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CHICAGO-The international real estate services firm says the market's diversity in employers make it better prepared than others to get through the current economic slump. Some "new frontiers" may even see more growth, it says.

CHICAGO-Equity Office Properties Trust is the nation's largest publicly-held office building owner and manager. It now is Fortune magazine's "Most Admired" real estate company in the US.

SEATTLE-Rod Kauffman of the Seattle-King County Building Owners and Managers Assoc. tells GobeSt there are reports of a terra cotta falling off buildings in downtown's Pioneer Square, a crack in the Capital's dome in Olympia and a fire in a Carpet Exchange building in West Seattle.

ORLANDO-Travelodge Hotels Inc. of Parsippany, NJ has retained Lake Buena Vista Suites to build a 1,380-room Travelodge World Resort hotel in Lake Buena Vista, FL, minutes from the 30,000-acre Walt Disney World enclave. The estimated $20 million resort is scheduled to open in third quarter 2002.

WASHINGTON, DC-The first of the business centers, which will provide desk space for 7,000 workers, will open in Herndon, VA, in April. The centers are expected to generate $50 million a year.

SEATTLE, WA-A state of emergency has been declared in the State of Washington as it assesses the damage and copes with the aftermath of a 6.8 earthquake centered 11 miles northeast of Olympia and 35 miles below ground.

SALEM, OR-Plans for one wind-powered generating plant and four natural gas-fired generating plants have passed in front of state regulators recently, and more are expected.

PHOENIX-Starting next month, Arizona will be the first state in the nation to require voter approval of general plans, which is likely to impact how and where development occurs.