The Block Report

Commercial property report

2830a S 20th St

1 story20,442 sqftCMX3built 2024

Property at a glanceRetail

Defense Realty LLC

2026 assessment
$5.6M OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$5.6M Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Girard Estate · South Philadelphia Approximate · based on ZIP 19145
From above · selected parcel outlined; choose a neighboring polygon to open it — imagery © Esri, Maxar

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 $5,637,000. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$5.0M$10M$5.6M202220232024202520262027
Property assessmentAssessmentCertification

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.

Every dated record8 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  2. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification
  3. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification
  4. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  5. CertificationEmergency and Standby Power Systems Certification
  6. CertificationEmergency and Standby Power Systems Certification
  7. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  8. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

Verify the public record

$78,907/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $5,637,000 × 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 $5,637,000. 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 882000451
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Use “View period balance” to inspect each tax year.
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

Retail, recorded in the City's retail category. The public record and owner trail follow.

What it is
Retail Indus Condo
Owner
Defense Realty LLC
$ / sq ft
$276 above the $178 median for 49 retail parcels citywide
Interior area
20,442 sqft
Lot size
92,054 sqft
Stories
1
Built
2024
Zoning
CMX3

Recorded owner

Who's behind it

Defense Realty LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 4 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $28M combined

PA corporate registry ↗OpenCorporates ↗City record ↗

Block context

2800 block of S 20th St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 2830a S 20th St  ·  2830a S 20th 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 28, 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.

Open every source row 8 dated rows
  1. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2026-009696 · Certified

    Expires 2027-03-23

  2. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification

    Certification BC-2025-018532 · Certified

    Expires 2026-07-01

  3. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification

    Certification BC-2024-033670 · Certified

    Expires 2025-12-23

  4. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2024-019406 · Certified

    Expires 2025-05-06

  5. CertificationEmergency and Standby Power Systems Certification

    Certification BC-2024-033021 · Certified

    Expires 2025-03-15

  6. CertificationEmergency and Standby Power Systems Certification

    Certification BC-2024-005541 · Certified

    Expires 2024-03-02

  7. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2022-007413 · Certified

    Expires 2023-05-27

  8. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2022-006781 · Certified

    Expires 2023-05-02

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 28, 2026, 11:55 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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