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FORT WORTH, Texas — Civitas Senior Living, a Fort Worth-based owner-operator, has promoted Bobby Lane to chief wellness officer. Lane started with the company as an executive director in 2015 and has most recently served as the senior vice president of wellness.

DENVER — JLL has hired Shawn James O’Connor as an executive vice president in its Valuation Advisory business. O’Connor will focus on seniors housing valuation in the Rocky Mountain region as well as general valuation services in the Denver area.

NEW YORK CITY — New Senior Investment Group Inc. (NYSE: SNR) has announced the resignation of David Smith, the company’s chief financial officer and executive vice president. Smith has accepted “another business opportunity,” but details on that job were not disclosed.

TAMPA, Fla. — Cushman & Wakefield has hired Jay Jordan to the firm’s Senior Housing Capital Markets team. Based in Tampa, the team focuses on the sale of seniors housing assets throughout the country.

LOS ANGELES — CBRE has promoted James Graber to national leader of seniors housing and healthcare for the firm’s Valuation & Advisory Services (VAS) division.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The Board of Directors of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) has unanimously nominated two new independent director candidates, Vicki Freed and Guy Sansone, to stand for election at the company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Lifespace Communities, a Des Moines-based nonprofit owner and operator of 15 senior living communities across eight states, has hired Susan Bowser as regional director of sales and marketing. Concurrently, Rob Clark was hired as regional director of operations.