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SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION."},{"number":"26592","date":"2019-10-02","work":"Temporary Tents and Canopies","type":"Operations","description":"Operations Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2019-10-02","scope":null},{"number":"1021893","date":"2019-12-03","work":"New Construction","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-08-30","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW 4 STORY BUILDING OF TYPE IIIA CONSTRUCTION WITH A PARTIAL BASEMENT AND PARTIAL ROOF DECK. GALLERY AND MERCANTILE SPACES ARE LOCATED ON LEVEL 1. UPPER FLOORS TO CONTAIN BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES AND ARTISAN INDUSTRIAL STUDIOS. ALL WORK AS PER PLANS. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL PLUMBING AND FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK. AMENDMENT (12/23/2020) TO CORRECT THE FIRE RATING OF THE VESTIBLE PER REVISED PLANS."},{"number":"PP-2020-000104","date":"2020-08-12","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-08-29","scope":"New construction interior piping to multi-story art studio including utility sinks, mop receptors, bathrooms, floor drains, etc. Water service and curb trap by others."},{"number":"FP-2020-001008","date":"2020-10-12","work":"New Construction","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-08-30","scope":"INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM COMPLYING WITH NFPA 13 THROUGHOUT AN EXISTING STRUCTURE TO INCLUDE 6 \" MAIN FIRE SERVICE LINE AND 6\" DC WILKINS 350 BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY AS PER APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA."},{"number":"EP-2021-004151","date":"2021-05-24","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-03-31","scope":"Install Fire Alarm and SMOKE/HEAT Detection System . All tamper switches ,flow switches ,Remote power booster ALL WORK TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS.2017 NEC and 2018 PHILA FIRE CODE."},{"number":"EP-2021-003052","date":"2021-07-16","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-03-31","scope":"INSTALL A 2000 AMP SERVICE AND DISTRIBUTION PANELS, INSTALL A FIRE PUMP SERVICE. PROVIDE WIRING THROUGHOUT FOR LIGHTING INDOOR AND OUT, NORMAL AND EMERGENCY, SWITCHES, LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM, RECEPTACLES,TWO WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. PROVIDE POWER FOR THE MECHANICAL, HVAC AND MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 2017 NEC. ** NO FIRE ALARM WORK INCLUDED ON THIS PERMIT"},{"number":"PP-2021-018816","date":"2021-10-14","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-04-20","scope":"Install 2 (8\") curb traps and fresh air inlets"},{"number":"MP-2021-006909","date":"2021-11-17","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-08-30","scope":"INSTALLATION OF NEW HVAC SYSTEM FOR A NEW ARTIST STUDIO BUILDING TO INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF EXHAUST HOODS AND ALL OTHER MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AS PER APPROVED PLANS. *2018 IMC REVIEW*"}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":18.64,"timeline":[{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Operations"},{"y":2019,"k":"sale","p":1375000},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning admin review"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Temporary Tents and Canopies"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 28% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $812,200 to $1,039,500","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":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #220069: 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":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Oct 9, 2025; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Oct 21, 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":"dated-tax-balance","level":"attention","title":"A dated tax balance needs a current payoff","finding":"$24,844.79 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2020–2021.","why":"That is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.","action":"Check period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"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 Jan 13, 2009.","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":"full-tax-exemption","level":"verify","title":"OPA shows a full exemption; its legal basis is unverified","finding":"OPA currently marks the land and building assessment fully tax-exempt; BlockReport does not receive the exemption determination or basis.","why":"Full OPA exemptions can have different legal bases, including government, religious, charitable/institutional, veteran, or other treatment. The current owner/use record is not a buyer’s tax forecast.","action":"Confirm the exact exemption basis, buyer eligibility, and next tax-year treatment directly with OPA.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/office-of-property-assessment/tax-exemptions-and-abatements/"}],"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/"}]}