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WORK ALSO TO INCLUDE THE ERECTION OF PARTITION WALLS, PROVIDE FINISHES/FURNISHINGS, AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED PER NFPA 13. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN PROFESSIONAL PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK.**ASBESTOS REMEDIATION REQUIRED PRIOR TO START OF WORK** AMENDED AS OF 9/5/2023 FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED SPRINKLER SYSTEM PER BBS VARIANCE**"},{"number":"EP-2023-005994","date":"2023-07-18","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-07-27","scope":"Install 400A service w/ 400A main service rated disconnect. Panel,all lighting and receptacles,tel,dat wiring,em.lighting Equipment hook-ups . Install fire alarm system. 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Sizes and locations as shown on plans."},{"number":"GP-2025-001723","date":"2025-03-14","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-03-28","scope":"FOR THE REMOVAL OF ONE (1) EXISTING ACCESSORY ROOF SIGN, FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE (1) NON-ILLUMINATED ACCESSORY WALL SIGN, AND FOR THE REFACING OF ONE (1) EXISTING ACCESSORY DOUBLE-FACED FREESTANDING SIGN AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEE ZP-2025-001399 FOR ZONING APPROVAL."},{"number":"CP-2026-000066","date":"2026-02-13","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-04-08","scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATION WITHOUT CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION TO THE EXISTING WHOLESALE AND DISTRIBUTION AS PER APPROVED PLANS. 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SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"EP-2026-001485","date":"2026-03-30","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-04-06","scope":"Install 1 power pole for new service counter using existing circuits and 4 quad outlets install 60 amp circuit and disconnect for the RTU unit Reuse 6 exit/em lights in the new drop ceiling Install new customer-supplied 2x4 LED lay-in fixtures. ***NO FIRE ALARM WORK ON THIS PERMIT***"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2021,"k":"sale","p":2400000},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal approved"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"549196","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE","legalName":"UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE","address":"2500 SNYDER AVE","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2011-11-22","latestIssueDate":"2011-11-22","expirationDate":"2012-07-31","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"549196","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE","legalName":"UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE","issuedDate":"2011-11-22","latestIssueDate":"2011-11-22","closureDate":"2012-07-31","expirationDate":"2012-07-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"elevated","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 10 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2021","permit activity in 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"building-certifications","level":"urgent","title":"A life-safety certification is deficient","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Deficient","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":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #CP-2023-002853: Completed · Approved.","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":"2 permits not marked completed: GP-2021-002080 (Expired), EP-2022-007833 (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/"},{"id":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Dumpster License - Private Property #549196: 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/"}]}