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TOLEDO, Ohio — Welltower Inc. (NYSE: HCN) has promoted Mercedes Kerr to the position of executive vice president of business development and Matthew McQueen to the positions of senior vice president of general counsel and corporate secretary.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus-based financial services company Lancaster Pollard has hired Doug Harper and Casey Moore as managing directors of agency finance, and Joe Munhall as director of syndicated credit. All three hires come from Berkeley Point Capital where they served in similar capacities.

WICHITA, Kan. — Legend Senior Living has hired Jason Freewalt as the company’s new vice president of operations. He will oversee the day-to-day operations of Legend’s nearly 20 locations in Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma.

TAMPA, Fla. — Allegro Management Company has hired Jennifer Butler as executive director of Renaissance Senior Living, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Tampa.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lancaster Pollard has hired Martin Kent as chief credit officer. Kent, most recently the director of multifamily credit/underwriting for Fannie Mae’s seniors housing programs, will provide credit oversight for all the firm’s banking activities.

WALTHAM, Mass. — Benchmark Senior Living, an operator of 53 seniors housing communities in the Northeast, has hired Jayne Sallerson as the company’s new executive vice president of sales and operations.

DENVER — Architecture firm Hord Coplan Macht has hired Gary Prager as a principal to lead the firm’s senior living team in Denver.

LOS ANGELES — CBRE Group, a Los Angeles-based real estate services firm, has promoted Aron Will, co-leader of CBRE Capital Markets’ National Senior Housing team, to vice chairman.

CHICAGO — Senior Lifestyle Corp. has promoted Justin Robins to executive vice president and chief administrative officer.