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516 W Melrose Chicago

Lake View, Chicago IL 60657 14213120280000 32 units · 1968

Nothing on record for this building in the last seven years, but our model still flags a rising risk of maintenance problems in the next 12 months. That forecast comes from the owner's wider portfolio and the surrounding area, not from this building's own record — treat it as a reason to ask questions, not as evidence of a problem. 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 Lake View — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 1.0
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Lake View average of 1.0.

The bar and the rating point different ways because they measure different things: the bar counts building violations already on file, the rating forecasts the next 12 months.

Building characteristics
Units32
Year built1968
Stories
Building area
Property class391
PIN (Cook County parcel)14213120280000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
4343 N Clarendon #2616

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Initial analysis

The 32-unit residential building at 516 W Melrose in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood is a single-parcel property owned by 516 Melrose LLC and was constructed in 1968. The building's recent maintenance record shows minimal activity over the past seven years, with only two building permits issued and a single 311 service request related to a street light outage in May 2025, which has since been resolved. Looking further back in history, there was one documented environmental concern from 2003 involving an asbestos work order, though there are no recorded complaints or incidents related to this hazardous material in more recent years. The property’s consistent lack of service requests and major complaints over the past two decades could indicate stable building conditions, but it should be noted that the relatively low number of documented permits and service requests may not provide a complete picture of the building's current state and maintenance needs.

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Risk rating

How 516 W Melrose 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

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
10thpercentile

Out of 3452 buildings in this neighborhood, 3107 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
30%
No code
violation
70%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

The data points that most influenced this building's risk rating — ranked by the weight the model placed on each one.

Location

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

Number of units

The number of units affects how the model reads complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

Lot size

Total lot square footage is a proxy for property scale.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 70%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

516 W Melrose Chicago event timeline

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2022
311 Request Apr 19
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint
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