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1707 S Racine Chicago

Lower West Side, Chicago IL 60608 17204010030000 8 units · 1892

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 Lower West Side
Above average
avg 0.9
5
FewerMore

This building has 5 building violations (7y), above the Lower West Side average of 0.9.

Building characteristics
Units8
Year built1892
Stories
Building area5,224 sq ft
Property class315
PIN (Cook County parcel)17204010030000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
1709 S Racine Llc
Mailing address
4507 N Lincoln Ave

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Initial analysis

The 8-unit, 1892 building at 1707 S Racine in Chicago's Lower West Side, currently owned by 1709 S Racine LLC, has been subject to multiple recent concerns that warrant attention. Most significantly, there are currently five unresolved complaint-driven building code violations as of November 2025. These violations, all recorded on the same date, represent a concerning pattern of potential maintenance or safety issues. The building's recent service history shows nine 311 service requests over the past seven years, with several occurring in rapid succession in late 2025, including three graffiti removal requests and two building violation reports between September and October 2025. While these particular issues have been resolved (with the exception of one tree trim request which is no longer being accepted), they indicate some challenges in property maintenance. The building's records also show a historical noise complaint from August 2006, though this is now quite dated compared to the more recent violations. It's worth noting that the complaints and violations appear to cluster most heavily in the latter half of 2025, suggesting recent challenges with building maintenance or resident concerns.

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Risk rating

How 1707 S Racine 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

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
12thpercentile

Out of 3674 buildings in this neighborhood, 3233 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
44%
No code
violation
56%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Building size

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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 severity forecast
No violation 27.0%
Moderate concern 44.7%
Severe concern 28.3%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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1707 S Racine 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
Tree Trim Request (NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED)

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