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4503 S Justine St

New City, Chicago IL 60609 20053040020000

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 New City
Above average
avg 1.6
10
FewerMore

This building has 10 building violations (7y), above the New City average of 1.6.

Building characteristics
Units
Year built1878
Stories
Building area2,920 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)20053040020000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Zhen Hu
Mailing address
1160 S Michigan 1803

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Initial analysis

The property at 4503 South Justine Street in Chicago's New City neighborhood is a 145-year-old building currently owned by Zhen Hu. The building has experienced significant ongoing issues, with a particularly concerning cluster of open building code violations emerging in 2023 and continuing into 2026, all categorized as complaint-driven inspections. These unresolved violations, which represent a substantial portion of the building's total violations in the past seven years, are particularly noteworthy given their recent nature and persistent open status. The building's maintenance history over this period shows regular issues with local services, including six 311 service requests in the past seven years. Recent service requests from 2026 include low water pressure complaints and multiple dead animal pick-up requests, while earlier records from 2025 and 2024 document rodent problems and an unspecified building violation. The building's only recorded permit in the past seven years was from January 2022, related to a permit-driven inspection, which remains open and unresolved. The combination of multiple unresolved building code violations, recent service requests regarding basic infrastructure issues, and pest control complaints suggests ongoing maintenance challenges at this property.

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Risk rating

How 4503 S Justine 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

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
4thpercentile

Out of 4189 buildings in this neighborhood, 4021 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
31%
No code
violation
69%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Violation rate, owner's portfolio

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

Building size

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

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.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 16.7%
Moderate concern 54.8%
Severe concern 28.5%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

4503 S Justine St event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Apr 08
Low Water Pressure Complaint
311 City Services
Building ViolationApr 01
COMPLAINT

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