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PA1#20112342288"},{"number":"428720","date":"2012-10-24","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-10-24","scope":"FOR THE REMOVAL OF THREE (3) DUAL POLE ANTENNAS AND THREE (3) RADIO HEADS AND FOR THE ERECTION OF THREE (3) QUAD POLE ANTENNAS AND THREE (3) RRH'S ON THE ROOF OF AN EXISTING DETACHED STRUCTURE. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN PLANS. FOR ANTENNAS AND EQUIPMENT ACCESSORY TO AN EXISTING WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITY ON AN EXISTING DETACHED STRUCTURE WITH ACCESSORY ARTIST STUDIOS AND GALLERIES AS PART OF AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED."},{"number":"457519","date":"2013-03-13","work":"Demolition","type":"BP_DEMO","description":"DEMOLITION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-07-06","scope":"INTERIOR NON-BEARING DEMOLITION ONLY AND REMOVAL OF DEBRIS (7TH FLOOR - NESBITT HALL)"},{"number":"458582","date":"2013-03-14","work":"Demolition","type":"BP_DEMO","description":"DEMOLITION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-07-09","scope":"INTERIOR NON-BEARING DEMOLITION ONLY AND REMOVAL OF DEBRIS (6TH FLOOR - NESBITT HALL)"},{"number":"462793","date":"2013-04-03","work":"Demolition","type":"BP_DEMO","description":"DEMOLITION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-07-03","scope":"INTERIOR DEMOLITION OF NON-BEARING PARTITIONS ONLY AND REMOVAL OF DEBRIS (4TH FLOOR)."},{"number":"459656","date":"2013-04-03","work":"Demolition","type":"BP_DEMO","description":"DEMOLITION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-07-09","scope":"INTERIOR DEMOLITION OF NON-BEARING PARTITIONS ONLY AND REMOVAL OF DEBRIS (5TH FLOOR)."},{"number":"467796","date":"2013-05-01","work":"Demolition","type":"BP_DEMO","description":"DEMOLITION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-07-03","scope":"INTERIOR NON-BEARING DEMOLITION & REMOVAL OF DEBRIS (3RD FLOOR - NESBITT HALL)"},{"number":"465168","date":"2013-06-11","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-07-22","scope":"LEVEL III ALTERATIONS FOR A MULTI-PHASED RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING SEVEN (7) STORY STRUCTURE FROM THE BASEMENT TO PENTHOUSE. ALL WORK SHALL BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, AND FIRE SUPRESSION WORK."},{"number":"469009","date":"2013-06-12","work":"Demolition","type":"BP_DEMO","description":"DEMOLITION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-07-03","scope":"INTERIOR NON-BEARING DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF DEBRIS (2ND FLOOR - NESBITT HALL)"},{"number":"484800","date":"2013-08-20","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-11-12","scope":"AMEND PERMIT NUMBER 465168 TO INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF EXTERIOR WINDOWS. EXTERIOR WINDOWS SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE 2009 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE."},{"number":"481798","date":"2013-09-06","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-11-24","scope":"EXIS HV SVC & MDP'S TO REMAIN. INST NEW DISTRI SYS ON FLRS 2-PH: 1-600A,1-400A,3-225A,5-150A,4-100A. NEW 150KW DIESEL GENSET W/1-100A & 1-600A ATS SW. ALL PWR FOR HVAC UNITS. ALL ELEC DEVICES(600) ON FLRS 2-PH. NEW LTG & LTG CONTROLS FOR BSMT & FLRS 2-PH(855 LTS),142 EMG,25EXIT),(93 OCC SENS)(158SW)AS PER 2008 NEC . NEW F/A SYSTEM AS 2008 NEC & NFPA72"},{"number":"483546","date":"2013-09-09","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-07-14","scope":"NEW STACKS & WATER PIPING FOR GANG BATHROOMS & COFFEE SINK (SCHOOL CLASSROOMS)"},{"number":"483887","date":"2013-09-13","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-07-14","scope":"NEW HVAC SYSTEM IN AN EXISTING BUILDING AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"497813","date":"2013-10-01","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-05-16","scope":"RUN (1)60 KW GENERATOR TO PROVIDE POWER FOR SOUND AND LIGHT PER 2008 NEC (UNIVERSITY) TEMP POWER FOR EVENT 10/3/13"},{"number":"488140","date":"2013-10-31","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-05-13","scope":"FOR RESOLUTION OF DEPT. OF L&I CASE# 407217 FOR THE ERECTION OF COVERED WALKWAYS @ N 33RD ST FRONTAGE OF AN EXIST. HIGH-RISE MIXED-USE EDUCATIONAL BUILDING. EXTENT OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY COVERED WALKWAY AS APPROVED BY THE PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF STREETS"},{"number":"484895","date":"2013-11-04","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-07-22","scope":"INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13 THROUGHOUT THE 2ND THROUGH 7TH FLOOR OF AN EXISTING BUILDING. ALL WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. **SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR SPRINKLER HEAD RELOCATION ON BASEMENT AND FIRST FLOORS**"},{"number":"510123","date":"2013-12-09","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-01-06","scope":"RELOCATE 27 SPRINKLERS TO ACCOMMODATE CHANGES TO 8TH FLOOR - EDUCATIONAL BLDG"},{"number":"508032","date":"2013-12-23","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":null,"scope":"PROVIDE AND INSTALL 1376 CAT5E PLENUM CABLES ON FLOORS 1ST THRU 7TH ALL CABLING WILL BE INSTALLED IN J HOOKS AND ALL PENETRATIONS WILL BE FIRESTOPPED PER ARTICLE 300.21 OF THE 2008 NEC."