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3258 W Foster Ave

North Park, Chicago IL 60625 13112230260000 3 units · 1919

Nothing on record for this building in the last seven years. Our model still sees a moderate chance of maintenance problems in the next 12 months, from the owner's wider portfolio and the surrounding area rather than from anything recorded here. No public enforcement record to go on. Walk the building, ask the current tenants how repairs get handled, and get any promises in writing.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in North Park — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 1.0
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the North Park average of 1.0.

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
Units3
Year built1919
Stories
Building area2,166 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)13112230260000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
3258 W Foster

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The three-unit residential building at 3258 W Foster Ave in Chicago's North Park neighborhood is a 1919 construction currently owned by Lawrence Anderson. The property has generated a total of 21 service requests through the 311 system over the past seven years, with the most recent activity occurring between September 2025 and March 2026. Of particular note is a recurring issue with water incidents, evidenced by three "Water On Street" complaints filed between September and December 2025, with most having been successfully resolved. There has also been one notable coyote interaction complaint filed in March 2026. Other infrastructure and maintenance concerns in the immediate vicinity of the property include a pothole complaint in March 2026 and a currently open sign repair request from November 2025. While the building's 311 service request history shows some environmental and infrastructure challenges in the surrounding area, the majority of reported issues have been addressed promptly, with only one service request remaining unresolved as of the latest data.

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Risk rating

How 3258 W Foster Ave'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
21stpercentile

Out of 733 buildings in this neighborhood, 579 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
61%
No code
violation
39%
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.

Location

Precise location is a proxy for area-level risk — some Chicago zip codes have systematically higher code-enforcement activity.

Property class (212)

Assessor class 212 — small residential (roughly 2–6 units). The assessor's property-class code, which correlates with building type and the violation rates the model expects.

Number of rooms

Total room count is a proxy for property scale.

12-Month risk forecast
Moderate failure risk 39%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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