Property report

2020 Race St

4 stories3,900 sqftRSA5built 1920

Property at a glanceApartment building

Ellison INC

2026 assessment
$690K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$745K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Rittenhouse · Logan Square Approximate · based on ZIP 19103
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Assessment and City record timeline

The line tracks this property’s published City assessment. Markers show deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications, and appeals on their recorded dates. Select one to read the filing.

Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals. OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $745,200. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$500K$1.0M$745K200720112015201920232027
Property assessmentAssessmentL&I violationInspectionLicenseCertification

Scroll horizontally to move through the years. Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

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Every dated record22 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. CertificationEmergency and Standby Power Systems Certification
  2. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  3. CertificationEmergency and Standby Power Systems Certification
  4. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  5. CertificationEmergency and Standby Power Systems Certification
  6. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  7. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  8. InspectionL&I investigation
  9. L&I violationFIRE ESCAPE REPORT REQUIRED
  10. InspectionL&I investigation
  11. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  12. LicenseELLISON INC: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  13. L&I violationINT DOOR SELF-CLOSE
  14. L&I violationANNUAL CERT FIRE ALARM
  15. L&I violationFIRE-PULL STATION SIGNS
  16. L&I violationSD-INTERCONNECT GROUP R2, 3
  17. L&I violationAFDS-REQ¿D EXIST GROUP R-2
  18. L&I violationFIRE EXTING-NEEDS INSP/TAG (Fire extinguisher needs inspection and a current service tag)
  19. L&I violationFIRE EXTING-INSTALL R2
  20. L&I violationFIRE-INSTALLERS CERT
  21. L&I violationFIRE EQUIP-REMOVE IF DISCONT¿D
  22. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

Verify the public record

$9,659/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $690,000 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance. The City maintains payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due.

OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $745,200. It is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Current City balanceCheck Tax Center

Payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due are maintained by the City.

OPA 881551200
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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.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

Property report

Commercial property

Apartment building, recorded in the City's multi-family category. The public record and owner trail follow.

What it is
Apartment building Apts 5-50 Units Masonry
Owner
Ellison INC
$ / sq ft
$191 assessed value ÷ interior sqft
Licensed units
5 active rental license
Interior area
3,900 sqft
Lot size
1,811 sqft
Stories
4
Built
1920
Zoning
RSA5

Recorded owner

Who's behind it

Ellison INC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 3 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $3.8M combined
• Tax bills mail to 911 Bowman Avenue, Wynnewood PA, 19096 — outside Philadelphia
• Holds an active rental license for this address

Block context

2000 block of Race St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 2018 Race St  ·  2022 Race 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 27, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

These are property registrations or landlord filings, not businesses operating at this address.

ELLISON INCActive

Rental · Initial issue date Dec 13, 2007 · Filed expiration Feb 28, 2027

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.

Open every source row 22 dated rows
  1. CertificationEmergency and Standby Power Systems Certification

    Certification BC-2025-032887 · Certified

    Expires 2026-12-11

  2. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2025-032543 · Certified

    Expires 2026-12-04

  3. CertificationEmergency and Standby Power Systems Certification

    Certification BC-2024-032559 · Certified

    Expires 2025-12-09

  4. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2024-032557 · Certified

    Expires 2025-12-09

  5. CertificationEmergency and Standby Power Systems Certification

    Certification BC-2023-026448 · Certified

    Expires 2024-12-02

  6. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2023-026447 · Certified

    Expires 2024-12-02

  7. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2023-002298 · Certified

    Expires 2023-12-08

  8. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2022-083981 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  9. ViolationFIRE ESCAPE REPORT REQUIRED

    Case CF-2022-083981 · Violation VI-2022-061627 · Code F-1104.16.5.1.8 · CLOSED

    Resolution: CLOSED - ADMINISTRATIVELY City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  10. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2022-083981 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  11. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 96586 · PASSED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  12. License issue eventELLISON INC: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 430994 · Active

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  13. ViolationINT DOOR SELF-CLOSE

    Case 96586 · Violation 456853 · Code FC-703.1/4 · COMPEXCP

  14. ViolationANNUAL CERT FIRE ALARM

    Case 96586 · Violation 456861 · Code FC-914.1/3 · COMPEXCP

  15. ViolationFIRE-PULL STATION SIGNS

    Case 96586 · Violation 456860 · Code FC-907.4/4 · COMPEXCP

  16. ViolationSD-INTERCONNECT GROUP R2, 3

    Case 96586 · Violation 456859 · Code FC-907.3/22 · COMPEXCP

  17. ViolationAFDS-REQ¿D EXIST GROUP R-2

    Case 96586 · Violation 456858 · Code FC-907.3/18 · COMPEXCP

  18. ViolationFIRE EXTING-NEEDS INSP/TAG (Fire extinguisher needs inspection and a current service tag)

    Case 96586 · Violation 456857 · Code FC-906.2/2 · COMPEXCP

  19. ViolationFIRE EXTING-INSTALL R2

    Case 96586 · Violation 456856 · Code FC-906.2/1 · COMPEXCP

  20. ViolationFIRE-INSTALLERS CERT

    Case 96586 · Violation 456855 · Code FC-901.9/1 · COMPEXCP

  21. ViolationFIRE EQUIP-REMOVE IF DISCONT¿D

    Case 96586 · Violation 456854 · Code FC-901.4/4 · COMPEXCP

  22. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 96586 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 28, 2026, 8:32 AM 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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