City In Review: Chicago

Beverly · 2026-01

Beverly gets seven new businesses in January

Beverly added seven businesses in January, including Flippin Flavors, a retail food spot, and For Eyes. Osprey Advisory, Clean Slate Development, AcreIQ, and Cabinets Counter Tops Ect picked up regulated business licenses, and a 7-Eleven got a tobacco permit. Permits jumped 64%, from 11 to 18, with 11 of them express permits. Construction value edged up 11.5% to just over $1 million. Residents filed 67 requests through the Shared Cost Sidewalk Program, the top 311 category by a wide margin. Crime logged 38 incidents, eight of them violent.

By the numbers

Building permits18
Declared construction value$1,004,498
New business licenses8
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests590
Reported crimes64
Violent crimes13
Failed food inspections0

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