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NO CHANGES IN STRUCTURE HEIGHT OR AREA.SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION."},{"number":"894031","date":"2018-10-17","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-01-26","scope":"NEW INTERIOR MEZZANINE IN AN EXISTING ONE STORY BUILDING"},{"number":"974289","date":"2019-05-21","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-07-06","scope":"FIRST FLOOR INSTALL 1 WC, 1 LAV, 1 LAUNDRY TUB. SECOND FLOOR INSTALL 1 WC, 1 LAV, 1 STAND SHOWER."},{"number":"974527","date":"2019-06-10","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-01-26","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HVAC SCOPE AS INDICATED ON PROVIDED DRAWINGS - SCOPE TO INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF THREE (3) ROOFTOP UNITS WITH ALL REQUIRED DUCT WORK. APPLIANCES TO BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"981326","date":"2019-06-21","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-01-26","scope":"FOR LEVEL I ALTERATIONS TO THE FRONT FACADE OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE (WHOLESALE SALES AND DISTRIBUTION USE) AS PER APPROVED PLANS. **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ANY WORK NOT SHOWN ON PLANS. NO SIGN INSTALLATION THIS PERMIT**"},{"number":"1021387","date":"2020-02-18","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2020-02-18","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ADDITION (MEZZANINE) WITHIN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, FOR USE AS BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE."},{"number":"1025116","date":"2020-02-18","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-04-11","scope":"FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MEZZANINE WITHIN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, AND FOR INTERIOR ALTERATIONS THROUGHOUT, INCLUDING NEW INTERIOR PARTITIONS AND INTERIOR FINISHES TO CREATE OFFICE SPACE, AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"ZP-2022-013224","date":"2023-01-18","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Office - Business and Professional"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2014,"k":"sale","p":850000},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-28","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 43% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $1,079,000 to $1,547,200","no permit shown in 2026-2028"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #487200: 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":"1 permit not marked completed: 1025116 (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/"}],"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/"}]}