Property report

5143 Walnut St

2 stories1,556 sqftCMX2built 1925

Property at a glanceStore

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$113K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$130K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Walnut Hill · Haddington Approximate · based on ZIP 19139
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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 $130,000. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

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Property assessmentAssessmentL&I violationPermitInspectionLicense

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.

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Every dated record18 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. LicenseSYLVESTER OKOLO: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  2. InspectionBP_BLDG
  3. PermitElectrical
  4. PermitPlumbing
  5. L&I violationPENALTY- NO BLDG PERM INFO
  6. L&I violationPERMB- ALTER REPAIR INT PART (Building permit required for interior alteration or repair)
  7. InspectionBP_BLDG
  8. InspectionBP_BLDG
  9. PermitAlteration
  10. InspectionBP_BLDG
  11. PermitUse
  12. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  13. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  14. L&I violationSD-REQD EXIST GROUP R (Smoke detectors required in an existing residential occupancy)
  15. L&I violationEXT S-ROOF REPAIR (Repair the exterior roof)
  16. L&I violationCO DETECTOR NEEDED (Carbon-monoxide detector required)
  17. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  18. LicenseSYLVESTER OKOLO: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

Verify the public record

$1,587/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $113,400 × 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 $130,000. 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 882759197
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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.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

Property report

Commercial property

Store, recorded in the City's commercial category. The public record and owner trail follow.

What it is
Store Store 2 Sty Masonry+Other
Owner
Individual owner on record Individual name redacted
$ / sq ft
$84 below the $151 median for 7,668 commercial parcels citywide
Corridor
52nd Street city commercial corridor
Interior area
1,556 sqft
Lot size
1,590 sqft
Stories
2
Built
1925
Zoning
CMX2

Block context

5100 block of Walnut St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5141 Walnut St  ·  5145 Walnut St

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 21, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

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

SYLVESTER OKOLOInactive

Rental · Initial issue date Oct 19, 2009 · Terminal license date Dec 22, 2012

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 18 dated rows
  1. License terminal eventSYLVESTER OKOLO: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 485751 · Inactive

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

  2. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 291985 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  3. PermitElectrical

    Permit 359865 · COMPLETED

    200 AMP SERVICE, 2 METERS, PARTIAL WIRING THROUGHOUT, 2 SUB PANELS, AS PER 2008 NEC (WEST DIST)

  4. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 359860 · COMPLETED

    INSTALL 2 WATRE CLOSETS - 2 LAVS, 3 SINKS,

  5. ViolationPENALTY- NO BLDG PERM INFO

    Case 291985 · Violation 2178540 · Code A-901.13/1 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  6. ViolationPERMB- ALTER REPAIR INT PART (Building permit required for interior alteration or repair)

    Case 291985 · Violation 2178539 · Code A-301.1/4 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  7. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 291985 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  8. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 237537 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  9. PermitAlteration

    Permit 282420 · COMPLETED

    STUCCO FRONT AND PARTITION WALLS AROUND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING USING WIRE MESH BEHIND THE STUCCO. OWNER MUST CALL THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR A WALL INSPECTION BEFORE THE APPLICATION OF ANY STUCCO.

  10. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 237537 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  11. PermitUse

    Permit 258868 · COMPLETED

    USE PERMIT FOR BARBERSHOP ON 1ST FLR AND BEAUTY SALON ON THE 2ND FLR

  12. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 219073 · CLOSED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  13. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 219073 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  14. ViolationSD-REQD EXIST GROUP R (Smoke detectors required in an existing residential occupancy)

    Case 219073 · Violation 1534544 · Code FC-907.3/20 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  15. ViolationEXT S-ROOF REPAIR (Repair the exterior roof)

    Case 219073 · Violation 1534546 · Code PM-304.4/1 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  16. ViolationCO DETECTOR NEEDED (Carbon-monoxide detector required)

    Case 219073 · Violation 1534545 · Code FC-908.7/1 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  17. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 219073 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  18. License issue eventSYLVESTER OKOLO: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 485751 · Inactive

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

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 22, 2026, 11:01 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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