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Size, locations, and access easements per approved Plat."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Lot Line Relocation"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"888422","type":"Food Estab, Retail Non-Permanent Location (Annual)","status":"Active","businessName":"MAMA SMOOTHIES LLC (Partnership)","legalName":"MAMA SMOOTHIES LLC","address":"5525 WHITAKER AVE","revenueCode":"3112","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2022-02-25","latestIssueDate":"2026-03-06","expirationDate":"2027-02-24","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"888423","type":"Vendor - Motor Vehicle Sales","status":"Active","businessName":"MAMA SMOOTHIES LLC (Partnership)","legalName":"MAMA SMOOTHIES LLC","address":"5525 WHITAKER AVE","revenueCode":"3279","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2022-02-25","latestIssueDate":"2026-03-06","expirationDate":"2027-02-24","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"888422","type":"Food Estab, Retail Non-Permanent Location (Annual)","businessName":"MAMA SMOOTHIES LLC (Partnership)","legalName":"MAMA SMOOTHIES LLC","issuedDate":"2022-02-25","latestIssueDate":"2026-03-06","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-02-24","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"888423","type":"Vendor - Motor Vehicle Sales","businessName":"MAMA SMOOTHIES LLC (Partnership)","legalName":"MAMA SMOOTHIES LLC","issuedDate":"2022-02-25","latestIssueDate":"2026-03-06","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-02-24","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 273% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $1,096,000 to $4,084,400","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":"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.","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/"}]}