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4625 S Paulina St

New City, Chicago IL 60609 20064240100000 4 units · 1908

This building has significantly more problems than most nearby buildings. 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
7
FewerMore

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

Building characteristics
Units4
Year built1908
Stories
Building area4,760 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)20064240100000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
6688 Joliet Rd 145

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Initial analysis

The 4-unit residential building at 4625 S Paulina Street in Chicago's New City neighborhood, owned by Paloma Properties, has a documented history spanning over 115 years since its construction in 1908. The property's most significant recent events occurred in July 2019, when multiple complaint-driven inspections were conducted, resulting in seven building code violations - though it's worth noting that all these violations were subsequently resolved. More recently, there have been ongoing water-related issues, with three 311 service requests between 2024-2025 specifically mentioning water problems, including a basement water complaint, water on the street, and two open fire hydrant incidents - these also appear to have been addressed as all requests are marked as closed. The building's maintenance record shows relatively few permits filed (only one in the past seven years), and while there have been multiple 311 service requests (11 in total), most of these appear to be routine matters such as recycling and garbage cart maintenance rather than indicating any serious building issues. The concentration of water-related complaints in recent years suggests this has been an area of particular concern for the property, though these issues seem to have been resolved through proper channels.

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Risk rating

How 4625 S Paulina 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
11thpercentile

Out of 4189 buildings in this neighborhood, 3728 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
41%
No code
violation
59%
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.

Location

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

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 21.7%
Moderate concern 41.5%
Severe concern 36.8%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

4625 S Paulina St event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Jan 20
Blue Recycling Cart
311 City Services
311 RequestJan 20
Garbage Cart Maintenance

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