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3555 S Cottage Grove Chicago

Oakland, Chicago IL 60653 17344060110000 458 units · 1974

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 Oakland — not a forecast
Above average
avg 4.2
34
FewerMore

This building has 34 building violations (7y), above the Oakland average of 4.2.

Building characteristics
Units458
Year built1974
Stories
Building area
Property class997
PIN (Cook County parcel)17344060110000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
36 S Wabash Av 1310

Landlord portfolio

Other Chicago properties this owner holds, with a risk rating for each.

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Initial analysis

The 3555 S Cottage Grove building, located in Chicago's Oakland neighborhood, is a 458-unit multi-family structure built in 1974 and currently owned by Lake Grove LLC. The building has experienced a notable number of issues over the past seven years, with 34 building code violations and 60 service requests recorded through the 311 system. Most concerning are the three open periodic routine inspection violations as of February 2026, suggesting ongoing compliance concerns with regular safety and maintenance inspections. While some recent building violations from April and November 2023 were resolved, their occurrence indicates a pattern of maintenance and compliance challenges.

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Risk rating

How 3555 S Cottage Grove 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
3rdpercentile

Out of 132 buildings in this neighborhood, 128 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
4%
No code
violation
96%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

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Code violations, owner's portfolio

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

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 risk forecast
High failure risk 96%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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3555 S Cottage Grove Chicago event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Jul 16
Building Violation
311 City Services
311 RequestJul 13
Building Violation

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