City In Review: Chicago

Armour Square · 2026-03

Armour Square permit value jumps to $1.85 million

Armour Square pulled four permits in March worth $1.85 million, up from $140,000 the month before. New construction accounted for two of them. New businesses included SLURPSLURP NOODLES, KAJIKEN, KONG DOG, and PARIS BAGUETTE — a small restaurant wave in a neighborhood that added 12 licenses total, down from 21 in February. Service requests climbed 14 percent to 400, led by 79 graffiti removal calls. Violent crime dropped 43 percent to 17 incidents.

By the numbers

Building permits4
Declared construction value$1,851,500
New business licenses12
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests400
Reported crimes86
Violent crimes17
Failed food inspections7

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