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4544 N Wolcott Chicago

Lincoln Square, Chicago IL 60640 14182130090000 11 units · 1964

This building has significantly more problems than most nearby buildings. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in Lincoln Square
At or below average
avg 0.6
0
FewerMore

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

Building characteristics
Units11
Year built1964
Stories
Building area
Property class314
PIN (Cook County parcel)14182130090000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
1137 W Leland

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Initial analysis

The 11-unit residential building at 4544 N Wolcott in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood is a 1964 structure currently owned by Ravenswood Living LLC, which holds three parcels associated with this property. The building's recent history over the past seven years shows minimal service requests to the 311 system, with only three complaints directly related to the building itself. These incidents include a water lead test kit request in August 2025, a fly dumping complaint in October 2024, and a street light outage report in June 2024, all of which have been resolved. The property owner, Ravenswood Living LLC, has generated a total of 15 service requests across three separate parcels in the last seven years, though it's unclear how many of these are directly related to the Wolcott address. While the building's documented issues appear to be minor and have been addressed in a timely manner, the relatively low number of complaints may suggest either proactive maintenance or limited resident reporting.

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Risk rating

How 4544 N Wolcott Chicago'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
16thpercentile

Out of 2564 buildings in this neighborhood, 2154 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
46%
No code
violation
54%
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.

Number of units

The number of units affects how the model reads complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

Lot size

Total lot square footage is a proxy for property scale.

Property class (314)

Assessor class 314 — apartment / larger residential. The assessor's property-class code, which correlates with building type and the violation rates the model expects.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 48.6%
Moderate concern 46.9%
Severe concern 4.5%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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4544 N Wolcott Chicago event timeline

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

2025
311 Request Aug 28
Water Lead Test Kit Request

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