The Block Report

Mixed-use property report

3906 Lancaster Ave

1,848 sqftCMX2built 1915

Property at a glanceMixed-use

Randal & Company

2026 assessment
$275K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$302K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
University City · West Powelton Approximate · based on ZIP 19104
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 $301,600. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

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Property assessmentAssessmentL&I violationInspection

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 record9 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  2. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  3. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  4. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  5. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  6. L&I violationANNUAL CERT FIRE ALARM
  7. L&I violationNON-REGULATED LACKS PERMIT (The cited activity or use lacked a required permit)
  8. L&I violationOBTAIN LIC INDICATED (Obtain the license identified in the notice)
  9. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

Verify the public record

$3,844/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $274,600 × 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 $301,600. 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 871530520
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$9,141.55 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2009–2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

$6,138.76 principal$729.16 interest$436.16 penalty$1,837.47 other charges
4years recorded 2009–2021tax periods 2021-10-15last payment in snapshot Yesactionable flag Nopayment agreement Nobankruptcy flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $186,900 total assessment, $186,900 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $6,608.94 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2009$600.00 total · $0.00 principal · $0.00 interest · $0.00 penalty2014$2,224.42 total · $1,421.76 principal · $277.25 interest · $99.52 penalty2015$2,076.52 total · $1,423.88 principal · $149.51 interest · $99.67 penalty2016$1,708.00 total · $1,487.43 principal · $22.32 interest · $14.87 penalty

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

Property report

Mixed-use property

Mixed-use, recorded in the City's mixed-use category. The public record and owner trail follow.

$9K · Jun 2022 delinquency snapshot Historical lien entry · through 2016

What it is
Mixed-use Row W/Off Str 3 Sty Mason
Owner
Randal & Company
$ / sq ft
$163 assessed value ÷ interior sqft
Corridor
40th and Lancaster city commercial corridor
Interior area
1,848 sqft
Lot size
728 sqft
Built
1915
Zoning
CMX2

Recorded owner

Who's behind it

Randal & Company · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 665 Union St, Philadelphia PA, 19104

PA corporate registry ↗OpenCorporates ↗City record ↗

Block context

3900 block of Lancaster Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 3908-12 Lancaster Ave  ·  3902-04 Lancaster Ave

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 24, 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 9 dated rows
  1. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 465404 · 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.

  2. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 438407 · CLOSED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  3. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 438407 · FAILED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  4. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 438407 · CLOSED

    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. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  5. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 438407 · 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.

  6. ViolationANNUAL CERT FIRE ALARM

    Case 438407 · Violation 3434496 · Code FC-915.1/3 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  7. ViolationNON-REGULATED LACKS PERMIT (The cited activity or use lacked a required permit)

    Case 438407 · Violation 3434495 · Code 14-1704/10 · COMPLIED

    The title alone does not identify the missing permit or prove the present use remains unauthorized. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  8. ViolationOBTAIN LIC INDICATED (Obtain the license identified in the notice)

    Case 438407 · Violation 3434497 · Code LO-1 · COMPLIED

    The shorthand does not identify the license type; open the case notice for that detail. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  9. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 438407 · 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 25, 2026, 2:25 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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