City In Review: Chicago

West Lawn · 2024-07

West Lawn permit value drops 60% in July

West Lawn logged $278k in permitted work in July, down from $695k the month before. The 25 permits issued were almost all through the express program—24 of them—with one sign permit rounding out the month. No new businesses opened, none closed, and the rest of the data came back flat.

By the numbers

Building permits25
Declared construction value$278,119
New business licenses16
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests917
Reported crimes179
Violent crimes39
Failed food inspections3

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