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Public ROW","status":"Inactive","businessName":"HAIRLESS FOODS LLC","legalName":"HAIRLESS FOODS LLC","address":"1716 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3417","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2005-04-06","latestIssueDate":"2005-04-06","expirationDate":"2006-03-31","inactiveDate":"2011-12-14"},{"number":"380493","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"T & A INDUSTRIES LLC","legalName":"T & A INDUSTRIES LLC","address":"1716 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":null,"units":4,"issuedDate":"2006-08-08","latestIssueDate":"2013-02-20","expirationDate":"2014-02-28","inactiveDate":"2014-04-02"},{"number":"381017","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"MIDTOWN GROUP LLC","legalName":"MIDTOWN GROUP LLC","address":"1716 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2006-08-14","latestIssueDate":"2006-08-14","expirationDate":"2007-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22"},{"number":"648848","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Active","businessName":"GRAN CAFFE L'AQUILA LP","legalName":"GRAN CAFFE L'AQUILA LP","address":"1716 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2014-12-03","latestIssueDate":"2026-06-23","expirationDate":"2027-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"662488","type":"Sidewalk Cafe","status":"Active","businessName":"GRAN CAFFE L'AQUILA LP","legalName":"GRAN CAFFE L'AQUILA LP","address":"1716 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3123","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2015-04-28","latestIssueDate":"2026-04-20","expirationDate":"2027-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"666510","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"TUSCAN REALTY OF PA, LLC (TUSCAN REALTY OF PA)","legalName":"TUSCAN REALTY OF PA, LLC","address":"1716 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":null,"units":5,"issuedDate":"2015-05-30","latestIssueDate":"2015-05-30","expirationDate":"2016-05-31","inactiveDate":"2016-07-30"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"666510","type":"Rental","businessName":"TUSCAN REALTY OF PA, LLC (TUSCAN REALTY OF PA)","legalName":"TUSCAN REALTY OF PA, LLC","issuedDate":"2015-05-30","latestIssueDate":"2015-05-30","closureDate":"2016-07-30","expirationDate":"2016-05-31","inactiveDate":"2016-07-30","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"662488","type":"Sidewalk Cafe","businessName":"GRAN CAFFE L'AQUILA LP","legalName":"GRAN CAFFE L'AQUILA LP","issuedDate":"2015-04-28","latestIssueDate":"2026-04-20","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"648848","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"GRAN CAFFE L'AQUILA LP","legalName":"GRAN CAFFE L'AQUILA LP","issuedDate":"2014-12-03","latestIssueDate":"2026-06-23","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"381017","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"MIDTOWN GROUP LLC","legalName":"MIDTOWN GROUP LLC","issuedDate":"2006-08-14","latestIssueDate":"2006-08-14","closureDate":"2012-12-22","expirationDate":"2007-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"380493","type":"Rental","businessName":"T & A INDUSTRIES LLC","legalName":"T & A INDUSTRIES LLC","issuedDate":"2006-08-08","latestIssueDate":"2013-02-20","closureDate":"2014-04-02","expirationDate":"2014-02-28","inactiveDate":"2014-04-02","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"312530","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","businessName":"HAIRLESS FOODS LLC","legalName":"HAIRLESS FOODS LLC","issuedDate":"2005-04-06","latestIssueDate":"2005-04-06","closureDate":"2011-12-14","expirationDate":"2006-03-31","inactiveDate":"2011-12-14","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"210076","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"HAIRLESS FOODS LLC","legalName":"HAIRLESS FOODS LLC","issuedDate":"2004-08-04","latestIssueDate":"2006-04-24","closureDate":"2012-12-22","expirationDate":"2007-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"199466","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","businessName":"DOLLAR TREE STORES INC","legalName":"DOLLAR TREE STORES INC","issuedDate":"2001-06-06","latestIssueDate":"2001-06-06","closureDate":"2002-04-30","expirationDate":"2002-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"295416","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","businessName":"HOWARD SAVAGE","legalName":"HOWARD SAVAGE","issuedDate":"2000-04-14","latestIssueDate":"2000-04-14","closureDate":"2001-03-31","expirationDate":"2001-03-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"watch","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","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."},{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["1 permit event since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"building-certifications","level":"urgent","title":"A life-safety certification is deficient","finding":"Special Hazards Certification: Certified through Feb 18, 2027; Sprinkler Certification: Deficient; Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Jun 12, 2027","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":"Use permit #480566: 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: CP-2021-000561 (Expired), PP-2024-008688 (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":"1 open L&I violation","finding":"12 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":"mixed-use","level":"verify","title":"Residential and business space run on separate compliance tracks","finding":"OPA classifies this parcel as mixed-use.","why":"The zoning/use and occupancy file must cover the actual residential and commercial spaces. Dwelling units can require Rental Licenses and lead compliance; the operator can separately need an Activity License and sector license; installed fire systems can require annual certification.","action":"Match every dwelling and business use to the zoning permit, CO, current operator licenses, and life-safety filings.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"},{"id":"rental-status","level":"verify","title":"Residential form does not establish rental use","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as mixed-use; no active Rental License row matched.","why":"A multi-unit or mixed-use classification does not prove that space is currently rented. If dwelling space is rented, Philadelphia generally requires a current Rental License and related occupancy, tax, violation, and lead compliance.","action":"Confirm actual occupancy first; if any unit is rented, verify the license and legal unit count with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"7 failed, 4 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Apr 6, 2026.","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 #295416: Inactive; Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location #199466: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #210076: Inactive since Dec 22, 2012; Dumpster License - Public ROW #312530: 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 mixed-use. 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/"}]}