{"asOf":"2026-07-22T17:50:56.364Z","block":"3600-3699 GRAYS FERRY AVE","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/3600-3699-grays-ferry-ave","address":"3605 GRAYS FERRY AVE","parcelNumber":"884123105","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=884123105","ownerType":"investor","kind":"industrial","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"LB1","buildingCodeNew":"811","buildingClass":"IND LIGHT MFG MASONRY+OTH","buildingClassNew":"GOV'T MUNICIPAL/STATE/FEDERAL","useLabel":"Industrial","owner":"WASTE MANAGEMENT","coOwner":null,"marketValue":6015200,"landAssessment":2406000,"improvementAssessment":3609200,"livableArea":80785,"yearBuilt":2012,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2013-12-06T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":1,"violations":[{"number":"VI-2025-089896","date":"2025-11-17","code":"F-901.6","title":"INSPECTION, TESTING & MAINTENANCE\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2026-04-16","resolution":"COMPLIED - LICENSE/CERTIFICATE/REPORT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2026-021832","date":"2026-04-16","code":"F-105.6.6","title":"WASTE HANDLING\n","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}],"violationCases":[{"number":"CF-2025-124949","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"QOL FIRE SAFETY INVESTIGATOR","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2025-11-17","completedDate":"2026-04-16","violations":[{"number":"VI-2025-089896","date":"2025-11-17","code":"F-901.6","title":"INSPECTION, TESTING & MAINTENANCE\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2026-04-16","resolution":"COMPLIED - LICENSE/CERTIFICATE/REPORT OBTAINED"}]},{"number":"CF-2026-036050","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"QOL FIRE SAFETY INVESTIGATOR","status":"IN VIOLATION","createdDate":"2026-04-16","completedDate":null,"violations":[{"number":"VI-2026-021832","date":"2026-04-16","code":"F-105.6.6","title":"WASTE HANDLING\n","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2025,"n":1,"worst":null},{"y":2026,"n":1,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"CF-2025-124949","date":"2025-11-17","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2025-124949","date":"2026-02-14","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2026-036050","date":"2026-04-16","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2025-124949","date":"2026-04-16","type":null,"status":"PASSED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2025,"fails":1,"passes":0},{"y":2026,"fails":2,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.94134091065619,"lng":-75.20235926414709,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.200995572,39.941713066],[-75.201430718,39.940456197],[-75.202363252,39.940698939],[-75.203748265,39.941008975],[-75.203315858,39.942187798],[-75.200995572,39.941713066]]]},"liDistrict":"CENTRAL WEST","certifications":[{"number":"BC-2024-007682","type":"Fire Alarm Certification","inspectionDate":"2023-12-06","result":"Deficient","expirationDate":null,"buildingId":"1494845"},{"number":"BC-2024-028143","type":"Sprinkler Certification","inspectionDate":"2024-10-10","result":"Deficient","expirationDate":null,"buildingId":"1493553"},{"number":"BC-2025-000290","type":"Sprinkler Certification","inspectionDate":"2024-10-11","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2025-10-11","buildingId":"1493553"},{"number":"BC-2025-027050","type":"Sprinkler Certification","inspectionDate":"2025-10-14","result":"Deficient","expirationDate":null,"buildingId":"1493553"},{"number":"BC-2025-028130","type":"Fire Alarm Certification","inspectionDate":"2025-10-27","result":"Deficient","expirationDate":null,"buildingId":"1493553"},{"number":"BC-2025-031805","type":"Sprinkler Certification","inspectionDate":"2025-12-04","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2026-12-04","buildingId":"1493553"}],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19146","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":303620,"zoning":"I3","grade":"C","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"3605 GRAYS FERRY