Mixed-use property report

4221 Lancaster Ave

3,102 sqftCMX2built 1915

Property at a glanceApartment building

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment

$147K OPA value, not a listing price

2027 published assessment

$186K Future roll, not the current tax bill

Location

4200 block of Lancaster Ave ZIP 19104

Neighborhood area

University City · West Powelton Approximate · based on ZIP 19104

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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 $186,100. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Property assessmentAssessmentInspectionLicense

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Every dated record6 events · exact dates, newest first

2015-04-29LicenseJOHN GIVENS: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
2007-12-13InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
2006-11-27InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
2006-10-16InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
2006-10-16InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
2006-05-11LicenseJOHN GIVENS: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

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Property tax

$1,176/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $84,000 × 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 $186,100. 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 871510770

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Exemption classificationPartial assessment exemption, basis unverified

2026 OPA taxes $84,000 of $147,300 assessed. The assessment fields alone do not identify a program, approval date, expiration, or buyer eligibility.

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

Mixed-use property

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

What it is

Apartment building Str/Off+Apt 2 Sty Masonry

Owner

Individual owner on record Individual name redacted

$ / sq ft

$60 assessed value ÷ interior sqft

Corridor

40th and Lancaster city commercial corridor

Interior area

3,102 sqft

Lot size

1,589 sqft

Built

1915

Zoning

CMX2

Block context

4200 block of Lancaster Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 4223 Lancaster Ave · 4217-19 Lancaster Ave

L&I license dates · data through Jul 29, 2026

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 29, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

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

JOHN GIVENSInactive

Rental · Initial issue date May 11, 2006 · Terminal license date Apr 29, 2015

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 6 dated rows

Apr 29, 2015
License terminal eventJOHN GIVENS: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
License 367912 · Inactive
License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.
Dec 13, 2007
InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
Case 85193 · PASSED
Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.
Nov 27, 2006
InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
Case 85193 · 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.
Oct 16, 2006
InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
Case 85188 · 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.
Oct 16, 2006
InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
Case 85193 · 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.
May 11, 2006
License issue eventJOHN GIVENS: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
License 367912 · Inactive
License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

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

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 30, 2026, 12:02 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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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying available City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, dated Dept. of Revenue tax records, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data. When you explicitly request a web check, or ask about a current listing or recent news, the agent can also run a cited public-web search; those claims are labeled separately from City records.

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Property-level tax data is historical: the delinquency snapshot is dated June 2022 and the separate detailed ledger ends in 2016. Neither shows what is owed today; verify a current balance with Philadelphia Revenue.

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