CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 126,637	$ 222,647
Marketable securities	19,991	291,796
Restricted cash	39,015	37,189
Accounts receivable, net	118,005	128,961
Assets held for sale	141,104	106,435
Prepaid expenses and other current assets, net	106,394	114,844
Total current assets	551,146	901,872
Property, plant and equipment and leasehold intangibles, net	5,715,931	5,852,145
Restricted cash	25,010	22,710
Investment in unconsolidated ventures	32,018	129,794
Goodwill	154,131	505,783
Other intangible assets, net	59,817	67,977
Other assets, net	191,594	195,168
Total assets	6,729,647	7,675,449
Current liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt	250,906	495,413
Current portion of capital and financing lease obligations	27,942	107,088
Trade accounts payable	79,713	91,825
Accrued expenses	306,278	329,966
Refundable entrance fees and deferred revenue	68,508	68,358
Tenant security deposits	2,823	3,126
Total current liabilities	736,170	1,095,776
Long-term debt, less current portion	3,471,220	3,375,324
Capital and financing lease obligations, less current portion	1,066,236	1,164,466
Deferred liabilities	261,532	224,304
Deferred tax liability	69,749	70,644
Other liabilities	204,083	214,644
Total liabilities	5,808,990	6,145,158
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017; no shares issued and outstanding	0	0
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017; 196,976,288 and 194,454,329 shares issued and 193,797,887 and 191,275,928 shares outstanding (including 6,145,795 and 4,770,097 unvested restricted shares), respectively	1,938	1,913
Additional paid-in-capital	4,139,353	4,126,549
Treasury stock, at cost; 3,178,401 shares at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017	(56,440)	(56,440)
Accumulated deficit	(3,163,690)	(2,541,294)
Total Brookdale Senior Living Inc. stockholders' equity	921,161	1,530,728
Noncontrolling interest	(504)	(437)
Total equity	920,657	1,530,291
Total liabilities and equity	$ 6,729,647	$ 7,675,449