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NO FIT-OUT WORK ON THIS PERMIT. *2018 IEBC REVIEW*"},{"number":"CP-2021-006150","date":"2021-12-03","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-12-04","scope":"LEVEL III ALTERATIONS WITH PARTIAL CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY TO CREATE FORTY-SEVEN (47) DWELLING UNITS IN THE SECOND THROUGH EIGHTH FLOOR OF AN EXISTING HIGH-RISE BUILDING WITH AN EXISTING RETAIL SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR AS PER APPROVED PLANS. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED PER NFPA 13 AND INCLUDE STANDPIPES PER NFPA 14. *2018 IEBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP & FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK** AMENDMENT APPROVED 9/21/23 AMEND ALTERATIONS PERMIT CP-2021-006150 TO FOR CHANGES TO BUILDING LAYOUT TO INCLUDE ADDITION OF ROOF DECK AT LEVEL 5 AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"CP-2021-006639","date":"2021-12-03","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-04-05","scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING TENANT SPACE FOR AN INTERIOR FITOUT FOR A MERCANTILE SPACE. ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE THE ERECTION OF PARTITION WALLS, PROVIDE FINISHES/FURNISHINGS AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT. BUILDING IS FULLY SPRINKLERED. 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":"FP-2021-003470","date":"2021-12-20","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-04-05","scope":"EZ PERMIT SPRINKLER RELOCATION (NFPA 13)- For the Relocation of Sprinkler Heads as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. No exterior work permitted as part of this permit as per PHC. RELOCATE (40) SPRINKLER HEADS ON FIRST FLOOR (CP-2021-006639)"},{"number":"EP-2021-011903","date":"2022-01-04","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-03-03","scope":"Electrical Permit for combo CP-2021-006639"},{"number":"MP-2021-006735","date":"2022-01-27","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-04-05","scope":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit for combo CP-2021-006639"},{"number":"ZP-2021-016442","date":"2022-02-04","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-01-25","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF THREE (3) ILLUMINATED WALL SIGNS: SIGN A: ?DTLR YOUR FASHION?YOUR LIFESTYLE!? @ 3?8? X 10?0? = 36.66 SQ FT, SIGNS (2) B & C: ?DTLR YOUR FASHION?YOUR LIFESTYLE!? @ 2?6? X 10?0.75?/1?1.625\" X 18?2.625\" = 45.84 SQ FT, ACCESSORY TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED RETAIL SALES ? WEARING APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES; SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE APPLICATION/PLAN."},{"number":"PP-2021-025455","date":"2022-02-16","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-08-16","scope":"For minor construction work at the subject property in accordance with all applicable provisions of the Philadelphia Code, all references codes and standards, and the attached EZ Standard, where included. Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work."},{"number":"GP-2021-014214","date":"2022-02-18","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-01-25","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THREE (3) ILLUMINATED WALL SIGNS (SIGN A: \"DTLR YOUR FASHION...YOUR LIFESTYLE!\" @ 3'8\" X 10'0\" = 36.66 SQ FT AND SIGNS (2) B & C: \"DTLR YOUR FASHION...YOUR LIFESTYLE!\" @ 2'6\" X 10'0.75\"/1'1.625\" X 18'2.625\" = 45.84 SQ FT) AS PER APPROVED PLAN; *SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL WORK*"},{"number":"EP-2022-000411","date":"2022-02-28","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-03-03","scope":"INSTALLATION OF VOICE FIRE ALARM AND AUTOMATIC SMOKE DETECTION-DUCT DETECTORS & VISUAL NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES :PER APPROVED DRAWINGS -2017 NEC,2016 NFPA-72,2018 PHILA FIRE CODE. **OWNER WAS NOTIFIED per Section 3308 Owner's Responsibility for Fire Protection**"},{"number":"EP-2022-001165","date":"2022-05-24","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-11-29","scope":"NEW PANELBOARDS OFF EXISTING VAULT ROOM SERVICE. NEW EMERGENCY GENERATOR LOCATED ON 5TH FLOOR ROOF. ALL NEW DEVICES, LIGHTING AND ALL ASSOCIATED WIRING. ALL WIRING AND CONNECTION ASSOCIATED WITH MECHANICAL AND ELEVATORS. WIRING AND FINAL CONNECTION OF FIRE PUMP AS PER 2017 NEC. COMPLETE NEW ADDRESSABLE VOICE EVAC FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AS PER 2016 NFPA 72. Amendment: The purpose of this permit is to amend the original permit whose work is not performed: 1. To reuse the existing 3000A main section as the terminal box for the residential meter bank, new CT & cabinet for the house panel and fire pump. 2. To install the stand-alone U. L. Listed fire pump service disconnect, stand-alone U. L. listed fire pump automatic transfer switch (ATS) and stand-aloe U. L. listed fire pump controller instead of fire pump ATS and controller combination due to supply chain issue. 3. To amend the generator model due to the supply chain issue, and the generator location. 4. To amend the emergency system design as per NEC 700.10 since the available generator can only have 800A/3P integral breaker instead of three integral breakers, (1) 400A/3P, (1) 200A/3P, (1) 100A/3P, as designed in the original permit. 5. To amend electrical equipment layout to accommodate the new design. All changes compared with the original permit are clouded out. See DWG. E2, E3, E6, E7, E11 for details."},{"number":"FP-2022-002726","date":"2022-10-31","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-12-04","scope":"INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM COMPLYING WITH NFPA 13 THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING TO INCLUDE CONNECTION TO EXISTING 6\" MAIN FIRE SERVICE LINE WITH A 6\" WILKINS 350A BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY, THREE (3) STANDPIPE RISERS COMPLYING WITH NFPA 14, AND FIRE PUMP COMPLYING WITH NFPA 20, AS PER APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA."