b'Meet our staffJohn StewartMark KarutzMary LacsonSenior Manager Senior Manager, Senior Manager,Asset ManagementCommercial Properties Property Development John has 20 years of facilitiesMark has 26 years of(Apr 2020Feb 2022)management experienceexperience in real estateMary is a property in both the corporateand has worked acrossdevelopment professional and not-for-profit sector.the private, governmentfocused on renewal of Johns career started as aand not-for-profit sectors.precincts and creating Shopfitter working on majorHis early career was inopportunities for affordable construction sites includingcommercial propertyhousing. Her previous Chadstone, Highpoint andvaluation and for the last experience in Sydney and Doncaster shopping centres.14 years he has applied theWestern Australia was He specialises in all areasskills learned in that field in mixed-tenure social, of proactive scheduling ofto portfolio management.affordable and private maintenance for life cycleMark has extensivehousing developments. efficiencies with a strongexperience in developing,More recently, Mary was background in HVAC,project managing anda Senior Development plumbing, electrical andsuccessfully completingManager (Melbourne) essential services across abuilding projects.focused on revitalising property portfolio including,significant urban renewal residential, commercial,precincts. Mary has a deep retail and warehouses. Johnpassion and understanding has extensive experienceof front-end property and managing a team of inhouseprecinct development, maintenance staff andthe opportunities of specialised contractors.commercial arrangements John has a backgroundand, balancing the social, in merging organisationseconomic and environmental property departments withinoutcomes of projects. the community sector.19 Uniting Housing Annual Report 20212022'