{"asOf":"2026-07-27T20:42:41.629Z","block":"600-699 S 4TH ST","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/600-699-s-4th-st","address":"608 S 4TH ST","parcelNumber":"871281850","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=871281850","ownerType":"investor","kind":"mixed-use","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"S50","buildingCodeNew":"821","buildingClass":"ROW W/OFF STR 3 STY MASON","buildingClassNew":"ROW MIXED-COM/RES-BLT AS COM","useLabel":"Mixed-use","owner":"WC ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC","coOwner":null,"marketValue":271800,"landAssessment":54300,"improvementAssessment":217500,"livableArea":1230,"yearBuilt":1900,"lastSale":{"price":275000,"date":"2021-05-30T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[{"number":"2516742","date":"2012-07-25","code":"19-2602.1/1","title":"CAL LO","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"2516741","date":"2012-07-25","code":"14-1704/10","title":"NON-REGULATED LACKS PERMIT","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}],"violationCases":[{"number":"340705","type":"STANDARD","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"BU","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2012-07-26","completedDate":"2012-08-13","violations":[{"number":"2516742","date":"2012-07-25","code":"19-2602.1/1","title":"CAL LO","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"2516741","date":"2012-07-25","code":"14-1704/10","title":"NON-REGULATED LACKS PERMIT","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2012,"n":2,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"340705","date":"2012-07-25","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"340705","date":"2012-08-09","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"PASSED"},{"caseNumber":"340705","date":"2012-08-09","type":"BC INSP","status":"PASSED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2012,"fails":1,"passes":2}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.9413851941921,"lng":-75.14934078218465,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.149297666,39.941406374],[-75.149309735,39.941353678],[-75.149383605,39.941363896],[-75.149371834,39.941416986],[-75.149297666,39.941406374]]]},"liDistrict":"CENTRAL EAST","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19147","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":419,"zoning":"CMX3","grade":"C","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"3501 TREVI COURT, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19145","mailOut":false,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":159900,"taxable":159900,"land":10500,"improvement":149400,"taxableLand":10500,"taxableImprovement":149400,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2017,"v":159900,"taxable":159900,"land":10500,"improvement":149400,"taxableLand":10500,"taxableImprovement":149400,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2018,"v":233700,"taxable":233700,"land":46740,"improvement":186960,"taxableLand":46740,"taxableImprovement":186960,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2019,"v":233700,"taxable":233700,"land":46740,"improvement":186960,"taxableLand":46740,"taxableImprovement":186960,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2020,"v":236000,"taxable":236000,"land":47200,"improvement":188800,"taxableLand":47200,"taxableImprovement":188800,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2021,"v":236000,"taxable":236000,"land":47200,"improvement":188800,"taxableLand":47200,"taxableImprovement":188800,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2022,"v":236000,"taxable":236000,"land":47200,"improvement":188800,"taxableLand":47200,"taxableImprovement":188800,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2023,"v":305000,"taxable":305000,"land":61000,"improvement":244000,"taxableLand":61000,"taxableImprovement":244000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2024,"v":305000,"taxable":305000,"land":61000,"improvement":244000,"taxableLand":61000,"taxableImprovement":244000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2025,"v":275900,"taxable":275900,"land":55180,"improvement":220720,"taxableLand":55180,"taxableImprovement":220720,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2026,"v":275900,"taxable":275900,"land":55180,"improvement":220720,"taxableLand":55180,"taxableImprovement":220720,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2027,"v":271800,"taxable":271800,"land":54300,"improvement":217500,"taxableLand":54300,"taxableImprovement":217500,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":3862,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"420197","date":"2012-08-03","work":"Use","type":"ZP_USE","description":"USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-08-03","scope":"FOR RETAIL SALE OF MUSICAL INSTUMENT ON 1ST FLOOR WITH EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ABOVE IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. NO SIGN ON THIS PERMIT. NO ADDITION."},{"number":"984387","date":"2019-06-11","work":"Use","type":"ZP_USE","description":"USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-06-11","scope":"FOR USE AS A PREPARED FOOD SHOP (COFFEE SHOP) ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE WITH PERVIOUSLY APPROVED SINGLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING ON THE THIRD FLOOR."},{"number":"996833","date":"2019-09-23","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-04-13","scope":"LEVEL 1 ALTERATION: SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 6 FOR LEVEL 1 ALTERATIONS AS WELL AS THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 7 OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILDING CODE. To include the removal and replacement or the covering of existing materials, elements, equipment or fixtures using new materials, elements, equipment or fixtures that serves the same purpose. No structural work and/or changes to rated assemblies. INSTALLING NEW FLOORING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, NEW TILES, NEW VANITIES IN THE BATHROOM, NEW WINDOWS. *SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR PLUMBING & ELECTRIC* **CONTRACTOR HAS NO EMPLOYEES PER NOTARIZED LETTER**"},{"number":"ZP-2023-010714","date":"2023-10-04","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Eating and Drinking Establishments - Prepared Food Shop"},{"number":"CP-2023-006622","date":"2024-01-03","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-08-23","scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS AND PARTIAL CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY AT FIRST FLOOR OF EXISTING BUILDING. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING."},{"number":"EP-2024-005794","date":"2024-06-12","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-07-29","scope":"Install (6)lights, (4)switches, (12) receptacles"},{"number":"PP-2024-008411","date":"2024-07-23","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-08-23","scope":"INSTALL 1 SINGLE COMPARTMENT PREP SINK, 1 SINGLE COMPARTMENT SINK, 1 THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, 1 ICE MAKER, 1 MOP SINK, 1 HUB DRAIN, 1 LAVATORY, 1 WATER CLOSET, 2 FLOOR SINKS AND 1 FLOOR DRAIN ACCORDING TO THE 2018 PPC AND PER PLANS."},{"number":"PP-2024-013908","date":"2024-10-22","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-05-13","scope":"Installing a 3/4-inch Watts LF009M3QT Backflow device in the basement after the meter."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2012,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2012,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 2 passed"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2019,"k":"sale","p":275000},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"903552","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"WC ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC","legalName":"WC ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC","address":"608 S 4TH ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Other","units":1,"issuedDate":"2022-08-18","latestIssueDate":"2022-08-18","expirationDate":"2023-08-17","inactiveDate":"2023-10-16"},{"number":"0977727","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"TEA LEAF","legalName":"TEA LEAF","address":"608 S 4TH ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2025-05-01","latestIssueDate":"2025-05-01","expirationDate":"2026-04-30","inactiveDate":"2026-06-29"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0977727","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"TEA LEAF","legalName":"TEA LEAF","issuedDate":"2025-05-01","latestIssueDate":"2025-05-01","closureDate":"2026-06-29","expirationDate":"2026-04-30","inactiveDate":"2026-06-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"903552","type":"Rental","businessName":"WC ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC","legalName":"WC ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC","issuedDate":"2022-08-18","latestIssueDate":"2022-08-18","closureDate":"2023-10-16","expirationDate":"2023-08-17","inactiveDate":"2023-10-16","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"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":["5 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #420197: 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":"1 permit not marked completed: 996833 (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":"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":"1 failed, 2 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Aug 9, 2012.","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":"Food Preparing and Serving #0977727: Inactive since Jun 29, 2026","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/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 2 historical violations across 1 case.","why":"A closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.","action":"Use the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"}],"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/"}]}