CSIM
Vacancy Opportunity Index

Englewood — Vacancy-to-Revitalization

Edition 8 / 9 · ZIP 60621 · As of August 13, 2026

Edition geography: ZIP 60621 (primarily Englewood). ZIP and community-area boundaries do not align exactly.

Scale of the challenge

3,835
Tracked vacant properties
40%
Ownership unverified
311-reported vacant buildings, not yet parcel-matched
60%
City / Public controlled

All tracked sites intersect at least one incentive geography

Site map — clustered tracked vacancies

Showing 2,000 of 3,835

Numbered discs are the 12 featured sites in the site index below.

Vacancy Sources, Ownership, and Control

01 What is being counted

(a)City-inventory vacant-land parcelsCity-Owned Land Server (COLS)2,287
(b)311-reported vacant-building sitesService requests — ownership not attached1,548
(c)Assessor-classed vacant-land parcelsCook County Assessor vacant-land classification2,966

Sources (a) and (b) together form the 3,835-record operational tracking list — the properties a corridor manager actively works. That list is not the complete vacant-land universe. The land universe reconciles the two land sources, (a) and (c), below.

Tracked list by owner type (COLS + 311)

Corporate / LLC
0
Out-of-State Investor
0
Local Private
0
City / Public
2,287
Unknown
1,548

Tracked list — land vs. building

2,287 vacant land (60%)1,548 reported buildings (311) (40%)

02 How the land sources overlap

City-inventory vacant-land parcels2,287
+Assessor-classed vacant-land parcels2,966
Parcels counted in both sources (City PIN matches)389
Unique land parcels (deduplicated union)4,864
  • 389 City PIN matches — parcels present in both land sources.
  • 1,898 City-inventory parcels outside the Assessor’s vacant-land classification (city land is mostly tax-exempt).
  • 2,577 Assessor parcels not found in the City inventory.

03 Who controls the vacant land

Ownership across the 4,864 unique land parcels above — the single “who controls” claim.

Corporate / LLC
447
Out-of-State Investor
306
Local Private
1,710
City / Public
2,289
Unknown
112
Total
4,864

City / Public = City-inventory parcels plus additional public parcels identified through assessor taxpayer records. Private and unknown counts are the reconciled taxpayer-of-record classifications over the same land universe. Raw taxpayer records alone would show City/Public 2.

03b Owner structure × geography

The same assessor vacant-land parcels, cross-tabulated by owner structure (from the taxpayer name) and geography (from the taxpayer mailing address).

StructureIn-stateOut-of-stateUnknownTotal
Entity583400623
Individual1,70710701,814
Trust190019
Government39700397
Unresolved11300113
Total2,81914702,966

Geography is the taxpayer mailing address’s state, not a claim about where an owner physically resides. Structure is inferred from public taxpayer-of-record name patterns.

04 Vacant buildings requiring verification

1,548311-reported vacant-building sitesOwnership unverified

These are service-request sites, not owner-verified holdings — they are not “privately held.” An exact land-plus-building total should not be published until these sites are parcel-matched and deduplicated against the land universe above.

Tax-sale / delinquencyNot yet availableCode-violation densityNot yet available

04b Exemption anomalies — records for review

Record anomalies warranting official review. A vacant land parcel cannot serve as a principal residence; these pairings are records discrepancies for the Assessor, Treasurer, and Clerk to adjudicate — no wrongdoing is asserted.

Exemption anomaliesNot yet available

05 What this means for action

Public land parcels2,289Disposition · RFP · CCLBA coordination · land assembly
Known private land parcels2,463Owner outreach and development partnerships
Unknown land parcels112Ownership and title verification
Reported buildings1,548Parcel matching · ownership verification · active-status confirmation

Revitalization cannot depend on one acquisition strategy. It requires public-land disposition, local-owner partnerships, absentee-owner outreach, and targeted ownership verification.

Ownership → action pathways

Owner classAction pathway
City / PublicDisposition inquiry · CCLBA coordination · RFP · land assembly
Local PrivateDirect outreach · technical assistance · sale or development partnership
Corporate / LLCPortfolio-level outreach · identify decision-maker · negotiate assembly
Out-of-State InvestorTargeted outreach · acquisition interest · tax/code review
UnknownTitle and taxpayer verification before outreach
Tax-sale record on fileLegal review · tax-sale monitoring · acquisition pathway assessment

Where coordinated intervention is possible

Coordinated intervention

12 clusters
1119 sites

This cluster contains 119 vacant properties: 49 publicly controlled and 70 requiring verification.

49 land · 70 buildings
2119 sites

Englewood corridor: This cluster contains 119 vacant properties: 85 publicly controlled and 34 requiring verification.

85 land · 34 buildings
3119 sites

This cluster contains 119 vacant properties: 78 publicly controlled and 41 requiring verification.

78 land · 41 buildings
4119 sites

Englewood corridor: This cluster contains 119 vacant properties: 93 publicly controlled and 26 requiring verification.

93 land · 26 buildings
5119 sites

This cluster contains 119 vacant properties: 72 publicly controlled and 47 requiring verification.

