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Public SeedReviewed August 13, 2026

Civic Opera Building

20 N Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606

QUALITY STATE

18% provisional source coverage

USE BOUNDARY

Not verified · Not dispatch ready

Direct answer

The Civic Opera Building, also called the Civic Opera House, is a Chicago Landmark at 20 N Wacker Drive containing office and retail space with the opera auditorium. Factum has graph mapped its identity and public management relationships, but current delivery, freight, move, COI, contractor, and access requirements have not been publicly confirmed. The record is not independently verified or dispatch ready.

Completed1929Published property record
Stories45Published building identity
Critical fields sourced18/10018% provisional coverage
Dispatch readyNoLive accuracy audit required
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Canonical identity

City and manager sources resolve the landmark building and its public management route. They disagree on area, construction year, and story count, so Factum preserves those claims separately. No current building-specific operating manual, booking portal, or action receipt was found.

Property typeMixed-use office, retail, and auditorium
Management routeTranswestern publicly states that it manages and leases the building and was court-appointed receiver in 2021.
Ownership claimCurrent beneficial ownership is unresolved; the receiver and management relationship does not establish title.
Location41.88253, -87.63747
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 area1,200,000 sq ftChicago Energy Benchmarking, data year 2023
Manager-listed area915,000 sq ftTranswestern property listing; different or unstated area predicate
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 management route

The official building contact page publishes a management-office route. That route can be used to request current written requirements, but it is not evidence of approval authority.

Official building page captured 2026-08-13; page is undated

Management relationship

Transwestern publicly states that it manages and leases the building and that a court appointed it receiver in 2021. Factum does not treat that relationship as proof of current beneficial ownership.

Transwestern release dated 2026-01-07

Job-operation boundary

No reviewed public source establishes a current dock, freight, move, COI, contractor, visitor-access, reservation, fee, riser, or receipt workflow. Written building confirmation is required before any field action.

Public-source review completed 2026-08-13
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Questions this record answers

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

01What is the Civic Opera Building?+

It is a Chicago Landmark at 20 N Wacker Drive containing office and retail functions with the opera auditorium. It is also commonly called the Civic Opera House.

02Who manages the Civic Opera Building?+

Transwestern publicly states that it manages and leases the property. This is a management relationship, not proof of current beneficial ownership or job-approval authority.

03Are delivery, freight-elevator, move, or COI rules public?+

No current building-specific rules were confirmed in the reviewed public sources. Obtain written requirements and a provider-generated confirmation before planning work.

04Why do building size and story counts differ?+

The 2023 City record reports 1.2 million gross square feet, while the manager lists 915,000 square feet; sources also report 44 or 45 stories. These may use different predicates or counting conventions, so Factum keeps them separate.

05Can this record be used to dispatch a job?+

No. The record is graph mapped but not independently verified or dispatch ready. Current affected-party authorization and a durable confirmation receipt are still required.

06How can a building team correct this record?+

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05

Explicit unknowns

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

  1. 01Current beneficial owner and authoritative parcel identity.
  2. 02Current loading-dock location, vehicle limits, freight resource, reservation method, availability, and fees.
  3. 03Current delivery and move windows, notice requirements, cancellation terms, and confirmation format.
  4. 04Current COI limits, certificate holder, additional insured wording, and submission route.
  5. 05Current contractor, labor, visitor-access, protection, parking, permit, disposal, telecom-riser, and life-safety procedures.
06

Evidence register

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

  1. 01
    Civic Opera Building landmark record ↗

    City of Chicago · Supports: Landmark identity, address, historical construction, and mixed-use auditorium topology

  2. 02
    Civic Opera Building leasing and management update ↗

    Transwestern, published manager and receiver · Supports: Management and leasing relationship, receiver statement, manager-listed area and building facts

  3. 03
    Civic Opera Building contact page ↗

    Official building website · Supports: Published management-office route and current public role directory

  4. 04
    Civic Opera House property listing ↗

    Transwestern · Supports: Manager-listed area, year, story count, and high-level property representation

  5. 05
    Chicago Energy Benchmarking Results ↗

    City of Chicago · Supports: 2023 City-reported gross floor area and census identity