Pontiac Building
542 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605
75% provisional source coverage
USE BOUNDARYNot verified · Not dispatch ready
Pontiac Building is an evidence-bounded building at 542 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605, associated with Chicago benchmark ID 156557. It is Graph Mapped as a Public Seed, not Verified or Dispatch Ready.
Canonical identity
The Pontiac Building is an evidence-bounded office-building seed at 542 S Dearborn Street, associated with Chicago benchmark ID 156557. Historical 85,227-, 86,000-, and 89,353-square-foot reports remain unresolved, and a reported conversion plan is not treated as a permit or current construction status.
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.
What public guidance supports
These are sourced research answers, not permission to enter, reserve, submit, or dispatch. Current affected-party authorization remains required.
Public identity
The Pontiac Building is an evidence-bounded office-building seed at 542 S Dearborn Street, associated with Chicago benchmark ID 156557. Historical 85,227-, 86,000-, and 89,353-square-foot reports remain unresolved, and a reported conversion plan is not treated as a permit or current construction status.
Sources reviewed 2026-08-19Evidence boundary
Parcel, title, control, management, complete occupancy, operating rules, action authority, access and dispatch rights are not inferred beyond cited evidence.
Accepted 2026-08-19Coverage state
Public Seed / Graph Mapped only; explicit unknowns and preserved conflicts remain for later enrichment.
Accepted 2026-08-19Questions this record answers
Each concise answer includes the same caveats shown elsewhere on the page.
01What is Pontiac Building?+
The Pontiac Building is an evidence-bounded office-building seed at 542 S Dearborn Street, associated with Chicago benchmark ID 156557. Historical 85,227-, 86,000-, and 89,353-square-foot reports remain unresolved, and a reported conversion plan is not treated as a permit or current construction status.
02Is Pontiac Building ready for dispatch?+
No. It is a Public Seed and Graph Mapped, not Verified or Dispatch Ready.
03What remains unknown about Pontiac Building?+
parcel or assessment identifier and authoritative building-component boundary; recorded title and beneficial control; current manager or operator; complete current tenant or occupant roster and occupancy; operating, access, safety, delivery, work-order, authorization, and dispatch rules
Explicit unknowns
Anything operationally material that is stale, incomplete, or unconfirmed remains visible here.
- 01parcel or assessment identifier and authoritative building-component boundary
- 02recorded title and beneficial control
- 03current manager or operator
- 04complete current tenant or occupant roster and occupancy
- 05operating, access, safety, delivery, work-order, authorization, and dispatch rules
Evidence register
Source links are direct. Authority and supported claim groups are stated so readers can inspect the underlying record.
- 01City of Chicago covered buildings — 156557 ↗
Municipal covered-buildings record; reviewed 2026-08-19 · Supports: benchmark ID and 542 S Dearborn address-level identity; not parcel, title, control, occupancy, or rules
- 02City of Chicago benchmarking results — 156557 ↗
Municipal annual benchmarking results; reviewed 2026-08-19 · Supports: source-scoped office, area, year-built, and reporting-label history; LLC labels and anomalous coordinates are not used for title or identity
- 03Library of Congress — Pontiac Building ↗
Federal cultural-resource documentation catalog; reviewed 2026-08-19 · Supports: Pontiac Building name and 542 South Dearborn Street address; not current parcel, title, control, management, occupancy, or rules
- 04Preservation Chicago — reported adaptive reuse ↗
Attributable nonprofit reporting published 2026-04-30; reviewed 2026-08-19 · Supports: date-bounded reported development context only; not a permit, title, possession, occupancy, construction-status, access, or dispatch claim
Public change history
Only meaningful, accepted public deltas appear here. The current record above remains canonical.
Pontiac Building
Factum published Pontiac Building as a Graph Mapped Public Seed with attributable public evidence, explicit unknowns, and no dispatch-readiness claim.