City In Review: Chicago

Hermosa · 2024-08

Hermosa permit value jumps to $2.4 million

Hermosa's construction permit value shot up to $2.4 million in August, a fourteen-fold increase from July's $164k. The neighborhood logged 15 permits, up from six the month before. Eleven were filed through the city's express program. One new-construction permit and a pair of renovation permits rounded out the rest. No new businesses opened and service requests flatlined at zero.

By the numbers

Building permits15
Declared construction value$2,404,833
New business licenses9
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests531
Reported crimes100
Violent crimes28
Failed food inspections2

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