City of Philadelphia

Philadelphia Building Demolitions

Name: Philadelphia Building Demolitions
Creator: City of Philadelphia

This inventory records building demolitions in Philadelphia performed by private owners/contractors and the Department of Licenses and Inspections due to dangerous conditions. Each record provides information such as the demolition date, property address, permit number, and the entity responsible for the demolition.

Example records

Namelegal entity	Alternate Namelegal entity	Cityaddress	Stateaddress	ZIP Codeaddress	Street Addressaddress	Full Namelegal entity	Full Addressaddress	The Geomgeospatial	The Geom Webmercatorgeospatial	Objectididentifier	Addressobjectididentifier
CLEMENS CONSTRUCTION CO INC	TWO NUTS L P GEM ASSOCIATES L P	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19102-0000	1435 WALNUT ST	TWO NUTS L P GEM ASSOCIATES L P	1435 WALNUT ST	0101000020E6100000BF2012DC9CCA52C0116A992A7FF94340	0101000020110F0000A3BFD74F4FEB5FC1A480CB7BB0885241	5375	593931
GAMA WRECKING INC	CITY OF PHILADELPHIA DEPT. OF L&I DBA: CONTRACTUAL	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19147-	814 SOUTH FRONT STREET	CITY OF PHILADELPHIA DEPT. OF L&I DBA: CONTRACTUAL	814 SOUTH FRONT STREET	0101000020E6100000AF4B54356FCB52C02003C283DBFD4340	0101000020110F0000DB1F3A9CB4EC5FC14B94528C858D5241	5371	679751
MANGUAL DEMOLITION INC	CITY OF PHILADELPHIA DEPT. OF L&I DBA: CONTRACTUAL				MANGUAL DEMOLITION INC 2301 N 52ND STREET PHILAD	CITY OF PHILADELPHIA DEPT. OF L&I DBA: CONTRACTUAL	MANGUAL DEMOLITION INC 2301 N 52ND STREET PHILAD	0101000020E610000072B8158EBDCB52C0C15CC6C067FF4340	0101000020110F00006808A5B039ED5FC11C1632C83C8F5241	13941	15543774

Use cases

Contractor Activity Screening for Vendor Onboarding

A construction lender or general contractor vetting a demolition subcontractor checks whether the firm has a history of city-ordered enforcement demolitions in Philadelphia, which may indicate prior work on distressed or non-compliant sites and signal operational or reputational risk.

NameCity DemoStatusContractortypeStart Date

Property History Verification for Commercial Real Estate Underwriting

A title insurer or commercial mortgage underwriter reviewing a development site checks whether any structure on the parcel was previously demolished under a violation case, which affects chain of title, environmental liability assumptions, and collateral valuation.

AddressOpa Account NumberParcel ID NumberRecord TypeCaseorpermitnumber

Demolition Market Sizing for Building Materials Sales

A salvage materials broker or construction equipment supplier analyzes the volume and geographic distribution of demolitions by year and council district to identify where demand for post-demolition services and materials is concentrated across the city.

Start DateCompleted DateCouncil DistrictTypeofworkCensustract