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720 E 38Th Chicago

Oakland, Chicago IL 60653 17344330060000 8 units · 2010

This building has more problems than most buildings in this 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 Oakland
At or below average
avg 4.2
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Oakland average of 4.2.

Building characteristics
Units8
Year built2010
Stories
Building area16,008 sq ft
Property class315
PIN (Cook County parcel)17344330060000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
Po Box 52427

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Initial analysis

The 8-unit residential building at 720 E 38th Street in Chicago's Oakland neighborhood, owned by Oakwood Shores Phase2D, was constructed in 2010 and has undergone limited documented activity over the past seven years. The building's records show a total of three building violations and 20 service requests through the city's 311 system. The most recent service requests were submitted in April 2025, both relating to tree trimming matters, while an E-scooter parking complaint from October 2024 represents the only complaint directly impacting resident experience or safety of the three identified service requests. It's noteworthy that the two tree trim requests are no longer being accepted, and there appears to be no record of repeated patterns in service requests or violations that would suggest systematic maintenance or management issues. The relative recency of the service requests and the nature of the concerns suggest more attention has been paid to property upkeep in recent years, though the limited number of incidents over the seven-year period could also indicate either effective management practices or underreporting of issues.

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Risk rating

How 720 E 38Th 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

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
27thpercentile

Out of 131 buildings in this neighborhood, 96 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
36%
No code
violation
64%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Building size

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

Location

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

Number of units

The number of units affects how the model reads complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 33.0%
Moderate concern 49.9%
Severe concern 17.1%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

720 E 38Th Chicago event timeline

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

2025
311 Request Apr 08
Tree Trim Request (NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED)
311 RequestApr 08
Tree Trim Request (NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED)

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