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Grand Boulevard permit processing times

For 1,871 issued permits in Grand Boulevard, the median processing time was 3 days; 75% were issued within 34 days.

Source: City of Chicago Building Permits · Issued-permit cohort · Updated Sep. 16, 2026

Records checked1,8712021–Sep. 15, 2026

The short answer

For Grand Boulevard permit processing times, 1,871 issued permit records show a median processing time of 3 days; 75% were issued within 34 days and 90% within 114 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.

Typical wait3 daysmedian issued permit

Usually within34 days75% of records

Long-wait edge114 days90% of records

Evidence1,871issued permits

The median was 8 days faster than the previous 12 months.

Grand Boulevard permit processing times: wait distribution

For Grand Boulevard permit processing times, 1,871 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.

Same day

39.1%

1–7 days

19.5%

8–30 days

15.4%

31–90 days

13.7%

91+ days

12.3%

Change over time

Grand Boulevard permit processing times: annual permit timing

Grand Boulevard permit processing times has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 1,871 issued records in the annual table.

Issue year	Records	Median	75th percentile	90th percentile
2021	389	0 days	21 days	86 days
2022	384	0 days	13 days	127 days
2023	281	0 days	35 days	152 days
2024	299	11 days	39 days	92 days
2025	296	13 days	55 days	124 days
2026*	222	7 days	42 days	112 days

*2026 is partial through Sep. 15. Year labels use the permit issue date, not the application date.

Context

Grand Boulevard permit processing times: Nearby points in the citywide timing distribution

Grand Boulevard permit processing times has 1,871 issued records, a 3 days median, and a 34 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.

Report	Median	75% within	Records
East Garfield Park	3 days	28 days	1,600
Grand Boulevard	3 days	34 days	1,871
Lincoln Park	3 days	28 days	6,764
North Park	3 days	18 days	1,222
Uptown	3 days	21 days	2,727
Woodlawn	3 days	27 days	2,225
Douglas	2.5 days	21 days	992
Avondale	2 days	21 days	2,361

More Grand Boulevard permit processing times comparisons

The Grand Boulevard permit processing times cohort contains 1,871 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.

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