City In Review: Chicago

Kenwood · Then vs Now

Kenwood: 2024-04 vs 2025-04

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

2024-04 2025-04 Change
Building permits 9 15 +67%
Construction value ($) $111,731 $1,550,444 +1288%
New business licenses 7 7 0%
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 337 286 -15%
Reported crimes 134 168 +25%
Violent crimes 38 43 +13%
Failed food inspections 1 1 0%

2024-04

Kenwood logs $112k in permits, mostly express work

Kenwood pulled nine permits in April totaling $112,000, all of it new activity after a quiet March. Seven were express permits; two covered elevator equipment. No new businesses opened or closed. Residents filed 337 service requests, led by 98 tree-trim asks (a category the city no longer accepts). Building violations came in second with 27. Police recorded 134 crimes, 38 of them violent. One food establishment failed inspection.

2025-04

Kenwood permit value drops 93% after $22M March

Kenwood issued 15 permits in April, up from 10 the month before, but total value collapsed from $22.8 million to $1.55 million—a 93% drop. March's figure was almost certainly driven by one or two big jobs that didn't repeat. Thirteen of April's permits came through the express program, with two renovation permits rounding out the set. No new businesses opened, none closed, and service requests were zero.

New businesses — 2024-04

  • CHEF MAURICE (Special Event Food)
  • ALMENDRO CAFE (Retail Food Establishment)
  • Planet Fitness (Regulated Business License)
  • REGENTS MARKET (Tobacco)
  • DUNKIN DONUTS / BASKIN ROBBINS (Retail Food Establishment)
  • CENTERS FOR NEW HORIZONS (Children's Services Facility License)
  • MAXIMUS LEGACY CONSULTING GROUP (Regulated Business License)

New businesses — 2025-04

  • TACO PROS/EGG HOLIC (Retail Food Establishment)
  • TAICHI A HARDIMAN (Peddler License)
  • JUST TURKEY (Retail Food Establishment)
  • REGENTS MARKET (Package Goods)
  • REGENTS MARKET (Retail Food Establishment)
  • REGENTS MARKET (Tobacco)
  • EDWARD A. TAYLOR, JR (Peddler License)