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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":"EP-2021-003702","date":"2021-06-01","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-06-24","scope":"DEMOLISH ALL EXISTING LIGHT FIXTURES AND CONTROL DEVICES WITHIN THIS AREA,PROVIDE NEW 200A SERVICE RATED PANELBOARD TO REPLACE-IN-PLACE EXISTING PANELBOARD. DISCONNECT AND RECONNECT EXISTING SERVICE FEEDERS. WIRING, FIRE ALARM (4 DEVICES) AND LOW VOLTAGE (4 DATA DROPS) AS PER APPROVED DRAWINGS. 2017 NEC and 2016 NFPA-72."},{"number":"PP-2021-005714","date":"2021-06-01","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-06-30","scope":"?Scope of proposed work does not require review?. Issue ez-permit."},{"number":"ZP-2021-006112","date":"2021-06-24","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-09-27","scope":"**AMENDMENT 07/14/2021 TO ADD ARTCOM APPROVAL** For the erection of one (1) accessory, statically illuminated wall sign above the storefront of Space #100B facing South 12th Street, size and location as shown on plan/application."},{"number":"GP-2021-006557","date":"2021-07-20","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-09-27","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF AN INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED FLATWALL SIGN TO INCLUDE FASTENER ATTACHMENT. **SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL WORK.**"},{"number":"CP-2022-000617","date":"2022-02-08","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-10-25","scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS TO THE LOBBY AREA OF AN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE THE SELECTIVE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING PARTITIONS AND THE ERECTION OF PARTITION WALL. 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-2022-010622","date":"2022-09-27","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE (1) STATICALLY ILLUMINATED BUILDING IDENTIFICATION CANOPY SIGN. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN PLAN."},{"number":"ZP-2022-010349","date":"2022-10-10","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE DEMOLITION OF ALL EXISTING SIGNS AND ERECTION OF ONE (1) ACCESSORY STATICALLY ILLUMINATED FLATWALL SIGN. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE PLAN."},{"number":"GP-2022-009111","date":"2022-11-10","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-11-27","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE (1) STATICALLY ILLUMINATED BUILDING IDENTIFICATION CANOPY SIGN. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE PLAN."},{"number":"GP-2022-009156","date":"2022-11-14","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-11-16","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE (1) FLAT WALL SIGN AS PER PLANS."},{"number":"ZP-2023-004191","date":"2023-04-26","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Residential - Household Living - Multi-Family"},{"number":"CP-2023-004031","date":"2023-09-13","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-24","scope":"For level III alteration with partial change of occupancy classification to create multi-family residential units (18 dwelling units) on 2nd-4th floors. Building to be fully sprinklered per NFPA 13. Separate permts required for MEP & FP work. AMENDMENT TO FLOOR FRAMING ASSEMBLY AT FLOOR INFILL. Amendment to architectural plans including relocation of demising walls and revisions to unit plans. Amendemnt to include a 2-hr rated enclosure for the proposed dryer vents."},{"number":"PP-2023-016795","date":"2023-12-16","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-10-25","scope":"REPAIR/REPLACE CT & FAI."},{"number":"FP-2024-000831","date":"2024-04-25","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-24","scope":"FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TO RELOCATE EXISTING SPRINKLER HEADS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGES TO EXISTING FIRE SERVICE LINE."},{"number":"EP-2024-004505","date":"2024-06-03","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-05-27","scope":"Install fire alarm equipment to support renovations being performed on floors 2-4 according to approved drawings. Devices will be connected to existing fire alarm panel. All work is to be done according to approved drawings-2017 NEC, 2016 NFPA 72, 2018 Philadelphia Fire Code."},{"number":"PP-2024-008533","date":"2024-08-20","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-17","scope":"INSTALL 1 DUPLEX DOMESTIC BOOSTER PUMP, 18 KITCHEN SINKS, 18 WATER CLOSETS, 18 LAVATORIES, 18 SHOWER/TUBS, 18 HOT WATER HEATERS, 18 WASHING MACHINE BOXES AND 21 FLOOR DRAINS ACCORDING TO THE 2018 PPC AND PER PLANS."},{"number":"EP-2024-007727","date":"2024-11-13","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-09","scope":"Installation including wiring, lighting, receptacles, wiring for HVAC units, wiring for other appliances. 1200 amp service, 400 amp service and 200 amp service, (4)six meter bank set, disconnects, circuit breakers, switches and outlet and devices, conduits and wire, lighting and lighting controls. -NOTED: Panic hardware to be on egress door from electrical rm dr. ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC."},{"number":"MP-2024-002937","date":"2025-01-07","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-17","scope":"FOR INSTALLATION OF THE HVAC SYSTEM TO SERVE THE DWELLING UNITS FROM 3RD TO 6TH FLOORS AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"GM-2026-005338","date":"2026-06-30","work":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"EZ INTERIOR NON-LOAD-BEARING WALL DEMOLITION - For the interior demolition on NON-Load-Bearing partition walls and ceilings as per attached standard. