City In Review: Chicago

Garfield Ridge · Then vs Now

Garfield Ridge: 2024-12 vs 2025-12

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

2024-12 2025-12 Change
Building permits 30 22 -27%
Construction value ($) $916,899 $735,959 -20%
New business licenses 13 9 -31%
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 943 1,121 +19%
Reported crimes 181 147 -19%
Violent crimes 32 36 +12%
Failed food inspections 4 6 +50%

2024-12

Garfield Ridge permits up 43% despite value drop

Garfield Ridge pulled 30 permits in December, up from 21 the month before, though total value fell 36% to $917k. Twenty-four permits came through the express program. No new businesses opened or closed. Service requests climbed 8% to 943, led by 179 tree trim requests and 159 graffiti removals. Violent crime dropped 44%, from 57 incidents to 32. Four food inspections failed, double November's count.

2025-12

Garfield Ridge permit value jumps to $736k

Permit value in Garfield Ridge climbed 36% in December to about $736,000, even as the number of permits fell from 28 to 22. Seventeen of those permits came through the city's express program. Two new-construction permits and a pair of reinstated revoked permits rounded out the month. No new businesses opened or closed, and service request data wasn't available.

New businesses — 2024-12

  • Pepes restaurant (Consumption on Premises - Incidental Activity)
  • WALLY'S WAFFLES LLC (Shared Kitchen User (Long Term))
  • SHELL (Filling Station)
  • DOLLAR GENERAL STORE #19100 (Retail Food Establishment)
  • PROSPECT AIRPORT SERVICES - MIDWAY (Limited Business License)
  • PLATINUM TINTS (Motor Vehicle Services License)
  • XPRESS TAX (Limited Business License)
  • SHELL (Tobacco)
  • VERONICA GARCIA (Retail Food Establishment)
  • SHELL (Retail Food Establishment)

New businesses — 2025-12

  • GAMEWAY (Public Place of Amusement)
  • GAMEWAY (Consumption on Premises - Incidental Activity)
  • EMILY TAX AND ACCOUNTING SOLUTIONS, INC. (Limited Business License)
  • UNION FADES (Limited Business License)
  • RIVA BROADCASTING (Regulated Business License)
  • MARCO'S PALACE (Retail Food Establishment)
  • Macias Imports (Wholesale Food Establishment)
  • SHELL (Tobacco)
  • PEOPLE IN MOTION, INC. (Limited Business License)