Neighborhood File · The Public Record
Sheriff-sale activityPhiladelphia
West Powelton
West Powelton: 171 permits, $22.83M in deals, 2 sheriff-sale flags in the last 12 months.
Owed to the city $859,536 across 81 delinquent parcels
The numbers · last 12 months
- Permits
- 171
- New units
- 188
- New licenses
- 6
- Median sale
- $425K
- Deal $ volume
- $22.83M
- Violations
- 258
- Tax-delinquent
- 81
Permit & deal figures cover the last 12 months; violations and tax delinquencies are the current standing. Same definitions the metro map shades by.
Notable transfers
12 entries
The biggest recorded deeds on the public record here, largest first.
Recent permits
12 entries
Newest building permits — new construction, additions and alterations.
- Issued Aug 26, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Replace existing furnace and AC unit only, in like and kind, no new ductwork
- Issued Aug 22, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Replace existing furnace and AC only, in like and kind, using existing ductwork
- Issued Aug 22, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Replace existing furnace and AC only, in like and kind, using existing ductwork
- Issued Aug 22, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Replace existing furnace and AC only, in like and kind, using existing ductwork
- Issued Aug 21, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Replace existing furnace and AC only, in like and kind, using existing ductwork
- Issued Aug 21, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Replace existing furnace and AC only, in like and kind, using existing ductwork
- Issued Aug 21, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Replace existing furnace and AC only, in like and kind, using existing ductwork
- Issued Aug 21, 2026
Addition and/or Alteration · Provide labor & material to install all SSI supplied devices, modules, relays, bell, pulls & Control panel for Cybercat 50 Preaction System as per drawing and 2016 NFPA 72.
- Issued Aug 21, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Replace existing furnace and AC only, in like and kind, using existing ductwork
- Issued Aug 20, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. MULTI FAMILY - EACH HVAC UNIT TO BE SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN EACH DWELLING UNIT. NO PENETRATIONS OF RATED ASSEMBLIES. Replace (2) existing furnaces and (2) AC units only, in like and kind. (1) furnace and AC unit for each dwelling, using existing ductwork.
- Issued Aug 20, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. MULTI FAMILY - EACH HVAC UNIT TO BE SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN EACH DWELLING UNIT. NO PENETRATIONS OF RATED ASSEMBLIES. Replace (2) existing furnaces and (2) AC units only, in like and kind. (1) furnace and AC unit for each dwelling, using existing ductwork.
- Issued Aug 20, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. MULTI FAMILY - EACH HVAC UNIT TO BE SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN EACH DWELLING UNIT. NO PENETRATIONS OF RATED ASSEMBLIES. Replace (2) existing furnaces and (2) AC units only, in like and kind. (1) furnace and AC unit for each dwelling, using existing ductwork.
New business licenses
6 entries
The newest businesses licensed to operate on this ground.
- Issued Aug 3, 2026
CAMPUS MINI MARKET INC
Food Preparing and Serving · 401 N 40th St
- Issued Apr 27, 2026
Riverstone Management Group, LLC (SHIBAM)
Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) · 3748 Lancaster Ave
- Issued Apr 20, 2026
PHILLY KABAB INC
Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) · 3748 Lancaster Ave
- Issued Dec 1, 2025
PLANT AND PEOPLE
Food Preparing and Serving · 3952-54 Lancaster Ave
- Issued Oct 18, 2025
REMAX PRIME REAL ESTATE
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 328 N 41st St
- Issued Oct 1, 2025
PHH Mortgage Corp (PHH Mortgage Corp )
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 49 N 46th St
On the record — distress
The signals that matter for diligence — back taxes, sheriff-sale filings, and open code violations tied to parcels in West Powelton.
Tax-delinquent parcels
$859,536 owed
- Sheriff sale7 yrs owed
$21,008
- Sheriff sale4 yrs owed
$3,107
- 20 yrs owed
$73,301
- 14 yrs owed
$71,798
- 4 yrs owed
$50,408
- 20 yrs owed
$37,388
- 12 yrs owed
$29,285
- 22 yrs owed
$28,299
- 22 yrs owed
$27,913
- 25 yrs owed
$26,138
- 20 yrs owed
$24,335
- 24 yrs owed
$19,297
Code violations & unsafe structures
- Unsafe Jul 14, 2026ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jun 10, 2026ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Apr 16, 2026ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jun 9, 2025ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe May 19, 2025ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jul 13, 2023ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Feb 19, 2022ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Feb 12, 2020ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jan 18, 2019ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Violation Aug 26, 2026OPEN
PEST ELIMINATION INFESTATION
- Violation Aug 26, 2026OPEN
STORAGE
- Violation Aug 26, 2026OPEN
NEW USE
Get the weekly pulse for West Powelton
Every deal, permit, and filing on this ground — one email a week, before the neighbors know.
Sources: Phila. Dept. of Records (deeds), L&I (permits, licenses & violations), Dept. of Revenue (tax delinquencies), tagged to neighborhoods by point-in-polygon in our weekly ingest. Neighborhood boundaries from the Azavea / OpenDataPhilly Philadelphia neighborhoods dataset. Verify independently before relying on any figure.
Last generated September 18, 2026.