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7205 S Bennett Chicago

South Shore, Chicago IL 60649 20251200020000 26 units · 1925

This building has significantly more problems than most nearby buildings. Renters here report frequent, slow-to-fix problems. Get repair promises in writing and check the unit before signing.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in South Shore
At or below average
avg 6.0
5
FewerMore

This building has 5 building violations (7y), at or below the South Shore average of 6.0.

Building characteristics
Units26
Year built1925
Stories
Building area23,367 sq ft
Property class315
PIN (Cook County parcel)20251200020000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Teninga Bergstrom 7205
Mailing address
8544 S Ashland Av

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Initial analysis

The 26-unit residential building at 7205 S Bennett in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood, owned by Teninga Bergstrom 7205, has experienced several notable issues in recent years. Most concerning are five open code violations identified during complaint-driven inspections in February 2025, which remain unresolved as of the latest data. The building's maintenance and safety history shows a pattern of recent infrastructural concerns, particularly in April 2026, when there were multiple reports of street lighting issues, with two separate complaints about non-functioning lights being logged and subsequently closed. That same month, the property experienced incidents involving injured animals (two reported cases) and an abandoned vehicle complaint, all of which have been resolved. A tree emergency service request from June 2026 remains open as of the latest data. The building, constructed in 1925 and located in a single-parcel ownership structure, has accumulated a total of 5 building violations and 21 service requests over the past seven years, with the majority of recent issues appearing to occur in the spring of 2026, particularly related to external infrastructure and urban environment challenges.

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Risk rating

How 7205 S Bennett 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
18thpercentile

Out of 2795 buildings in this neighborhood, 2292 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
19%
No code
violation
81%
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.

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 8.2%
Moderate concern 51.4%
Severe concern 40.5%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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7205 S Bennett Chicago event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Jun 13
Tree Emergency
311 City Services
311 RequestMay 11
Report an Injured Animal

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