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STRUCTURES ARE TWO (2) STORIES OR LESS. STRUCTURES TO BE DEMOLISHED BY HAND AND BY MECHANICAL MEANS (SEE SITE SAFETY DEMOLITION PLAN FOR DETAILS). PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO START OF WORK AND TO BE MAINTAINED DURING ALL DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES. * ASBESTOS REMEDIATION REQUIRED PRIOR TO START OF WORK * A COVERED WALKWAY OR SIDEWALK CLOSURE SHALL BE REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3306 OF THE IBC. SEPARATE BUILDING AND/OR STREETS DEPARTMENT PERMITS ARE REQUIRED. (CLOSURE TO BE HALF THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE WHEN MECHANICAL DEMOLITION IS USED, ONE-QUARTER OF THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE WHEN HAND DEMOLITION IS USED) * 21 DAY POSTING AND NOTICE REQUIRED PER A-303.2. * DUST CONTROL REQUIRED PER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH *Demolition cannot start until the water discontinuance permits are issued."},{"number":"CP-2024-004738","date":"2024-09-18","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-05-14","scope":"FOR THE CONSTRUCTION / ALTERATIONS OF AN ELECTRICAL ROOM. FOR USE AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"EP-2024-009382","date":"2024-10-14","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-01-27","scope":"Provide new conduits and wiring to new 800A disconnect switch, 225kva transformer and 3 new 400 disconnect switches. Provide feeds to existing coffee shop panelboard and future retail space panels. Install tenant metering. Provide empty conduits from existing switchboard to tenant spaces. Provide new light, switch and receptacle in new retail electric room . -NOTED: electrical room door is to swing out& be equipped w/ listed panic hardware."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Major Demolition"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"demo"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"0963230","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"MFG- Sansom Owner LLC","legalName":"MFG- Sansom Owner LLC","address":"1134 SANSOM ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":399,"issuedDate":"2024-10-11","latestIssueDate":"2025-10-08","expirationDate":"2026-10-10","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"0964296","type":"Sidewalk Cafe","status":"Active","businessName":"Rival Holdings, LLC (Rival Bros Coffee)","legalName":"Rival Holdings, LLC","address":"1134 SANSOM ST","revenueCode":"3123","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2024-10-28","latestIssueDate":"2025-12-03","expirationDate":"2026-10-27","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"0968914","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Active","businessName":"Rival Holdings, LLC (Rival Bros Coffee)","legalName":"Rival Holdings, LLC","address":"1134 SANSOM ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2025-01-08","latestIssueDate":"2026-01-15","expirationDate":"2027-01-07","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0968914","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"Rival Holdings, LLC (Rival Bros Coffee)","legalName":"Rival Holdings, LLC","issuedDate":"2025-01-08","latestIssueDate":"2026-01-15","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-01-07","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"0964296","type":"Sidewalk Cafe","businessName":"Rival Holdings, LLC (Rival Bros Coffee)","legalName":"Rival Holdings, LLC","issuedDate":"2024-10-28","latestIssueDate":"2025-12-03","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-10-27","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"0963230","type":"Rental","businessName":"MFG- Sansom Owner LLC","legalName":"MFG- Sansom Owner LLC","issuedDate":"2024-10-11","latestIssueDate":"2025-10-08","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-10-10","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-10","units":399,"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":["2 permit events since 2023","demolition activity 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":"The record identifies more than one dwelling/use.","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":"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":"managing-agent","level":"verify","title":"Tax mail goes outside Philadelphia; owner residence still needs verification","finding":"OPA mails the property tax record outside Philadelphia (465 MEETING STREET #500, CHARLESTON SC, 29403).","why":"A tax mailing destination does not establish where the owner lives. If a rental owner lives outside Philadelphia, the City requires a managing agent with a Philadelphia mailing address; the owner remains legally responsible.","action":"Verify the buyer’s residence and, if the buyer will live outside Philadelphia, identify the Philadelphia managing agent on the new license application.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"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 apartments. 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":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Aug 18, 2026; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Aug 20, 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/"}]}