City In Review: Chicago

Dunning · Then vs Now

Dunning: 2024-10 vs 2025-10

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

2024-10 2025-10 Change
Building permits 33 20 -39%
Construction value ($) $661,648 $540,171 -18%
New business licenses 22 189 +759%
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 1,126 1,072 -5%
Reported crimes 160 139 -13%
Violent crimes 30 34 +13%
Failed food inspections 1 5 +400%

2024-10

Dunning permit value doubles on 31 express permits

Dunning logged $662k in construction permits in October, more than double September's $309k. The jump came from volume—33 permits versus 25 the month prior—with 31 of those filed through the city's express program. One sign permit and one renovation rounded out the list. No new businesses opened, none closed, and the rest of the data came back flat.

2025-10

Dunning permit value drops 86% to $540k

Dunning pulled 20 permits in October, down from 39 the month before, with total value falling from nearly $4 million to $540,000. Sixteen of those permits came through the city's express program. The neighborhood didn't log any new business licenses, closures, 311 requests, crimes, or food inspection failures during the month.

New businesses — 2024-10

  • KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN (Retail Food Establishment)
  • MARE'S MINI MART & DELI (Tobacco)
  • LEE NAIL & SPA-CHICAGO, INC. (Limited Business License)
  • THE CELLAR (Tobacco)
  • ADDISON SUPERETTE (Tobacco)
  • OKOCIM BAR & GRILL (Tobacco)
  • CONVENIENT ETC (Tobacco)
  • MR BEEF ON HARLEM (Consumption on Premises - Incidental Activity)
  • EGZ CONSTRUCTION INC. (Regulated Business License)
  • MAX'S FOOD + LIQUOR (Tobacco)

New businesses — 2025-10

  • ITAXANDINVESTMENTS, INC. (Limited Business License)
  • VIDEO SCORPIO (Limited Business License)
  • SUPERIOR EVERGREENS (Pop-Up Retail User)
  • United Tires & Auto Repair (Motor Vehicle Services License)
  • WONDERLAND CHILD CARE CENTER CORPORATION (Children's Services Facility License)
  • GEO. NOTTOLI & SON, INC. (Retail Food Establishment)
  • TED'S AUTO CLINIC INC (Motor Vehicle Services License)
  • V I P HAIR STUDIO (Limited Business License)
  • THE NEST BAR & EATERY (Consumption on Premises - Incidental Activity)
  • A-ACTION AUTO INC (Motor Vehicle Services License)