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258 W 31St St

Armour Square, Chicago IL 60616 17284350270000 6 units · 1891

A handful of records on file over the last seven years, and our model predicts a high risk of further maintenance problems in the next 12 months. A few records worth reading before you sign. Check whether they were closed out, and ask what was actually fixed.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Armour Square — not a forecast
Above average
avg 0.7
2
FewerMore

This building has 2 building violations (7y), above the Armour Square average of 0.7.

Building characteristics
Units6
Year built1891
Stories
Building area5,820 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)17284350270000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
258 W 31 St

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The 6-unit residential building at 258 W 31st Street in Chicago's Armour Square neighborhood is an 1891 structure currently owned by Arable Farmland Inc. The building's recent history shows relatively few internal issues, with only two building code violations recorded in the past seven years, both of which were resolved in September 2020 through complaint-driven inspections. The property has also required three building permits over this period, indicating some level of maintenance or improvement work has been undertaken.

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Risk rating

How 258 W 31St St'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 508 buildings in this neighborhood, 503 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
28%
No code
violation
72%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Location

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

Building size

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

Violation rate, owner's portfolio

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

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 72%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

258 W 31St St event timeline

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2026
311 Request Aug 03
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint
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