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TO BE IN PLACE APPROX 1YEAR"},{"number":"1051121","date":"2020-02-19","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2020-05-20","scope":"REPLACE 3/4\" BACKFLOW PREVENTOR THE INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE 2008"},{"number":"CP-2020-003138","date":"2020-10-27","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2021-11-26","scope":"ALTERATION AT THE INTERIOR SIDEWALK VAULT FOR THE REPOINTING OF MORTAR JOINTS IN LOAD BEARING STONE MASONRY AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"CP-2021-002312","date":"2021-12-13","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-07-06","scope":"LEVEL I EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS FOR REPAIRS TO FACADE AS PER APPROVED PLANS. *2018 IEBC REVIEW*"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":0,"timeline":[{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2019,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2019,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"5 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"298211","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL INC","legalName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL INC","address":"1608-12 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3417","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-08-30","latestIssueDate":"2005-02-19","expirationDate":"2006-03-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"298212","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL INC","legalName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL INC","address":"1608-12 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3417","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-08-30","latestIssueDate":"2005-02-19","expirationDate":"2006-03-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"332310","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL","legalName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL","address":"1608-12 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3417","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2005-08-11","latestIssueDate":"2007-06-01","expirationDate":"2008-03-31","inactiveDate":"2011-12-14"},{"number":"332313","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL I","legalName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL I","address":"1608-12 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3417","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2005-08-11","latestIssueDate":"2007-06-01","expirationDate":"2008-03-31","inactiveDate":"2011-12-14"},{"number":"647536","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Active","businessName":"UNIQLO PENNSYLVANIA LLC (UNIQLO)","legalName":"UNIQLO PENNSYLVANIA LLC","address":"1608-12 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2014-11-14","latestIssueDate":"2014-11-14","expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"647536","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"UNIQLO PENNSYLVANIA LLC (UNIQLO)","legalName":"UNIQLO PENNSYLVANIA LLC","issuedDate":"2014-11-14","latestIssueDate":"2014-11-14","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"332310","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","businessName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL","legalName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL","issuedDate":"2005-08-11","latestIssueDate":"2007-06-01","closureDate":"2011-12-14","expirationDate":"2008-03-31","inactiveDate":"2011-12-14","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"332313","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","businessName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL I","legalName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL I","issuedDate":"2005-08-11","latestIssueDate":"2007-06-01","closureDate":"2011-12-14","expirationDate":"2008-03-31","inactiveDate":"2011-12-14","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"298211","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","businessName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL INC","legalName":"ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL INC","issuedDate":"2004-08-30","latestIssueDate":"2005-02-19","closureDate":"2006-03-31","expirationDate":"2006-03-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","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":["4 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #525458: COMPLETED.","why":"Philadelphia says a zoning approval or Property Sales Certification can identify a use without proving that it was established under the Building Code. A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.","action":"Verify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"},{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"3 permits not marked completed: 1051121 (Expired), CP-2020-003138 (Expired), CP-2021-002312 (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":"4 open L&I violations","finding":"24 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"11 failed, 8 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Oct 28, 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":"Dumpster License - Public ROW #298211: Inactive; Dumpster License - Public ROW #298212: Inactive; Dumpster License - Public ROW #332310: Inactive since Dec 14, 2011; Dumpster License - Public ROW #332313: Inactive since Dec 14, 2011","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/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"clear","title":"Filed system certifications are current in this dataset","finding":"Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Jun 2, 2027; Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Dec 4, 2026","why":"Fire-protection certifications apply to the named system and inspection period only; they are not a whole-building safety certificate. Philadelphia generally requires annual sprinkler, standpipe, fire-alarm, special-hazard, and emergency-power inspections where those systems exist.","action":"Confirm the certificate covers every applicable system and remains accepted by L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"}],"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/"}]}