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551 E 89Th St

Chatham, Chicago IL 60619 25032170200000

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, and our model predicts continuing maintenance failures over the next 12 months. Read the records below before you sign. Ask which issues were resolved, get repair commitments in writing, and inspect the unit yourself.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Chatham — not a forecast
Above average
avg 4.2
13
FewerMore

This building has 13 building violations (7y), above the Chatham average of 4.2.

Building characteristics
Units
Year built1926
Stories
Building area3,324 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)25032170200000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
309 W Washington St250

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The 551 E 89th Street property in Chatham, owned by LUSYL LLC, is a 1926 building with a complex maintenance history over the past seven years. The building has accumulated a total of 26 violations, with most recent concerns including an unresolved cluster of complaint-driven inspections from November 2020, while one permit-related inspection violation from November 2022 was resolved. The property has generated 36 service requests to 311, including multiple tree emergencies in 2025 and 2026, and at least one street light outage complaint in January 2026. Despite these various concerns, including three building permits issued in the past seven years, the property's most significant outstanding issues appear to be historical violations from 2020, with a relatively recent resolution of one violation in 2022. The frequency of tree-related service requests suggests ongoing environmental maintenance challenges in the property's vicinity.

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Risk rating

How 551 E 89Th 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
23rdpercentile

Out of 1901 buildings in this neighborhood, 1464 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
31%
No code
violation
69%
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.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

Building violations across all properties this owner is registered on — a signal of systemic maintenance issues.

Location

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

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 69%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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551 E 89Th St event timeline

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2022
Building Violation Nov 02
PERMIT
COMPLIED

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