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2307 W 18Th Pl

Lower West Side, Chicago IL 60608 17193060200000 2 units · 1994

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, but recent activity points to a low risk of further maintenance problems in 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 Lower West Side — not a forecast
Above average
avg 0.9
5
FewerMore

This building has 5 building violations (7y), above the Lower West Side 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
Units2
Year built1994
Stories
Building area1,926 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)17193060200000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
2307 W 18Th Pl

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Initial analysis

The two-unit residential building at 2307 W 18th Place in Chicago's Lower West Side, owned by Victor Dorantes, has experienced several notable events over the past decade, with particular attention required to recent building code violations. Most concerning are five unresolved complaint-driven building code violations recorded in April 2025, representing the most significant current issues impacting the property. The building and its immediate vicinity have generated substantial municipal service activity, with a total of 17 service requests in the past seven years. These include three garbage cart maintenance requests and one sanitation code violation in August-September 2025, suggesting ongoing waste management challenges. Earlier in 2026, there were various service requests including a stray animal complaint, a stop sign repair request, and a dead animal pick-up request, all of which have been resolved. An environmental complaint regarding illegal dumping was documented in September 2010, though this predates the current ownership by over a decade. The building's relatively recent construction in 1994 has generally resulted in fewer structural issues compared to older buildings, but the concentration of recent violations and service requests indicates some ongoing challenges with property maintenance and neighborhood infrastructure.

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Risk rating

How 2307 W 18Th Pl'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
55thpercentile

Out of 3683 buildings in this neighborhood, 1657 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
70%
No code
violation
30%
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.

311 calls (past 7 years)

311 service requests tied to this address over 7 years.

Township: West Chicago

Located in West Chicago. The township captures local housing-market and code-enforcement patterns that affect all properties in the area.

12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 30%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

2307 W 18Th Pl event timeline

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2025
311 Request Aug 26
Sanitation Code Violation
311 City Services
Building ViolationApr 14
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