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3534 W Diversey Ave

Avondale, Chicago IL 60647 13262240190000 4 units · 1916

This building has significantly more problems than most nearby buildings. Few open issues; problems get fixed quickly. A reasonable bet for a smooth tenancy.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in Avondale
At or below average
avg 0.7
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Avondale average of 0.7.

Building characteristics
Units4
Year built1916
Stories
Building area4,484 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)13262240190000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
1480 Old Deerfield Rd1

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Initial analysis

The 4-unit residential building at 3534 W Diversey Ave in Avondale, constructed in 1916 and currently owned by 3434 DIVERSEY LLC, has a relatively limited service history over the past seven years. The most pressing current concern is an open building violation complaint filed in May 2026, which remains unresolved as of the latest data cutoff. Looking back over the previous two years (2024-2025), there have been four street-related service requests, including two complaints about street light outages (November 2024 and March 2025) and one report of an abandoned vehicle (January 2025), all of which were successfully closed. The building has also experienced two instances of graffiti, with removal requests submitted in September 2024 and August 2025, both of which were addressed and closed. While the total of seven service requests in this period is not unusually high for a building of this age and size, the outstanding building violation from 2026 represents the only remaining open issue in the recent history of this property.

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Risk rating

How 3534 W Diversey 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

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
13thpercentile

Out of 3669 buildings in this neighborhood, 3192 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
51%
No code
violation
49%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Building size

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

Property class (211)

Assessor class 211 — small residential (roughly 2–6 units). The assessor's property-class code, which correlates with building type and the violation rates the model expects.

311 call rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property 311 call rate across the owner's portfolio.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 43.5%
Moderate concern 40.5%
Severe concern 16.1%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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3534 W Diversey Ave event timeline

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2026
311 Request May 05
Building Violation
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