600 North Fairbanks, Metropolitan Tower, Joffrey Tower earn downtown awards

Mark mentioned yesterday that MCL Companies‘ ParkView was a recent recipient of a 2009 Friends of Downtown award for Chicago’s Best Open Space. I checked out the full list of winners yesterday afternoon and found three more new condo developments that the Friends of Downtown honored last month:

• Best new building: 600 North Fairbanks (at right), 600 N Fairbanks Ct (Rate and review)
• Best adaptive reuse: Metropolitan Tower, 310 S Michigan Ave (Rate and review)
• Best window display: Joffrey Tower, 8 E Randolph St (Rate and review)

The annual awards recognize projects that “contribute most to the quality of downtown life,” according to the group’s Web site.

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