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836 N Milwaukee Chicago

West Town, Chicago IL 60642 17054150060000 6 units · 1906

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 West Town — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 0.9
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the West Town average of 0.9.

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
Units6
Year built1906
Stories
Building area9,648 sq ft
Property class318
PIN (Cook County parcel)17054150060000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
516 N Ogden Ave 137

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The six-unit residential building at 836 N Milwaukee in Chicago's West Town neighborhood, owned by 836 N Milwaukee LLC, has a history spanning several decades since its construction in 1906. In recent years, from 2025 to 2026, there have been multiple service requests primarily related to graffiti removal (three instances), a pothole complaint, and a consumer fraud complaint, all of which have been successfully closed. Looking further back, the building experienced notable environmental challenges in 2007, with six documented air pollution complaints between May and August of that year, resulting in two administrative violations on July 31 that carried $300 fines each for code violations under sections 7-28-080 and 11-4-630. The building's earlier history includes similar environmental enforcement actions from 1993, with two additional violations on April 22 under the same codes, though it's worth noting that the nature of these violations might have been relevant to the environmental context of that era. While the most recent concerns appear more related to surface issues like graffiti rather than structural or environmental problems, the building's record shows a pattern of air quality-related complaints and code violations during 1993 and 2007 that could suggest these were historical challenges for the property.

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Risk rating

How 836 N Milwaukee 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
16thpercentile

Out of 2271 buildings in this neighborhood, 1908 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
47%
No code
violation
53%
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.

Location

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

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 53%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

836 N Milwaukee Chicago event timeline

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2023
311 Request May 29
Sanitation Code Violation
311 City Services
311 RequestMay 15
Sanitation Code Violation

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