{"asOf":"2026-07-09T18:22:14.934Z","block":"700-799 N AMERICAN ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/700-799-n-american-st","address":"708 N AMERICAN ST","parcelNumber":"884449920","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=884449920","ownerType":"investor","kind":"industrial","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"IND WAREHOUSE MASONRY","useLabel":"Industrial building","owner":"708-712 N AMERICAN LLC","marketValue":744400,"livableArea":6204,"yearBuilt":1985,"lastSale":{"price":1500000,"date":"2021-12-29T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":1,"violYears":[{"y":2022,"n":1,"worst":null}],"inspYears":[{"y":2022,"fails":5,"passes":0}],"taxOwed":0,"lat":39.96251416465079,"lng":-75.14230800061915,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.142342945,39.962565475],[-75.142128588,39.962539549],[-75.142148274,39.96244692],[-75.14248847,39.962489746],[-75.142468812,39.962580537],[-75.142342945,39.962565475]]]},"zip":"19123","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":2,"lotArea":3179,"zoning":"RSA5","grade":"C","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"228 PARK AVE S, NEW YORK NY, 10003","mailOut":true,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE SUBDIVISION TO CREATE FOUR (4) LOTS (PARCEL B THROUGH PARCEL E) FROM THREE (3) DEEDED LOTS (708 N AMERICAN STREET, 710 N AMERICAN STREET & 703 N BODINE STREET) WITH ONE (1) OFFICE OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENT ACCOUNT (708 N AMERICA","status":"CLOSED","outcome":"Withdrawn","date":"2014-04-15","number":"21851"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"Nunc Pro Tunc Petition","status":"In Process","outcome":"Granted","date":"2021-08-25","number":"HA-2021-003339"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR RELOCATION OF LOT LINE TO CREATE ONE (1) LOT (LOT # 1) FROM FIVE (5) LOTS A, B, C, D & E (701 &  703-705 BODINE ST AND 708, 710 & 712 N AMERICAN ST) AS THREE (3) OPA ACCOUNTS.  FOR COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF ALL EXISTING STRUCTURES O","status":"In Process","outcome":"Withdrawn","date":"2022-03-25","number":"HA-2021-005089"}],"taxYears":[{"year":2016,"total":3346.82,"principal":2995.78,"interest":44.94,"penalty":29.96}],"taxNet":3346.82,"taxLien":true,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":186100,"taxable":186100},{"y":2017,"v":186100,"taxable":186100},{"y":2018,"v":255600,"taxable":255600},{"y":2019,"v":341200,"taxable":341200},{"y":2020,"v":343400,"taxable":343400},{"y":2021,"v":343400,"taxable":343400},{"y":2022,"v":343400,"taxable":343400},{"y":2023,"v":620400,"taxable":620400},{"y":2024,"v":620400,"taxable":620400},{"y":2025,"v":713500,"taxable":713500},{"y":2026,"v":713500,"taxable":713500},{"y":2027,"v":744400,"taxable":744400}],"taxNow":10420,"familyHeld":false,"storyTag":"History","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2014,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal withdrawn"},{"y":2015,"k":"sale","p":800000},{"y":2021,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2022,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal withdrawn"},{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×5"}],"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":["1 open L&I violation","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016","failed L&I inspection activity in 2022"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 81% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $343,400 to $620,400","no permit shown in 2022-2024"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"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/"}],"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/"}]}