Portage Park · 2025-02
Portage Park permit value up 56% to $1.56M
Permits in Portage Park totaled $1.56 million in February, up 56% from January, though the count slipped three to 26. Most were express permits—quick-turnaround jobs. Thirty new businesses opened, including Tank Noodle and Sweatlodge/Rehydrate Water Bar & Cafe. Food inspection failures rose from two to six. Crime inched up two incidents to 214; violent offenses dropped from 51 to 47. Residents filed 194 tree-planting requests, the most common 311 item.
By the numbers
| Building permits | 26 |
|---|---|
| Declared construction value | $1,559,684 |
| New business licenses | 30 |
| Business closings (proxy) | 0 |
| 311 service requests | 1572 |
| Reported crimes | 214 |
| Violent crimes | 47 |
| Failed food inspections | 6 |
New businesses
- MULTISERVICIOS ADELIZ (Limited Business License)
- JEFFERSON SECRET TREASURES INC. (Limited Business License)
- SANTI BOTANICA Wax Studio (Limited Business License)
- 7-ELEVEN #27421 C (Tobacco)
- PHD TAX SERVICES, INC. (Limited Business License)
- FITNESS HOUSE (Regulated Business License)
- TANK NOODLE (Retail Food Establishment)
- EXHALE SMOKES (Tobacco)
- SWEATLODGE / REHYDRATE WATER BAR & CAFE (Retail Food Establishment)
- GISELL "SALON" (Limited Business License)
Top permit types
- PERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM — 18
- PERMIT - RENOVATION/ALTERATION — 6
- PERMIT - SIGNS — 1
- PERMIT - NEW CONSTRUCTION — 1
Top 311 request types
- Tree Planting Request — 194
- Finance Parking Code Enforcement Review — 182
- Pothole in Street Complaint — 139
- Abandoned Vehicle Complaint — 111
- Graffiti Removal Request — 110