Research/Chicago/Canal Station
Public SeedReviewed August 17, 2026

Canal Station

801 S Canal St, Chicago, IL 60607

QUALITY STATE

59% provisional source coverage

USE BOUNDARY

Not verified · Not dispatch ready

Direct answer

Canal Station is an office building at 801 S Canal St in Chicago, formerly described as the Northern Trust building and linked to City benchmark ID 100729. Public sources report different building areas, which Factum preserves without normalization. Current legal title, management and operating authority remain unverified. It is Graph Mapped, not Verified or Dispatch Ready.

Completed1989Published property record
Stories6Published building identity
Critical fields sourced5/1059% provisional coverage
Dispatch readyNoLive accuracy audit required
01

Canonical identity

This Public Seed publishes the Canal Station identity and benchmark link while retaining source-specific area figures and distinguishing historical acquisition and redevelopment roles from current title or operating control.

Property typeOffice
Management route
Ownership claim
Location41.87123, -87.63869
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 area680,000 sq ftCity 2023 benchmark row and CBRE reporting; retained as source-scoped
JLL reported area684,000 sq ftJLL 2022 financing announcement; not normalized to the City measure
SCB project area850,000 sq ftSCB project page; scope or measurement basis not reconciled
03

What public guidance supports

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

Identity history

Current public sources use Canal Station; earlier sources describe the Northern Trust building at the same address.

Public sources reviewed August 17, 2026

Reported area conflict

Reviewed sources report 680,000, 684,000 and 850,000 square feet. Factum keeps each figure attributed rather than selecting an unsupported canonical total.

Sources published 2022–2024 and reviewed August 17, 2026

Coordinate conflict

The direct City benchmark row and the queue record contain materially different coordinates. Factum preserves the source-native values and does not move or merge the entity.

City 2023 row reviewed August 17, 2026
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Questions this record answers

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

01What is Canal Station?+

It is an office building at 801 S Canal St in Chicago, formerly known in public reporting as the Northern Trust building.

02How large is Canal Station?+

Public sources report 680,000, 684,000 and 850,000 square feet under unreconciled scopes or measures, so Factum does not publish one normalized total.

03Who owns or manages Canal Station?+

Current legal title and current management authority were not established from the reviewed public sources.

04Can this record be used for access or dispatch?+

No. Public redevelopment, leasing or project references do not establish access, safety or dispatch authority.

05

Explicit unknowns

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

  1. 01Current fee-title owner, beneficial ownership and parcel/PIN.
  2. 02Current building manager, operator and authority of public contacts.
  3. 03Scope and measurement basis behind the conflicting published area figures.
  4. 04Current property-specific permits, life-safety, loading, telecom, access and dispatch 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 100729

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

  2. 02
    JLL Canal Station financing announcement

    Commercial real-estate source published 2022 and reviewed August 17, 2026 · Supports: Canal Station identity and source-native 684,000-square-foot description

  3. 03
    CBRE Canal Station leasing announcement

    Commercial real-estate source published 2024 and reviewed August 17, 2026 · Supports: Current public name, redevelopment context, six-story description and 680,000-square-foot figure

  4. 04
    SCB Canal Station project page

    Architecture firm project source reviewed August 17, 2026 · Supports: Project identity and source-native 850,000-square-foot figure

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Public change history

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

Published

Canal Station

Canal Station was added as a Public Seed with benchmark identity, source-attributed area conflicts, and current title and operating authority left explicitly unresolved.

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