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527 W Oakdale Chicago

Lake View, Chicago IL 60657 14281170300000 108 units · 1970

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
15
FewerMore

This building has 15 building violations (7y), above the Lake View average of 1.0.

Building characteristics
Units108
Year built1970
Stories
Building area
Property class315
PIN (Cook County parcel)14281170300000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
1946 W Lawrence Ave

Landlord portfolio

Other Chicago properties this owner holds, with a risk rating for each.

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Initial analysis

The property at 527 W Oakdale in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood is a 108-unit building constructed in 1970 and currently owned by Horizon Realty Group. The building has experienced several concerning issues in recent years, with seven open complaint-driven building inspection violations recorded in 2026, particularly notable as they remain unresolved. The building's history shows a total of 48 building violations, 165 service requests, and 10 house share prohibition violations under the current ownership over the past seven years, indicating ongoing regulatory challenges. Recent months have seen multiple building violation complaints and service requests, particularly clustered in early 2026, with at least five open violations as of January 2026.

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Risk rating

How 527 W Oakdale 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
8%
No code
violation
92%
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.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

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

Lot size

Total lot square footage is a proxy for property scale.

Number of units

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

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 92%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

527 W Oakdale Chicago event timeline

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

2026
Building Violation Apr 08 Serious
COMPLAINT
OPEN
311 RequestApr 02
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