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SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION."},{"number":"ZP-2021-010623","date":"2021-08-31","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-11-08","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE(1) STRUCTURE ( BUILDING A) ( USING UTILIZATION OF GREEN ROOF BONUS ) (as per code Section 14-702(16) ( additional 4 dwelling units) and Utilization of mixed-income (low) housing bonus as per Section 14-702(7) (additional 7 ft. height and additional 10 dwelling units); ROOF DECK ACCESSED BY A PILOTHOUSE ON THE SAME LOT EXISTING STRUCTURE TO REMAIN ON LOT (BUILDING B) . SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION."},{"number":"SP-2021-000780","date":"2021-11-23","work":"Foundation","type":"Site / Utility Permit","description":"Site / Utility Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"SITE WORK ONLY. Remove existing site debris, excavate site, and prepare site for installation of new foundation and basement level. NO INSTALLATION OF ACTUAL FOUNDATION IS APPROVED."},{"number":"CP-2020-005099","date":"2021-12-17","work":"New Construction","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-11-08","scope":"NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR (4) STORY, THIRTY (30) DWELLING UNITS AND VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACES WITH ROOF DECK AND ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURES AS PER APPROVED PLANS. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED PER NFPA 13. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP & FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK. *2018 IBC REVIEW* AMENDMENT 5/30/23 TO INCLUDE LAYOUT CHANGES AND SUBSEQUENT STRUCTURAL WORK."},{"number":"EP-2022-002178","date":"2022-03-08","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-10-12","scope":"Install 200amp service for temporary power during construction - stringer lights and GFCI protected outlets. All work as per NEC and City of Philadelphia code requirements."},{"number":"FP-2022-001550","date":"2022-09-12","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-11-08","scope":"For the installation of an automatic wet sprinkler system in accordance with NFPA 13 (using a new, four (4) inch fire service line as per PWD Utility Plan dated 11/03/2020, a new four (4) inch backflow prevention device located within the basement fire pump room, a new fire pump installed as per NFPA 20 located within the basement fire pump room), and two (2), four (4) inch standpipes within the exit stairways installed as per NFPA 14), throughout a new four (4) story semi-detached structure (w/roof deck and pilot house enclosing access stairs only) to be used as Group R-2 (Thirty (30) Dwelling Units & Vacant Commercial Spaces), as per plans and hydraulic calculations; dry heads to be installed within unconditioned spaces; see CP-2020-005099 for building permit."},{"number":"PP-2022-013447","date":"2022-09-13","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-10-17","scope":"Installation of (1) 3\" domestic water line, (1) 1\" domestic water line, storm and sanitary curb traps, storm and sanitary fresh air inlets, storm and sanitary main drains"},{"number":"ZP-2020-009543","date":"2022-12-21","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF A DETACHED BUILDING WITH GREEN ROOF (COVERING ATLEAST 60% OF ROOF TOP), A ROOF DECK AND THREE (3) ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURES WITH AN ELEVATOR ON THE SAME LOT WITH AN EXISTING BUILDING (UNIT B) TO REMAIN. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLANS."},{"number":"MP-2022-005705","date":"2022-12-27","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-11-02","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF REGISTERS, DIFFUSERS, AND APPLIANCES WITH ASSOCIATED DUCTWORK FOR USE AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. APPLIANCES TO BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"EP-2022-004017","date":"2023-01-03","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-10-12","scope":"Install 2000AMP 3 phase service. Wiring for 1 elevator, power and lighting for 30 apartments ,110v interconnected smoke alarms, common areas, 2 future retail spaces and fire pump. Install low voltage fire alarm system. Install rescue assistance system in all elevator lobbies. ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC,2016 NFPA-72,2018 PHILA FIRE CODE."},{"number":"PP-2022-015330","date":"2023-06-05","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-11-08","scope":"INSTALL 30 WASHING MACHINE BOXES, 3 FLOOR DRAINS, 33 SHOWER/TUBS, 35 LAVATORIES, 35 WATER CLOSETS, 32 KITCHEN SINKS, 32 HUB DRAINS, 32 HOT WATER HEATERS, 1 BACKFLOW PREVENTER, 3 BACKWATER VALVE, 1 BOOSTER PUMP, 1 EJECTOR SUMP PUMP, 3 SUMP PUMPS, 4 ROOF DRAINS AND 5 AREA DRAINS ACCORDING TO THE 2018 PPC."},{"number":"ZP-2023-009619","date":"2023-09-12","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Artist Studios and Artisan Industrial."},{"number":"CP-2023-004425","date":"2023-09-19","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-11-02","scope":"FOR A LEVEL II INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE A CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY FOR THE FIRST FLOOR OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN PROFESSIONAL PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"ZP-2024-006318","date":"2024-07-10","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE (1) STATIC ILLUMINATED WALL SIGN AND ONE (1) STATIC ILLUMINATED PROJECTING SIGN BELOW THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOW SILL OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. SIZE/LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE APPLICATION/PLANS."