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.

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