Research/Chicago/The Red — 333 South Wabash
Public SeedReviewed August 14, 2026

The Red — 333 South Wabash

333 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60604

QUALITY STATE

40% provisional source coverage

USE BOUNDARY

Not verified · Not dispatch ready

Direct answer

The Red, formerly 333 South Wabash and CNA Plaza, is one 44-story office and retail tower at 333 S Wabash Ave in Chicago. SHVO stated in March 2025 that it acquired the building in 2020 and owns and operates it. Factum has not found authoritative current public dock, freight, move, COI, contractor, access, life-safety, telecom or dispatch rules, so this record is Graph Mapped but not Verified or Dispatch Ready.

Completed1972Published property record
Stories44Published building identity
Critical fields sourced40/10040% provisional coverage
Dispatch readyNoLive accuracy audit required
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Canonical identity

This Public Seed establishes the building, current branding and organizational relationships while preserving disagreements about area, completion year and parcel scope. Leasing contacts are not treated as building-operations authorities, and marketing content is not used as job guidance.

Property typeOffice / retail
Management routeSHVO stated in a March 2025 first-party announcement that it owns and operates the property. No separate current property-management organization was established. The John Buck Company managed the property from 2001 through 2020 and is historical only.
Ownership claimSHVO stated that it acquired the property in 2020. A 2023 Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board record associates DF 333 Wabash Propco LLC with five appealed parcel numbers, but Factum has not accepted those parcels as a complete building parcel map.
Location41.8774, -87.62564
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.

City-reported gross floor area1,414,679 sq ftChicago census input, data year 2023; the row-level value was not re-exposed by the City dataset landing page during this review
SHVO portfolio area1,207,000 sq ftOwner portfolio page published September 16, 2021; a distinct source-semantic value, not reconciled with the City figure
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What public guidance supports

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

Current identity

The current first-party site brands the single 44-story tower as The Red. Earlier public names include 333 South Wabash, Big Red, CNA Tower and CNA Plaza.

Building and owner pages reviewed August 14, 2026; rebrand announced March 20, 2025

Ownership and operation

SHVO's March 2025 announcement says SHVO acquired the building in 2020 and owns and operates it. This supports the current owner/operator relationship but not any unstated access or job authority.

First-party statement published March 20, 2025; reviewed August 14, 2026

Role boundaries

JLL is supported as a leasing channel only. The John Buck Company documents a historical management period ending in 2020. Neither source establishes current freight, move, access or contractor authority.

Public pages reviewed August 14, 2026

Parcel evidence

An Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board decision lists five PINs in an appeal involving DF 333 Wabash Propco LLC. The decision is evidence of the appeal and listed parcels, not proof of a complete building-to-parcel map.

2023 appeal record; final decision dated October 21, 2025
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Questions this record answers

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

01Is 333 South Wabash one building or a campus?+

Current first-party evidence supports one physical 44-story office and retail tower. The complete tax-parcel and account scope remains unresolved.

02Who owns and operates The Red?+

SHVO stated in March 2025 that it acquired the property in 2020 and owns and operates it. Factum did not establish a separate current property manager.

03Are current loading, freight, move or COI rules public?+

Not in the sources Factum reviewed. No authoritative current tenant handbook or operating document established dock, freight, move, COI, contractor, access, life-safety, telecom or dispatch rules.

04How large is the building?+

Sources disagree. Factum's City-derived census input records 1,414,679 gross square feet, SHVO reports 1,207,000 square feet, and the current building site says more than one million. These values retain their source semantics and are not averaged.

05How can I help improve this record?+

Use Get early access to submit a correction or tenant/vendor-facing public evidence such as a handbook, dock or freight guide, move rules or COI package. Choose public-display, verification-only or private-retention permission; submissions enter evidence review and never overwrite canonical claims directly.

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Explicit unknowns

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

  1. 01Whether a current property-management entity exists separately from SHVO.
  2. 02The complete canonical parcel, PIN and tax-account set for the tower.
  3. 03The row-level currentness and values for City benchmarking ID 103692.
  4. 04Authoritative current loading-dock, freight-elevator, move, COI, contractor, security and access requirements.
  5. 05Authoritative current life-safety, telecom and riser requirements.
  6. 06A property-specific public operations route with authority beyond leasing.
  7. 07The current exhaustive tenant roster.
  8. 08Independent live-job accuracy audit or affected-party confirmation.
06

Evidence register

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

  1. 01
    The Red building site

    Official building website · Supports: Current branding, single-building identity, 44 floors and rounded area; not operating rules

  2. 02
    Iconic 333 South Wabash building reborn as The Red

    SHVO first-party announcement · Supports: March 2025 rebrand, 2020 acquisition, stated ownership and operation, 44-story scope

  3. 03
    333 South Wabash portfolio

    SHVO first-party portfolio · Supports: Office and retail use, 1,207,000 square feet, address and 1972/1973 history

  4. 04
    333 South Wabash leasing listing

    JLL first-party property listing · Supports: Canonical address and leasing role only

  5. 05
    Property Tax Appeal Board decision 2023-44862

    Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board · Supports: Five listed PINs, appellant entity and assessment-appeal context; not a parcel map

  6. 06
    333 South Wabash historical project

    The John Buck Company first-party history · Supports: Historical management from 2001 through 2020

  7. 07
    Chicago Energy Benchmarking Covered Buildings

    City of Chicago · Supports: Government source layer and source-grain context; row-level ID values were not re-exposed in this audit