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• Announcing Mostyn’s appointment on Wednesday morning, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Mostyn was a “modern and optimistic leader for our modern and optimistic nation”.
• Mostyn is the second woman to hold the post, following Quentin Bryce who was appointed by the Rudd Labor government.
• Trained as a lawyer, Mostyn has had extensive experience in business, especially in telecommunications and insurance locally and globally.
• She presently is chair of AWARE Super and Alberts Music Group and is on the Mirvac board.
• Mostyn has been a strong advocate on climate change and on women’s issues and has long had strong Labor connections.
• I spent time listening carefully to single mothers and domestic violence survivors, and shared coffees and stories in men’s sheds.

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• LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AXSYS Capital, an emerging leader in medical property investments, is pleased to announce a successful initial closing of its premier AXSYS Capital Fund I, LP.
• The fund will focus on acquiring medical office buildings (MOBs) across the Midwest over the next 6-12 months, including Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.
• “The initial closing of AXSYS Capital Fund I enhances our firm’s capabilities and emphasizes our focus on identifying and capitalizing on properties we consider to be high quality, ‘recession-proof’ assets with stable, creditworthy medical and professional services tenants that we can hold long term,” said David Meggs, Co-Founder & CEO of AXSYS Capital.
• Over the next few months, AXSYS Capital expects to close on up to five additional properties across the Midwest utilizing funds from AXSYS Capital Fund I.

• HOUSTON, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) (“Whitestone” or the “Company”) today announced the acquisition of the grocery-anchored Garden Oaks Shopping Center in Houston.
• “Garden Oaks property values are up nearly 50% since 2019, and the area is poised to continue with very strong growth as young professionals settle beyond the Heights area and take advantage of the larger plots and tree-lined streets in Garden Oaks,” said Whitestone REIT COO, Christine Mastandrea.
• Since the third quarter of 2022, Whitestone has acquired four high quality shopping centers, including Lake Woodlands Crossing , Dana Park Pad and Arcadia Towne Center .
• “We are very pleased to add the Garden Oaks Shopping Center, which serves young, family-oriented professionals that live in the surrounding Garden Oaks Neighborhoods, to our portfolio.

• Reed and producing partner Matt Houghton will executive produce for Underdog, along with Jillian Share for Teton Ridge Entertainment.
• Specialist observational film-maker Sophie Todd (Formula 1 - Drive To Survive) has joined as Showrunner.
• I feel very privileged that we have the opportunity to bring this story to the world,” said James Reed.
• Said Share of the docuseries, “Colossal’s trailblazing mission to de-extinct animals embodies the pioneering spirit that Teton Ridge Entertainment aims to celebrate.