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2452 N Spaulding Ave

Logan Square, Chicago IL 60647 13264270150000 4 units · 1910

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, but recent activity points to a low risk of further maintenance problems in the next 12 months. Read the records below before you sign. Ask which issues were resolved, get repair commitments in writing, and inspect the unit yourself.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Logan Square — not a forecast
Above average
avg 0.7
4
FewerMore

This building has 4 building violations (7y), above the Logan Square average of 0.7.

Building characteristics
Units4
Year built1910
Stories
Building area4,042 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)13264270150000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
2452 N Spaulding

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Initial analysis

The four-unit residential building at 2452 N Spaulding Ave, owned by Benjamin Barglow and located in Logan Square, has experienced several concerning issues over the past seven years. Most notably, there are currently four unresolved complaint-driven building code violations as of December 2024, with one of them still open as of April 2025. These ongoing violations indicate persistent compliance issues that have not been addressed. The property has also seen multiple tree-related concerns in 2025, with three open requests for tree removal inspections as of August 2025, though there was one closed request of the same nature. Additionally, there were some infrastructure maintenance issues addressed in 2024, including two closed requests for recycling and garbage cart maintenance, which, while important, are less critical than the building code violations. The building's records go back to 2004, when an air pollution complaint was filed, though this appears to be an isolated incident from two decades ago.

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Risk rating

How 2452 N Spaulding 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
32ndpercentile

Out of 5187 buildings in this neighborhood, 3527 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
66%
No code
violation
34%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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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.

Location

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

12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 34%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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2452 N Spaulding Ave event timeline

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2025
Building Violation Apr 10 Serious
COMPLAINT
OPEN

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