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957 W 51St St

New City, Chicago IL 60609 20084040020000 3 units · 2006

Nothing on record for this building in the last seven years. Our model still sees a moderate chance of maintenance problems in the next 12 months, from the owner's wider portfolio and the surrounding area rather than from anything recorded here. No public enforcement record to go on. Walk the building, ask the current tenants how repairs get handled, and get any promises in writing.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in New City — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 1.5
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the New City average of 1.5.

Building characteristics
Units3
Year built2006
Stories
Building area3,672 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)20084040020000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
13011 Grant Rd

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The three-unit residential building at 957 W 51st Street in the New City neighborhood was constructed in 2006 and is currently owned by Blueline Developer LLC, which holds five total parcels in the near vicinity. The building's documented history over the past seven years shows minimal activity with only three 311 service requests directly related to the property itself, all of which were resolved and closed. These requests were specifically for sign repairs, with two incidents occurring in 2024-2025 and one general information call in January 2025. While comparable owner records from the property management company show 38 service requests across five parcels, it's worth noting that these figures represent the owner's entire portfolio rather than just the single building in question. The property's relatively low number of service requests within the past seven years, particularly for a multi-unit building, suggests stable maintenance conditions, though the most recent requests in early 2025 indicate some ongoing attention to exterior signage maintenance.

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Risk rating

How 957 W 51St 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
35thpercentile

Out of 4198 buildings in this neighborhood, 2729 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
61%
No code
violation
39%
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.

Township: Lake

Located in Lake. The township captures local housing-market and code-enforcement patterns that affect all properties in the area.

12-Month risk forecast
Moderate failure risk 39%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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