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Commercial property report

900 Chestnut St

Commercial · Thomas Jefferson Universi · assessed $10M (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $9.3M. On the 900 block of Chestnut St.

Property summary

Assessment$10,062,5002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $9,343,800 Last sale$12MRecorded 2014 Est. tax bill$140,855/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits4Dated events in report Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Street view of 900 Chestnut St
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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$140,855/year

2026 taxable assessment $10,062,500 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $9,343,800; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 885750400
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

The June 2022 delinquency snapshot was not verifiably available in this cached report. No conclusion about a match—or today’s balance—can be drawn from that absence.

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What stands out

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Commercial propertyProperty report

This is a commercial, recorded under the city's commercial category. The homeowner tools (rent estimate, homestead playbook) don't apply, so they're hidden. The full record and owner trail are below.

What it is
Commercial
Pd Pkg Lot Commercial
Owner
Thomas Jefferson Universi
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $10M
Taxable assessment on the roll
Corridor
Market East
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$10,062,500
2026 OPA · 2027: $9,343,800
Lot size
28,750 sqft
Zoning
CMX5

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.

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Recorded owner
Thomas Jefferson Universi
L&I district
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OPA account
885750400

What this record suggests

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  1. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 15423 · CLOSED · Granted with conditions

    PERMIT FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF AN EXISTING PUBLIC PARKING WITH 71 SPACES (INCLUDING 4 HANDICAP SPACES) AND TWO (2) EXISTING FREE-STANDING DOUBLE FACED SIGNS.

  2. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 1958 · CLOSED · Granted with conditions

    PERMIT FOR A PUBLIC PARKING LOT (MAX OF 71 SPACES) WITH ACCESSORY SIGNAGE (TWO FREE STANDING D/F PYLON SIGNS/DIRECTIONALS).

  3. Recorded transfer$15M transfer

    2001

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Permits and inspections

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Assessments and taxes

The OPA assessment is the City’s value on the tax roll—not an asking price, appraisal, or live account balance. The taxable assessment can differ from the full assessment because the City roll records exemptions or other treatment; the report keeps those fields separate.

Your annual estimate uses the taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and the amount due are maintained separately in Tax Center.

How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗
Violations, cases, and status

L&I enforcement records can include warnings, notices, orders, inspections, and later resolution activity. A closed visit is still a historical record; it is not a missing event.

How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗

Block context

900 Chestnut St sits on the 900 block of Chestnut St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 910-32 Chestnut St  ·  901-15 Chestnut St

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 4:46 PM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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