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# Commercial Tenant Improvement Permits in Austin & Chicago: 2026 statistics from 1,187 public records

**The most common work type is Tenant improvement: 601 of 1,187 records (50.6%) (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 TenantFinishPulse dataset holds 1,187 TenantFinishPulse 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 Tenant improvement: 601 of 1,187 records (50.6%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). [#](#finding-2)
- Across 399 records with a stated job value, the total is $703,210,777 and the median is $495,000; 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 (40 of 399) account for 69.1% 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)
- 359 of 1,187 records (30.2%) 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)

## TenantFinishPulse records by work type

| Group | Records | Share | Total job value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenant improvement | 601 | 50.6% | $214,030,354 |
| Office finish-out | 409 | 34.5% | $417,646,906 |
| Restaurant or retail finish-out | 164 | 13.8% | $45,521,017 |
| Medical or clinic finish-out | 13 | 1.1% | $26,012,500 |

## Methodology and data provenance

- Sample: 1,187 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, "TenantFinishPulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-04), https://zalwin.com/research/tenantfinishpulse

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