Featured Services and Programs
Zoning
Manages the City zoning code and reviews building permit applications to ensure compliance.
Economic Development
DPD's economic development initiatives include financial assistance programs, business development efforts, and related quality-of-life endeavors for local neighborhoods.
Land Sales
DPD offers opportunities to purchase and redevelop City-owned based on community priorities.
Planning and Sustainability
DPD's Planning and Sustainability divisions work on citywide and neighborhood land use plans and policies.
Historic Preservation
DPD's Historic Preservation Division works with property owners, city departments, sister agencies, and the general public to promote the preservation of Chicago's historic resources.
Commissions
DPD supports and staffs multiple commissions of the City of Chicago.
Our Structure
DPD's 150+ staff members work on virtually all aspects of Chicago's built and natural environment.
RFPs and RFQs
See past development opportunities advertised by DPD.
Active Planning Initiatives
95th Street Corridor Plan
95th Street between Halsted and Cottage Grove
Chicago Recovery Plan
Citywide
Central Area Plan Update
Loop, Near North Side, Near South Side, Near West Side
Milwaukee Avenue Urban Identity Study
Logan Square and Avondale
Pershing Road RFP
McKinley Park
Lake and Kedzie Redevelopment
East Garfield Park
Madison and Hamlin RFQ
West Garfield Park
63rd and Ellis Redevelopment
Woodlawn
Large Development Projects/Proposals
Bronzeville Lakefront
Near South Side and Douglas
Obama Presidential Center
Jackson Park
The 78
Near South Side
Lincoln Yards
Lincoln Park and West Town
Chicago Casino
West Town
North Union
Near North Side
ONE Central
Near South Side
Chicago Fire Football Club Training Facility
Near West Side
Focal Point Community Campus
Little Village
Department Main Office
Planning and Development
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Phone: 312.744.4190
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121 N. LaSalle St.
10th Floor
Chicago, IL 60602
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Ciere Boatright
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