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2529 W Cortland St

Logan Square, Chicago IL 60647 13364130130000 5 units · 1890

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 Logan Square — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 0.7
0
FewerMore

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

Building characteristics
Units5
Year built1890
Stories
Building area3,220 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)13364130130000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
2529 W Cortland

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Initial analysis

The five-unit residential building at 2529 W Cortland St in Logan Square, owned by Valeriano Hernandez, is a 133-year-old property constructed in 1890. Over the past seven years, the building has had minimal documented service requests, with a total of four 311 calls recorded, all related to garbage cart maintenance and recycling services between February and October 2025. The property's historical compliance record shows two significant environmental enforcement violations on October 15, 2010, both related to the municipal code's Chapter 11-4-1905 provisions, for which the building was fined $1,000 each. While these violations were resolved through administrative hearings and marked as closed, it's noteworthy that the building has had no recorded environmental enforcement actions in the past decade. The relatively low number of service requests and code violations over such an extended period could suggest either good property maintenance practices or potentially incomplete reporting of issues.

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Risk rating

How 2529 W Cortland St'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
36thpercentile

Out of 5187 buildings in this neighborhood, 3320 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
68%
No code
violation
32%
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.

Year built

The year a building was constructed is a proxy for its maintenance challenges.

12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 32%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

2529 W Cortland St event timeline

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

2010
Environmental Enforcement Oct 15 Serious
11-4-1905(2B)
CLOSED
Environmental EnforcementOct 15
11-4-1905(4A)

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