City In Review: Chicago

East Garfield Park · 2024-09

Permit value jumps to $19.7M despite fewer projects

East Garfield Park pulled 15 permits in September—down from 22 the month before—but their combined value hit $19.7 million, more than double August's $7.9 million. Nine of those permits came through the city's express program. The rest were scattered: three renovation or alteration jobs, two reinstatements of revoked permits, and one new construction. No new business licenses. No 311 calls logged in the dataset. A lopsided month where a single big-dollar project likely shifted the whole picture.

By the numbers

Building permits15
Declared construction value$19,728,292
New business licenses44
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests730
Reported crimes388
Violent crimes166
Failed food inspections1

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