AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago

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high-rise building office building postmodern building skyscraper

AT&T Corporate Center in Chicago is a prominent postmodern skyscraper and former corporate headquarters of AT&T, noted for its granite-clad, neo-Gothic–inspired design.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
AT&T Corporate Center	3
AT&T Corporate Center and USG Building	1
AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2161812 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago
Context triple: [James Ingo Freed, designed, AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago]

A. DuPage Business Center
DuPage Business Center is a commercial and industrial business park associated with DuPage Airport in DuPage County, Illinois, offering development space and facilities for a variety of enterprises.
B. Aon Center
Aon Center is a prominent modernist skyscraper in Chicago known for its sleek, minimalist design and status as one of the city's tallest office buildings.
C. Chicago Tribune Tower
Chicago Tribune Tower is a neo-Gothic skyscraper in Chicago that serves as the historic former headquarters of the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
D. Water Tower Place
Water Tower Place is a major mixed-use skyscraper and shopping complex in Chicago, known for its prominent location along the city’s Magnificent Mile.
E. 311 South Wacker Drive
311 South Wacker Drive is a prominent postmodern office skyscraper in Chicago, notable for its illuminated crown and status as one of the city's tallest buildings.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago
Target entity description: AT&T Corporate Center in Chicago is a prominent postmodern skyscraper and former corporate headquarters of AT&T, noted for its granite-clad, neo-Gothic–inspired design.

A. DuPage Business Center
DuPage Business Center is a commercial and industrial business park associated with DuPage Airport in DuPage County, Illinois, offering development space and facilities for a variety of enterprises.
B. Aon Center
Aon Center is a prominent modernist skyscraper in Chicago known for its sleek, minimalist design and status as one of the city's tallest office buildings.
C. Chicago Tribune Tower
Chicago Tribune Tower is a neo-Gothic skyscraper in Chicago that serves as the historic former headquarters of the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
D. Water Tower Place
Water Tower Place is a major mixed-use skyscraper and shopping complex in Chicago, known for its prominent location along the city’s Magnificent Mile.
E. 311 South Wacker Drive
311 South Wacker Drive is a prominent postmodern office skyscraper in Chicago, notable for its illuminated crown and status as one of the city's tallest buildings.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high-rise building ⓘ office building ⓘ postmodern building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
architect	Adrian D. Smith ⓘ
architecturalStyle	neo-Gothic–inspired design ⓘ postmodern architecture ⓘ
architectureFirm	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ⓘ
category	Headquarters in the United States ⓘ Office buildings completed in 1989 ⓘ Postmodern architecture in Illinois ⓘ Skyscrapers in Chicago ⓘ
city	Chicago ⓘ linked to: Chicago, Illinois, United States
completionDate	1989 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
currentName	Franklin Center ⓘ
floorCount	~60 ⓘ
formerFunction	corporate headquarters of AT&T ⓘ
formerName	AT&T Corporate Center ⓘ linked to: AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago
function	office use ⓘ
hasDesignInfluence	Gothic Revival skyscrapers of early 20th century Chicago ⓘ
hasElevatorCount	multiple high-speed elevators ⓘ
hasFeature	attached retail concourse ⓘ crown with pinnacles ⓘ granite facade ⓘ setbacks ⓘ sky lobbies ⓘ
hasLobby	multi-story lobby ⓘ
hasParking	adjacent parking facilities ⓘ
hasStructuralSystem	steel frame ⓘ
hasUsage	multi-tenant office tower ⓘ
isLandmarkFor	Chicago Loop skyline ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago ⓘ linked to: Chicago, Illinois, United States Illinois ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
material	granite cladding ⓘ
neighborhood	Chicago Loop ⓘ
openingDate	1989 ⓘ
owner	Tishman Speyer (historical/periodic ownership) ⓘ linked to: Tishman Speyer
partOf	Franklin Center complex ⓘ linked to: Franklin Center
roofHeight	~1007 feet ⓘ ~307 meters ⓘ
startDate	1985 ⓘ
streetAddress	227 West Monroe Street ⓘ
tenant	AT&T (former major tenant) ⓘ linked to: AT&T

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James Ingo Freed → designed → AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago ⓘ

AT&T Corporate Center → formerName → AT&T Corporate Center ⓘ

subject linked to: AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago

linked to: AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago

Franklin Center → formerlyKnownAs → AT&T Corporate Center and USG Building ⓘ

linked to: AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago

Franklin Center → consistsOf → AT&T Corporate Center ⓘ

linked to: AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago

Franklin Center → hasAlternateName → AT&T Corporate Center ⓘ

linked to: AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago

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