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CARMEL, Ind. — Mainstreet, a skilled nursing developer and investor, has hired eight employees to work at its headquarters in the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel.

IRVING, Texas —The LaSalle Group Inc., a developer and operator specializing in memory care, has promoted Tracy Bazzell to vice president of innovation and information technology. He joined the company in March as associate vice president of data and applications.

TACOMA, Wash. — Propel Insurance has hired Carl Swan to join the firm’s National Senior Living Practice as a sales executive.

CHICAGO — Berkadia, a Chicago-based Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and HUD lender, has hired Christopher Honn as senior managing director of the company’s Seniors Housing Group.

DALLAS —Senior Quality Lifestyles Corp. (SQLC), a seniors housing developer based in Dallas, has named Katheryn Pigott as HR business partner and Misty Miller as health services director.

DALLAS — Senior Quality Lifestyles Corp. (SQLC), a seniors housing developer based in Dallas, has named Ben Cantrell as its chief financial officer.

NEWTON, Mass. — Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) has named Richard Siedel Jr. as its chief financial officer and treasurer.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Lifespace Communities, an owner/operator 12 continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), has named Joe Chambers as its new vice president of sales and marketing.