Barton Joins AHI in Seniors Housing

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-Locally based commercial real estate investment firm American Healthcare Investors has hired Brooks Barton as VP of seniors housing. According to founding principal Danny Prosky, Brooks will “play a key role in facilitating the acquisition and management of assisted-living facilities and other properties that cater to the needs of our growing senior population, assets we believe to be among the most attractive real estate investment opportunities.”

Barton has worked in the healthcare industry since 2000 and is an authority on seniors housing and long-term care models. He previously served in key operational and executive positions with Brookdale Senior Living, Kisco Senior Living and, most recently, with Capital Senior Living, one of the nation's largest operators of residential communities for seniors. There, Barton served as regional director of the company's 800-bed Carolinas portfolio of senior-housing facilities, responsible for comprehensive oversight, including risk management, asset management and overall operational and clinical compliance.

Prosky said in a prepared statement, “Brooks is an accomplished healthcare professional with extensive experience in the specialized field of senior-living facilities.”

As GlobeSt.com reported in January, AHI and Griffin Capital Corp., co-sponsors of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc., spent approximately $183.6 million in the month of December 2012 on 14 healthcare-related assets for the REIT. The acquisitions totaled nine medical-office buildings and five assisted-living facilities in California, Florida, North Carolina, Indiana and Alabama.