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3124 W Douglas Blvd

North Lawndale, Chicago IL 60623 16241030320000 6 units · 1922

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 North Lawndale
Above average
avg 2.0
12
FewerMore

This building has 12 building violations (7y), above the North Lawndale average of 2.0.

Building characteristics
Units6
Year built1922
Stories
Building area8,340 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)16241030320000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Holsten Real Est Dlpmt
Mailing address
1020 W Montrose

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Initial analysis

The 6-unit building at 3124 W Douglas Blvd in North Lawndale, owned by Holsten Real Estate Development, has experienced significant regulatory scrutiny in recent years. Most notably, there have been multiple open and unresolved building code violations in October and August 2025, with similar patterns emerging from five complaint-driven inspections during that period. The property has a substantial history of violations and service requests, with records showing 49 total building violations and 78 service requests under the current ownership over the past seven years. The building has undergone three permitted modifications during this period, and while there was one house share prohibition violation recorded, the owner has accumulated a total of eight house share violations across all properties. Earlier records show four 311 service requests in the past seven years, with a more substantial cluster of activities emerging in 2025, including three building violation reports in July and August 2025 that have since been closed, and a garbage cart maintenance issue from August 2024. Given the volume and recency of open violations, particularly around building safety or code compliance that began in October 2025, there may be ongoing concerns regarding building maintenance and resident safety that warrant attention.

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Risk rating

How 3124 W Douglas Blvd'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 3670 buildings in this neighborhood, 3230 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
35%
No code
violation
65%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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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.

Shared-housing opt-outs, owner

Number of this owner's buildings registered to prohibit shared/short-term rentals — a portfolio-management signal.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 14.6%
Moderate concern 15.4%
Severe concern 70.0%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

3124 W Douglas Blvd event timeline

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

2025
Building Violation Oct 17 Serious
COMPLAINT
OPEN
Building ViolationOct 17
COMPLAINT

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