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426 W Briar Chicago

Lake View, Chicago IL 60657 14281030400000 56 units · 1927

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, and our model predicts continuing maintenance failures over 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 Lake View — not a forecast
Above average
avg 1.0
10
FewerMore

This building has 10 building violations (7y), above the Lake View average of 1.0.

Building characteristics
Units56
Year built1927
Stories
Building area
Property class391
PIN (Cook County parcel)14281030400000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
7074 N Western Av

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The 56-unit residential building at 426 W Briar in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood, constructed in 1927 and owned by Realty Resources Group, has experienced several concerning trends in recent years. As of October 2023, there are **six unresolved periodic routine inspection violations** recorded between 2023 and 2025, with the most recent inspection in October 2023 being the only one marked as resolved. The building has a total of **19 building violations over the past seven years**, along with **106 service requests**, the majority of which (29) were 311 service requests. Notably, two environmental complaints were filed against the property, with the most recent being an illegal dumping incident in 2021 that was promptly resolved within one day.

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Risk rating

How 426 W Briar 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

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
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Out of 3452 buildings in this neighborhood, 3452 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
7%
No code
violation
93%
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.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

Building violations across all properties this owner is registered on — a signal of systemic maintenance issues.

Location

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

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 93%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

426 W Briar Chicago event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Jul 29
Water in Basement Complaint
311 RequestMay 06
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint

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