{"asOf":"2026-07-10T01:58:39.837Z","block":"800-899 MARKET ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/800-899-market-st","address":"800-38 MARKET ST","parcelNumber":"885754560","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=885754560","ownerType":"absentee","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"PD PKG LOT COMMERCIAL","useLabel":"Commercial","owner":"PAVILION EAST ASSOC","marketValue":37688400,"livableArea":null,"yearBuilt":null,"lastSale":{"price":11824000,"date":"1999-01-13T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violYears":[{"y":2014,"n":3,"worst":null},{"y":2023,"n":5,"worst":"UNSAFE STRUCTURE"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2014,"fails":3,"passes":2},{"y":2023,"fails":1,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"lat":39.9507967558271,"lng":-75.15444519161456,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.155118512,39.951184688],[-75.153722933,39.951009733],[-75.153842578,39.950418358],[-75.154424511,39.950487963],[-75.154457641,39.950318084],[-75.154474492,39.950333698],[-75.154464802,39.950375713],[-75.154789435,39.950415507],[-75.154735634,39.950670322],[-75.155208175,39.950729485],[-75.155118512,39.951184688]]]},"zip":"19107","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":83752,"zoning":"CMX5","grade":"C","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"350 CENTURY PKWY, BLUE BELL PA, 19422","mailOut":true,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT IS FOR AN OPEN-AIR PUBLIC PARKING LOT WITH 297 PARKING SPACES, INCLUDING 7 RESERVED AS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE, FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF SIX (6) EXISTING SINGLE-FACED FREESTANDING ACCESSORY SIGNS, FIVE (5) EXISTING DOUBLE-FACED FREESTAN","status":"OPEN","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2007-10-03","number":"2995"},{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE RECONFIGURATION OF AN EXISTING PUBLIC PARKING LOT REDUCING TO A NEW TOTAL OF 294 PARKING SPACES, FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING ONE (1) STORY ATTENDANT STRUCTURE AND FOR THE REFACING OF EXISTING SIGNS AND THE ","status":"CLOSED","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2012-05-02","number":"17725"},{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE NON-ACCESSORY SURFACE PARKING SPACES OF TOTAL OF TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO (292) SPACES WITH SEVEN (7) ACCESSIBLE SPACES, FOUR (4) RESERVOIR SPACES OF AN EXISTING NON-ACCESSORY PARKING SPACES   FOR THE REFACING OF EXISTING S","status":"OPEN","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2017-07-26","number":"30767"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE NON-ACCESSORY SURFACE PARKING SPACES OF TOTAL OF TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO (292)\nSPACES WITH SEVEN (7) ACCESSIBLE SPACES, FOUR (4) RESERVOIR SPACES OF AN EXISTING NONACCESSORY PARKING SPACES FOR THE REFACING OF EXISTING SIXT","status":"Completed","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2021-04-15","number":"ZP-2020-009313"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF NINE (9) FREE-STANDING SIGNS (MARKET ST, EIGHTH(8TH) STREET AND NINTH(9TH) STREET FRONTAGE); FOR THE ERECTION OF SIXTEEN (16) DIRECTION SIGNS (NTE 7’ HIGH AND AREA 10 SF). 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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/"}]}