Property report

421 Lyceum Ave

1 story7,107 sqftRSD3built 1996

Property at a glanceApartment building

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$571K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$724K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Roxborough Approximate · based on ZIP 19128
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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 $723,600. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$500K$1.0M$724K2004200820122016202020242027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / salePermitLicense

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Every dated record12 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitFast form building
  2. PermitAlteration
  3. LicenseMC LAUGHLIN ROBERT W: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  4. PermitElectrical
  5. PermitPlumbing
  6. PermitMajor alteration
  7. PermitFast form building
  8. PermitFast form building
  9. PermitFast form building
  10. PermitFast form building
  11. Deed / saleDeed / sale $350K
  12. LicenseMC LAUGHLIN ROBERT W: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

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$7,987/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $570,600 × 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 $723,600. 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 881080800
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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.

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Property report

Commercial property

Apartment building, recorded in the City's multi-family 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
$102 assessed value ÷ interior sqft
Interior area
7,107 sqft
Lot size
7,824 sqft
Stories
1
Built
1996
Zoning
RSD3

Block context

400 block of Lyceum Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 417 Lyceum Ave  ·  425 Lyceum 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 28, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

These are property registrations or landlord filings, not businesses operating at this address.

MC LAUGHLIN ROBERT WInactive

Rental · Initial issue date Apr 8, 2004 · Terminal license date Jun 3, 2008

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. PermitFast form building

    Permit 209916 · COMPLETED

  2. PermitAlteration

    Permit 157942 · COMPLETED

    REPLACE WINDOWS (25) SAME SIZE AND LOCATION / (5) MINOR FRAMING ( LINTELS NOT TO BE DISTURBED).

  3. License terminal eventMC LAUGHLIN ROBERT W: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 219553 · Inactive

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

  4. PermitElectrical

    Permit 143037 · COMPLETED

    UPGRADE MAIN SERVICE WITH 400 AMP SINGLE PHASE AND INSTALL NEW 100 AMP SERVICE FOR EACH APARTMENT (7) TOTAL PER 2005 NEC (NORTH DIST)

  5. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 141794 · COMPLETED

    REPLACE EXISTING FXTS N SAME LOCATION. REPLACE SMALL FXT, WASTE, 7 HWH. (7 WC, 7 TUB, 7 LAV, 7 KS, 7 LT

  6. PermitMajor alteration

    Permit 137103 · COMPLETED

    INTERIOR ALTERATIONS AS PER PLANS.

  7. PermitFast form building

    Permit 131672 · COMPLETED

  8. PermitFast form building

    Permit 131683 · COMPLETED

  9. PermitFast form building

    Permit 131690 · COMPLETED

  10. PermitFast form building

    Permit 131700 · COMPLETED

  11. Recorded transfer$350K transfer

    2007

  12. License issue eventMC LAUGHLIN ROBERT W: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 219553 · Inactive

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

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 29, 2026, 8:22 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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