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THE INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE 2004 PHILA PLUMBING CODE."},{"number":"972549","date":"2019-08-20","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2020-01-29","scope":null},{"number":"1004272","date":"2019-08-21","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"INSTALLING A 100AMP TEMPORARY SERVICE FOR SIX MONTHS AT JOB SITE ONLY AS PER 2017 NEC (EAST DISTRICT) BUILDING B"},{"number":"1004271","date":"2019-08-21","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"INSTALLING A 100AMP TEMPORARY SERVICE FOR SIX MONTHS AT JOB SITE ONLY AS PER 2017 NEC (EAST DISTRICT) BUILDING A"},{"number":"1008746","date":"2019-09-09","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-10-10","scope":"INSTALL TWO HOUSE TRAPS TWO FAI 4\" DOMESTIC WATER LINE AS PER 2004 PPC"},{"number":"1023995","date":"2019-11-01","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-11-08","scope":"TEMP CERT OF OCCUPANCY ."},{"number":"1039217","date":"2020-01-08","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-08-20","scope":"HOOK UP 200 KVA TRANSFORMER FOR TEMP BUILDING POWER INSTALL FACTORY GENERATOR FEEDERS FROM GENERATOR TO MDP PANEL INSTALL GROUNDING TRANSFORMER AS PER 2017 NEC"},{"number":"1044873","date":"2020-01-28","work":"Use","type":"ZP_USE","description":"USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2020-01-28","scope":"PERSONAL SERVICE AT SPACE# 2 (BUILDING # A;NORTH BUILDING); FOR A BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AT SPACE# 3 (BUILDING# B; SOUTH BUILDING) AT SECOND FLOOR IN THE SAME LOT WITH ALL OTHER USES AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. NO SIGN ON THIS APPLICATION"},{"number":"1045159","date":"2020-01-28","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2020-03-12","scope":"2ND TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR NINETY (90) DAYS FOR BASEMENT, 1ST FLOOR, AND PARTIAL 2ND FLOOR BACK SECTION, ALSO COMMON AREAS. MUST PROVIDE FIRE ALARM, SPRINKLER, CERTIFICATIONS, NO MORE TCO'S AFTER THIS ONE."},{"number":"CP-2020-000349","date":"2020-03-30","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-08-25","scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS FOR THE TENANT FIT-OUT OF AN EXISTING TENANT SPACE FOR USE AS A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY. ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE THE ERECTION OF PARTITION WALLS, PROVIDE FINISHES/FURNISHINGS AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN PROFESSIONAL PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. BUILDING IS FULLY SPRINKLERED. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"CP-2020-000204","date":"2020-05-07","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-08-14","scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS FOR THE TENANT FIT-OUT OF AN EXISTING TENANT SPACE FOR USE AS A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY. ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE THE ERECTION OF PARTITION WALLS, PROVIDE FINISHES/FURNISHINGS AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN PROFESSIONAL PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. BUILDING IS FULLY SPRINKLERED. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"CP-2020-000437","date":"2020-05-07","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-08-27","scope":"FOR INTERIOR ALTERATIONS ON THE THIRD FLOOR SPACE OF AN EXISTING OFFICE SPACE, TO INCLUDE NEW INTERIOR PARTITIONS AND INTERIOR FINISHES, AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"EP-2020-002856","date":"2020-06-10","work":"Rough-In","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-07-09","scope":"Rough-In Permit for EP-2020-002651 Tenet Fitout for a office. Install all wiring throughout as per plans, install all lighting, receptacles. Install new fire alarm devices to existing building system. Main service & panel existing. Installation per 2017 NEC."},{"number":"MP-2020-001241","date":"2020-06-16","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-08-20","scope":"INSTALLATION OF HVAC SYSTEM ON SECOND FLOOR OF EXISTING BUILDING FOR GROUP B OCCUPANCY AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"MP-2020-001309","date":"2020-06-16","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-08-14","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HVAC SYSTEMS TIED INTO EXISTING SYSTEM, ASSOCIATED DUCT WORK, AND TWENTY THREE (23) REGISTERS/DIFFUSERS AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, FIRE SUPPRESSION."},{"number":"MP-2020-001311","date":"2020-06-24","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-08-27","scope":"For the installation of mechanical work to include registers/diffusers, supply/exhaust ductwork, appliance, supports, and all other work as per approved plans. Separate permit required for any electrical and plumbing work."},{"number":"PP-2020-003236","date":"2020-06-25","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-08-25","scope":"Installation of one Kitchen Sink on the third floor of an existing structure in accordance with 2018 PPC"},{"number":"PP-2020-003226","date":"2020-06-25","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-07-19","scope":"For interior Plumbing of 1st floor commercial space to include adding [3] sinks as per 2018 Philadelphia Plumbing Code."