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257 W 22Nd Pl

Chinatown, Chicago IL 60616 17282090060000 3 units · 1889

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, and our model predicts continuing maintenance failures over 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 Chinatown — not a forecast
Above average
avg 1.4
15
FewerMore

This building has 15 building violations (7y), above the Chinatown average of 1.4.

Building characteristics
Units3
Year built1889
Stories
Building area3,696 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)17282090060000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
268 W Alexander#1F

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The three-unit residential building at 257 W 22nd Place in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood, owned by Six Unit Investment, has a significant history of building code violations and maintenance requests over the past seven years. Most notably, there are currently five open, unresolved violations on record from November 2021 that resulted from a complaint-driven inspection, though there was one violation from October 2021 that has since been resolved. The building's overall violation record shows 16 total violations in the past seven years, which is relatively high for a three-unit property of this age (constructed in 1889). In terms of service requests, there have been three documented requests in 2024, all related to garbage and recycling cart maintenance, though these are relatively minor operational issues compared to the building code violations. The property's record suggests ongoing maintenance and compliance challenges, particularly given the number of open violations from late 2021 that remain unresolved as of the current record.

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Risk rating

How 257 W 22Nd 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
9thpercentile

Out of 319 buildings in this neighborhood, 290 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
34%
No code
violation
66%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

The data points that most influenced this building's risk rating — ranked by the weight the model placed on each one.

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.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

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

Location

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

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 66%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

257 W 22Nd Pl event timeline

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

2021
Building Violation Nov 22 Serious
COMPLAINT
OPEN
Building ViolationNov 22
COMPLAINT

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