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Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work."},{"number":"PP-2025-008926","date":"2025-07-17","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2026-07-20","scope":"SEAL LATERAL FOR DEMO."},{"number":"GM-2025-005761","date":"2025-07-18","work":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"INTEROR NON-LOAD-BEARING WALL DEMOLITION - For the interior demolition on NON-Load-Bearing partition walls and ceilings as per attached standard. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Structural alteration or repair is expressly PROHIBITED under this permit. Prohibited structural work includes but not limited to any modification to exterior walls, party wall, floor/roof framing and foundations, including underpinning, excavation and removal of foundation slab. Separate Streets Department permit required for sidewalk and street closures. Interior non-structural demolition of commercial space."},{"number":"ZP-2025-007250","date":"2025-09-04","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE FULL DEMOLTION OF TWO (2) STRUCTURES (BIN # 1184748 AND BIN # 1184877), SEVERAL UNIDENTIFIED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND SELECT DEMOLITION TO THE PRINCIPLE STRUCTURE (BIN # 1184748) INCLUDING SMOKE STACK. SIZE/LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE APPLICATION AND PLANS. **NO EARTH DISTURBANCE WITH THIS PERMIT - ALL DEMOLITION IS TO GRADE**"},{"number":"CP-2025-005542","date":"2025-11-03","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"LEVEL III ALTERATIONS (NO CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY) FOR RENOVATIONS TO AN EXISTING ONE-STORY FACTORY/WAREHOUSE BUILDING AS PER APPROVED PLANS. EXISTING BUILDING FULLY SPRINKLERED. *2018 IEBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP & FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"DP-2025-000957","date":"2025-11-05","work":"Major Demolition","type":"Demolition","description":"Demolition Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-12-16","scope":"FOR THE COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF ONE (1) 80'-0\" TALL MASONRY SMOKE STACK AND FOUR (4) ONE-STORY DETACHED MASONRY OUTBUILDINGS AND FOR PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF THE PRINCIPAL MASONRY STRUCTURE ON THE SAME LOT. DEMOLITION OF SMOKE STACK TO BE DONE BY HAND AND WITH HAND TOOLS AND USE OF ARTICULATING AERIAL LIFT. DEMOLITION AND PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF OTHER STRUCTURES TO BE DONE WITH MECHANICAL DEMOLITION EQUIPMENT. ALL PERMITTED DEMOLITION ACTIVITY TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED SITE SAFETY DEMOLITION PLAN & SUCH PLAN TO BE MAINTAINED ON SITE AT ALL TIMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH PHILADELPHIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. ANY DEVIATION WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDED BUILDING PERMIT. **ASBESTOS ABATEMENT REQUIRED.** **WAIVER GRANTED FOR SLABS TO REMAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION B-3303.12 OF THE PHILADELPHIA BUILDING CODE**"},{"number":"PP-2025-011853","date":"2025-11-14","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"New bottling plant for Coca-Cola. New piping to 5' outside of building. (43) FD (3) Hot Water Heaters (36) HD - OTHER (10) Eyewash - OTHER (3) SK 1, 2, 3 (29) Roof Drains (1) Rough-In of aboveground Piping (12) Water Closets (4) Urinals (1) Drinking Fountain - OTHER (2) Mop Sinks - OTHER (2) CB - OTHER"},{"number":"MP-2025-005931","date":"2025-11-20","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"INSTALLATION OF HVAC AND FUEL GAS SYSTEMS FOR A FACTORY/WAREHOUSE AS PER APPROVED PLANS. *2018 IMC REVIEW*"},{"number":"EP-2025-011033","date":"2025-12-16","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Install new service, temporary service, panels and feeders, transformer, lights, wiring devices, low voltage outlet boxes .Install fire alarm system . ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC,2016 NFPA-72."},{"number":"EP-2026-001833","date":"2026-04-01","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Install conduit, wiring, and supports from owner-furnished control panels to serve twenty-one (21) product pumps, four (4) tank heaters, four (4) UV lights, associated 24VDC power supplies, and two hundred forty (240) 24VDC cord-connected control devices. Work includes all required raceways, conductors, terminations, and supports to complete the connections between control panels and equipment. All work shall be performed in accordance with the 2017 NEC and per approved plans."},{"number":"ZP-2026-000996","date":"2026-04-15","work":"Combined Lot Line Relocation and New Dev…","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE RELOCATION OF LOT LINES TO CONSOLIDATE TWO (2) ZONING LOTS (635-53 EAST ERIE AVENUE) & (725 EAST ERIE AVENUE) INTO A SINGLE LOT (LOT “A”); SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE PLAN."},{"number":"EP-2026-003420","date":"2026-05-27","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"INSTALL POWER & DISTRIBUTION FOR WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM OF 480V PUMPS & MOTORS , 24V CONTROL CIRCUITS FOR MOTORS. ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC."}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo."},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Major Demolition"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"demo"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Combined Lot Line Relocation and New Dev…"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"300852","type":"Outdoor Advertising Sign","status":"Closed","businessName":"CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR","legalName":"CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR","address":"635-53 E ERIE AVE","revenueCode":"3708","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-02-05","latestIssueDate":"2005-04-20","expirationDate":"2007-03-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"282402","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"HOUSEHOLD METALS INC","legalName":"HOUSEHOLD METALS INC","address":"635-53 E ERIE AVE","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2005-01-28","latestIssueDate":"2005-01-28","expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"282402","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"HOUSEHOLD METALS INC","legalName":"HOUSEHOLD METALS INC","issuedDate":"2005-01-28","latestIssueDate":"2005-01-28","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"300852","type":"Outdoor Advertising Sign","businessName":"CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR","legalName":"CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR","issuedDate":"2004-02-05","latestIssueDate":"2005-04-20","closureDate":"2007-03-31","expirationDate":"2007-03-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Closed","statusLabel":"Closed","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-27","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":["11 permit events since 2023","demolition activity since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 35% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $2,189,000 to $2,965,600","no permit shown in 2022-2024"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"10 permits not marked completed: PP-2023-005181 (Issued), GM-2025-006670 (Issued), PP-2025-008926 (Expired), GM-2025-005761 (Issued), CP-2025-005542 (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":"building-certifications","level":"verify","title":"A fire-system permit exists, but no annual certification matched","finding":"2 fire/suppression-related permits matched; the fetched BIN certification feed returned no row.","why":"Installed systems in mixed-use and larger buildings generally require periodic certification, but applicability and limited-area exceptions vary. A missing BIN/address join is not proof of a compliance failure.","action":"Confirm what system was installed and whether a current annual certificate is required and filed.","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":"Outdoor Advertising Sign #300852: Closed; Dumpster License - Private Property #282402: 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/"}],"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/"}]}