It is hoped the site will eventually house educational areas, exhibition spaces, a cafe and gallery.
The plans include a cafe, some study and social space and a dedicated floor for meetings.
There are also plans for community and education rooms, function rooms and a cafe and shop.
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"Iran has ambitions toward Iraq, " said Amer Naji, a cafe regular and a former Iraqi diplomat.
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Other proposed uses for the building include an art gallery, cinema and a cafe.
The first commercial tenant, a cafe, is slated to open at the civic center in 2012.
"I'm optimistic, " said Costin Iorgulescu, as we sat in a cafe in the capital Bucharest.
In a cafe in Ramallah I meet Randa Wahbe, part of a group called Palestinians for Dignity.
"Sainsbury's is permitted to have a cafe on the ground floor under their existing permission, " she said.
Chic chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten has a 15% stake in the project and is opening a cafe on site.
The trust is putting in new workshops, community and education spaces, a cafe, gallery and a visitor centre.
His grandfather, a first-generation French immigrant who worked at a cafe downtown, bought the place after World War II.
Last month CAT plc shut a cafe and vegetarian food store in Machynlleth with the loss of 11 jobs.
Occupied since the Viking times, Tanera Mor has a cafe and post office.
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In July 2013, the Orbit is expected to re-open as a ticketed attraction with a cafe that can also host private functions.
This could be anything from talking about the music in a cafe to asking if anyone has an iPhone charger.
The opening vignette, "Sure Thing", features Carson Elrod and Liv Rooth as two apparently single people meeting in a cafe.
In Calef Brown's quirky world for children, mosquitoes wear tuxedoes, dogs sport plaid suits and thunder is a cafe staple.
"I mean, you're talking about two different responsibility levels, " he explains over a cup of coffee at a cafe in Chicago.
The plans include space for a cafe, offices, meeting rooms and shops.
If a cookie tempts you every time you walk into a cafe, come up with a plan to reach for an apple.
Under the new plans by businessman Noah Redfern, the ground floor and first floor of the observatory will be turned into a cafe.
Sitting outside a cafe on University Avenue in Palo Alto late last week, still sporting his trademark ponytail, Schwartz laid out the idea.
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When they got tired of paying so much for coffee, he said they got an office and set it up like a cafe.
Now if a cafe accepts your payment in Bristol Pound, you know they are either going to buy local or pay the penalty.
The best part: a cafe close to the checkout counters where chefs stand over giant saut pans, preparing meals ready to be taken home.
"You have to be barmy to buy your smokes in France, " says Christophe Nonnenbacher, as he lights up in a cafe in central Strasbourg.
"It comes with apartments, a car showroom, an office block, a town hall, a department store, a hotel and a cafe, " said Mr O'Hara.
It has a viewing platform, a cafe, a space which acts a community hub and a bike hire scheme run by a local charity.
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