{"asOf":"2026-07-24T17:49:27.536Z","block":"200-299 N 9TH ST","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/200-299-n-9th-st","address":"217 N 9TH ST","parcelNumber":"881000436","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=881000436","ownerType":"investor","kind":"apartments","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"RA","buildingCodeNew":"830","buildingClass":"PKG LOT NON COMMERCIAL","buildingClassNew":"APARTMENTS - MID RISE","useLabel":"Apartments","owner":"800 VINE SENIOR HOUSING LLC","coOwner":"AUTHORITY","marketValue":977600,"landAssessment":244400,"improvementAssessment":733200,"livableArea":249660,"yearBuilt":2023,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2023-03-20T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[],"violationCases":[],"investigations":[],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.95611658569888,"lng":-75.15386980616339,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.153797482,39.956460223],[-75.153664857,39.956247612],[-75.153758033,39.955800087],[-75.154086275,39.955825459],[-75.153952183,39.956481455],[-75.153797482,39.956460223]]]},"liDistrict":"CENTRAL EAST","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19107","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":5,"lotArea":21919,"zoning":"CMX4","grade":"A","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"1","intCond":"1","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"1301 N 31ST ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19121","mailOut":false,"appeals":[{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"(PERMIT) For the erection of a detached structure, size and location as shown on plan/application. For use as Multi-Family Household Living (Fifty-One (51) Dwelling Units; Affordable Senior Housing units only), with nine (9) accessory surfa","status":"Completed","outcome":"Granted","date":"2023-02-06","number":"ZP-2021-015505","relatedPermit":"ZP-2021-015505"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":true,"assessmentExemption":true,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2024,"v":229500,"taxable":229500,"land":229500,"improvement":0,"taxableLand":229500,"taxableImprovement":0,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2025,"v":977600,"taxable":244400,"land":244400,"improvement":733200,"taxableLand":244400,"taxableImprovement":0,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":733200},{"y":2026,"v":977600,"taxable":317720,"land":244400,"improvement":733200,"taxableLand":244400,"taxableImprovement":73320,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":659880},{"y":2027,"v":977600,"taxable":391040,"land":244400,"improvement":733200,"taxableLand":244400,"taxableImprovement":146640,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":586560}],"taxNow":4447,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"ZP-2021-010297","date":"2021-09-24","work":"Parking Only","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Cancelled","completedDate":"2022-05-17","scope":"ZP-2021-007621"},{"number":"ZP-2022-003719","date":"2022-09-19","work":"Lot Line Relocation","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Cancelled","completedDate":"2025-02-18","scope":"FOR THE LOT ADJUSTMENT TO CREATE FIVE(5) LOTS \"PARCEL \"A\" PARCEL \"B \"PARCEL \"C\" PARCEL \"D\" AND PARCEL \"E\" FROM THREE(3) OPA ACCOUNTS ( 212-48 N 8TH ST, 217-53 N 9TH ST AND 819-21 RIDGE AVE) . SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION."},{"number":"ZP-2021-015505","date":"2023-01-18","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-12-11","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF A DETACHED STRUCTURE, SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLAN/APPLICATION."},{"number":"CP-2022-005101","date":"2023-02-17","work":"New Construction","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-12-11","scope":"NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A FIVE (5) STORY STRUCTURE FOR USE AS FIFTY-ONE (51) DWELLING UNITS [AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING UNITS] WITH ACCESSORY AMENITY SPACES AS PER APPROVED PLANS. BUILDING TO UTILIZE HORIZONTAL SEPARATIONS TO CREATE TWO (2) SEPARATE BUILDINGS WITH TWO (2) DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION TYPES (1ST FLOOR - TYPE IA AND 2ND THROUGH 5TH FLOORS - TYPE VA). SEPARATE AMENDMENT APPROVAL FOR MANUFACTURER'S TRUSS DRAWINGS PRIOR TO INSTALLATION. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED PER NFPA 13 AND INCLUDE STANDPIPES PER NFPA 14. FIRE WATCH REQUIRED PER CODE BULLETIN F-2001. *2018 IBC* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP & FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"OP-2023-000183","date":"2023-05-08","work":"Temporary Tents and Canopies","type":"Operations","description":"Operations Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-01-27","scope":"INSTALLING 20X40 CANOPY FRAME TENT as per 2018 Philadelphia Fire Code."},{"number":"PP-2023-008364","date":"2023-08-16","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-12-05","scope":"New Build for (50) Units (21) Floor Drains (3) Hose Bibbs (2) Hot Water Heaters (50) Kitchen Sinks (50) Lavs Rough In of Aboveground Piping (50) Showers/Tubs (1) Sump Pump (50) WC/Urinals (1) Lint Trap - OTHER"},{"number":"EP-2023-008035","date":"2023-08-25","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-08-29","scope":"Install 100 amp temporary service for construction site and hook up 1 job trailer AS PER NEC 2017"},{"number":"MP-2023-003401","date":"2023-09-12","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-10-29","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF REGISTERS, DIFFUSERS, AND APPLIANCES WITH ASSOCIATED DUCTWORK. 