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415 N Milwaukee Ave

West Town, Chicago IL 60654 17091090020000 2 units · 1881

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 West Town
At or below average
avg 1.0
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the West Town average of 1.0.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1881
Stories
Building area3,420 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)17091090020000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
2103 Kittiwake Lane

Landlord portfolio

Other Chicago properties this owner holds, with risk grades for each.

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Initial analysis

The two-unit residential building at 415 N Milwaukee Ave in Chicago's West Town neighborhood, owned by Bruce Kato, is an 1881 structure that has experienced several notable events in recent years. The property currently faces significant sanitation challenges, with three open rodent baiting/rat complaints and one sanitation code violation reported in June 2026. Earlier in 2026, there were additional service requests including debris removal from a protected bike lane (April) and a traffic signal outage (April), though the latter was resolved. A March 2026 request for graffiti removal was successfully closed. Over the past seven years, the building has generated a total of 69 service requests, including 45 directly related to building issues. While there have been two building violations recorded, only one building permit has been filed during this period, which raises questions about the extent of property maintenance and improvements. The building's age and history suggest it may require ongoing attention to address both maintenance needs and more recent sanitation concerns, though the available data is limited to transaction and service request history without detailed insight into the building's current condition.

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Risk rating

How 415 N Milwaukee 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
11thpercentile

Out of 2255 buildings in this neighborhood, 2007 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
40%
No code
violation
60%
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.

311 calls (past 7 years)

311 service requests tied to this address over 7 years.

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.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

Building violations across all properties this owner is registered on — a signal of systemic maintenance issues.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 25.7%
Moderate concern 50.1%
Severe concern 24.2%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

415 N Milwaukee Ave event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Jun 15
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint
311 RequestJun 15
Sanitation Code Violation

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