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PHILADELPHIA — Fairfield, Conn.-based HJ Sims, a privately held investment bank and brokerage firm, has expanded its senior living finance practice by opening a location in Philadelphia. The firm has hired Jim Bodine to its senior living finance team for the new office. Bodine specializes in senior living and healthcare finance and has more than 25 years of investment banking experience. HJ Sims specializes in structuring and underwriting senior living and long-term care financings, including tax-exempt and taxable bonds, mezzanine loans, equity, seed money, bank financing and FHA-insured loans. The firm also provides financial advisory services for capital planning, restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions.