Commercial property report

5505-09 N 5th St

1 story3,842 sqftCMX2.5built 1900

Property at a glanceStore

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$329K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$461K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Olney · Logan Approximate · based on ZIP 19120
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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 $461,300. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

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Property assessmentAssessmentPermitInspectionLicense

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 record10 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitUse
  2. PermitAlteration
  3. PermitSign
  4. PermitZoning/use
  5. InspectionADMIN INSP (likely: administrative inspection)
  6. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  7. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  8. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  9. LicenseOLNEY DISCOUNT INC: Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location business license marked inactive
  10. LicenseOLNEY DISCOUNT INC: Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location business license initially issued

Verify the public record

$4,608/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $329,200 × 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 $461,300. 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 882936915
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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.”

Where the record looks off

Conflicts in City paperwork. Flags on the data, not the property.

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.

Property report

Commercial property

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

What it is
Store Store 1 Sty Masonry
Owner
Individual owner on record Individual name redacted
$ / sq ft
$120 below the $151 median for 7,668 commercial parcels citywide
Corridor
5th and Olney city commercial corridor
Interior area
3,842 sqft
Lot size
5,077 sqft
Stories
1
Built
1900
Zoning
CMX2.5

Block context

5500 block of N 5th St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5503 N 5th St  ·  5501 N 5th 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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OLNEY DISCOUNT INCInactive

Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location · Initial issue date May 11, 2003 · Terminal license date Apr 30, 2004

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 10 dated rows
  1. PermitUse

    Permit 428668 · COMPLETED

    USE TO SALE OF SHOES AND CLOTHING

  2. PermitAlteration

    Permit 124393 · COMPLETED

    STUCCO FRONT WALL (COMMERCIAL PROP.)

  3. PermitSign

    Permit 87777 · COMPLETED

    ERECT A SINGLE FACE FLAT WALL INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED SIGN

  4. PermitZoning/use

    Permit 86266 · COMPLETED

    REMOVAL OF EXISTING SIGNAGE,REGISTER RETAIL SALE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES

  5. InvestigationADMIN INSP (likely: administrative inspection)

    Case 69361 · PASSED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; the title alone does not state what condition was examined. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  6. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 69361 · 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.

  7. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 69361 · 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.

  8. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 69361 · 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.

  9. License terminal eventOLNEY DISCOUNT INC: Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location business license marked inactive

    License 200845 · Inactive

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

  10. License issue eventOLNEY DISCOUNT INC: Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location business license initially issued

    License 200845 · Inactive

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

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 26, 2026, 8:23 AM 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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