Commercial property report

5249-53 Cedar Ave

2 stories6,228 sqftCMX2built 1991

Property at a glanceOffices

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$781K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$752K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Cedar Park · Kingsessing Approximate · based on ZIP 19143
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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 $752,400. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

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Property assessmentAssessmentPermit

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.

Every dated record3 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitInterior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.
  2. PermitAlterations
  3. PermitAlteration

Verify the public record

$10,937/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $781,300 × 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 $752,400. 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 883542000
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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

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

What it is
Offices Off Bld N/Pkg N/Com Mason
Owner
Individual owner on record Individual name redacted
$ / sq ft
$121 below the $142 median for 753 offices parcels citywide
Corridor
52nd Street-South city commercial corridor
Interior area
6,228 sqft
Lot size
3,263 sqft
Stories
2
Built
1991
Zoning
CMX2

Block context

5200 block of Cedar Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5247 Cedar Ave  ·  5245 Cedar 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 23, 2026.

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 3 dated rows
  1. PermitInterior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.

    Permit GM-2024-011359 · Expired

    For minor construction work at the subject property in accordance with all applicable provisions of the Philadelphia Code, all references codes and standards, and the attached EZ Standard, where included. Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work.

  2. PermitAlterations

    Permit 972730 · Expired

    1" BACKFLOW PREVENTOR, INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE 2004

  3. PermitAlteration

    Permit 535344 · COMPLETED

    REMOVE AND REPLACE ROOFING SHINGLES FROM PORTION OF FRONT AND BACK OF BUILDING. INSTALL NEW ROOF COVER AS PER MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS. . NEW ROOF COVERINGS SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED WITHOUT FIRST REMOVING ALL EXISTING LAYERS WHEN THE ROOF HAS TWO OR MORE APPLICATIONS OF ANY TYPE OF ROOF COVERING. SUBMIT ROOF CERTIFICATION TO INSPECTOR FOR FINAL INSPECTION.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 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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