City In Review: Chicago

South Deering · Then vs Now

South Deering: 2024-11 vs 2025-11

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

2024-11 2025-11 Change
Building permits 19 9 -53%
Construction value ($) $721,001 $52,054,626 +7120%
New business licenses 7 9 +29%
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 480 433 -10%
Reported crimes 139 139 0%
Violent crimes 39 51 +31%
Failed food inspections 0 0

2024-11

South Deering permit value jumps 77% to $721k

Nineteen permits cleared in November, up from 15 the month before, but the real shift was in dollar terms: $721,001 versus $407,681 in October. Fifteen of those permits came through the express program; two were for demolition. Service requests dropped 14 percent to 480, led by 46 calls about streetlights and 40 for tree trimming. Crime fell 13 percent overall (139 incidents) and violent offenses were down 19 percent to 39. No new business licenses, no closures, no food inspection failures.

2025-11

South Deering logs one $50M+ permit in November

Permit value in South Deering hit $52 million in November, up from $2.1 million the month before. The spike came from a single new construction permit; the other eight were express-program filings. Overall permit count dropped from 17 to 9.

New businesses — 2024-11

  • Dunkin' (Retail Food Establishment)
  • LAKESIDE GRAIN TRADING (Regulated Business License)
  • Harold's Lock and Key Service (Limited Business License)
  • EAGLE FOOD & LIQUOR MARKET INC (Retail Food Establishment)
  • EAGLE FOOD & LIQUOR MARKET INC (Package Goods)
  • EAGLE FOOD & LIQUOR MARKET INC (Tobacco)
  • El Malecon (Retail Food Establishment)

New businesses — 2025-11

  • FAMILY DOLLAR #32151 (Retail Food Establishment)
  • BENTLEY BITES (Limited Business License)
  • DTLR (Limited Business License)
  • AUTO GLASS SOLUTION COMPANY (Motor Vehicle Services License)
  • EAGLE FOOD & LIQUOR MARKET INC (Tobacco)
  • Biomat USA, Inc. (Limited Business License)
  • EASTSIDE FUEL & MART (Retail Food Establishment)
  • EASTSIDE FUEL & MART (Filling Station)
  • SUPERSHINE CARWASH (Limited Business License)