IRVINE, CA—American Healthcare Investors, a commercial real estate investment firm that specializes in the acquisition and management of healthcare-related properties, says that Christopher Belford has joined the company as an executive vice president, asset management.

Belford comes from Brookdale Senior Living, where he served as the president of that firm's 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. In his capacity as an executive vice president of asset management, Christopher Rooney will continue to oversee all medical office buildings within the portfolio in his capacity as executive vice president of asset management.