},{"number":"GP-2024-006179","date":"2024-07-22","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2025-02-10","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ONE (1) STATIC ILLUMINATED WALL SIGN AND ONE (1) STATIC ILLUMINATED PROJECTING SIGN AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL WORK."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"279203","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"CHARLES & CHARLES INC","legalName":"CHARLES & CHARLES INC","address":"1701 FEDERAL ST","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"1994-10-24","latestIssueDate":"1994-10-24","expirationDate":"2010-07-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"296437","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","status":"Inactive","businessName":"TOWN FOOD MARKET","legalName":"TOWN FOOD MARKET","address":"1701 FEDERAL ST","revenueCode":"3417","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"1996-04-07","latestIssueDate":"1996-04-07","expirationDate":"1997-03-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"204438","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"1701 FEDERAL INC","legalName":"1701 FEDERAL INC","address":"1701 FEDERAL ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-04-08","latestIssueDate":"2012-04-19","expirationDate":"2013-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"298083","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","status":"Inactive","businessName":"1701 FEDERAL INC","legalName":"1701 FEDERAL INC","address":"1701 FEDERAL ST","revenueCode":"3417","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2011-11-16","latestIssueDate":"2011-11-16","expirationDate":"2012-03-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"0965042","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"17th Street Equity LLC","legalName":"17th Street Equity LLC","address":"1701 FEDERAL ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":30,"issuedDate":"2024-11-07","latestIssueDate":"2025-12-17","expirationDate":"2026-11-06","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0965042","type":"Rental","businessName":"17th Street Equity LLC","legalName":"17th Street Equity LLC","issuedDate":"2024-11-07","latestIssueDate":"2025-12-17","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-11-06","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"298083","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","businessName":"1701 FEDERAL INC","legalName":"1701 FEDERAL INC","issuedDate":"2011-11-16","latestIssueDate":"2011-11-16","closureDate":"2012-03-31","expirationDate":"2012-03-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"204438","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"1701 FEDERAL INC","legalName":"1701 FEDERAL INC","issuedDate":"2004-04-08","latestIssueDate":"2012-04-19","closureDate":"2013-04-30","expirationDate":"2013-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"296437","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","businessName":"TOWN FOOD MARKET","legalName":"TOWN FOOD MARKET","issuedDate":"1996-04-07","latestIssueDate":"1996-04-07","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"1997-03-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"279203","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"CHARLES & CHARLES INC","legalName":"CHARLES & CHARLES INC","issuedDate":"1994-10-24","latestIssueDate":"1994-10-24","closureDate":"2010-07-31","expirationDate":"2010-07-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-30","units":30,"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":["6 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":"Appeal #HA-2020-002031: In Process · Withdrawn.","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":"3 permits not marked completed: 692404 (Expired), SP-2021-000780 (Issued), GP-2024-006179 (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":"An unsafe-building history still deserves the repair file","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 2 historical violations across 1 case.","why":"The aggregate currently shows zero open violations, so a historical unsafe/imminently-dangerous row is not a current hazard finding. The repair or demolition permit, final inspection, and case closure are the evidence that resolves the former designation.","action":"Review the Make Safe/repair permit, final inspection, and case closure.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Oct 17, 2026; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Jul 28, 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":"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 (300 YORKTOWN PLAZA, SUITE 300, ELKINS PARK PA, 19027).","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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"1 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Jul 23, 2021.","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 - Private Property #279203: Inactive; Dumpster License - Public ROW #296437: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving #204438: Inactive; Dumpster License - Public ROW #298083: Inactive","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":"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/"}],"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/"}]}