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LOS ANGELES — Front Porch Communities and Services, a Los Angeles-based seniors housing operator, has hired Sean Kelly as the organization’s new chief executive officer, effective March 6. Kelly succeeds John Woodward who has served as CEO for more than seven years and earlier this year announced his intended retirement. With 19 senior living and 32 affordable housing communities, programs serving 10,000 people across the country and 3,000 employees, Front Porch is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit senior living providers.​ Kelly comes to Front Porch from The Kendal Corp., …

DALLAS and WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Lifespace Communities has hired Brian Robbins as chief operating officer. Robbins will have full responsibility for operations strategy, planning, financial management, operations management, and resident and family relations. He will partner closely with the sales and marketing team to ensure operational focus on increasing occupancy in all levels of living. Following a 13-year U.S. Navy career, Robbins gained nearly 20 years of senior living experience in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility, including human resources director, administrator, executive director, regional operations and …

PORTLAND, Ore. — LRS Architects has hired two Building Information Modeling (BIM) managers, Leticia Lopez Cushnie and Matthew Salazar. Both specialists will work out of the firm’s Portland office. Cushnie has worked on projects such as mixed-use/office buildings, hospitals, educational labs and cultural centers. She received her bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Houston. Salazar’s passion lies in high-rise architecture, urban design, public transit and technology. He received his master’s degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology and his bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Georgia …

ATLANTA — BBG, an independent commercial real estate services firm, has hired seniors housing industry leader Will Childs as executive vice president in BBG’s alternative practice groups. He will be based in the Atlanta office of the firm, which is headquartered in Dallas. Childs will play a role in expanding BBG’s seniors housing platform, one of the fastest growing and dynamic U.S. commercial real estate sectors. During his career spanning more than 15 years, Childs has worked with some of the seniors housing industry’s highest-profile lenders, operators, investors and developers …