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Renovation & Alteration permits in Uptown
The typical renovation & alteration permit issued in Uptown took 37 days. The 75th-percentile wait was 89 days.
Source: City of Chicago Building Permits · Issued-permit cohort · Updated Sep. 16, 2026
The short answer
For Renovation & Alteration permits in Uptown, 519 issued permit records show a median processing time of 37 days; 75% were issued within 89 days and 90% within 143 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.
The median was 13 days slower than the previous 12 months.
Renovation & Alteration permits in Uptown: wait distribution
For Renovation & Alteration permits in Uptown, 519 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.
Change over time
Renovation & Alteration permits in Uptown: annual permit timing
Renovation & Alteration permits in Uptown has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 519 issued records in the annual table.
| Issue year | Records | Median | 75th percentile | 90th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 104 | 9 days | 84 days | 130 days |
| 2022 | 104 | 3.5 days | 51 days | 85 days |
| 2023 | 93 | 37 days | 88 days | 124 days |
| 2024 | 89 | 61 days | 89 days | 164 days |
| 2025 | 82 | 52 days | 108 days | 162 days |
| 2026* | 47 | 76 days | 130 days | 199 days |
*2026 is partial through Sep. 15. Year labels use the permit issue date, not the application date.
Context
Renovation & Alteration permits in Uptown: Renovation & Alteration timing in comparable community areas
Renovation & Alteration permits in Uptown has 519 issued records, a 37 days median, and a 89 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.
| Report | Median | 75% within | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Ridge | 37 days | 95 days | 274 |
| Uptown | 37 days | 89 days | 519 |
| South Chicago | 36 days | 98 days | 358 |
| Calumet Heights | 36 days | 86 days | 133 |
| Hegewisch | 38 days | 132 days | 54 |
| Logan Square | 36 days | 100 days | 1,286 |
| South Deering | 36 days | 113 days | 85 |
| West Town | 36 days | 97 days | 1,728 |
More Renovation & Alteration permits in Uptown comparisons
The Renovation & Alteration permits in Uptown cohort contains 519 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.
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