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3215 W Walnut St

Garfield Park, Chicago IL 60624 16114110490000 3 units · 1888

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 Garfield Park
Above average
avg 1.9
3
FewerMore

This building has 3 building violations (7y), above the Garfield Park average of 1.9.

Building characteristics
Units3
Year built1888
Stories
Building area2,982 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)16114110490000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
8743 S Kilbourn Ave

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Initial analysis

The three-unit residential building at 3215 W Walnut St in Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood is a 135-year-old structure owned by John E Tivy. The building's recent history, particularly over the past seven years, shows some areas requiring attention, with three open violations recorded as part of a complaint-driven inspection on October 13, 2021, that remain unresolved as of October 2023. While the property has had minimal 311 service requests during this period - with only two recorded - these were not directly related to the building's condition or habitability. These requests included a tree planting request in November 2025 and a street light pole door missing complaint in April 2024, both of which have been closed. The presence of multiple unresolved code violations from 2021 warrants attention, being the only deficiencies noted in the building's record over the past seven years. The building's age, combined with these open violations, suggests potential maintenance and compliance issues that could affect resident experience, though the limited number of overall complaints and violations might indicate relatively stable management on other fronts.

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Risk rating

How 3215 W Walnut St'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
12thpercentile

Out of 3992 buildings in this neighborhood, 3513 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
37%
No code
violation
63%
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.

Violation rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property violation rate across the owner's portfolio.

Code violations (past 7 years)

City of Chicago Department of Buildings violations issued at this address over the last 7 years — a direct record of enforcement activity.

Location

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

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 22.5%
Moderate concern 38.5%
Severe concern 39.0%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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3215 W Walnut St event timeline

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

2025
311 Request Nov 19
Tree Planting Request

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