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During the year, the Company opened expansions at six communities with a total of 217 units representing $36 million of project costs. Four of the expansions achieved 95% occupancy in December and are on average yielding approximately 17% unlevered returns. The other two projects are in lease-up and achieved 60% occupancy in the fourth quarter and are performing on budget. The Company currently has twelve expansion projects under construction with approximately 400 units.

In 2007, Brookdale completed $360.9 million in mortgage financings, producing incremental proceeds of $294 million. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, Brookdale completed $83.6 million in mortgage financing, producing incremental proceeds of $29 million.

Beginning in 2008, the Company intends to modify its definition of CFFO to subtract principal amortization related to capital leases that do not have a bargain purchase option. For leases with bargain purchase options, the Company believes that the amortization related to these leases is similar to principal amortization of debt and as a result, will be excluded from the revised CFFO definition. Using the modified 2008 definition, fourth quarter reported CFFO would have been $0.27 per outstanding common share. Similarly, full year 2007 reported CFFO would have been $1.41 per outstanding common share. A table is included later in this release to reconcile CFFO results since 2006 to this modified definition.

Earnings Conference Call

Brookdale's management will conduct a conference call on Thursday, February 28, 2008 to review the financial results of its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2007. The conference call is scheduled for 10:00 AM ET.
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