},{"number":"542146","date":"2014-06-12","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-06-18","scope":"RELOCATE 71 EXISTING SPRINKLER HEADS(COMMERCIAL)"},{"number":"23261","date":"2014-11-13","work":"Operations","type":"OPS PERMIT","description":"OPERATIONS PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-11-13","scope":"11/12/2014 ERECT ASSEMBLY TENTS (40'X75') (12'X60') LEBOW COLLEGE OF BUSINESS/THINKFEST 2014"},{"number":"637990","date":"2015-09-11","work":"Demolition","type":"BP_DEMO","description":"DEMOLITION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-03-09","scope":"EZ INTERIOR DEMOLITION- FOR THE INTERIOR DEMOLITION OF NON LOAD-BEARING PARTITION WALLS AND CEILINGS AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS.INTERIOR DEMOLITION OF 4TH FLOOR AS PER EZ INTERIOR DEMOLITION PERMIT STANDARD; NO ASBESTOS REPRT REQUIRED. **POST THIS PERMIT** **POST THE PROJECT INFORMATION SIGN**"},{"number":"696023","date":"2016-06-09","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-09-19","scope":"LEVEL II INTERIOR ALTERATIONS (NO CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY) TO EXISTING AUDITORIUM WITHIN AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY TO INCLUDE ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES AS PER APPROVED PLANS. EXISTING BUILDING FULLY SPRINKLERED. **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ANY MEP OR FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"702088","date":"2016-06-22","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-09-19","scope":"RELOCATE 4 SPRINKLERS ON THE 1ST FLOOR OF THE BLDG 15 NESBIT HALL"},{"number":"705737","date":"2016-08-29","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-10-26","scope":"INSTALL NEW LIGHTS AND POWER OUTLETS AS PER NEC 2008 (WEST DISTRICT)NO TELE/DATA, AUDIO VISUAL OR FIRE ALARM WORK INCLUDED ON THIS PERMIT"},{"number":"710163","date":"2016-08-30","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-03-28","scope":"FOR ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING HVAC MECHANICAL SYSTEM TO INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF NEW DIFFUSERS, RELOCATION OF DIFFUSERS AND INSTALLATION OF ASSOCIATED DUCTWORK."},{"number":"26559","date":"2019-09-18","work":"Temporary Tents and Canopies","type":"Operations","description":"Operations Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2025-01-13","scope":null},{"number":"OP-2022-000174","date":"2022-05-04","work":"Temporary Tents and Canopies","type":"Operations","description":"Operations Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-02-08","scope":"(1) 50'x65' and (2) 16'x16' white top frame tents all guttered together, install on grass and secure by tying down to covered weights. Tent sidewalls to be hung and either enclosed or drape back to tent legs. SEPERATION AND PLACEMENT AS PER 2018 PHILADELPHIA FIRE CODE"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2018,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2018,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Temporary Tents and Canopies"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Temporary Tents and Canopies"},{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 6 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"299051","type":"High Rise","status":"Inactive","businessName":"DREXEL UNIVERSITY","legalName":"DREXEL UNIVERSITY","address":"3201-47 MARKET ST","revenueCode":"3629","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"1996-04-22","latestIssueDate":"1996-04-22","expirationDate":"2006-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-07-24"},{"number":"742506","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"Aramark Services, Inc (Aramark @ Drexel U Starbucks Lebow)","legalName":"Aramark Services, Inc","address":"3201-47 MARKET ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2017-06-15","latestIssueDate":"2024-07-25","expirationDate":"2025-06-14","inactiveDate":"2025-08-13"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"742506","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"Aramark Services, Inc (Aramark @ Drexel U Starbucks Lebow)","legalName":"Aramark Services, Inc","issuedDate":"2017-06-15","latestIssueDate":"2024-07-25","closureDate":"2025-08-13","expirationDate":"2025-06-14","inactiveDate":"2025-08-13","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"299051","type":"High Rise","businessName":"DREXEL UNIVERSITY","legalName":"DREXEL UNIVERSITY","issuedDate":"1996-04-22","latestIssueDate":"1996-04-22","closureDate":"2012-07-24","expirationDate":"2006-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-07-24","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-28","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":["2 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2022, 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"building-certifications","level":"urgent","title":"A life-safety certification is deficient","finding":"Facade Report: Safe with Repair through Jun 26, 2027; Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Mar 16, 2027; Sprinkler Certification: Deficient; Emergency and Standby Power Systems Certification: Certified through Dec 17, 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":"Request the correction/reinspection and current filed certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #9664: CLOSED · Granted; related permit 223527. Use permit #234351: 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":"2 permits not marked completed: 26559 (Expired), OP-2022-000174 (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":"2 open L&I violations","finding":"28 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":"16 failed, 9 passed, and 2 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Dec 15, 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":"High Rise #299051: Inactive since Jul 24, 2012; Food Preparing and Serving #742506: Inactive since Aug 13, 2025","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":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"},{"id":"full-tax-exemption","level":"verify","title":"OPA shows a full exemption; its legal basis is unverified","finding":"OPA currently marks the land and building assessment fully tax-exempt; BlockReport does not receive the exemption determination or basis.","why":"Full OPA exemptions can have different legal bases, including government, religious, charitable/institutional, veteran, or other treatment. The current owner/use record is not a buyer’s tax forecast.","action":"Confirm the exact exemption basis, buyer eligibility, and next tax-year treatment directly with OPA.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/office-of-property-assessment/tax-exemptions-and-abatements/"},{"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/"}],"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/"}]}