The Block Report

Property report

3945 Lancaster Ave

1,046 sqftCMX2built 1915

Property at a glanceApartment building

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$270K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$270K 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 $270,000. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$250K$500K$270K20202022202420262027
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 record11 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification
  2. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification
  3. CertificationSprinkler Certification
  4. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification
  5. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  6. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification
  7. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification
  8. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification
  9. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification
  10. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification
  11. CertificationSprinkler Certification

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$756/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $54,000 × 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 $270,000. 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 882930742
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Use “View period balance” to inspect each tax year.
Exemption classificationPartial assessment exemption, basis unverified

2026 OPA taxes $54,000 of $270,000 assessed. The assessment fields alone do not identify a program, approval date, expiration, or buyer eligibility.

See the assessment math →
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 commercial category. The public record and owner trail follow.

What it is
Apartment building Str/Off+Apt 3 Sty Masonry
Owner
Individual owner on record Individual name redacted
$ / sq ft
$258 above the $151 median for 7,668 commercial parcels citywide
Corridor
40th and Lancaster city commercial corridor
Interior area
1,046 sqft
Lot size
1,200 sqft
Built
1915
Zoning
CMX2

Block context

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

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Next door: 3945 Lancaster Ave  ·  3943 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 11 dated rows
  1. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification

    Certification BC-2026-012883 · Certified

    Expires 2027-04-30

  2. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification

    Certification BC-2025-028655 · Certified

    Expires 2026-10-15

  3. CertificationSprinkler Certification

    Certification BC-2025-002675 · Certified

    Expires 2026-01-16

  4. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification

    Certification BC-2024-029625 · Certified

    Expires 2025-10-31

  5. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2024-022828 · Certified

    Expires 2025-07-08

  6. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification

    Certification BC-2024-012479 · Certified

    Expires 2025-04-30

  7. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification

    Certification BC-2023-022381 · Certified

    Expires 2024-10-31

  8. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification

    Certification BC-2023-009246 · Certified

    Expires 2024-04-25

  9. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification

    Certification BC-2022-015558 · Certified

    Expires 2023-10-26

  10. CertificationSpecial Hazards Certification

    Certification BC-2022-007094 · Certified

    Expires 2023-04-06

  11. CertificationSprinkler Certification

    Certification BC-2020-000314 · Certified

    Expires 2021-08-17

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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