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478 W 28Th Chicago

Bridgeport, Chicago IL 60616 17283070160000 7 units · 1888

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 Bridgeport — not a forecast
Above average
avg 1.0
7
FewerMore

This building has 7 building violations (7y), above the Bridgeport average of 1.0.

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Initial analysis

The seven-unit, 1888-built residential building at 478 W 28th St in Bridgeport, currently owned by Fourthgold Investments, has had a concerning pattern of unresolved violations and service requests in recent years. Most notably, as of 2025, there are multiple open violations resulting from complaint-driven inspections between April and November of that year, with seven total violations recorded in the past seven years. The property has also experienced significant pest-related issues, as evidenced by multiple 311 service requests for rodent-related complaints between June and September 2026, though most of these were successfully resolved with the exception of one recent open request.

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Building characteristics
Units7
Year built1888
Stories—
Building area8,352 sq ft
Property class318
PIN (Cook County parcel)17283070160000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
3520 S Maplewood Ave

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Risk rating

How 478 W 28Th 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

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
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Out of 3132 buildings in this neighborhood, 3132 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
20%
No code
violation
80%
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.

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.

Building size

Total building square footage is a proxy for property scale and management complexity.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 80%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

478 W 28Th Chicago event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Sep 08
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint
311 RequestAug 18
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint

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