Based on 14,782 historical retail appeals in Lake Township (2022-2025), TaxRival's data shows a 32% win rate at the Board of Review with an average reduction of 19.5% when successful.
Check Your Property →Storefronts, strip centers, shopping centers, and standalone retail buildings. Lake Township sits in the City of Chicago triad of Cook County. Our analysis of historical Board of Review appeal outcomes (2022-2025) shows that retail property owners in Lake have won reductions on 32% of filings, with an average reduction of 19.5% when the BOR grants relief.
The 95th-percentile reduction is 36% — that's our plausibility ceiling for the algorithm, calibrated specifically to retail appeals in Lake. Cases above this threshold are exceedingly rare in the historical record, so claims significantly above 36% would be flagged as outliers and reviewed before filing.
The strongest recent Board of Review reductions on retail property appeals in Lake Township, drawn from BOR decisions in tax years 2022–2024. Pre-appeal AV is the Assessor's value before filing; post-appeal AV is the BOR's final decision. These are real outcomes, not estimates.
| Tax Year | Pre-Appeal AV | Post-Appeal AV | Reduction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $3,249,384 | $194,228 | −94% |
| 2023 | $67,148 | $4,560 | −93.2% |
| 2023 | $67,148 | $4,560 | −93.2% |
| 2023 | $19,820 | $2,280 | −88.5% |
| 2024 | $51,047 | $8,490 | −83.4% |
| 2024 | $51,047 | $8,490 | −83.4% |
| 2023 | $78,851 | $13,860 | −82.4% |
| 2023 | $78,851 | $13,860 | −82.4% |
| 2022 | $78,851 | $13,860 | −82.4% |
| 2023 | $45,916 | $8,421 | −81.7% |
| 2022 | $512,361 | $99,732 | −80.5% |
| 2023 | $78,052 | $15,371 | −80.3% |
Source: Cook County Assessor's open data portal (appeal_history dataset). Property identifiers are not displayed for privacy; figures are public record.
TaxRival's algorithm uses township-and-class-specific calibration, not a generic countywide average. When we evaluate your retail property in Lake, we use the 36% cap from this dataset, the 32% historical win rate as a confidence input, and class-specific comparable sales matched to your asset type.
For a deeper look at how Cook County BOR appeals perform across all townships and asset classes, see our 2024 BOR appeal success rates analysis covering all 57,960 commercial and industrial appeals filed last year.
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