Griffin-American Co-Sponsor Hires Executive Vice President
American Healthcare Investors, the co-sponsor of the Griffin-American Healthcare REIT franchise, announced that Christopher Belford has joined the company as an executive vice president, asset management.
Belford joins American Healthcare Investors from Brookdale Senior Living, where he served as the president of their western division. While with Brookdale, the largest owner and operator of senior living communities throughout the United States, he was directly responsible for managing 269 senior living and retirement communities, representing 24,400 units in 11 states in the western half of the U.S. and overseeing in excess of 14,000 employees.
In his new role, Belford will oversee all senior housing, skilled nursing and hospital properties within American Healthcare Investor’s $8 billion portfolio of assets under management. Christopher Rooney, also an EVP of asset management with the firm, will oversee all medical office buildings within the AHI portfolio.
“Chris Belford is a key addition to our executive team, bringing with him more than 24 years of senior level experience in the healthcare space, including extensive experience in the administration of healthcare facilities that provide independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing for seniors,” said Danny Prosky, co-founder of American Healthcare Investors. “Since our founding in 2012, American Healthcare Investors has quickly grown to become one of the largest managers of healthcare real estate in the nation with more than $8 billion in assets under management. Adding an executive of Chris’ caliber is essential to our continuing success and we couldn’t be more pleased to have him join our management team.”
Belford received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Washington State University and completed post graduate studies at Seattle University.
American Healthcare Investors manages a 29 million-square-foot portfolio of healthcare real estate that includes approximately 581 buildings comprised of medical office buildings, hospitals, senior housing, skilled nursing facilities and integrated senior care campuses located throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. They co-sponsored Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II prior to its $4 billion merger with NorthStar Realty Finance (NYSE: NRF) in 2014 and currently co-sponsor Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III.
