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203 S Cicero

Austin, Chicago IL 60644 16151080010000 7 units · 1909

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 Austin — not a forecast
Above average
avg 1.6
11
FewerMore

This building has 11 building violations (7y), above the Austin average of 1.6.

Building characteristics
Units7
Year built1909
Stories
Building area15,590 sq ft
Property class318
PIN (Cook County parcel)16151080010000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
Po Box 1

Landlord portfolio

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

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Initial analysis

The seven-unit residential building at 203 S Cicero in Austin, owned by Nicholas Properties, has a documented history dating back to its 1909 construction. Of particular concern are six open building code violations recorded on May 25, 2021, all resulting from complaint-driven inspections, which remain unresolved to date. The building's overall records from the past seven years show a total of 11 building violations and 29 service requests associated with the owner, including one environmental complaint. On the service request front, there have been 21 logged requests for the building, with the most recent cluster of complaints in 2026 as follows: three public way inspection requests, one vacant/abandoned building complaint, one street light pole damage complaint, and one graffiti removal request, all of which have been closed. The property has had minimal permitted work during this period, with only two building permits issued and no documented follow-up on their completion or compliance status. The concentration of building violations, particularly the unresolved nature of the 2021 complaints, combined with the limited number of building permits issued, suggests potential areas of concern regarding building maintenance and regulatory compliance, though direct conclusions about resident experience should be approached with caution given the data limitations.

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Risk rating

How 203 S Cicero'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 7223 buildings in this neighborhood, 7151 are predicted to be safer. The band is relative to this neighborhood, so a share of every neighborhood falls in each colour.

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Predicted 12-month outcome
12%
No code
violation
88%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

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Building size

Total building square footage is a proxy for property scale and management complexity.

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 88%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

203 S Cicero event timeline

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2026
311 Request May 11
Vacant/Abandoned Building Complaint
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