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SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION / PLANS."},{"number":"CP-2022-004928","date":"2023-02-09","work":"New Construction","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-05-03","scope":"NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE (1) STORY SPECULATIVE WAREHOUSE BUILDING AS PER APPROVED PLANS. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED PER NFPA 13. WORK TO INCLUDE ASSOCIATED PARKING LOT AND FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROAD. SEE SP-2022-000546 FOR SITE GRADING TO RAISE BUILDING AREA OUT OF SFHA PER FEMA CLOMR-F. FINAL LOMR-F REQUIRED PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. *2018 IBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP & FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"SP-2022-000546","date":"2023-02-13","work":"General Earth Disturbance ONLY","type":"Site / Utility Permit","description":"Site / Utility Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-08-20","scope":"SITEWORK TO INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF FILL TO RAISE THE SITE GRADE ELEVATION FOR LOT 'B' AS PER APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEMA CLOMR-F DATED 12/16/2021. *2018 IBC REVIEW*"},{"number":"MP-2023-000974","date":"2023-04-14","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-05-01","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW HVAC SYSTEMS, ASSOCIATED DUCT WORK, ROOFTOP UNITS, DUCTLESS SYSTEMS, AND REGISTERS/DIFFUSERS AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, FIRE SUPPRESSION"},{"number":"PP-2023-002166","date":"2023-05-08","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-05-01","scope":"Rough In and Finish (7) Floor Drains (7) Hose Bibbs (1) Hot Water Heater (1) Kitchen Sink (2) Laundry Sinks (16) Lavs (20) Roof Drains (14) WC (6) Urinals (2) Drinking Fountains (OTHER)"},{"number":"EP-2023-002152","date":"2023-06-09","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-02-23","scope":"Install a 4000A 480v service, and distribution and branch wiring and equipment for core and shell warehouse facility ,wire diesel engine fire pump related equipment. **SEPARATE PERMIT REQ'D FOR FITOUT . THIS IS FOR CORE&SHELL-NO FIRE ALARM ON THIS** Amendment: New office area electrical installations"},{"number":"FP-2023-000947","date":"2023-07-14","work":"New Construction","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-05-01","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW AUTOMATIC WET SPRINKLER SYSTEM THROUGHOUT A ONE (1) STORY WAREHOUSE STRUCTURE TO INCLUDE A TEN (10) INCH FIRE SERVICE LINE AND TO BE SERVED BY A TEN (10) INCH BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AND FIRE PUMP. AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13. FIRE PUMP TO BE INSTALLED IN A COMPLIANT FIRE PUMP ROOM IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 20. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. IF SITE CONDITIONS VARY, CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO START OF WORK. SEE CP-2022-004928 FOR ASSOCIATED BUILDING PERMIT."},{"number":"EP-2023-004202","date":"2023-08-09","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-02-20","scope":"Furnish and install fire alarms and devices per plans as per 2016 NFPA 72."},{"number":"CP-2026-004072","date":"2026-07-21","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION AND ERECTION OF PARTITION WALLS, PROVIDE FINISHES/FURNISHINGS AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT. FOR USE AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. ***************** SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK. ******************************************"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"General Earth Disturbance ONLY"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","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":["8 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: CP-2026-004072 (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":"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":"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":"building-certifications","level":"clear","title":"Filed system certifications are current in this dataset","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Jun 23, 2027","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/"}]}