McEwen Mining is also in the permit process for its Gold Bar project in Nevada, hoping to begin construction in 2014.

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On the inside, construction of the main space is still underway, but a long, inviting bar at one end is complete--well-dressed New Yorkers huddled against it are easy to imagine.

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When full construction is completed later this fall, there will also be a 200-seat restaurant, a wine bar and an events space.

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The Regional Development and Infrastructure Minister, Ramaz Nikolaishvili, who heads the construction work, recently told foreign media on a tour of the site that the building would raise the bar on Georgia's levels of visual education.

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