Research/Chicago/550 West Adams
Public SeedReviewed August 17, 2026

550 West Adams

550 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60661

QUALITY STATE

73% provisional source coverage

USE BOUNDARY

Not verified · Not dispatch ready

Direct answer

550 West Adams is an 18-story office-and-retail building at 550 W Adams St in Chicago, linked to City benchmark ID 101887. USG identifies the address as its North American headquarters. Parcel identity, current recorded title and operating authority remain unverified. It is Graph Mapped, not Verified or Dispatch Ready.

Completed2006Published property record
Stories18Published building identity
Critical fields sourced7/1073% provisional coverage
Dispatch readyNoLive accuracy audit required
01

Canonical identity

This Public Seed connects 550 West Adams to its source-scoped Chicago benchmark record, public building facts, first-party USG headquarters evidence and published building-office information while keeping parcel, ownership and authorization boundaries explicit.

Property typeOffice and retail
Management routeJLL-affiliated building-office presentation; legal manager/operator role unverified
Ownership claim
Location41.87955, -87.64174
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.

Chicago benchmarking area519,368 sq ftCity 2023 benchmark row; source-scoped gross-floor-area measure
Property-site office area469,729 sq ftCurrent property-site figure; not normalized to benchmark GFA
Property-site retail area7,760 sq ftCurrent property-site figure; not normalized to benchmark GFA
03

What public guidance supports

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

Tenant evidence

USG identifies this address as its North American headquarters; the statement does not establish suite, floor, lease term, occupancy level or authority.

USG first-party page reviewed August 17, 2026

Ownership boundary

Dated 2023 Macquarie and 2025 Manova reporting is preserved separately. Neither report establishes current recorded title or a complete control chain.

Public sources reviewed August 17, 2026

Public hours boundary

Published building hours and a 24/7 lobby-security label are informational and do not authorize entry, delivery, work, dispatch, emergency or safety activity.

Property site reviewed August 17, 2026
04

Questions this record answers

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

01What is 550 West Adams?+

It is an 18-story office-and-retail building at 550 W Adams St linked to Chicago benchmark ID 101887.

02Is USG located at 550 West Adams?+

Yes. USG identifies this address as its North American headquarters.

03Do the published hours authorize access or dispatch?+

No. They are public information and do not establish visitor, work, security, emergency or dispatch authority.

05

Explicit unknowns

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

  1. 01Cook County-verified parcel identity, recorded title, present owner/control chain and exact legal manager/operator role.
  2. 02Complete current tenant roster, suite and floor assignments, occupancy, vacancy and visitor policy.
  3. 03Address-specific permits, life-safety status, loading, receiving, delivery, emergency and work rules.
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 2023 benchmark row 101887

    City of Chicago government data reviewed August 17, 2026 · Supports: Benchmark ID, office use, area and year-built reporting context

  2. 02
    550 West Adams property site

    Current public property source reviewed August 17, 2026 · Supports: Building identity, public areas, tenant marketing and building-office information

  3. 03
    USG locations

    USG first-party source reviewed August 17, 2026 · Supports: USG North American headquarters at the address

  4. 04
    Stream Realty Partners 2023 announcement

    First-party brokerage announcement reviewed August 17, 2026 · Supports: Dated leasing assignment, historical ownership statement and building facts

07

Public change history

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

Published

550 West Adams

550 West Adams was added as a Public Seed with Chicago benchmark, building and USG headquarters evidence, explicit ownership boundaries, and non-authorizing public-hours context.

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