[1][2][5][6] A sixty foot electric sign on the roof of the building advertised the Consumers Company.

[1][2] A. Weis & Company operated the Winter Garden, an upscale restaurant located in the basements of the Consumers Building and the adjacent 214 South State Street building, which Kesner had purchased to ensure a skyscraper would not be built there.

[2] In 1931, men's clothing store Benson & Rixon began renting 5,000 square feet of space on the ground floor.

[b][13] In 1948, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service moved its offices into the Consumers Building.

[27][25] Under the terms of the agreement, the City of Chicago would purchase the buildings from the federal government and then immediately sell them to CA Ventures.

[28] However, the City of Chicago backed out of the agreement in December 2019, citing security concerns at the nearby Dirksen Federal Building.