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.

The first and second largest residential projects that were permitted in 2023, by unit count, were Related Midwest’s 400 N DLSD and Magellan’s “Parcel O”.

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