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# Commercial Demolition Permits in Austin & Chicago: 2026 statistics from 223 public records

**The most common work type is Interior or partial demolition: 130 of 223 records (58.3%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)).**

Data as of 2026-11-04 · Compiled by Zalwin from City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only) Copy citation

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## Key findings

- Zalwin's DemolitionPermitPulse dataset holds 223 DemolitionPermitPulse records dated 2026-07-07 to 2026-11-02 (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). [#](#finding-1)
- The most common work type is Interior or partial demolition: 130 of 223 records (58.3%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). [#](#finding-2)
- Across 105 records with a stated job value, the total is $245,484,597 and the median is $319,042; the largest is $151,112,046 (S LA SALLE ST, Chicago IL) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). [#](#finding-3)
- The top 10% of records by job value (11 of 105) account for 83.7% of the total (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). [#](#finding-4)
- 37 of 223 records (16.6%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-11-04 (source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). [#](#finding-5)

## DemolitionPermitPulse records by work type

| Group | Records | Share | Total job value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interior or partial demolition | 130 | 58.3% | $217,808,414 |
| Full demolition | 55 | 24.7% | $24,624,653 |
| Demolition | 38 | 17.0% | $3,051,530 |

## Methodology and data provenance

- Sample: 223 public records dated 2026-07-07 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 2026-11-04.

- 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 2026-11-04), https://zalwin.com/research/demolitionpermitpulse

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