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Philadelphia: birthplace of America, heart of the Delaware Valley and Pennsylvania’s largest city. Although no Philadelphia properties made it onto our list of top 100 taxpaying properties in the U.S.<\/a>, the region’s historic and economic importance makes it well worth a look.\u00a0A report<\/a> released last year by the Delaware Regional Valley Planning Commission shows Philadelphia to be the sixth-most diverse economy in the country\u2014one that investors are certainly not shying away from. We combed through PropertyShark<\/a> data and county public records and put together a list of the top 10 taxpaying properties in the city.<\/p>\n Chicago-based Equity Commonwealth has three Philadelphia properties listed in its Class A portfolio. Two of these\u2014Center Square and 1735 Market \u2014 take up the first and second spots in our top 10 and the property taxes they commanded last year amounted to just over $6.7 million. Pennsylvania-based Brandywine Realty Trust’s national portfolio boasts 10 Philadelphia office properties, three of which are among Philly’s top 10 taxpaying properties, together commanding\u00a0$7 million in property taxes in 2016 (spots 5, 6 and 9).<\/p>\n Of course, the property tax landscape would be different if we had not left out the non-taxpaying properties that we came across during our research. For instance, we would be looking at a different property in the number one spot\u2014the Comcast Center was built in 2008 and received<\/a> a 10-year tax abatement. Once that expires, the building towering above John F. Kennedy Boulevard would command an estimated $4.7 million in 2018 property taxes.<\/p>\n