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SEE APP# 685211 FOR KITCHEN HOOD FIRE SUPPRESSION PERMIT."},{"number":"685211","date":"2016-04-26","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-03-24","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ONE (1) UL 300 LISTED WET CHEMICAL EXTINGUISING SYSTEM WITH FLOW POINTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 17A. FIRE SUPRESSION SYSTEM WITH TWENTY (20) FLOW POINTS TO SERVE EXISTING 20' KITCHEN HOOD. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS, PLEASE SEE AP# 685210 FOR APPROVED KITCHEN HOOD/VENTILATION SYSTEM."},{"number":"683303","date":"2016-07-29","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-07-29","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ONE INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED FLAT WALL SIGN ACCESSORY TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED USE AS A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT. SIGN SPANS 6625-6627 CASTOR AVE. TOTAL SIGN COVARGE 10'-4\"."},{"number":"688152","date":"2017-04-11","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-08-15","scope":"FOR ALTERATIONS AT AN EXISTING STRUCTURE TO INCLUDE NEW EXTERIOR REAR STAIR INSTALLATION AT BASEMENT AND 2ND FLR LEVEL, AND NEW FRONT EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS TO BE PROVIDED FOR AN ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY WITH ACCESSORY STORAGE AT THE 2ND STORY WITH EXISTING BREACH IN PARTY WALL. (IEBC 2009, COMPLIANCE PATH: CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION, HIGHER LVL) **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ANY ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS.**"},{"number":"815310","date":"2017-09-12","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-09-28","scope":"CURB TRAP REPLACEMENT PA201720172550540(SFD)"},{"number":"824037","date":"2017-10-16","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-12-11","scope":"REMOVE EXISTING GYPSUM WALL BOARD AT CEILING AND WALLS AND REMOVE SECTIONS OF NON-STRUCTURAL SLAB AT BASEMENT TO ACCOMODATE NEW PLUMBING PIPING AT 2ND, 1ST AND BASEMENT FLOORS. UPON COMPLETION OF NEW PLUMBING WORK - RESTORE AFFECTED AREAS BY INSTALLING NEW GWB PER THE 2009 IBC CODE AT WALLS AND CEILINGS AND 3000# CONCRETE AT BASEMENT SLAB."},{"number":"815195","date":"2017-11-21","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-03-24","scope":"INSTALL 400AMP SERVICE,REPLACE (4)100AMP MAIN PANEL FOR (2)200AMP MAIN PANEL.REPLACE 60AMP SUB PANEL FOR NEW(2) 100 SUBPANEL AND REPLACE 10 RECEPTACLES AND 8 SWITCHES. 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SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"CP-2020-006756","date":"2021-02-24","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR MINOR INTERIOR ALTERATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FENCES (FOR SEATING SEPARATION) AND A PROPOSED OUTSIDE SEATING AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY (COMPLETELY WITHIN THE PROPERTY LINES) AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"ZP-2024-009136","date":"2026-01-14","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":"2025-04-29","scope":"Assembly and Entertainment - Nightclubs and Public Entertainment Venues"}],"storyTag":"Renovated & sold on","storyDelta":2.21,"timeline":[{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"20 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×4"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2026,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2026,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal complete"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×6"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"782892","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Expired","businessName":"DAROSS INC (EL MESON RESTAURANT)","legalName":"DAROSS INC (EL MESON RESTAURANT)","address":"6625 CASTOR AVE","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2018-07-12","latestIssueDate":"2025-07-09","expirationDate":"2026-07-11","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"845615","type":"Sidewalk Cafe (Temporary)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"Daross Inc","legalName":"Daross Inc","address":"6625 CASTOR AVE","revenueCode":"3123","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2020-07-09","latestIssueDate":"2021-12-22","expirationDate":"2023-01-01","inactiveDate":"2023-03-01"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"845615","type":"Sidewalk Cafe (Temporary)","businessName":"Daross Inc","legalName":"Daross Inc","issuedDate":"2020-07-09","latestIssueDate":"2021-12-22","closureDate":"2023-03-01","expirationDate":"2023-01-01","inactiveDate":"2023-03-01","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"782892","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"DAROSS INC (EL MESON RESTAURANT)","legalName":"DAROSS INC (EL MESON RESTAURANT)","issuedDate":"2018-07-12","latestIssueDate":"2025-07-09","closureDate":"2026-07-11","expirationDate":"2026-07-11","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Expired","statusLabel":"Expired","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["18 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"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":["1 permit event since 2023","2 zoning/board appeals 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":"Appeal #9762: CLOSED · Granted with conditions; related permit 228623. Use permit #644230: COMPLETED. The history also contains “NEW 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: CP-2020-006756 (Issued).","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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"18 open L&I violations","finding":"29 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Sep 23, 2026; Special Hazards Certification: Certified through Dec 30, 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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"23 failed, 7 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Jun 30, 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":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #782892: Expired; Sidewalk Cafe (Temporary) #845615: Inactive since Mar 1, 2023","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/"}]}