As of 2026, 1 major or high-impact building permits have been filed near the center of Old Town in the last 12 months, out of 330 total permits.
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1 major or high-impact building permits have been filed near the center of Old Town in the last 12 months. Search an address above to see what's planned on a specific block.
Old Town has 330 building permits filed in the last 12 months, 1 of them high-impact. The map above shows where.
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Search Old TownFigures cover an approximate half-mile area around the center of Old Town (the circle on the map), since Old Town is not an official community area, over the last 12 months, compared against the average Chicago neighborhood. Source: City of Chicago open data. Open data updates on a delay, so the most recent records may be incomplete. For general information only — not legal, financial, or real-estate advice.
Circle shows roughly a half-mile around the center of Old Town. Search an address for block-level detail.