City In Review: Chicago

Douglas · 2026-02

Douglas permit values hit $512k on eight projects

Douglas logged $512k in permit values in February, more than double the prior month's $220k, though the count rose just one to eight. Five went through the express program; three were renovations. Four businesses got licenses, including Duke's Grooming Studio and CVS pharmacy. Service requests fell 9% to 256—street light outages led at 32 calls. Violent crime dropped 11% to 57 incidents. One food place failed inspection.

By the numbers

Building permits8
Declared construction value$511,700
New business licenses4
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests256
Reported crimes253
Violent crimes57
Failed food inspections1

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