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MINNEAPOLIS — Health Dimensions Group (HDG) has promoted Kathy Karr to senior vice president of consulting services of the Minneapolis-based operator. Karr began her career as a nursing assistant and has subsequently served as director of nursing, nursing home administrator and director of operations, providing leadership for multiple skilled nursing facilities. Since 2012, she has held various operations and consulting roles at HDG. As senior vice president of consulting services, Karr leads HDG’s expanding turnaround services, operational assessments and due diligence activities. She will partner with organizations to implement best …

MINNEAPOLIS — Health Dimensions Group (HDG) has hired Jennifer Martell has joined the organization as vice president of people and culture. Martell is responsible for leading the vision, strategy, development and execution of talent and culture programs for HDG’s managed communities. Martell has more than a decade of experience in leading senior living operations and human resources teams. Prior to joining HDG, Martell served as vice president of human resources and regional director of operations for a large senior living organization in the Midwest. Her areas of expertise include leadership …

BRIGHTON, Mass. — 2Life Communities, a Brighton-based owner-operator, has promoted Zoe Weinrobe to chief of real estate.  In her previous role as director of real estate, Weinrobe led the creation of nearly 400 affordable apartments at 2Life while also overseeing the renovations of 2Life’s Golda Meir and Coleman Houses in nearby Newton. As chief of real estate, Weinrobe will lead the organization’s real estate development. 2Life is currently developing multiple large-scale projects including its middle-income housing model Opus Newton, a redevelopment of the J.J. Carroll Apartments in Brighton with the …

SEATTLE — Design firm Perkins Eastman has hired John Shoesmith as principal in the company’s Seattle studio as part of the firm’s international senior living practice.  With more than 30 years of experience, Shoesmith’s work involves the full continuum of senior living, including active adult, life plan communities, assisted living, long-term care environments and intentional intergenerational communities.

SEATTLE — Architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman has hired John Shoesmith as principal in its Seattle studio and is now a part of the firm’s international senior living practice.  With more than 30 years of experience, Shoesmith’s work involves the full continuum of senior living including active adult, life plan communities, assisted living, long-term care environments and intergenerational communities. Shoesmith became interested in design for aging after witnessing his grandmother’s struggle with dementia. His observations about how the environment could be both an asset and an obstacle in her …