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8236 W Irving Park Rd 2N

Dunning, Chicago IL 60634 12144080460000 6 units · 1976

This building has significantly more problems than most nearby buildings. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in Dunning
At or below average
avg 0.8
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Dunning average of 0.8.

Building characteristics
Units6
Year built1976
Stories
Building area6,144 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)12144080460000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Michael Besch
Mailing address
217 Massel Ct

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Initial analysis

The six-unit residential building at 8236 W Irving Park Rd 2N in the Dunning neighborhood, owned by Michael Besch, has been standing since 1976 and has generated a relatively limited number of municipal service requests over the past seven years, totaling four incidents. The most recent string of service requests occurred in September 2024, involving two separate dead animal pick-up requests, both of which have been closed. Prior to these incidents, there was a street light outage complaint in early September 2024 and an abandoned vehicle complaint in May 2024, both of which were also resolved. While the frequency of service requests is not unusually high for a building of this age and size, it's notable that all recorded incidents in 2024 occurred within a short timeframe of several months, with three of the four recent complaints relating to property maintenance or safety concerns in the immediate vicinity of the building.

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Risk rating

How 8236 W Irving Park Rd 2N'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

Grade A–B — Low risk

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

Grade C — Moderate risk

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

Grade D–F — High risk

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

Neighborhood percentile
10thpercentile

Out of 1058 buildings in this neighborhood, 952 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
49%
No code
violation
51%
Code violation
likely
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Number of units

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

Lot size

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Building size

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12-Month severity forecast
No violation 56.2%
Moderate concern 41.5%
Severe concern 2.3%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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8236 W Irving Park Rd 2N event timeline

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

2024
311 Request Sep 16
Dead Animal Pick-Up Request
311 RequestSep 16
Dead Animal Pick-Up Request

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