City In Review: Chicago

Armour Square · 2026-01

Armour Square permit value hits $18.3M on two new construction filings

Armour Square logged $18.3 million in permit value in January, up from $62k the month before—a 29,449% jump on 11 permits total, including two new construction filings. Fifteen businesses opened: Wentworth Seafood House, Hunan Bistro, Te'amo Boba Bar, and Legend Tasty House among them. Service requests climbed 2% to 373, led by 89 graffiti removal calls. Violent crime dropped 29% to 20 incidents; overall crime fell 6% to 88. Food inspection failures went from two to six.

By the numbers

Building permits11
Declared construction value$18,261,094
New business licenses15
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests373
Reported crimes88
Violent crimes20
Failed food inspections6

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