Research/Chicago/250 South Wacker Drive
Public SeedReviewed August 18, 2026

250 South Wacker Drive

250 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606

QUALITY STATE

50% provisional source coverage

USE BOUNDARY

Not verified · Not dispatch ready

Direct answer

250 South Wacker Drive is a office building at 250 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606 associated with Chicago benchmark ID 158405. It is Graph Mapped as a Public Seed, not Verified or Dispatch Ready.

CompletedUnknownNot yet resolved
StoriesUnknownConflicting or unavailable
Critical fields sourced5/1050% provisional coverage
Dispatch readyNoLive accuracy audit required
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Canonical identity

City of Chicago's covered-buildings record identifies 250 S Wacker Dr in the Loop as a commercial building in the greater-than-250,000-square-foot cohort. The University of Illinois System announced that it closed its purchase of an office building at this address on February 27, 2026, for Discovery Partners Institute headquarters. The nearby 200 S Wacker location remains a distinct leased location, not a component or alias of this building.

Property typeOffice building
Management route
Ownership claim
LocationNot independently verified
02

Area claims stay separate

Gross, rentable, and office area are not interchangeable. Factum stores each measurement with its source meaning instead of choosing a convenient single number.

03

What public guidance supports

These are sourced research answers, not permission to enter, reserve, submit, or dispatch. Current affected-party authorization remains required.

Public identity

City of Chicago's covered-buildings record identifies 250 S Wacker Dr in the Loop as a commercial building in the greater-than-250,000-square-foot cohort. The University of Illinois System announced that it closed its purchase of an office building at this address on February 27, 2026, for Discovery Partners Institute headquarters. The nearby 200 S Wacker location remains a distinct leased location, not a component or alias of this building.

Sources reviewed August 18, 2026

Evidence boundary

Parcel, title, control, management, operator and action authority are not inferred from public identity evidence.

Boundary reviewed August 18, 2026

Coverage state

Public Seed / Graph Mapped only; explicit unknowns are retained for later enrichment.

Accepted August 18, 2026
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Questions this record answers

Each concise answer includes the same caveats shown elsewhere on the page.

01What is 250 South Wacker Drive?+

250 South Wacker Drive is a office building at 250 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606 associated with Chicago benchmark ID 158405. It is Graph Mapped as a Public Seed, not Verified or Dispatch Ready.

02Is 250 South Wacker Drive ready for dispatch?+

No. It is a Public Seed and Graph Mapped, not Verified or Dispatch Ready.

03What remains unknown about 250 South Wacker Drive?+

No authoritative Cook County Assessor, Clerk recording, Recorder, or legal-description read-back verified a PIN, parcel extent, assessment account, deed, current recorded owner, beneficial owner, or control chain. No current management agreement, legal manager, legal operator, facilities scope, security contract, leasing authority, work-order authority, emergency contact, access authority, or dispatch authority was verified. No complete current tenant roster, suite allocation, occupancy percentage, lease status, component relationship, or occupancy count was verified. No address-specific permit, inspection, certificate, violation, fire/life-safety, accessibility, environmental, zoning-enforcement, or regulatory-status record was verified. No telecom provider, service availability, riser/demarcation, wiring, network, contract, access, or authorization was verified. No visitor, contractor, delivery, loading, parking, security, emergency, access, work-order, or dispatch rule was verified.

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Explicit unknowns

Anything operationally material that is stale, incomplete, or unconfirmed remains visible here.

  1. 01No authoritative Cook County Assessor, Clerk recording, Recorder, or legal-description read-back verified a PIN, parcel extent, assessment account, deed, current recorded owner, beneficial owner, or control chain.
  2. 02No current management agreement, legal manager, legal operator, facilities scope, security contract, leasing authority, work-order authority, emergency contact, access authority, or dispatch authority was verified.
  3. 03No complete current tenant roster, suite allocation, occupancy percentage, lease status, component relationship, or occupancy count was verified.
  4. 04No address-specific permit, inspection, certificate, violation, fire/life-safety, accessibility, environmental, zoning-enforcement, or regulatory-status record was verified.
  5. 05No telecom provider, service availability, riser/demarcation, wiring, network, contract, access, or authorization was verified.
  6. 06No visitor, contractor, delivery, loading, parking, security, emergency, access, work-order, or dispatch rule was verified.
06

Evidence register

Source links are direct. Authority and supported claim groups are stated so readers can inspect the underlying record.

  1. 01
    City of Chicago, Energy Benchmarking Covered Buildings

    Official API row retrieved 2026-08-18; source row has verification_year 2024. · Supports: Source-scoped public facts only; The covered-buildings list is distinct from energy-use data. It does not establish title, parcel scope, ownership, management, operation, energy performance, reporting completion, compliance, or authorization.

  2. 02
    University of Illinois System Office of External Relations and Communications

    University of Illinois System announcement published 2026-03-02; retrieved 2026-08-18. · Supports: Source-scoped public facts only; Institutional announcement, not a deed, title commitment, assessment result, parcel map, management agreement, control-chain record, operations manual, or authorization instrument.

  3. 03
    CBRE broker listing

    Current public broker listing retrieved 2026-08-18; no publication date exposed. · Supports: Source-scoped public facts only; Broker marketing only; it does not establish title, current availability, occupancy, tenant roster, property management, building operation, access rules, or authority.

  4. 04
    Cook County Assessor's Office

    Official public address-search page retrieved 2026-08-18. · Supports: Source-scoped public facts only; No address-specific property result was captured; it does not support any PIN, parcel, assessment, owner, or title claim.

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Public change history

Only meaningful, accepted public deltas appear here. The current record above remains canonical.

Published

250 South Wacker Drive

250 South Wacker Drive was added as a public, evidence-bounded building seed at 250 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606; unresolved enrichment and authority fields remain explicit.

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