},{"number":"PP-2023-005165","date":"2023-04-19","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-05-15","scope":"Installing 4\" Water Service, 8\" Curb Trap, 8\" Main Drain, 6\" Fresh Air Inlet"},{"number":"MP-2023-000715","date":"2023-04-27","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-12-04","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HVAC APPLIANCES, EQUIPMENT, DUCTWORK AND REGISTERS/DIFFUSERS PER APPROVED PLANS AND MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS. *2018 IMC REVIEW*"},{"number":"MP-2023-003640","date":"2023-09-06","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-05-14","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW FUEL GAS PIPING SYSTEM FROM THE 1ST FLOOR TO 5TH FLOOR ROOF TO SERVE A ROOFTOP EMERGENCY GENERATOR. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2018 IFGC. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION OF ROOFTOP FUEL STORAGE TANK SERVING GENERATOR. SEE ELECTRICAL PERMIT EP-2022-001165 FOR INSTALLATION OF GENERATOR."},{"number":"ZP-2023-006311","date":"2023-09-18","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-12-04","scope":"FOR A ROOF DECK ABOVE THE FOUR-STORY PORTION. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLANS."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"286816","type":"Hazardous Materials","status":"Inactive","businessName":"WALGREEN EASTERN CO INC","legalName":"WALGREEN EASTERN CO INC","address":"5627-33 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3335","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-12-13","latestIssueDate":"2020-11-24","expirationDate":"2021-12-31","inactiveDate":"2022-03-01"},{"number":"322376","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Perm Location (Large)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"WALGREEN EASTERN CO INC","legalName":"WALGREEN EASTERN CO INC","address":"5627-33 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3119","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2005-06-14","latestIssueDate":"2020-03-31","expirationDate":"2021-04-30","inactiveDate":"2021-06-29"},{"number":"358489","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"WALGREEN EASTERN CO INC","legalName":"WALGREEN EASTERN CO INC","address":"5627-33 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2006-03-03","latestIssueDate":"2006-03-03","expirationDate":"2010-07-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"405165","type":"High Rise","status":"Inactive","businessName":"PHILA SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION","legalName":"PHILA SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION","address":"5627-33 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3629","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2007-04-02","latestIssueDate":"2012-05-08","expirationDate":"2012-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"944215","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"Chelten Lofts LLC","legalName":"Chelten Lofts LLC","address":"5627-33 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":47,"issuedDate":"2024-02-14","latestIssueDate":"2026-02-13","expirationDate":"2027-02-13","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"944215","type":"Rental","businessName":"Chelten Lofts LLC","legalName":"Chelten Lofts LLC","issuedDate":"2024-02-14","latestIssueDate":"2026-02-13","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-02-13","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"405165","type":"High Rise","businessName":"PHILA SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION","legalName":"PHILA SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION","issuedDate":"2007-04-02","latestIssueDate":"2012-05-08","closureDate":"2012-04-30","expirationDate":"2012-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"358489","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"WALGREEN EASTERN CO INC","legalName":"WALGREEN EASTERN CO INC","issuedDate":"2006-03-03","latestIssueDate":"2006-03-03","closureDate":"2010-07-31","expirationDate":"2010-07-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"322376","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Perm Location (Large)","businessName":"WALGREEN EASTERN CO INC","legalName":"WALGREEN EASTERN CO INC","issuedDate":"2005-06-14","latestIssueDate":"2020-03-31","closureDate":"2021-06-29","expirationDate":"2021-04-30","inactiveDate":"2021-06-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"286816","type":"Hazardous Materials","businessName":"WALGREEN EASTERN CO INC","legalName":"WALGREEN EASTERN CO INC","issuedDate":"2004-12-13","latestIssueDate":"2020-11-24","closureDate":"2022-03-01","expirationDate":"2021-12-31","inactiveDate":"2022-03-01","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-21","units":47,"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":["4 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":"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":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: GM-2021-012181 (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":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Facade Report: Safe with Repair through May 6, 2020; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through May 19, 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 (9450 SW GEMINI DR, BEAVERTON OR, 97008).","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":"lead","level":"verify","title":"Lead compliance is a separate record","finding":"OPA records a 1930 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":"1 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Jan 28, 2026.","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":"Hazardous Materials #286816: Inactive since Mar 1, 2022; Food Establishment, Retail Perm Location (Large) #322376: Inactive since Jun 29, 2021; Dumpster License - Private Property #358489: Inactive; High Rise #405165: 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":"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":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 1 historical violation 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/"}]}