Hebrew SeniorLife, a nonprofit senior housing and health care provider in Boston, yesterday said it named business leaders Tom Alperin and Howard Cohen as cochairmen of its board.
Alperin is president and founding partner of National Development, a real estate and investment firm in Newton. Cohen is president and chief executive of Beacon Communities, a Boston-based residential real estate firm. As cochairmen of Hebrew SeniorLife, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, they will focus on completing a health care center scheduled to open in Dedham this month.
The health care center, which is expected to create 250 jobs, is the third and final stage of the organization’s NewBridge on the Charles retirement community.![]()
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