City In Review: Chicago

Rogers Park · Then vs Now

Rogers Park: 2024-12 vs 2025-12

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

2024-12 2025-12 Change
Building permits 14 16 +14%
Construction value ($) $355,213 $318,400 -10%
New business licenses 24 22 -8%
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 766 1,042 +36%
Reported crimes 265 260 -2%
Violent crimes 83 78 -6%
Failed food inspections 4 1 -75%

2024-12

Rogers Park logs $355k in permits on 14 applications

Rogers Park issued 14 permits in December, down from 24 in November. Nine came through the express program. Total value hit $355k, up from the prior month's $313k. No new business licenses or closures showed up in the data.

2025-12

Rogers Park permits drop to $318k

Rogers Park pulled 16 permits in December, down from 27 the month before. Total value fell to $318,400—about one-eighth of November's $2.6 million. A dozen permits came through the express program, with three renovation jobs and one demo rounding out the list. No new business licenses or closures logged this month.

New businesses — 2024-12

  • Ritual Rhythms Chicago (Limited Business License)
  • Chirose Salon and Spa (Limited Business License)
  • KIMCHI POP THREE BY CHEF SON (Retail Food Establishment)
  • 2 P'S SMOKE SHOP (Tobacco)
  • XPRESS HAIR CUTS (Limited Business License)
  • GREEN WORKS LLC (Regulated Business License)
  • LAKEFRONT NURSING & REHAB CENTER (Regulated Business License)
  • 2 P'S SMOKE SHOP (Retail Food Establishment)
  • goPuff (Tobacco)
  • APERION CARE LAKESHORE, LLC (Regulated Business License)

New businesses — 2025-12

  • RETRO WORLD (Limited Business License)
  • EXPRESS FOOD MART (Retail Food Establishment)
  • TAPIAS AUTO REPAIR (Motor Vehicle Services License)
  • LE PIANO (Public Place of Amusement (PAV))
  • LA PUERTA NEGRA CATINA GRILL INC (Public Place of Amusement)
  • TOUHY AUTO TECX, INC. (Motor Vehicle Services License)
  • 2 P'S SMOKE SHOP (Tobacco)
  • Dependable Personnel Service INC. (Regulated Business License)
  • LE PIANO (Retail Food Establishment)
  • LE PIANO (Consumption on Premises - Incidental Activity)