72 land · 47 buildings
6119 sites

This cluster contains 119 vacant properties: 82 publicly controlled and 37 requiring verification.

82 land · 37 buildings
7119 sites

This cluster contains 119 vacant properties: 81 publicly controlled and 38 requiring verification.

81 land · 38 buildings
8119 sites

This cluster contains 119 vacant properties: 102 publicly controlled and 17 requiring verification.

102 land · 17 buildings
9119 sites

This cluster contains 119 vacant properties: 56 publicly controlled and 63 requiring verification.

56 land · 63 buildings
10119 sites

This cluster contains 119 vacant properties: 92 publicly controlled and 27 requiring verification.

92 land · 27 buildings
1160 sites

This cluster contains 60 vacant properties: 28 publicly controlled and 32 requiring verification.

28 land · 32 buildings
1260 sites

This cluster contains 60 vacant properties: 17 publicly controlled and 43 requiring verification.

17 land · 43 buildings

Proximity clusters: tracked sites within ~100 m linked; contiguous areas larger than ~500 m are divided into sub-areas for intervention planning; minimum five sites. Boundaries are analytical, not parcel-contiguous.

Site index — featured sites

#AddressOwner typeTypeZoningSq ftNext stepVerify
1914 W 63RD STCity / PublicENTVacant LandPD 154671,386City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
26221 S SANGAMON STCity / PublicENTVacant LandC1-233,898City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
3501 W 64TH STCity / PublicINDVacant LandRT-420,832City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
4901 W 63RD STCity / PublicENTVacant LandPD 113112,697City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
5505 W 65TH PLCity / PublicINDVacant LandRT-411,908City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
6505 W 65TH PLCity / PublicINDVacant LandRT-411,908City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
76606 S NORMAL BLVDCity / PublicENTVacant LandRT-411,401City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
86217 S HALSTED STCity / PublicINDVacant LandPD 56010,540City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
9425 W MARQUETTE RDCity / PublicENTVacant LandRT-424,613City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
105943 S LOWE AVECity / PublicINDVacant LandM1-217,378City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
117127 S PARNELL AVECity / PublicINDVacant LandRT-416,910City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
125912 S LOWE AVECity / PublicENTVacant LandRS-315,146City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
426 W NORMAL PKWY NORTHCity / PublicUNRVacant LandRT-410,869City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
7402 S VINCENNES AVECity / PublicENTVacant LandC1-212,750City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗
6844 S MAY STCity / PublicINDVacant LandRS-318,687City/CCLBA disposition inquiryCookViewer ↗ · Clerk ↗

+ 3,820 additional sites in the directory below

Nine-edition comparison

EditionTracked VacantVacancy RateLocal OwnershipBuilding ShareCity-Owned Share
South Chicago60617
2,177
6%
62%
60%
40%
Chatham60619
1,850
6%
83%
78%
22%
South Shore60649
706
4%
77%
83%
17%
West Garfield Park60624
2,786
16%
79%
52%
48%
North Lawndale60623
2,518
9%
88%
52%
48%
Austin60644
1,546
9%
86%
61%
39%
Humboldt Park60651
956
4%
90%
76%
24%
Englewood60621
3,835
24%
78%
40%
60%
West Englewood60636
3,091
19%
83%
55%
45%

Dot ratings rank the nine pilot editions against each other (quintiles). They are not citywide scores or grades.

Site directory — every tracked address

90-day corridor action agenda

  1. 01Select 2–3 priority clusters
  2. 02Disposition conversations for public sites
  3. 03Outreach list for local + corporate owners
  4. 04Verify unknown / outdated records
  5. 05Match clusters with uses / developers / incentives
  6. 06Track identified → contacted → verified → assembled → activated
Englewood carries 3,835 tracked vacant properties. 2,287 are City- or public-controlled and can move toward disposition without owner outreach; the remaining 1,548 carry unverified ownership (311-reported buildings) and start with parcel matching and ownership verification. 3,835 tracked site points intersect at least one boundary in the Explorer dataset (revision 2026-08-13). Use those overlaps to prioritize programs for review; they do not establish eligibility, current intake, or an award. Revitalization here is not a single deal — it is public-land disposition, local-owner partnerships, absentee-owner outreach, and records verification, run cluster by cluster.

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Dot ratings rank the nine pilot editions against each other (quintiles). They are not citywide scores or grades.

Sources
  • Chicago City-Owned Land Inventory (aksk-kvfp) + 311 Vacant/Abandoned Building Complaints (v6vf-nfxy)
  • Cook County Assessor parcels (classified owner type; complete vacant-land universe)
  • Explorer corridor-metrics citywide export (vacancy rate, local ownership, incentive coverage)
  • Chicago ZIP Code boundaries (unjd-c2ca)
  • Chicago transportation network (expressways + rail)

Informational screening only. Owner type is inferred from public taxpayer-of-record patterns and is anonymized — no owner names or mailing addresses appear here. Records indicate; confirm current ownership, program requirements, timing, and approval steps with the administering organization before relying.