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1535 W Addison Chicago

Lake View, Chicago IL 60613 14203000100000 12 units · 1917

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 Lake View
At or below average
avg 1.1
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Lake View average of 1.1.

Building characteristics
Units12
Year built1917
Stories
Building area
Property class315
PIN (Cook County parcel)14203000100000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
L A Addison Llc
Mailing address
520 West Belden

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Initial analysis

The 12-unit residential building at 1535 W Addison in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood, owned by L A Addison LLC, was constructed in 1917 and has had limited documented service requests over the past seven years. The property has maintained a relatively clean record, with only five 311 service requests logged during this period, none of which appear to be directly related to building safety or resident quality of life. The most recent service requests in 2026 involved street-related issues (potholes) and tree debris, while earlier complaints in 2024 included a fly dumping incident. Notably, there are recorded violations regarding house share prohibitions, with two such violations filed against the property in the past seven years, though these do not appear to be recent. The building's total complaint history suggests only routine municipal service needs, primarily related to street maintenance, with no documented pattern of building-specific issues or safety concerns that would significantly affect residents' living conditions.

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Risk rating

How 1535 W Addison 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
19thpercentile

Out of 3443 buildings in this neighborhood, 2789 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
42%
No code
violation
58%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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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.

Shared-housing opt-out rate, owner

Share of this owner's portfolio registered to prohibit shared/short-term rentals.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 35.1%
Moderate concern 59.8%
Severe concern 5.1%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

1535 W Addison Chicago event timeline

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

2026
311 Request May 07
Pothole in Street Complaint
311 RequestMay 01
Tree Debris Clean-Up Request

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