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5900 W Leland Ave

Portage Park, Chicago IL 60630 13172040370000 2 units · 1952

Nothing on record for this building in the last seven years, and our model puts it at a low risk of maintenance problems over the next 12 months. 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 Portage Park — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 0.6
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Portage Park average of 0.6.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1952
Stories
Building area1,985 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)13172040370000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
5900 W Leland Ave

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Initial analysis

The two-unit residential building at 5900 W Leland Ave in Portage Park, owned by N M & D H SAWYER, was constructed in 1952 and has experienced minimal documented service requests over the past seven years. The property has generated a total of nine 311 service requests during this period, with the most recent being a sign repair request filed in March 2026 that remains open as of October 2023. The summer of 2025 was particularly active in terms of service requests, with two separate complaints regarding abandoned vehicles in July and two open fire hydrant complaints in June, all of which have been resolved. In May 2025, there was one information-only call to 311 services that was subsequently closed. While the number of service requests is relatively low for a multi-unit building over this timeframe, the cluster of service requests in mid-2025 and the current open sign repair request warrant attention, particularly as the most recent issues pertain to infrastructure and public safety elements like signage and hydrants.

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Risk rating

How 5900 W Leland 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
42ndpercentile

Out of 3924 buildings in this neighborhood, 2276 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
74%
No code
violation
26%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Number of bedrooms

Total bedroom count is a proxy for property scale.

Property class (315)

Assessor class 315 — apartment / larger residential. The assessor's property-class code, which correlates with building type and the violation rates the model expects.

Municipality

No municipality is recorded for this property; the model still accounts for area-level patterns where it can.

12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 26%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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5900 W Leland Ave event timeline

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2023
311 Request Aug 14
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