Research/Chicago/Reid Murdoch Building
Public SeedReviewed August 17, 2026

Reid Murdoch Building

325 N LaSalle St, Chicago, IL 60654

QUALITY STATE

70% provisional source coverage

USE BOUNDARY

Not verified · Not dispatch ready

Direct answer

The Reid Murdoch Building, also called Reid Murdoch Center, is a historic office and retail building publicly addressed at 325 N LaSalle St in Chicago. City benchmark ID 250150 uses the broader 315–331 N LaSalle address range. Those source-native address scopes are preserved separately. It is not Verified or Dispatch Ready.

Completed1914Published property record
Stories8Published building identity
Critical fields sourced7/1070% provisional coverage
Dispatch readyNoLive accuracy audit required
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Canonical identity

This minimal Public Seed connects the historic Reid Murdoch identity to its public and City benchmark address contexts while withholding unresolved parcel, title, management, future-project, and authorization claims.

Property typeOffice and retail building
Management route
Ownership claim
Location41.8881, -87.63182
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.

Source-reported property size320,000 sq ftCurrent public property page; not a verified measured gross area
03

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

Current property, National Register, and City landmark sources support the Reid Murdoch Building identity.

Public sources reviewed August 17, 2026

Address boundary

The 325 N LaSalle public/historic address and City benchmark range 315–331 N LaSalle remain separate source-native scopes.

Accepted August 17, 2026

Project boundary

The proposed 330 N Clark project is not merged with the existing historic building, parcel, or operating scope.

Public sources 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 the Reid Murdoch Building?+

It is a historic Chicago office and retail building publicly addressed at 325 N LaSalle St.

02Why does the City record show 315–331 N LaSalle?+

City benchmark ID 250150 uses that broader source-native address range; it is not treated as a parcel or legal-address determination.

03Is the building ready for dispatch?+

No. It is a Public Seed and Graph Mapped, not Verified or Dispatch Ready.

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Explicit unknowns

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

  1. 01Authoritative PIN/parcel, legal description, recorded title, beneficial ownership, and control.
  2. 02Current manager/operator authority, complete occupancy, and authorized building contacts.
  3. 03Current permits and life-safety status, telecom/riser, operating rules, and dispatch authority.
  4. 04Authoritative relation, if any, between the existing building and proposed 330 N Clark project.
06

Evidence register

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

  1. 01
    City covered-building row

    City of Chicago row read back August 17, 2026 · Supports: Benchmark ID and City source-native address/program context

  2. 02
    Friedman Properties — Reid Murdoch Building

    Current public property page reviewed August 17, 2026 · Supports: Public label, address, building type, stories, source-reported size, and construction year

  3. 03
    National Register asset

    U.S. National Park Service · Supports: Historic building identity, address, architect, and resource record

  4. 04
    City landmarks index

    City of Chicago landmarks index reviewed August 17, 2026 · Supports: Landmark-name context

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Public change history

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

Published

Reid Murdoch Building

Factum published a Public Seed for the Reid Murdoch Building with its City and public address scopes, proposed-project boundary, and unresolved legal and authorization fields kept explicit.

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