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Size and locations per plans.\n\nFor the propose use as Offices - Business and Professional with a roof deck for non-residential use.","status":"Completed","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2025-06-27","number":"ZP-2023-012487"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"timesSold":4,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":54000,"taxable":54000},{"y":2017,"v":54000,"taxable":54000},{"y":2018,"v":80000,"taxable":80000},{"y":2019,"v":105300,"taxable":105300},{"y":2020,"v":105300,"taxable":105300},{"y":2021,"v":105300,"taxable":105300},{"y":2022,"v":105300,"taxable":105300},{"y":2023,"v":94800,"taxable":94800},{"y":2024,"v":94800,"taxable":94800},{"y":2025,"v":184600,"taxable":184600},{"y":2026,"v":184600,"taxable":184600},{"y":2027,"v":411700,"taxable":411700}],"taxNow":5763,"familyHeld":true,"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":8.41,"timeline":[{"y":2019,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2022,"k":"sale","p":800000},{"y":2022,"k":"sale","p":800000},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2025,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted with conditions"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"}],"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":["$18 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","failed L&I inspection activity in 2023, 2026"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"watch","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 1 permit event matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2022","permit activity in 2025"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 123% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $184,600 to $411,700","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-2023-012487: 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/"}],"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/"}]}