Research/Chicago/401 North Michigan
Public SeedReviewed August 16, 2026

401 North Michigan

401 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611

QUALITY STATE

50% provisional source coverage

USE BOUNDARY

Not verified · Not dispatch ready

Direct answer

401 North Michigan, formerly known as the Equitable Building, is a 35-story office tower at 401 N Michigan Ave in Chicago. Real Capital Solutions identifies it as a 747,522-square-foot asset acquired in January 2026. Its parcel, current legal title, property manager and operating procedures remain unverified. It is Graph Mapped, not Verified or Dispatch Ready.

Completed1966Published property record
Stories35Published building identity
Critical fields sourced5/1050% provisional coverage
Dispatch readyNoLive accuracy audit required
01

Canonical identity

This Public Seed maps the tower separately from Pioneer Court, parking, retail and unresolved parcels. Current owner evidence supersedes historical owner-marketing context, while historical access, freight, contact, life-safety and telecom material is not represented as current.

Property typeOffice
Management routeCurrent property manager and authorized contacts were not established after the January 2026 acquisition.
Ownership claimReal Capital Solutions identifies the asset as acquired in January 2026; the current legal title entity was not independently established.
Location41.88961, -87.62298
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.

Owner-published area747,522 sq ftReal Capital Solutions portfolio figure; historical Zeller material reported 737,308 rentable square feet
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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.

Ownership transition

Real Capital Solutions publishes a January 2026 acquisition. Historical Zeller owner, manager and contact statements are retained only as dated evidence.

RCS page published May 21, 2026; historical Zeller sources dated 2018–2019

Boundary

Pioneer Court is associated with the property, but the tower, plaza, garage, Apple retail and parcels are not merged without authoritative boundary evidence.

Boundary review completed August 16, 2026

Operating rules

Historical fact sheets describe access, freight, life-safety and telecom features, but no current post-acquisition operating procedure was established.

Historical material reviewed August 16, 2026
04

Questions this record answers

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

01What is 401 North Michigan?+

It is a 35-story office tower at 401 N Michigan Ave in Chicago, historically known as the Equitable Building.

02Who owns 401 North Michigan?+

Real Capital Solutions identifies the asset as acquired in January 2026. Factum has not independently established the current legal title entity.

03Is Pioneer Court part of the same building record?+

It is recorded as an associated place, not merged into the tower, parcel, garage or retail identity without authoritative boundary evidence.

04Can historical building procedures be used for current access or work?+

No. Historical Zeller material does not establish current authority, scheduling, safety or telecom-riser rules after the 2026 acquisition.

05How can I correct or enrich this record?+

Submit an authoritative public URL or dated official document, identify the exact field and effective date, and choose public-display, verification-only or private-retention permission. Contributions enter evidence review and never overwrite canonical claims directly.

05

Explicit unknowns

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

  1. 01Cook County PIN, parcel geometry, legal description and current title entity.
  2. 02Boundary and control relationships among the office tower, Pioneer Court, parking and Apple retail.
  3. 03Current property manager, authorized contacts and tenant roster.
  4. 04Current loading, freight, visitor, access, life-safety, permit and telecom-riser procedures.
06

Evidence register

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

  1. 01
    Real Capital Solutions 401 North Michigan portfolio

    First-party owner portfolio published May 21, 2026 · Supports: Address, area and January 2026 acquisition

  2. 02
    Real Capital Solutions acquisition report

    First-party owner page published January 15, 2026 · Supports: Acquisition and time-bounded leasing context

  3. 03
    401 North Michigan historical fact sheet

    Historical first-party operator fact sheet dated November 2018 · Supports: Identity, 35 stories, 1966 completion and historical physical profile only

  4. 04
    Chicago building-record search

    City of Chicago government · Supports: Official address-search capability; no property-specific condition accepted

07

Public change history

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

Published

401 North Michigan

Factum published a Public Seed for 401 North Michigan with current acquisition evidence, historical identity context and explicit parcel and operating limitations.

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