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Install dedicated branch circuits and electrical connections for HVAC equipment, water heater, exhaust fans, walk-in coolers, and freezers. All work to be done according to the 2017 NEC and per approved plans. (The fire alarm is not included in the scope of work)"},{"number":"FP-2026-001199","date":"2026-06-17","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"EZ KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION- For the installation of New Wet Chemical Kitchen Fire Suppression System as per attached standard. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Install a wet chemical kitchen fire suppression system for a 12'-0\" hood in the 1st floor restaurant"}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"563587","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","status":"Inactive","businessName":"BANK OF AMERICA","legalName":"BANK OF AMERICA","address":"3737 LANCASTER AVE","revenueCode":"3219","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2012-05-09","latestIssueDate":"2013-01-30","expirationDate":"2013-02-28","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"681923","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","status":"Inactive","businessName":"NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC (RDF FIELD SERVICES AGT)","legalName":"NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC","address":"3737 LANCASTER AVE","revenueCode":"3219","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2015-10-26","latestIssueDate":"2015-10-26","expirationDate":"2016-10-31","inactiveDate":"2016-12-30"},{"number":"767063","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"Rong Property LLC","legalName":"Rong Property LLC ","address":"3737 LANCASTER AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":2,"issuedDate":"2018-02-23","latestIssueDate":"2018-02-23","expirationDate":"2019-02-22","inactiveDate":"2019-04-23"},{"number":"874987","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"Rong Chen","legalName":"Rong Chen","address":"3737 LANCASTER AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":2,"issuedDate":"2021-08-10","latestIssueDate":"2025-07-31","expirationDate":"2026-08-09","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"890025","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Closed","businessName":"Build Ya Soul","legalName":"Build Ya Soul","address":"3737 LANCASTER AVE","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2022-03-17","latestIssueDate":"2024-03-19","expirationDate":"2025-03-16","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"0983919","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Expired","businessName":"lucky poke llc (luckyou cozy cafe)","legalName":"lucky poke llc","address":"3737 LANCASTER AVE","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2025-07-16","latestIssueDate":"2025-07-16","expirationDate":"2026-07-15","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0983919","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"lucky poke llc (luckyou cozy cafe)","legalName":"lucky poke llc","issuedDate":"2025-07-16","latestIssueDate":"2025-07-16","closureDate":"2026-07-15","expirationDate":"2026-07-15","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Expired","statusLabel":"Expired","active":false},{"number":"890025","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"Build Ya Soul","legalName":"Build Ya Soul","issuedDate":"2022-03-17","latestIssueDate":"2024-03-19","closureDate":"2025-03-16","expirationDate":"2025-03-16","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Closed","statusLabel":"Closed","active":false},{"number":"874987","type":"Rental","businessName":"Rong Chen","legalName":"Rong Chen","issuedDate":"2021-08-10","latestIssueDate":"2025-07-31","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-08-09","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"767063","type":"Rental","businessName":"Rong Property LLC","legalName":"Rong Property LLC ","issuedDate":"2018-02-23","latestIssueDate":"2018-02-23","closureDate":"2019-04-23","expirationDate":"2019-02-22","inactiveDate":"2019-04-23","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"681923","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","businessName":"NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC (RDF FIELD SERVICES AGT)","legalName":"NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC","issuedDate":"2015-10-26","latestIssueDate":"2015-10-26","closureDate":"2016-12-30","expirationDate":"2016-10-31","inactiveDate":"2016-12-30","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"563587","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","businessName":"BANK OF AMERICA","legalName":"BANK OF AMERICA","issuedDate":"2012-05-09","latestIssueDate":"2013-01-30","closureDate":"2013-02-28","expirationDate":"2013-02-28","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","units":2,"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":["8 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 #820782: 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":"9 permits not marked completed: 844577 (EXPIRED), MP-2023-001986 (Expired), PP-2023-012647 (Expired), PP-2023-012648 (Expired), CP-2026-001744 (Issued). 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-license","level":"verify","title":"A rental license does not transfer with the deed","finding":"1 active Rental License record matched.","why":"If dwelling space is rented, the buyer must obtain a new annual Rental License; the seller’s license is not transferable. New applications require proof of ownership and legal occupancy, tax compliance, no open L&I violations, and lead compliance where applicable.","action":"Plan the buyer’s replacement license before settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"lead","level":"verify","title":"Lead compliance is a separate record","finding":"OPA records a 1915 build year; BlockReport does not receive the Health Department’s unit-level lead certificate file.","why":"Philadelphia requires covered pre-March-1978 rentals to be certified lead-safe or lead-free for a new or renewed lease and for a new or renewed Rental License. A certificate is unit-specific; a renovation does not by itself create an exemption.","action":"Request the current lead certificate or City exemption for every dwelling unit.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/documents/lead-and-healthy-homes-resources-for-landlords/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"31 failed, 16 passed, and 21 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on May 23, 2024.","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":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot #563587: Inactive; Vacant Residential Property / Lot #681923: Inactive since Dec 30, 2016; Food Preparing and Serving #890025: Closed; Food Preparing and Serving #0983919: Expired","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":"abatement","level":"verify","title":"A reduced taxable assessment is not a verified abatement","finding":"OPA’s numeric assessment fields show a reduced taxable assessment; BlockReport has no official program determination for this parcel.","why":"The numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.","action":"Obtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-a-property-tax-abatement/"},{"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 11 historical violations across 4 cases.","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/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"clear","title":"Filed system certifications are current in this dataset","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Sep 18, 2026; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Jul 15, 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":"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/"}]}