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SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING."},{"number":"586591","date":"2015-02-24","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-06-01","scope":"REPLAC/INSTALL NECHANICALS, DUTWORK, REGISTERS/DIFFUSERS, PIPING AND ALL INCIDENTALS. CODE/DESIGN PROFESSIONAL: GREGORY DEMARCO PE"},{"number":"591443","date":"2015-03-02","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-06-01","scope":"INSTALL 2-WC, 1-MS, 2-OVERFLOW, 2-LAV, 1-KIT SINK 1-DF, 2-ROOF DRAINS NOTE: THE INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE 2004 COMM"},{"number":"587795","date":"2015-03-02","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-11-03","scope":"NEW POWER & LIGHTING THROUGH A A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION EMS, SATTELITE TV WIRING AS PER 2008 NEC (EAST DISTRICT)"},{"number":"587702","date":"2015-04-16","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-04-16","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE (1) ACCESSORY, STATICALLY ILLUMINATED WALL SIGN AND ONE (1) ACCESSORY, STATICALLY ILLUMINATED FREESTANDING SIGN. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLANS/APPLICATION. SIGNS ACCESSORY TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FINANCIAL SERVICES WITH ACCESSORY PARKING."},{"number":"601038","date":"2015-05-08","work":"Sign","type":"BP_SIGN","description":"SIGN PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-06-09","scope":"INSTALLATION OF ONE (1) INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED SIGN ON MANSARD FRONT AND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ONE (1) DOUBLE FACED FREESTANDING SIGN ON EXISTING SUPPORT COLUMN AND FOUNDATION FOR BANK AS PER APPROVED PLANS. **SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ANY ELECTRICAL WORK**"},{"number":"609914","date":"2015-05-13","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-11-03","scope":"INSTALL CABLE AND JACKS FOR 21 DATA LINES IN PLENUM CABLE LESS THAN 10 FEET EACH PER 2008 NEC (BANK)"},{"number":"609924","date":"2015-05-22","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":null,"scope":"NEW INSTALLATION FIRE ALARM AS PER NFPA72"},{"number":"839133","date":"2018-10-16","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":null,"scope":"REPLACE 4 EXISTING LIGHTS WITH LED INSTALL POWER AND DISCONNECT SWITCH FOR MOTORIZED OPERATOR PER 2008 NEC (BANK)"},{"number":"ZP-2023-004698","date":"2023-05-23","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING SIGNS AND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF NEW ACCESSORY SIGNS. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLANS."},{"number":"GP-2023-003809","date":"2023-06-02","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-10-07","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ONE (1) STATICALLY ILLUMINATED WALL SIGN AND FOR THE REFACING AND PAINTING OF EXISTING FREESTANDING SIGN AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL WORK."},{"number":"CP-2023-005337","date":"2023-10-17","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-11-23","scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE. ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE THE ERECTION OF PARTITION WALLS, PROVIDE FINISHES/FURNISHINGS AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT. FOR USE AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS AND DOCUMENTATION. ***************** SEPARATE PERMTIS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK. ******************************************"},{"number":"EP-2023-010002","date":"2023-10-19","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-11-23","scope":"Electrical Permit for combo CP-2023-005337"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"547443","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"HRB TAX GROUP INC (H & R BLOCK)","legalName":"HRB TAX GROUP INC","address":"1837-39 E ALLEGHENY AVE","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2011-10-27","latestIssueDate":"2012-08-15","expirationDate":"2013-07-31","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"547443","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"HRB TAX GROUP INC (H & R BLOCK)","legalName":"HRB TAX GROUP INC","issuedDate":"2011-10-27","latestIssueDate":"2012-08-15","closureDate":"2013-07-31","expirationDate":"2013-07-31","inactiveDate":null,"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":["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":"Use permit #187621: COMPLETED.","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: GP-2023-003809 (Expired), CP-2023-005337 (Expired), EP-2023-010002 (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":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Jul 24, 2025","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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Dumpster License - Private Property #547443: 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":"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":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. 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/"}]}