Exhibit 23.2
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            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 pertaining to the Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. Omnibus Stock
Incentive Plan of our report dated February 14, 2006, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of CMCP - Properties, Inc., included in the
Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. filed on March
20, 2006.



                                                     /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
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Dallas, Texas
June 9, 2006