LOS ANGELES-California won't totally escape the economic slowdown that is gripping the nation, but it's not likely to hurt much or for long, according to three of the state's leading economists.

SAN DIEGO-Two firms have inked leases with The Shidler Group for space at the Courtyard I, in deals totaling $1.677 million.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA-The city is in the process of selecting a developer to build a 250- to 350-room hotel and a 25,000-sf to 35,000-sf convention facility on a city-owned parcel located on North Shoreline Boulevard.

PHOENIX-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp.'s wireless broadband IP network is operational in the Phoenix area. The service boasts the ability to be up and running within 10 days--without cost to building owners.

PHOENIX-Zacor Real Estate pays $8.6 million for Camelback Road tear-downs and will locate a new 350,000-sf office complex there.

PHOENIX-Del Webb Corp., the nation's king of planned retirement communities, announces strategic plan for tapping the baby-boomer market.

TEMPE, AZ-Edward Jones, a St. Louis-based financial services firm, is locating its first regional office outside the state of Missouri in Tempe.

PHOENIX-Arizona's economy is expected to cool slightly in the coming year. Economic pundits contributing to ASU's annual economic forecast predict that the state will hang on to its national ranking as number two for job growth.