City In Review: Chicago

Dunning · Then vs Now

Dunning: 2024-04 vs 2025-04

A side-by-side look at how Dunning shifted between two periods.

2024-04 2025-04 Change
Building permits 15 29 +93%
Construction value ($) $4,468,584 $9,147,825 +105%
New business licenses 17 22 +29%
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 1,074 1,177 +10%
Reported crimes 124 95 -23%
Violent crimes 32 24 -25%
Failed food inspections 2 1 -50%

2024-04

Dunning logs $4.5M in permits, mostly express

Dunning saw 15 permits totaling $4.5 million in April, a jump from zero the month before. Twelve were filed through the express permit program, with three renovation or alteration permits rounding out the activity. No new businesses opened, none closed, and 311 requests stayed at zero.

2025-04

Dunning permit value rockets to $9.1 million

Dunning's permit value jumped from $566k in March to $9.1 million in April, a fifteenfold spike. The neighborhood issued 29 permits, just two more than the prior month, but the dollars tell a different story. Twenty-three were filed through the city's express program, with another five tagged as renovation or alteration work. No new businesses opened, none closed. The surge points to at least one large project breaking ground or ramping up this spring.

New businesses — 2024-04

  • FRANK'S AUTO REPAIR (Motor Vehicle Services License)
  • CELLZ REPAIR (Limited Business License)
  • EDISON R. BONI SUMBA (Peddler License)
  • FLIP N D'S INC (Outdoor Patio)
  • ISAMAR GARCIA (Peddler License)
  • ZION GARDENS (Limited Business License)
  • SKECHERS (Limited Business License)
  • CAKES AND BEYOND, INC. (Retail Food Establishment)
  • ALIA DRUG TESTING (Limited Business License)
  • NAIL TECH EIGHT (Limited Business License)

New businesses — 2025-04

  • MICHELADAS EL PATRON (Special Event Food)
  • MA-PA CHICAGO (Limited Business License)
  • goPuff (Retail Food Establishment)
  • POLAR PRINT INC. (Manufacturing Establishments)
  • LIQUOR MAX (Retail Food Establishment)
  • LIQUOR MAX (Package Goods)
  • AMERICAN VETERANS COMMUNITY TRUST CO. (Raffles)
  • PROTON HERBS (Limited Business License)
  • LH`S GADGET REPAIR INC (Limited Business License)
  • HAIR BY TUTI INC 85-1872204 (Limited Business License)