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/ Chad C. White

 Executive Vice President, General

 Counsel and Secretary and member of

 the Office of the CEO (Principal

 Executive Officer for SEC reporting purposes)