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 REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"FP-2024-000282","date":"2024-02-13","work":"Rough-In","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-03-27","scope":"Rough-In Permit for FP-2024-000217 Preferred Fire Protection to start at 5' outside building at new 6\" fire service (by others) & will provide new automatic wet pipe sprinklers system for new 5 story apartment building. This will include a new fire pump, backflow preventer, fire department connection, fire pump test header, & (950) fire sprinklers. Sprinkler heads are provided for above ceiling combustible spaces on floors 2-5. Manual wet standpipes for both stair towers. Stair #1 will have hose valves only. Stair #2 will be a combination standpipe with hose valves & floor control arrangements at every level."},{"number":"EP-2023-009880","date":"2024-02-23","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-12-09","scope":"INSTALL A 800 AMP/120/208V/ 3 PHASE MDP, (2) 800 AMP 120/208V/ 3 PHASE METER BANKS. INSTALL A 208V/ 3 PHASE SERVICE FOR THE FIRE PUMP. INSTALL A 100 KW GENERATOR & (2) ATS, INSTALL PANELS & FEEDERS. INSTALL WIRING THROUGHOUT THE COMMON AREAS & FIFTY ONE DWELLING UNITS. INSTALL LIGHTS NORMAL & EMERGENCY, SWITCHES, SENSORS, RECEPTACLES & SMOKE ALARMS. PROVIDE POWER FOR THE MECHANICAL, HVAC, & ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT. INSTALL LOW VOLTAGE TELECOM WIRING. INSTALL A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM & TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. ALL WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 2017 NEC."},{"number":"FP-2024-000217","date":"2024-03-27","work":"New Construction","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-10-31","scope":"TO INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM COMPLYING WITH NFPA 13 THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING TO INCLUDE 6\" MAIN FIRE SERVICE LINE WITH 4\" AMES 2000SS BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY, FIRE PUMP PER NFPA 20 AND FIRE SYSTEM TO INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF TWO (2) STANDPIPES IN EXIT STAIRWAYS, STANDPIPES TO BE INTERCONNECTED PER NFPA 14 AS PER APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA."},{"number":"SP-2024-000863","date":"2024-09-12","work":"Sitework with Onsite Utility Services","type":"Site / Utility Permit","description":"Site / Utility Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-11-19","scope":"SITEWORK ASSOCIATED WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDING (SEE CP-2022-005101) TO INCLUDE PARKING AREAS AND UTILITY INSTALLATION AS PER APPROVED PLANS. *2018 IBC REVIEW*"},{"number":"PP-2024-012440","date":"2024-10-15","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-10-17","scope":"Plumbing Permit for combo SP-2024-000863"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2023,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Temporary Tents and Canopies"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Rough-In"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Sitework with Onsite Utility Services"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"0971896","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"800 Vine Senior Housing LLC","legalName":"800 Vine Senior Housing LLC","address":"217 N 9TH ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":51,"issuedDate":"2025-02-19","latestIssueDate":"2025-02-19","expirationDate":"2026-02-18","inactiveDate":"2026-04-19"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0971896","type":"Rental","businessName":"800 Vine Senior Housing LLC","legalName":"800 Vine Senior Housing LLC","issuedDate":"2025-02-19","latestIssueDate":"2025-02-19","closureDate":"2026-04-19","expirationDate":"2026-02-18","inactiveDate":"2026-04-19","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","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":["11 permit events since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal 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 #ZP-2021-015505: Completed · Granted; related permit ZP-2021-015505.","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: ZP-2021-010297 (Cancelled), ZP-2022-003719 (Cancelled), OP-2023-000183 (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":"rental-status","level":"verify","title":"Residential form does not establish rental use","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as apartments; 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":"building-certifications","level":"verify","title":"A fire-system permit exists, but no annual certification matched","finding":"5 fire/suppression-related permits matched; the fetched BIN certification feed returned no row.","why":"Installed systems in mixed-use and larger buildings generally require periodic certification, but applicability and limited-area exceptions vary. A missing BIN/address join is not proof of a compliance failure.","action":"Confirm what system was installed and whether a current annual certificate is required and filed.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"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/"}]}