The Block Report

Commercial property report

3943 Kensington Ave

1 story400 sqftCMX3built 1950

Property at a glanceStore

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$65K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$106K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Frankford · Juniata Approximate · based on ZIP 19124
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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 $106,100. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$100K$200K$106K2009201220152018202120242027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspectionLicense

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 record13 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. LicenseSwiss Zone Inc: Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location business license marked closed
  2. LicenseSwiss Zone Inc: Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location business license initially issued
  3. InspectionL&I investigation
  4. L&I violationEXTERIOR AREA SANITATION
  5. PermitChange of Use
  6. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  7. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  8. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  9. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  10. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  11. L&I violationOBTAIN LIC INDICATED (Obtain the license identified in the notice)
  12. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  13. Deed / saleDeed / sale $150K

Verify the public record

$904/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $64,600 × 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 $106,100. 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 882932040
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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

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

What it is
Store Store 1 Sty Masonry+Other
Owner
Individual owner on record Individual name redacted
$ / sq ft
$265 above the $151 median for 7,668 commercial parcels citywide
Corridor
Erie Torresdale city commercial corridor
Interior area
400 sqft
Lot size
3,179 sqft
Stories
1
Built
1950
Zoning
CMX3

Block context

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

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Next door: 3945 Kensington Ave  ·  3949 Kensington 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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Swiss Zone IncClosed

Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location · Initial issue date Apr 26, 2024 · Terminal license date Apr 25, 2025

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 12 dated rows
  1. License terminal eventSwiss Zone Inc: Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location business license marked closed

    License 950070 · Closed

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

  2. License issue eventSwiss Zone Inc: Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location business license initially issued

    License 950070 · Closed

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

  3. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2024-018495 · FAILED

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

  4. ViolationEXTERIOR AREA SANITATION

    Case CF-2024-018495 · Violation VI-2024-015149 · Code PM15-302.1 · SVN ISSUED

    Resolution: SVN ISSUED

  5. PermitChange of Use

    Permit ZP-2024-000517 · Issued

    Retail Sales - Consumer Goods

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

    Case 291869 · PASSED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  7. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 291869 · CLOSED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  8. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 291869 · FAILED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  9. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 291869 · FAILED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

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

    Case 291869 · Violation 2340951 · 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.

  11. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 291869 · FAILED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  12. Recorded transfer$150K transfer

    2009

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 27, 2026, 10:19 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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