The Block Report

Commercial property report

52 W Chelten Ave

1 story2,310 sqftCMX3built 1920

Property at a glanceStore

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$250K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$250K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Germantown Approximate · based on ZIP 19144
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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 $250,000. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$125K$250K$250K2000200520102015202020252027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationInspection

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 record5 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  2. L&I violationFIRE EXTING-NEEDS INSP/TAG (Fire extinguisher needs inspection and a current service tag)
  3. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  4. Deed / saleDeed / sale $175K
  5. Deed / saleDeed / sale $175K

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$3,500/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $250,000 × 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 $250,000. 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 882041562
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$698.58 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2018–2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

$467.30 principal$25.17 interest$19.67 penalty$186.44 other charges
2years recorded 2018–2021tax periods 2022-02-28last payment in snapshot Noactionable flag Nopayment agreement Yesbankruptcy flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $179,100 total assessment, $179,100 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $448.90. It is shown as historical context only.

2016$448.90 total · $328.57 principal · $4.93 interest · $3.29 penalty

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.

$699 · Jun 2022 delinquency snapshot

What it is
Store Store 1 Sty Masonry
Owner
Individual owner on record Individual name redacted
$ / sq ft
$108 below the $151 median for 7,668 commercial parcels citywide
Corridor
Central Germantown & Vicinity city commercial corridor
Interior area
2,310 sqft
Lot size
3,869 sqft
Stories
1
Built
1920
Zoning
CMX3

Block context

0 block of W Chelten Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 50 W Chelten Ave  ·  54 W Chelten Ave

No business or residential license records

No business license or residential registration matched this OPA parcel in the latest City data.

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Open every source row 5 dated rows
  1. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 431943 · PASSED

    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 passed.

  2. ViolationFIRE EXTING-NEEDS INSP/TAG (Fire extinguisher needs inspection and a current service tag)

    Case 431943 · Violation 3182834 · Code FC-906.2/2 · COMPLIED

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

  3. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 431943 · 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.

  4. Recorded transfer$175K transfer

    2003

  5. Recorded transfer$175K transfer

    2000

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 25, 2026, 10:21 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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