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Building permit activity in Chicago, IL

Searching Chicago permits for jobs to bid on? Skip the search. Every weekday morning we send the new projects that fit your trade, with who to call. 2,662 building permits issued in the 30 days through October 30, 2026, with $906.7 million in reported value: a snapshot of what's being built.

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Updated Thu, Nov 5 · 2,662 permits since October 1, 2026 · from official building permit records
2,662permits issued
$906.7Mreported value
426new homes
993commercial projects

What's being built in Chicago

Kind of workPermits issued
Home renovations and additions999
Commercial renovations and build-outs921
New homes426
Pools, garages and other residential structures183
New commercial and apartment buildings72
Demolitions61

Largest commercial projects this month

  1. 1904 W Adams St: $177.3 million. Dds 2019 cbc. New construction, full building permit for a 2 story building with a mezzanine and no basement as per…
  2. 1331 S Wells St: $94.0 million. Enclosure only permit for a 4-story stadium with no basement on piles. No MEP work. Piles only permit under 101075594,…
  3. 225 W Randolph St: $44.9 million. Interior alterations to existing office floors 10 through 16 for buildout of golub capital office space as per plans…
  4. 333 W Wolf Point Plz: $29.0 million. Self-cert cbc: initial buildout of 56,721 SF commerical office space on 19th, 20th, and 21st floors (3 contiguous…
  5. 705 W Chicago Ave: $22.6 million. Landscaping, park, and riverwalk for adjacent casino, hotel, and event center. (occ groups a-1. A-2, b, r-1, s-2; const…
  6. 1700 W Adams St: $15.0 million. Construction of a new two story precast concrete church with auditorium seating, child care areas, office space, and…

1,193 different contractors were named on these permits. A Morningline report names the people behind each new job, every weekday.

How Morningline works

  1. Overnight, we read the permits. Every new Chicago building permit, the day the city publishes it.
  2. We pick the jobs that fit your trade and research who's behind each one: the builder, the owner, the company that just bought the house.
  3. By morning, it's in your inbox: a short call list with phone numbers, so you call first.

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This page is a weekly snapshot. Morningline reports are daily. Every weekday morning we pick the new projects in Chicago that fit your trade, research the people behind them, and email you the list. One company per trade in each area.

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How we count

Building permits issued from October 1, 2026 through October 30, 2026, the most recent 30 days of Chicago data we hold. Source: public building permit records for Chicago. Each permit is counted once. Values are the valuations reported on the permits, leaving out obvious data-entry errors; a project filed as several permits is valued once. Contractor counts are companies named on the permits.

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