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EXISTING TWO (2) STORY STRUCTURE TO REMAIN."},{"number":"410112","date":"2012-06-19","work":"Use","type":"ZP_USE","description":"USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-06-19","scope":"FOR USE AS SEVEN (7) PRIVATE ARTIST STUDIOS, NO USES AS DEFINED PER. 14-1605(2), WITHIN AN EXISTING TWO (2) STORY ATTACHED BUILDING WITH MEZZANINE; NO CHANGE IN HEIGHT OR AREA, NO SIGNS THIS PERMIT."},{"number":"389919","date":"2012-07-24","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-08-20","scope":"INTERIOR/EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS PER PLAN TO AN EXISTING TWO (2) STORY ATTACHED STRUCTURE TO ALTER WORK SPACES, TO INCLUDE INFILL/OPENING OF INTERIOR/EXTERIOR WALLS AND FOR THE ERECTION OF A MEZZANINE ON THE SECOND (2ND) FLOOR. SEPARATE PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL OR PLUMBING WORK."},{"number":"449766","date":"2013-01-23","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-05-04","scope":"REPLACE EXISTING 200AMP 3PHASE 240V SERVICE UPGRADE PANEL TO 40 CIRCUIT FROM SMALLER PANEL PER 2008 NEC (COMMERCIAL)"},{"number":"463117","date":"2013-04-04","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-08-06","scope":"ROUGH IN 2 3PC BATHROOM, 2 2PC BATHROOM, 5 LAUNDRY TUBS, KITCHEN SINK, 2 SHOWERS, SUPPLY HOT & COLD WATER TO EACH FIXTURE, INSTALL 6 20 GAL ELECTRIC HOT WATER HEATERS (STUDIO)"},{"number":"470324","date":"2013-06-27","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":null,"scope":"PROVIDE ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION FOR 7 STUDIOS AND 1 OFFICE WITH 400 AMP SERVICE PER 2008 NEC. INSTALLATION TO COMPLY WITH ARTICLE 210.63 OF THE 2008 NEC."},{"number":"872397","date":"2018-05-01","work":"Alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":null,"scope":"TEAR OFF EXISTING ROOFING TOP MAIN ROOF AND LOWER SECTION(AROUND DRAIN)REPLACE ROTTEN PLYWOOD, IF NEEDED. EXTEND TOP MAIN ROOF WITH LOWER A FRAME. MECHANICALLY FASTEN 1/2\" MD BOARD INTO ENTIRE ROOF. MECHANICALLY FASTEN 0.60 TPO MEMBRANE FULLY ADHERE ALL PARAPET WALLS AND SECURE WITH TERMINATION BARS."},{"number":"ZP-2026-007388","date":"2026-07-01","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Retail Sales - Consumer Goods"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2006,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 29% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $577,700 to $746,200","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":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #410112: 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: 872397 (EXPIRED).","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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"1 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Oct 27, 2006.","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":"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 and appears related-party/family-held.","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/"}],"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/"}]}