Meanwhile in Downtown Manhattan, One World Trade Center (formerly known as the Freedom Tower) is slated to open its doors in 2013, adding 2.6 million in new office space to the mix.

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Nonprofit 1871 on May 2 will open its doors to about 100 start-ups seeking affordable office space and a collaborative work environment in a new 50, 000-square-foot center, which is now under construction in the city's Merchandise Mart.

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It was the right thing to do to give loans to small businesses to keep their doors open -- more than 2, 400 right here in Ohio got small business loans, because of the Recovery Act, because of the work that these guys did.

WHITEHOUSE: Rebuilding the Economy, Creating New Jobs

And since then, here in Ohio, nearly 2, 400 small businesses have gotten loans to keep their doors open and their workers on payroll, 4.5 million families have gotten tax cuts to help pay their bills and put food on the table, some 450 transportation projects are underway or have been completed, and more than 100, 000 Ohioans are at work today as a result of these steps.

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