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2300 W 21St Pl

Lower West Side, Chicago IL 60608 17193180440000 4 units · 1880

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, and our model sees a moderate chance of more 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
6
FewerMore

This building has 6 building violations (7y), above the Lower West Side average of 0.9.

Building characteristics
Units4
Year built1880
Stories
Building area3,502 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)17193180440000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
5805 Holmes Ave

Landlord portfolio

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

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Initial analysis

The four-unit residential building at 2300 W 21st Place in Chicago's Lower West Side, owned by Tao Duan, has been standing since 1880. The property has experienced several concerning patterns over the past seven years, with particular attention needed to unresolved building code violations. A cluster of six complaint-driven inspection violations was recorded on February 18, 2022, which remains open and unresolved as of the latest data. The building's recent service history shows an ongoing concern with infrastructure maintenance, as evidenced by an open alley sewer inspection request filed in October 2025. The property has generated a notable volume of service requests, with 60 recorded under the owner's name, though many of these (including a snow-cleared sidewalk complaint and an ice removal request) relate to public way maintenance rather than building-specific issues. The only building permit on record in the past seven years was issued for general maintenance work in 2018. While the property has had several resolved issues, including graffiti removal and an abandoned vehicle complaint, the concentration of unresolved violations from 2022 and the recent sewer inspection warrant particular attention to the building's maintenance history and response to infrastructure concerns.

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Risk rating

How 2300 W 21St 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
14thpercentile

Out of 3683 buildings in this neighborhood, 3167 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
49%
No code
violation
51%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

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Code violations, owner's portfolio

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

Code violations (past 7 years)

City of Chicago Department of Buildings violations issued at this address over the last 7 years — a direct record of enforcement activity.

Location

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

12-Month risk forecast
Moderate failure risk 51%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

2300 W 21St Pl event timeline

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2024
311 Request May 24
Sanitation Code Violation
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