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761 S Kolmar Ave

Garfield Park, Chicago IL 60624 16153160120000 2 units · 1911

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
Units2
Year built1911
Stories
Building area1,756 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)16153160120000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
761 S Kolmar

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The two-unit residential building at 761 S Kolmar Ave in Garfield Park, owned by Jamye & Arsis Paul, has been standing since 1911 and has had several notable issues in recent years. Most concerning are three unresolved complaint-driven inspection violations from April 2022, which indicate ongoing compliance issues that remain unaddressed as of the latest records available. These open violations suggest persistent problems that have not been remedied over the past year and a half. Additionally, there has been one sanitation code violation recorded through the 311 system in October 2024, though this was subsequently closed. The building has also had two cart-related service requests in April 2026 (for blue recycling and garbage cart maintenance), both of which were closed, suggesting these were routine maintenance issues rather than violations. While the unit count and violation history are relatively modest for an older building in Chicago, the most significant concern remains the three open code violations from 2022, which represent the only building code enforcement actions on record in the past seven years.

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Risk rating

How 761 S Kolmar Ave'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
15thpercentile

Out of 3992 buildings in this neighborhood, 3393 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
41%
No code
violation
59%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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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.

Location

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

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.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 41.1%
Moderate concern 45.7%
Severe concern 13.2%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

761 S Kolmar Ave event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Apr 29
Blue Recycling Cart
311 RequestApr 29
Garbage Cart Maintenance

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