Railway Exchange Building
224 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60604
60% provisional source coverage
USE BOUNDARYNot verified · Not dispatch ready
The Railway Exchange Building at 224 South Michigan Avenue is also known as the Santa Fe Building and sits within the Historic Michigan Boulevard District. Current legal ownership and property-management authority remain unresolved after a reported 2025 deed-in-lieu event.
Canonical identity
This Public Seed establishes the canonical and historic identities, City benchmark record and parcel candidate while keeping story, area, geometry and current-control conflicts visible.
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.
Historic identity
Government and property evidence support Railway Exchange Building and Santa Fe Building as aliases for 224 S Michigan.
Evidence reviewed August 16, 2026Current control
A reported deed-in-lieu does not identify the current recorded owner or management authority.
Conflict retained August 16, 2026Operating rules
No current visitor, dock, move, freight, life-safety or telecom procedure was accepted.
Public-source review completed August 16, 2026Questions this record answers
Each concise answer includes the same caveats shown elsewhere on the page.
01Are Railway Exchange Building and Santa Fe Building the same asset?+
Yes. They are retained as current and historic aliases for the building at 224 S Michigan Avenue.
02Who currently owns and manages the building?+
That remains unresolved; deed-in-lieu reporting and leasing material do not establish current legal title or operational authority.
03How can I correct or enrich this record?+
Submit an authoritative public link or dated official document and identify whether it may be displayed publicly, used only for verification, or retained privately. Tenant handbooks, dock and freight guidance, move rules and COI packages enter evidence review and never overwrite accepted claims directly.
Explicit unknowns
Anything operationally material that is stale, incomplete, or unconfirmed remains visible here.
- 01Current deed holder, beneficial owner and property manager.
- 02Resolution of published floor, area and geometry conflicts.
- 03Loading, freight, visitor, move, COI, emergency, life-safety and telecom procedures.
Evidence register
Source links are direct. Authority and supported claim groups are stated so readers can inspect the underlying record.
- 01Chicago Energy Benchmarking record 101891 ↗
City of Chicago · Supports: Address, office use, year built and source-specific area
- 02Historic Michigan Boulevard District ↗
City of Chicago · Supports: Historic-district context
- 03224 S Michigan leasing listing ↗
CBRE · Supports: Current-facing property and leasing identity only
Public change history
Only meaningful, accepted public deltas appear here. The current record above remains canonical.
Railway Exchange Building
Factum published a Public Seed for the Railway Exchange Building with its Santa Fe alias, historic-district context, benchmark and parcel evidence, and current-control limits.