Allen Gump, an executive with Colliers International North Texas, was elected to serve on the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors' national executive committee during the organization's spring world conference in Palm Springs, Calif. He will serve a four-year term, as vice president in 2014, president-elect in 2015, president in 2016, and immediate past president in 2017.

Five local firms have added to their ranks, with new hires and promotions at Transwestern, Cassidy Turley, Stream Realty Partners, Boxer Property Co., and Butler Burgher Group. Here’s additional info on this week's personnel moves.

Capital Senior Living has leased 26,436 square feet of office space in Parkway Office Center at 14160 North Dallas Pkwy in Dallas.

Private equity healthcare transactions more than doubled between 2009 and 2012. Children’s Medical Center's President and CEO has been nominated for the chairman position of the American Hospital Association. The HeartGift Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides free heart surgery to disadvantaged children all over the world, has established a chapter in Dallas.