I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Brookdale Senior Living Inc.; and

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 /s/ Denise W. Warren

 Interim Chief Executive Officer and

 Chairman and member of the Office

 of the CEO (Principal Executive

 Officer for SEC reporting purposes)