/FURNISHINGS AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT 6TH FLOOR. FOR USE AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS AND DOCUMENTATION. ***************** SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK. ******************************************"},{"number":"PP-2024-005212","date":"2024-04-09","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Install piping and fixture for four new kitchen sinks for coffee stations. 4 FIXTURES."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2009,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2009,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2009,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2010,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2011,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Antenna"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"328041","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Active","businessName":"FEDERAL RESERVE BANK     OF PHILA","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2005-07-27","latestIssueDate":"2026-04-14","expirationDate":"2027-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"531527","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"FERA DONNA INC (DOWN TOWN CLUB)","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2011-04-27","latestIssueDate":"2011-04-27","expirationDate":"2011-07-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"796501","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Active","businessName":"WAWA #8131 (WAWA #8131)","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2018-12-07","latestIssueDate":"2025-10-22","expirationDate":"2026-12-06","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"796500","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Perm Location (Large)","status":"Active","businessName":"WAWA #8131 (WAWA #8131)","revenueCode":"3119","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2018-12-07","latestIssueDate":"2025-10-22","expirationDate":"2026-12-06","inactiveDate":null}],"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":["3 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"4 permits not marked completed: 863540 (EXPIRED), GP-2023-010996 (Expired), CP-2024-001310 (Cancelled), PP-2024-005212 (Issued). 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L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Facade Report: Safe with Repair through Jan 7, 2027; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Feb 21, 2026; Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Dec 16, 2026; Special Hazards Certification: Certified through Mar 24, 2027; Emergency and Standby Power Systems Certification: Certified through Feb 14, 2027","why":"Fire-protection certifications apply to the named system and inspection period only; they are not a whole-building safety certificate. Philadelphia generally requires annual sprinkler, standpipe, fire-alarm, special-hazard, and emergency-power inspections where those systems exist.","action":"Request the correction/reinspection and current filed certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"4 failed, 3 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Mar 28, 2011.","why":"A PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.","action":"Open the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Dumpster License - Private Property #531527: Inactive","why":"A license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. An inactive or expired license does not establish that the business still operates—or that it may legally reopen under the same use.","action":"If business income matters, verify the current tenant, use registration, and active license in eCLIPSE.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/licenses/business-licenses/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 4 historical violations across 2 cases.","why":"A closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.","action":"Use the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.","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/"}]}