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Size and location per plan."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Full Demolition"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"300175","type":"Outdoor Advertising Sign","status":"Closed","businessName":"CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR (MATT BRADLEY)","legalName":"CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR","address":"6225-27 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3708","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-02-23","latestIssueDate":"2005-04-20","expirationDate":"2007-03-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"543226","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Closed","businessName":"SAFEGUARD PROPERTIES III LLC","legalName":"SAFEGUARD PROPERTIES III LLC","address":"6225-27 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2011-09-06","latestIssueDate":"2013-07-30","expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"543226","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"SAFEGUARD PROPERTIES III LLC","legalName":"SAFEGUARD PROPERTIES III LLC","issuedDate":"2011-09-06","latestIssueDate":"2013-07-30","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null,"status":"Closed","statusLabel":"Closed","active":false},{"number":"300175","type":"Outdoor Advertising Sign","businessName":"CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR (MATT BRADLEY)","legalName":"CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR","issuedDate":"2004-02-23","latestIssueDate":"2005-04-20","closureDate":"2007-03-31","expirationDate":"2007-03-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Closed","statusLabel":"Closed","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","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":["3 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: PP-2025-005796 (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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Outdoor Advertising Sign #300175: Closed; Dumpster License - Private Property #543226: Closed","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/"}],"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/"}]}