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NEW YORK CITY — Gemini Real Estate Advisors has broken ground for the new GEM Hotel Union Square. The 18-story, 113-room hotel will be located at 52 W. 13th St. within Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood. It will include a full-service restaurant and lounge, a fitness center and a business lounge. Upon completion, which is expected in 2012, the hotel will be the fouth GEM hotel in Manhattan, joining locations in Chelsea, Midtown West and SoHo. Gemini owns the hotel and will operate it. Andres Escobar designed the hotel, and Gene Kaufman Architect is the project architect. KSK Construction Group is the general contractor.