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SCOPE INCLUDES SPECIAL INSPECTIONS OF STRUCTURAL STABILITY OF ADJACENT STRUCTURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH B-1704.6.4.**"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":-0.11,"timeline":[{"y":2018,"k":"viol","w":"9 L&I violations incl INTERIOR UNSAFE"},{"y":2018,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 7 failed, 4 passed"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo."},{"y":2020,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2020,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 3 passed"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Full Demolition"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Party Wall Protection"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Minor Demolition"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2025,"k":"demo"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"445602","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ANTHONY VISCO JR","legalName":"ANTHONY VISCO JR","address":"3527-29 KENSINGTON AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":null,"units":4,"issuedDate":"2008-05-16","latestIssueDate":"2008-05-16","expirationDate":"2009-02-28","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22"},{"number":"448060","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ANTHONY F VISCO","legalName":"ANTHONY F VISCO","address":"3527-29 KENSINGTON AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":1,"issuedDate":"2008-06-06","latestIssueDate":"2008-06-06","expirationDate":"2009-02-28","inactiveDate":"2011-08-30"},{"number":"542881","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"CHARLES HITCHENS (PA FAST HOME OFFER LLC)","legalName":"CHARLES HITCHENS","address":"3527-29 KENSINGTON AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":null,"units":7,"issuedDate":"2011-08-30","latestIssueDate":"2016-10-18","expirationDate":"2017-02-28","inactiveDate":"2017-04-29"},{"number":"840162","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","status":"Inactive","businessName":"Stronghold Development & Construction LLC (3527-29 Kensington LLC)","legalName":"Stronghold Development & Construction LLC","address":"3527-29 KENSINGTON AVE","revenueCode":"3219","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2020-03-18","latestIssueDate":"2021-03-17","expirationDate":"2022-03-17","inactiveDate":"2022-05-16"},{"number":"894521","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","status":"Inactive","businessName":"3527-29 Kensington LLC (Same)","legalName":"3527-29 Kensington LLC","address":"3527-29 KENSINGTON AVE","revenueCode":"3219","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2022-05-10","latestIssueDate":"2024-05-02","expirationDate":"2025-05-09","inactiveDate":"2025-07-08"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"894521","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","businessName":"3527-29 Kensington LLC (Same)","legalName":"3527-29 Kensington LLC","issuedDate":"2022-05-10","latestIssueDate":"2024-05-02","closureDate":"2025-07-08","expirationDate":"2025-05-09","inactiveDate":"2025-07-08","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"840162","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","businessName":"Stronghold Development & Construction LLC (3527-29 Kensington LLC)","legalName":"Stronghold Development & Construction LLC","issuedDate":"2020-03-18","latestIssueDate":"2021-03-17","closureDate":"2022-05-16","expirationDate":"2022-03-17","inactiveDate":"2022-05-16","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"542881","type":"Rental","businessName":"CHARLES HITCHENS (PA FAST HOME OFFER LLC)","legalName":"CHARLES HITCHENS","issuedDate":"2011-08-30","latestIssueDate":"2016-10-18","closureDate":"2017-04-29","expirationDate":"2017-02-28","inactiveDate":"2017-04-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"448060","type":"Rental","businessName":"ANTHONY F VISCO","legalName":"ANTHONY F VISCO","issuedDate":"2008-06-06","latestIssueDate":"2008-06-06","closureDate":"2011-08-30","expirationDate":"2009-02-28","inactiveDate":"2011-08-30","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"445602","type":"Rental","businessName":"ANTHONY VISCO JR","legalName":"ANTHONY VISCO JR","issuedDate":"2008-05-16","latestIssueDate":"2008-05-16","closureDate":"2012-12-22","expirationDate":"2009-02-28","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-29","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["$5,897 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["4 permit events since 2023","demolition activity since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"3 permits not marked completed: 902001 (Expired), GM-2023-009890 (Expired), DP-2023-001406 (Expired). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","why":"Issued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"violations","level":"attention","title":"An unsafe-building history still deserves the repair file","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 19 historical violations across 10 cases.","why":"The aggregate currently shows zero open violations, so a historical unsafe/imminently-dangerous row is not a current hazard finding. The repair or demolition permit, final inspection, and case closure are the evidence that resolves the former designation.","action":"Review the Make Safe/repair permit, final inspection, and case closure.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"dated-tax-balance","level":"attention","title":"A dated tax balance needs a current payoff","finding":"$5,897.18 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2018–2021.","why":"That is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.","action":"Check period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"16 failed, 10 passed, and 3 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Sep 9, 2025.","why":"A PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.","action":"Open the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot #840162: Inactive since May 16, 2022; Vacant Residential Property / Lot #894521: Inactive since Jul 8, 2025","why":"A license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. An inactive or expired license does not establish that the business still operates—or that it may legally reopen under the same use.","action":"If business income matters, verify the current tenant, use registration, and active license in eCLIPSE.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/licenses/business-licenses/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"}]}