Research / TenantFinishPulse
Commercial Tenant Improvement Permits in Austin & Chicago: 2026 statistics from 1,190 public records
The most common work type is Tenant improvement: 603 of 1,190 records (50.7%) (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 TenantFinishPulse dataset holds 1,190 TenantFinishPulse 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 Tenant improvement: 603 of 1,190 records (50.7%) (as of 2026-11-03; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). #
- Across 402 records with a stated job value, the total is $705,453,777 and the median is $500,000; 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 (40 of 402) account for 68.9% of the total (as of 2026-11-03; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). #
- 359 of 1,190 records (30.2%) 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)). #
TenantFinishPulse records by work type
| Group | Records | Share | Total job value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenant improvement | 603 | 50.7% | $215,573,354 |
| Office finish-out | 409 | 34.4% | $417,646,906 |
| Restaurant or retail finish-out | 165 | 13.9% | $46,221,017 |
| Medical or clinic finish-out | 13 | 1.1% | $26,012,500 |
Methodology and data provenance
- Sample: 1,190 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, "TenantFinishPulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-03), https://zalwin.com/research/tenantfinishpulse
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