2026 assessment
$971K
OPA value, not a listing price
Apartment building report
4031 Spruce St
4 stories5,200 sqftRM1built 1900
Property at a glanceApartment building
Individual owner on record
2027 published assessment
$910K
Future roll, not the current tax bill
Location
4000 block of Spruce St
ZIP 19104
Neighborhood area
University City · West Powelton
Approximate · based on ZIP 19104
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 $910,300. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.
- OPA assessment · 2016$944K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2017$944K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2018$824K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2019$817K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2020$823K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2021$823K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2022$823K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2023$1.1M assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2024$1.1M assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2025$971K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2026$971K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2027$910K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- Deed / sale · 2012Deed / sale $1.9MA recorded real-estate document or transfer event. The amount and date can be useful history, but the underlying deed and transfer-tax filing control the parties, consideration, and legal effect.How to read the recorded document ↗
- Permit · 2012-08-16ZoningThis permit category usually covers the property’s allowed use, dimensions, occupancy, or site configuration. The approved scope—not the short category—defines what was authorized, and issuance alone does not prove completion.Philadelphia construction and repair permits ↗
- Permit · 2012-09-25ZoningThis permit category usually covers the property’s allowed use, dimensions, occupancy, or site configuration. The approved scope—not the short category—defines what was authorized, and issuance alone does not prove completion.Philadelphia construction and repair permits ↗
- Permit · 2012-10-05Major alterationA broad legacy permit work category for a substantial building alteration. It can include changed layouts, partitions, fixtures, finishes, structural work, or occupancy-related work, but only the approved scope and plans say what this permit actually authorized; separate trade permits may be required.What Philadelphia building permits can cover ↗
- Permit · 2013-02-20MechanicalThis permit category usually covers construction, repair, alteration, addition, or occupancy work. The approved scope—not the short category—defines what was authorized, and issuance alone does not prove completion.Philadelphia construction and repair permits ↗
- Permit · 2013-03-06SuppressionThis permit category usually covers fire-suppression systems or related life-safety work. The approved scope—not the short category—defines what was authorized, and issuance alone does not prove completion.Philadelphia construction and repair permits ↗
- Permit · 2013-03-25PlumbingThis permit category usually covers water, drainage, fixtures, or other plumbing work. The approved scope—not the short category—defines what was authorized, and issuance alone does not prove completion.Philadelphia construction and repair permits ↗
- Permit · 2013-05-02PlumbingThis permit category usually covers water, drainage, fixtures, or other plumbing work. The approved scope—not the short category—defines what was authorized, and issuance alone does not prove completion.Philadelphia construction and repair permits ↗
- Permit · 2013-05-29New ConstructionThis permit category usually covers construction, repair, alteration, addition, or occupancy work. The approved scope—not the short category—defines what was authorized, and issuance alone does not prove completion.Philadelphia construction and repair permits ↗
- License · 2013-11-294029-31 SPRUCE STREET, LP: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issuedA City license record tied to an activity or property use. Its issue, expiration, inactive, and status fields—not the category alone—show what was recorded for this date.Philadelphia L&I licenses and property records ↗
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / salePermitLicense
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Every dated record10 events · exact dates, newest first
- License4029-31 SPRUCE STREET, LP: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
- PermitNew Construction
- PermitPlumbing
- PermitPlumbing
- PermitSuppression
- PermitMechanical
- PermitMajor alteration
- PermitZoning
- PermitZoning
- Deed / saleDeed / sale $1.9M
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Property tax
$13,592/year estimated property tax
2026 taxable assessment $971,000 × 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 $910,300. It is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due are maintained by the City.
OPA 8816045332026 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.”
Where the record looks off
Conflicts in City paperwork. Flags on the data, not the property.
"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder
Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.
Building report
Apartment building
Apartment building, recorded in the City's apartments category. The public record and owner trail follow.
What it is
Apartment building
Apts 5-50 Units Masonry
Owner
Individual owner on record
Individual name redacted
$ / sq ft
$175
above the $147 median for 2,826 apartments parcels citywide
Licensed units
8
active rental license
Interior area
5,200 sqft
Lot size
2,935 sqft
Stories
4
Built
1900
Zoning
RM1
Block context
4000 block of Spruce St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 4029 Spruce St · 4033 Spruce St
L&I license dates · data through Jul 28, 2026
Business licenses at this address Latest pull
What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.
No L&I business license is on record at this address in data through Jul 28, 2026.
Landlord and residential filings
These are property registrations or landlord filings, not businesses operating at this address.
4029-31 SPRUCE STREET, LPActive
Rental · Initial issue date Nov 29, 2013 · 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.
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- License issue event4029-31 SPRUCE STREET, LP: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
License 611476 · Active
License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.
- PermitNew Construction
Permit 466480 · Expired
WIRING & INSTALLING ALL DEVICES FIXTURES, SMOKES, A NEW 600AMP SERVICE W/EACH APT 150 AMP BRANCH FEEDER & COMMON HOUSE PANEL ALL PHONE & TV INTERCOM WIRING NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM PER 2008 NEC & NFPA 72 (MULTI-FAMILY) WIRING & INSTALLING ALL DEVICES FIXTURES, SMOKES, A NEW 600AMP SERVICE W/EACH APT 150 AMP BRANCH FEEDER & COMMON HOUSE PANEL ALL PHONE & TV INTERCOM WIRING NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM PER 2008 NEC & NFPA 72 (MULTI-FAMILY)
- PermitPlumbing
Permit 468794 · COMPLETED
INSTALL 1" DOMESTIC COPPER WATER SERVICE (MULTI UNITS) PA20131220253
- PermitPlumbing
Permit 456203 · COMPLETED
8 TOILETS, 8 LAVS, 8 SHOWERS, 8 KITCHENS, 8 WASHER BOXES, 7 HOT WATER HEATERS, CAST & COPPER THROUGHOUT (8 FAMILY)
- PermitSuppression
Permit 451651 · COMPLETED
INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AS PER NFPA 13R THROUGHOUT ENTIRE BUILDING.
- PermitMechanical
Permit 454617 · COMPLETED
INSTALLATION OF 8 HVAC UNITS (INCLUDING DUCTWORK/ACCESSORIES). EIGHT FAMILY DWELLINGS
- PermitMajor alteration
Permit 429361 · COMPLETED
INTERIOR ALTERATIONS AND FOR NEW WINDOWS AND EGRESS WELLS IN AN EXISTING FOUR STORY (8) FAMILY DWELLING AS PER PLANS. ***SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS***
- PermitZoning
Permit 425120 · COMPLETED
RELOCATION OF LOT LINES TO CREATE THREE (3) LOTS FROM TWO (2) LOTS.
- PermitZoning
Permit 422489 · COMPLETED
RELOCATION OF LOT LINES TO CREATE THREE (3) LOTS FROM TWO (2) LOTS.
- Recorded transfer$1.9M transfer
2012
Where this comes from
- Assessment, spec sheet & owner: OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
- Sales & deed history: Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
- Permits, violations & inspections: L&I Property History · Atlas
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022: Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016: Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance: Verify with Philadelphia Revenue
- Zoning appeals: L&I & Zoning Board appeals
- Neighborhood income & rents: US Census ACS 5-year estimates
- Historical mortgage rates: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages
- Imagery: Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
This report was assembled Jul 29, 2026, 4:25 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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