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5501 W Gladys Chicago

Austin, Chicago IL 60644 16161140120000 7 units · 1926

Nothing on record for this building in the last seven years. Our model still sees a moderate chance of maintenance problems in the next 12 months, from the owner's wider portfolio and the surrounding area rather than from anything recorded here. No public enforcement record to go on. Walk the building, ask the current tenants how repairs get handled, and get any promises in writing.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Austin — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 1.6
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Austin average of 1.6.

The bar and the rating point different ways because they measure different things: the bar counts building violations already on file, the rating forecasts the next 12 months.

Building characteristics
Units7
Year built1926
Stories
Building area9,741 sq ft
Property class315
PIN (Cook County parcel)16161140120000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
5501 W Gladys

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The seven-unit, 1926 multi-family building at 5501 W Gladys in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, owned by Diane Gray, has a relatively minimal record of service requests and permits over the past seven years. The property has had five documented 311 service requests since 2024, with the most recent occurring in April 2026 as a water on street complaint. The service requests have primarily been related to external matters in the neighborhood, including two abandoned vehicle complaints (one in April 2024 and another in November 2025), an alley pothole complaint (April 2025), and a stray animal complaint (December 2025), all of which were resolved and marked as closed. The building's permit activity has been limited to just one permit in the past seven years, though no specific details about this permit's nature or outcome are available in the provided data. It's worth noting that all service requests have been appropriately routed to the relevant city departments or the alderman's office for resolution.

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Risk rating

How 5501 W Gladys 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
18thpercentile

Out of 7223 buildings in this neighborhood, 5923 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
52%
No code
violation
48%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

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Location

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

Building size

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

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
Moderate failure risk 48%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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