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Structural alteration or repair is expressly PROHIBITED under this permit. Prohibited structural work includes but not limited to any modification to exterior walls, party wall, floor/roof framing and foundations, including underpinning, excavation and removal of foundation slab. Separate Streets Department permit required for sidewalk and street closures."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2023,"k":"sale","p":6000000},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo."}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"209934","type":"Sidewalk Cafe","status":"Closed","businessName":"COSI INC","legalName":"COSI INC","address":"1128-30 WALNUT ST","revenueCode":"3123","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2005-01-26","latestIssueDate":"2005-01-26","expirationDate":"2006-06-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"208841","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Closed","businessName":"COSI INC","legalName":"COSI INC","address":"1128-30 WALNUT ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2005-01-26","latestIssueDate":"2016-05-02","expirationDate":"2017-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"318756","type":"Sidewalk Cafe","status":"Closed","businessName":"COSI INC","legalName":"COSI INC","address":"1128-30 WALNUT ST","revenueCode":"3123","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2005-05-17","latestIssueDate":"2016-05-03","expirationDate":"2016-06-30","inactiveDate":"2016-08-29"},{"number":"411665","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Active","businessName":"COSI INC","legalName":"COSI INC","address":"1128-30 WALNUT ST","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2007-05-30","latestIssueDate":"2013-07-24","expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null},{"number":"827694","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"STARBUCKS CORPORATION","legalName":"STARBUCKS CORPORATION ","address":"1128-30 WALNUT ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2019-10-28","latestIssueDate":"2025-03-28","expirationDate":"2025-10-27","inactiveDate":"2025-12-26"},{"number":"0989024","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"1128 Walnut Philly LLC","legalName":"1128 Walnut Philly LLC","address":"1128-30 WALNUT ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":18,"issuedDate":"2025-09-17","latestIssueDate":"2025-09-17","expirationDate":"2026-09-16","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0989024","type":"Rental","businessName":"1128 Walnut Philly LLC","legalName":"1128 Walnut Philly LLC","issuedDate":"2025-09-17","latestIssueDate":"2025-09-17","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-09-16","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"827694","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"STARBUCKS CORPORATION","legalName":"STARBUCKS CORPORATION ","issuedDate":"2019-10-28","latestIssueDate":"2025-03-28","closureDate":"2025-12-26","expirationDate":"2025-10-27","inactiveDate":"2025-12-26","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"411665","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"COSI INC","legalName":"COSI INC","issuedDate":"2007-05-30","latestIssueDate":"2013-07-24","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"208841","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"COSI INC","legalName":"COSI INC","issuedDate":"2005-01-26","latestIssueDate":"2016-05-02","closureDate":"2017-04-30","expirationDate":"2017-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Closed","statusLabel":"Closed","active":false},{"number":"318756","type":"Sidewalk Cafe","businessName":"COSI INC","legalName":"COSI INC","issuedDate":"2005-01-26","latestIssueDate":"2016-05-03","closureDate":"2016-08-29","expirationDate":"2016-06-30","inactiveDate":"2016-08-29","status":"Closed","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","units":18,"signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"elevated","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 9 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2023","permit activity in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale 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":"4 permits not marked completed: GP-2022-009111 (Expired), GP-2022-009156 (Expired), PP-2023-016795 (Expired), GM-2026-005338 (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":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Apr 13, 2024; Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Aug 12, 2026; Emergency and Standby Power Systems Certification: Certified through Aug 12, 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 (100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, JERICHO NY, 11753).","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":"3 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Apr 18, 2023.","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":"Sidewalk Cafe #209934: Closed; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #208841: Closed; Sidewalk Cafe #318756: Closed since Aug 29, 2016; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #827694: Inactive since Dec 26, 2025","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 3 historical violations 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/"}]}