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217 W 25Th Pl

Armour Square, Chicago IL 60616 17282330190000 3 units · 1984

This building has far more open problems than almost any other in the neighborhood. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in Armour Square
Above average
avg 0.7
1
FewerMore

This building has 1 building violations (7y), above the Armour Square average of 0.7.

Building characteristics
Units3
Year built1984
Stories
Building area3,600 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)17282330190000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Neng Hua Chen
Mailing address
217 W 25Th Pl

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Initial analysis

The property at 217 W 25th Place is a three-unit residential building located in Chicago's Armour Square neighborhood, owned by Neng Hua Chen and constructed in 1984. The building's record over the past seven years shows relatively minimal issues, with only one building code violation recorded during this period, which occurred in January 2021 related to a permit inspection, though this was promptly resolved. The recent service request history is limited, with just one documented 311 service request in 2025 concerning garbage cart maintenance, which has been closed. While the owner has three total parcels, the aggregated records for the owner show multiple historical counts across various categories, including 11 building violations, 23 service requests, and one environmental enforcement and complaint. However, it's worth noting that most of these owner totals seem to encompass a broader timeframe or different contexts beyond the seven-year window of the building itself, since the building's recent records show considerably fewer issues. The density of violations in the broader owner records could suggest past challenges, though the building's recent history indicates improved compliance and maintenance patterns.

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Risk rating

How 217 W 25Th 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

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
10thpercentile

Out of 508 buildings in this neighborhood, 457 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
46%
No code
violation
54%
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.

Violation rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property violation rate across the owner's portfolio.

Location

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

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 32.5%
Moderate concern 53.8%
Severe concern 13.7%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

217 W 25Th Pl event timeline

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2025
311 Request Mar 04
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