},{"number":"PP-2020-003395","date":"2020-06-25","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-07-08","scope":"Installation of one Kitchen Sink on the third floor of an existing structure in accordance with 2018 PPC"},{"number":"EP-2020-002651","date":"2020-07-09","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-08-26","scope":"Tenant Fitout for a office. Install all wiring throughout as per plans, install all lighting, receptacles. Install new fire alarm devices to existing building system. Main service & panel existing"},{"number":"EP-2020-002595","date":"2020-07-30","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-08-11","scope":"Wire and Install lighting receptacles, exits signs and emergency lights, and fire alarm per drawing, all lighting supplied by owner. Install EMT conduit on all exposed walls or receptacles. ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS. CODE REFRENCES 2017 NEC AND 2016 NFPA-72."},{"number":"EP-2020-002590","date":"2020-08-24","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-08-25","scope":"Wire and Install lighting receptacles, exits signs and emergency lights, and fire alarm per drawing, all lighting supplied by owner. Install EMT conduit on all exposed walls or receptacles."},{"number":"ZP-2021-001556","date":"2021-03-09","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Personal Services"},{"number":"ZP-2021-000501","date":"2021-03-24","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Residential - Household Living - Multi-Family"},{"number":"EP-2025-000994","date":"2025-02-04","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-24","scope":"-Furnish & Install (16) 18/2 Plenum Cables for Paging Speakers -Install Paging Speakers and Headend"}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":11.09,"timeline":[{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2020,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 3 passed"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"703144","type":"Vacant Commercial Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"2139 E Huntingdon Street LP","legalName":"2139 E Huntingdon Street LP ","address":"2137 E HUNTINGDON ST","revenueCode":"3634","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2016-05-27","latestIssueDate":"2018-05-20","expirationDate":"2019-05-26","inactiveDate":"2019-07-25"},{"number":"829610","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Active","businessName":"CORA SERVICES INC","legalName":"CORA SERVICES INC","address":"2137 E HUNTINGDON ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2019-11-19","latestIssueDate":"2025-10-27","expirationDate":"2026-11-18","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"841985","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"Huntingdon Mills Master Tenant LLC","legalName":"Huntingdon Mills Master Tenant LLC","address":"2137 E HUNTINGDON ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":39,"issuedDate":"2020-05-13","latestIssueDate":"2026-05-05","expirationDate":"2027-05-12","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"841985","type":"Rental","businessName":"Huntingdon Mills Master Tenant LLC","legalName":"Huntingdon Mills Master Tenant LLC","issuedDate":"2020-05-13","latestIssueDate":"2026-05-05","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-05-12","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"829610","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"CORA SERVICES INC","legalName":"CORA SERVICES INC","issuedDate":"2019-11-19","latestIssueDate":"2025-10-27","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-11-18","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"703144","type":"Vacant Commercial Property","businessName":"2139 E Huntingdon Street LP","legalName":"2139 E Huntingdon Street LP ","issuedDate":"2016-05-27","latestIssueDate":"2018-05-20","closureDate":"2019-07-25","expirationDate":"2019-05-26","inactiveDate":"2019-07-25","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","units":39,"signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #890805: COMPLETED. The history also contains “CO- BLDG OCCUPIED PRE-CO.”","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: 909996 (EXPIRED), 1004272 (Issued), 1004271 (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":"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":"lead","level":"verify","title":"Lead compliance is a separate record","finding":"OPA records a 1911 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":"15 failed, 8 passed, and 2 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Feb 17, 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":"Vacant Commercial Property #703144: Inactive since Jul 25, 2019","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 20 historical violations across 9 cases.","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/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"clear","title":"Filed system certifications are current in this dataset","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Aug 1, 2026; Facade Report: Safe through Nov 25, 2030; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Aug 1, 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":"Confirm the certificate covers every applicable system and remains accepted by L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"}],"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/"}]}