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Whitestone REIT Declares Second Quarter 2026 Dividend

HOUSTON, April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR) (“Whitestone” or the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Trustees has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1425 per share on the Company's common shares and operating partnership units for the second quarter of 2026.

UMH PROPERTIES, INC. HONORED WITH MANUFACTURED HOUSING INSTITUTE’S COMMUNITY OPERATOR OF THE YEAR, LEADERSHIP IN SUSTAINABILITY AND LAND-LEASE COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR AWARDS

FREEHOLD, NJ, April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE: UMH) (TASE: UMH), a real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in the ownership and operation of manufactured home communities, is pleased to announce that on April 8, 2026, UMH was named Manufactured Housing Institute's Community Operator of the Year.

Apogee Acquisition Corp Announces Closing of $172.5 Million Initial Public Offering

Cheyenne, WY, April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apogee Acquisition Corp (the “Company”), a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, announced the closing of its initial public offering of 17,250,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit on April 8, 2026, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their overallotment option to purchase an additional 2,250,000 units.

Whitestone REIT to Be Acquired by Ares for $1.7 Billion

HOUSTON and NEW YORK, April 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR) (“Whitestone” or the “Company”) and Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) today announced that Whitestone has entered into a definitive merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with certain Ares Real Estate funds (“Ares”) pursuant to which Ares will acquire all outstanding Whitestone common shares and operating partnership units for $19.00 per share or unit in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.7 billion.

DeFi Development Corp. Chief Strategy Officer to Speak at the 2026 Centri Capital Conference

BOCA RATON, FL, April 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) (the “Company”), the first US public company with a treasury strategy built to accumulate and compound Solana (“SOL”), today announced that Chief Strategy Officer Daniel Kang will be speaking at the 2026 Centri Capital Conference on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.

FG Communities Completes Acquisition in Durham, NC

Continuing our growth in the Greater Triangle Area

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FG Communities, whose mission is to preserve and improve affordable housing by acquiring and operating manufactured housing communities, is pleased to announce its most recent acquisition in Durham, North Carolina.

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