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1109 N Damen Ave

East Village, Chicago IL 60622 17064000480000 2 units · 1915

Nothing on record for this building in the last seven years, and our model puts it at a low risk of maintenance problems over the next 12 months. 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 East Village — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 0.9
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the East Village average of 0.9.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1915
Stories
Building area3,092 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)17064000480000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
1109 N Damen Ave

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Initial analysis

The two-unit residential building at 1109 N Damen Ave in the East Village neighborhood, owned by Norman Rivera, is a 1915 structure with a relatively small record of service requests and violations over the past seven years. The property, which consists of three parcels, has only one building violation on record during this period, indicating generally good maintenance standards. The most recent service requests include a currently open bicycle-related complaint from March 2025, while earlier in 2024, there were two separate incidents of no water service reported in December. Other recent requests demonstrate typical urban living issues, including a tree trimming request in January 2025 (now closed and no longer being accepted) and a report of an injured animal in October 2024, both of which were resolved. The limited number of service requests and building violations suggests that while there have been some maintenance issues, particularly regarding water service in late 2024, these have been relatively infrequent for a century-old building in a dense urban environment.

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Risk rating

How 1109 N Damen Ave'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
91stpercentile

Out of 583 buildings in this neighborhood, 52 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
76%
No code
violation
24%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 24%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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1109 N Damen Ave event timeline

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2024
311 Request Dec 23
No Water Complaint
311 City Services
311 RequestDec 23
No Water Complaint

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