Multi-family report

1603 Christian St

3 stories · 3,372 sqft · RM1 · built 1915

Property at a glanceApartment building

Entity-held

2026 assessment
$899K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$986K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Graduate Hospital · Point Breeze Approximate · based on ZIP 19146
Street view of 1603 Christian St
From the street · imagery © Google

Assessment and dated record history

Every fetched annual City assessment for this building, compared with its block and ZIP. The chart preserves property assessment, block median and range, ZIP median, and each dated assessment, deed, L&I, permit, and inspection event.

Assessed value
$899,400 2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $986,100 · built 1915
Price / sq ft
$292 block $314 · below block
Assessment change
+201% +11%/yr since 2016 · 2027 +10% vs 2026
Est. tax bill / yr
$12,590 1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match not proof the account is current
Times sold
2

Assessment vs. the block and ZIP · every dated City record marked on the line

$0$500K$1.0MZIP 19146 (Graduate Hospital · Point Breeze) median$986K2010201320162019202220252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19146 (Graduate Hospital · Point Breeze) medianAssessmentDeed / salePermit

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Every dated record12 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitElectrical
  2. PermitPlumbing
  3. PermitSuppression
  4. PermitAdministrative
  5. PermitMechanical
  6. PermitPlumbing
  7. PermitAddition
  8. PermitZoning/use
  9. Deed / saleDeed / sale $280K
  10. PermitZoning
  11. PermitMajor alteration
  12. PermitDemolition

The short read

$280K transfer recorded in 2012. Electrical permit recorded in 2012.

A selected summary of the main sequence. The chart above and source ledger below contain every fetched dated row.

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Deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications, and appeals.

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  1. PermitElectrical

    Permit 413137 · COMPLETED

    300A SERVICE, COMPLETE REWIRE AND FA SYSTEM PER NFPA-7S AND NEC 2008(3FD)(SOUTH DIST)

  2. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 408628 · COMPLETED

    INSTALLING 7 TOILETS,7 SINKS,3 TUB,4 SH ,3 KS,3 LAUNDRY,3WH

  3. PermitSuppression

    Permit 411956 · COMPLETED

    INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13R THROUGHOUT A THREE (3) STORY STRUCTURE WITH BASEMENT (THREE (3) DWELLING UNITS).

  4. PermitAdministrative

    Permit 412793 · COMPLETED

    AMENDING BLDG PERMIT#394177 TO REFLECT CHANGE IN CONTRACTOR.

  5. PermitMechanical

    Permit 407822 · COMPLETED

    INSTALLATION OF 3 HVAC UNIT (TRAIN).

  6. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 407833 · COMPLETED

    INSTALLING 5X4 HOUSE TRAP, HOUSE DRAIN, FRESH AIR INLET, 1" WATER LINE FROM MAIN TO THE METER 2" WATER LINE FOR SPRINKLER LINE

  7. PermitAddition

    Permit 394177 · COMPLETED

    FOR THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING 3 STORY STRUCTURE AND THE ERECTION OF A 3 STORY ADDITION AND RENOVATE EXISTING STRUCTURE. ( NOT TO EXCEED 35 FT. IN HEIGHT ) FOR USE AS A 3 FAMILY DWELLING. ERECT A ROOF DECK AND PILOT HOUSE ON THE THIRD FLOOR ROOF.

  8. PermitZoning/use

    Permit 389212 · COMPLETED

    DEMOLITION OF THE REAR PORTION AND ERECTION OF A 3 STORY STRUCTURE WITH ROOF DECK OVER 3 STORY PORTION AND 4TH STORY STAIR ENCLOSURE TO ACCESS THE ROOF DECK FOR USE AS A THREE FAMILY DWELLING

  9. Recorded transfer$280K transfer

    2012

  10. PermitZoning

    Permit 297366 · COMPLETED

    ROOF TOP SUN DECK 15' X 26 1/2'

  11. PermitMajor alteration

    Permit 297350 · COMPLETED

    INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS INCLUDING REAR ROOF TOP SUN DECK AS PER PLANS

  12. PermitDemolition

    Permit 278974 · COMPLETED

    INTERIOR DEMO ONLY.

What this record suggests

The City file documents 11 permits touching electrical work, plumbing, roof work. 11 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

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Property details and source records

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The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$12,590/year

2026 taxable assessment $899,400 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $986,100; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit or an amount due is not automatically “back taxes.”

OPA 301170500
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

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The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Stories
3
Interior
3,372 sqft livable area
Lot
1,710 sqft
Heat
Forced hot air city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average city code 3
Interior condition
Above average city code 3
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1 city zoning code

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Recorded owner

Who's behind it

1603 Christian Street LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 312 Ponderosa Ln, Ambler PA, 19002 — outside Philadelphia

Block context

1600 block of Christian St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 1601 Christian St  ·  1605 Christian St

Business licenses at this address Latest pull

What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.

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No L&I business license is on record at this address in data through Jul 23, 2026.

A license is an L&I registration, not proof that a business is open, operating today, or located at this storefront. Dates are license dates. Events are deduped by parcel, business identity, and license type, so a renewal is not shown as another opening. Other permit and filing types remain in the full source ledger.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 10:46 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. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “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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