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2020 W Birchwood Chicago

Rogers Park, Chicago IL 60645 11303100200000 13 units · 1913

A handful of records on file over the last seven years, and our model predicts a high risk of further maintenance problems in the next 12 months. A few records worth reading before you sign. Check whether they were closed out, and ask what was actually fixed.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Rogers Park — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 2.3
2
FewerMore

This building has 2 building violations (7y), at or below the Rogers Park average of 2.3.

The bar and the rating point different ways because they measure different things: the bar counts building violations already on file, the rating forecasts the next 12 months.

Building characteristics
Units13
Year built1913
Stories
Building area13,584 sq ft
Property class315
PIN (Cook County parcel)11303100200000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
5439 Harvard Ter

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Initial analysis

The 13-unit residential building at 2020 W Birchwood in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, owned by Senad Perazic, has been standing since 1913 and has experienced a relatively low number of documented issues over the past seven years. The building is currently facing an unresolved periodic routine inspection violation as of September 2025, while another routine inspection violation from July 2020 has been resolved. The property has generated a total of 22 service requests through the 311 system during this period, though very few of these directly pertain to the building itself. Most recent 311 requests (from late 2025 through early 2026) have been related to street maintenance and public way concerns, including pothole and ice/snow removal issues, rather than building-specific problems. A restaurant complaint was also logged in August 2025, though its relation to the building's operations or conditions is unclear. While the building's documented violation and service request history is not extensive, the presence of an open routine inspection violation is worth noting as the most significant current issue on record.

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Risk rating

How 2020 W Birchwood Chicago's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of Chicago code enforcement data — building violations, 311 complaint history, environmental enforcement, and owner track records. It estimates the probability that the City of Chicago will find a code violation at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Lower risk — safer than most nearby

City inspectors rarely find violations here. Strong maintenance history and a clean complaint record.

Typical — about average for the neighborhood

Some past violations or complaints on record. Worth asking the landlord about any open issues before signing.

Higher risk — riskier than most nearby

Elevated violation and complaint history. City inspectors have found issues here before and are statistically likely to again.

Neighborhood percentile
22ndpercentile

Out of 1541 buildings in this neighborhood, 1202 are predicted to be safer. The band is relative to this neighborhood, so a share of every neighborhood falls in each colour.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
24%
No code
violation
76%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

The data points that most influenced this building's risk rating — ranked by the weight the model placed on each one.

Township: Rogers Park

Located in Rogers Park. The township captures local housing-market and code-enforcement patterns that affect all properties in the area.

Building size

Total building square footage is a proxy for property scale and management complexity.

Number of units

The number of units affects how the model reads complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 76%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

2020 W Birchwood Chicago event timeline

Building violations, environmental complaints and enforcement, permits, scofflaw listings, and 311 calls — most recent records in order.

2025
Building Violation Sep 24 Serious
PERIODIC
OPEN
311 RequestMay 26
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