City In Review: Chicago

Roseland · Then vs Now

Roseland: 2024-11 vs 2025-11

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

2024-11 2025-11 Change
Building permits 28 27 -4%
Construction value ($) $626,343 $401,738 -36%
New business licenses 13 13 0%
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 974 1,084 +11%
Reported crimes 391 415 +6%
Violent crimes 148 151 +2%
Failed food inspections 3 1 -67%

2024-11

Roseland permits fall 47% while dollar value stays flat

Permits in Roseland dropped from 53 to 28 in November—a 47% slide—but the dollar value barely budged, holding at $626k. Express permits accounted for 17 of the 28 approvals. Service requests fell by a quarter, led by 95 calls about garbage cart maintenance. Crime was down 20%, including an 11% drop in violent offenses. Three food inspections failed, triple the previous month's count.

2025-11

Roseland permit value drops $726k in November

Roseland pulled 27 permits in November, down from 35 the month before, but the real slide was in dollar value — $402k versus $1.1 million in October. Two-thirds of that drop. Twenty-four permits came through the express program, two were demo jobs. Service requests fell 30%, led by 95 calls about garbage cart maintenance and 80 for streetlight outages. Crime dropped 16% overall (415 reports), violent offenses down 12% to 151. One food inspection failure, compared to six in October.

New businesses — 2024-11

  • WWC INC. (Regulated Business License)
  • Botanas Vallejo (Peddler License)
  • CHicago best tobacco, grill & deli (Tobacco)
  • GREYHOUND LINES INC. (Limited Business License)
  • DAEDAE NAILS, INC. (Limited Business License)
  • 111 TH FOOD & CELLULAR , INC. (Tobacco)
  • DNA BEAUTY SUPPLY (Limited Business License)
  • ANTONIO EARL WHITE (Peddler License)
  • Popeye's #860 (Retail Food Establishment)
  • JOSIAH NATHANIEL MCCRORY (Peddler License)

New businesses — 2025-11

  • CHicago best tobacco, grill & deli (Tobacco)
  • CHicago best tobacco, grill & deli (Retail Food Establishment)
  • FAMILY DOLLAR STORE # 10729 (Retail Food Establishment)
  • 76 (Tobacco)
  • FAMILY DOLLAR STORE #31879 (Retail Food Establishment)
  • FAMILY DOLLAR STORE #6594 (Retail Food Establishment)
  • LACYS JR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC (Regulated Business License)
  • 111 TH FOOD & CELLULAR , INC. (Tobacco)
  • 111 TH FOOD & CELLULAR , INC. (Retail Food Establishment)
  • NATHALIE & ANNITA BRAID BEAUTY SUPPLY (Limited Business License)