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101 W 117Th St

West Pullman, Chicago IL 60628 25214190390000

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 West Pullman — not a forecast
Above average
avg 3.9
52
FewerMore

This building has 52 building violations (7y), above the West Pullman average of 3.9.

Building characteristics
Units
Year built1888
Stories
Building area2,544 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)25214190390000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
15 W 111Th Street

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The property at 101 W 117th Street in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood is an 1888 building currently owned by Johnny L Douglass. The building has experienced significant regulatory attention over the past seven years, with 52 recorded building code violations, the majority of which remain unresolved as of December 2024, representing a concerning pattern of ongoing compliance issues. The property has also generated 10 service requests to the 311 system, though these are primarily for municipal infrastructure matters outside the building itself, including multiple street light outages, a pothole complaint, street light pole damage, a tree emergency, and an abandoned vehicle issue between 2024 and 2025. The clustering of recent unresolved building code violations in December 2024 is particularly noteworthy, suggesting potential ongoing safety or maintenance concerns within the building. The age of the structure, combined with the documented violations and service requests, indicates that while some infrastructure concerns have been addressed (as evidenced by the closure of several 311 requests), there are significant and persistent issues that remain unresolved as of October 2023.

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Risk rating

How 101 W 117Th 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
3rdpercentile

Out of 1015 buildings in this neighborhood, 985 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
22%
No code
violation
78%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

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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.

Violation rate, owner's portfolio

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

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 78%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

101 W 117Th St event timeline

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

2024
Building Violation Dec 18 Serious
COMPLAINT
OPEN
Building ViolationDec 18
COMPLAINT

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