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3234 N Southport Chicago

Lake View, Chicago IL 60657 14203250450000 8 units · 1909

This building has more problems than most buildings in this neighborhood. 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
Units8
Year built1909
Stories
Building area
Property class318
PIN (Cook County parcel)14203250450000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
2625 W Ardmore Ave

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Initial analysis

The 3234 N Southport building in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood is an 8-unit, 1909 construction owned by Lawrence Rosenblum, with property records showing ownership of four parcels in total. The building's documented service history over the past seven years reveals a relatively low number of 311 service requests for a multi-unit residential building, totaling 11 requests directly associated with the property and 24 requests across all owned parcels. The most significant cluster of recent activity occurred in mid-2026, with five tree-related service requests between May 20 and June 13, including multiple trim requests and one removal inspection. The only other recorded service request in this period was a parking code enforcement review in November 2025. Given the date of the service requests, it's worth noting that these records may not fully represent the building's current condition or any more recent developments beyond October 2023.

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Risk rating

How 3234 N Southport 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
21stpercentile

Out of 3443 buildings in this neighborhood, 2720 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
44%
No code
violation
56%
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

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Number of bedrooms

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12-Month severity forecast
No violation 49.4%
Moderate concern 45.3%
Severe concern 5.2%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

3234 N Southport Chicago event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Jun 13
Tree Debris Clean-Up Request
Streets and Sanitation
311 RequestMay 27
Tree Trim Request (NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED)

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