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Commercial Demolition Permits in Austin & Chicago: 2026 statistics from 226 public records
The most common work type is Interior or partial demolition: 132 of 226 records (58.4%) (as of 2026-11-03; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)).
Data as of · Compiled by Zalwin from City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)
Key findings
- Zalwin's DemolitionPermitPulse dataset holds 226 DemolitionPermitPulse records dated 2026-07-06 to 2026-11-02 (as of 2026-11-03; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). #
- The most common work type is Interior or partial demolition: 132 of 226 records (58.4%) (as of 2026-11-03; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). #
- Across 108 records with a stated job value, the total is $297,277,598 and the median is $325,000; the largest is $151,112,046 (S LA SALLE ST, Chicago IL) (as of 2026-11-03; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). #
- The top 10% of records by job value (11 of 108) account for 85.7% of the total (as of 2026-11-03; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). #
- 37 of 226 records (16.4%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-11-03 (source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). #
DemolitionPermitPulse records by work type
| Group | Records | Share | Total job value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interior or partial demolition | 132 | 58.4% | $218,501,415 |
| Full demolition | 55 | 24.3% | $24,624,653 |
| Demolition | 39 | 17.3% | $54,151,530 |
Methodology and data provenance
- Sample: 226 public records dated 2026-07-06 to 2026-11-02; illustrative samples excluded.
- Source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only). Refreshed automatically about every 12 hours; figures above are as of 2026-11-03.
- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated job value.
- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.
Cite this study
Zalwin Research, "DemolitionPermitPulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-03), https://zalwin.com/research/demolitionpermitpulse
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