AVE, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19146","mailOut":false,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":4400000,"taxable":4400000,"land":371300,"improvement":4028700,"taxableLand":371300,"taxableImprovement":4028700,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2017,"v":4400000,"taxable":4400000,"land":371300,"improvement":4028700,"taxableLand":371300,"taxableImprovement":4028700,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2018,"v":4532300,"taxable":4532300,"land":906460,"improvement":3625840,"taxableLand":906460,"taxableImprovement":3625840,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2019,"v":4847100,"taxable":4847100,"land":895679,"improvement":3951421,"taxableLand":895679,"taxableImprovement":3951421,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2020,"v":4878600,"taxable":4878600,"land":901500,"improvement":3977100,"taxableLand":901500,"taxableImprovement":3977100,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2021,"v":4878600,"taxable":4878600,"land":901500,"improvement":3977100,"taxableLand":901500,"taxableImprovement":3977100,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2022,"v":4878600,"taxable":4878600,"land":901500,"improvement":3977100,"taxableLand":901500,"taxableImprovement":3977100,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2023,"v":5122600,"taxable":5122600,"land":1536780,"improvement":3585820,"taxableLand":1536780,"taxableImprovement":3585820,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2024,"v":5122600,"taxable":5122600,"land":1536780,"improvement":3585820,"taxableLand":1536780,"taxableImprovement":3585820,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2025,"v":5897300,"taxable":5897300,"land":1769190,"improvement":4128110,"taxableLand":1769190,"taxableImprovement":4128110,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2026,"v":5897300,"taxable":5897300,"land":1769190,"improvement":4128110,"taxableLand":1769190,"taxableImprovement":4128110,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2027,"v":6015200,"taxable":6015200,"land":2406000,"improvement":3609200,"taxableLand":2406000,"taxableImprovement":3609200,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":82550,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"501372","date":"2013-10-18","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-11-08","scope":"INSTALLATION OF 2 NEW 909 RPZ BFP IN MAINTENANCE SHOP AND INSTALLATION OF 1 NEW 009 RPZ BFP IN THE WATER LINE SERVING SCALE TRAILER AND INSTALL 2 009 RPZ BFP TRASH BUILIDNG(WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANT)"},{"number":"566041","date":"2014-10-24","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-09-04","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW 6\"BACKFLOW PREVENTER TO AN EXISTING AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"283600","type":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing","status":"Inactive","businessName":"WASTE MGTMT OF PA INC","legalName":"WASTE MGTMT OF PA INC","address":"3605 GRAYS FERRY AVE","revenueCode":"3311","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-03-10","latestIssueDate":"2015-07-23","expirationDate":"2015-12-31","inactiveDate":"2016-02-29"},{"number":"285033","type":"Hazardous Materials","status":"Inactive","businessName":"WASTE MGMT OF PHILADELPHIA","legalName":"WASTE MGMT OF PHILADELPHIA","address":"3605 GRAYS FERRY AVE","revenueCode":"3335","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-12-27","latestIssueDate":"2025-02-10","expirationDate":"2025-12-31","inactiveDate":"2026-03-01"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"285033","type":"Hazardous Materials","businessName":"WASTE MGMT OF PHILADELPHIA","legalName":"WASTE MGMT OF PHILADELPHIA","issuedDate":"2004-12-27","latestIssueDate":"2025-02-10","closureDate":"2026-03-01","expirationDate":"2025-12-31","inactiveDate":"2026-03-01","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"283600","type":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing","businessName":"WASTE MGTMT OF PA INC","legalName":"WASTE MGTMT OF PA INC","issuedDate":"2004-03-10","latestIssueDate":"2015-07-23","closureDate":"2016-02-29","expirationDate":"2015-12-31","inactiveDate":"2016-02-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-21","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"watch","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","failed L&I inspection activity in 2025, 2026"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"building-certifications","level":"urgent","title":"A life-safety certification is deficient","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Deficient; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Dec 4, 2026","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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"1 open L&I violation","finding":"2 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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"3 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Apr 16, 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":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing #283600: Inactive since Feb 29, 2016; Hazardous Materials #285033: Inactive since Mar 1, 2026","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/"}]}