Wrapped! But for Chicago building permits

Chicago Cityscape presents its first multimedia Chicago Permits Wrapped, looking at building permit activity in Chicago in 2023. Watch it as a video, sift through the slideshow on our website, download it as a PDF, or read the Wrapped highlights below.

Topline figures are that in 2023 the City of Chicago issued permits for 5,640 units in 253 multi-unit buildings and 281 single-units (detached houses), totaling 5,921 new construction units in 534 buildings.

Wrapped also looks at…

• Five biggest residential projects permitted in 2023 (first and second shown above)
• Six major affordable housing developments (including one INVEST S/W project)
• Last 10 years of new construction & renovation permit activity
• ADU permits, and how activity is sagging right now
• Rankings for GCs, architects, and solar panel installers

Open Wrapped 2023

Wrapped! But for Chicago building permits was originally published in Chicago Cityscape’s Blog on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.