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BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED. *2018 IEBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP & FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK** AMENDMENT APPROVED 7/13/26 AMEND ALTERATIONS/ADDITION PERMIT CP-2024-006243 FOR CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP AS PER ATTACHED DOCUMENTS."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":-0.14,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Rough-In"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2024,"k":"sale","p":90000},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"842910","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","status":"Inactive","businessName":"DHI Fund","legalName":"DHI Fund","address":"4509 N 20TH ST","revenueCode":"3219","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2020-06-04","latestIssueDate":"2022-05-23","expirationDate":"2023-06-03","inactiveDate":"2023-08-02"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"842910","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","businessName":"DHI Fund","legalName":"DHI Fund","issuedDate":"2020-06-04","latestIssueDate":"2022-05-23","closureDate":"2023-08-02","expirationDate":"2023-06-03","inactiveDate":"2023-08-02","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-28","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"strong","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"Several independent, separately dated records stack up here and deserve prompt verification.","evidence":["8 open L&I violations","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016","failed L&I inspection activity in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. 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