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Renovation & Alteration permits in Loop

The typical renovation & alteration permit issued in Loop took 3 days. The 75th-percentile wait was 21 days.

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

Records checked2,8312021–Sep. 15, 2026

The short answer

For Renovation & Alteration permits in Loop, 2,831 issued permit records show a median processing time of 3 days; 75% were issued within 21 days and 90% within 56 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.

Typical wait3 daysmedian issued permit

Usually within21 days75% of records

Long-wait edge56 days90% of records

Evidence2,831issued permits

The median was 3 days faster than the previous 12 months.

Renovation & Alteration permits in Loop: wait distribution

For Renovation & Alteration permits in Loop, 2,831 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.

Same day

40.9%

1–7 days

20.1%

8–30 days

20.5%

31–90 days

13.4%

91+ days

5.2%

Change over time

Renovation & Alteration permits in Loop: annual permit timing

Renovation & Alteration permits in Loop has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 2,831 issued records in the annual table.

Issue year	Records	Median	75th percentile	90th percentile
2021	518	0 days	0 days	49 days
2022	558	0 days	0 days	0 days
2023	440	0 days	18 days	52 days
2024	460	14 days	35 days	76 days
2025	505	14 days	34 days	74 days
2026*	350	10 days	29 days	71 days

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

Context

Renovation & Alteration permits in Loop: Renovation & Alteration timing in comparable community areas

Renovation & Alteration permits in Loop has 2,831 issued records, a 3 days median, and a 21 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.

Report	Median	75% within	Records
Loop	3 days	21 days	2,831
Ohare	6 days	39 days	304
Near West Side	8 days	52 days	2,042
Burnside	8.5 days	67 days	28
Near North Side	13 days	50 days	2,586
Fuller Park	20 days	98 days	68
Hyde Park	20 days	60 days	448
East Side	21 days	71 days	96

More Renovation & Alteration permits in Loop comparisons

The Renovation & Alteration permits in Loop cohort contains 2,831 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.

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