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1441 W Cortez Chicago

West Town, Chicago IL 60642 17053090420000 9 units · 1878

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 West Town — not a forecast
Above average
avg 0.9
4
FewerMore

This building has 4 building violations (7y), above the West Town average of 0.9.

Building characteristics
Units9
Year built1878
Stories
Building area5,240 sq ft
Property class315
PIN (Cook County parcel)17053090420000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
1527 Ashland Ave

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Initial analysis

The building at 1441 W Cortez in Chicago's West Town neighborhood is a 9-unit, 145-year-old structure currently owned by H M Hartmann. The property's recent record shows significant ongoing maintenance and compliance challenges, with three open code violations as of 2023-2024, including two complaint-driven inspections from March 2023 and a periodic routine inspection from September 2024. The building has generated a total of 69 service requests to 311 over the past seven years, with the most recent being a water lead test kit request from January 2026, which remains unresolved. While some issues have been addressed—such as an August 2024 permit-related inspection violation that was resolved—there's a concerning pattern of open violations and service requests.

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Risk rating

How 1441 W Cortez 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
2ndpercentile

Out of 2271 buildings in this neighborhood, 2226 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
22%
No code
violation
78%
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.

Location

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

Property class (211)

Assessor class 211 — small residential (roughly 2–6 units). The assessor's property-class code, which correlates with building type and the violation rates the model expects.

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
High failure risk 78%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

1441 W Cortez Chicago event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Jan 07
Water Lead Test Kit Request

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