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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549


                                    FORM 8-K


               CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


         Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) June 21, 1997

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                           HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


 
                                    Delaware
               (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

       1-5664                                       53-0085950
(Commission File Number)               (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 

                 10400 Fernwood Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20817
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

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       Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code (301) 380-9000
         (Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report.)

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                                    FORM 8-K

ITEM 2.  ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS

On June 21,  1997,  HMC  Senior  Communities,  Inc.  ("HMCSC"),  a  wholly-owned
subsidiary of Host  Marriott  Corporation  ("Host  Marriott"),  the  registrant,
completed the acquisition of the outstanding  common stock of Forum Group, Inc.,
(the "Forum Group") from Marriott Senior Living Services,  Inc., a subsidiary of
Marriott  International,  Inc. Host Marriott purchased the Forum Group portfolio
of senior  living  communities  for  approximately  $540  million,  including an
expansion plan valued at approximately $107 million. 

The Forum Group portfolio,  which includes 29 retirement  communities with 6,127
existing  units  located in 11 states,  will  continue to be managed by Marriott
Senior Living  Services  under the Marriott  brand name. The expansion plan will
add 1,060 units, of which  approximately 500 are expected to be completed during
1997 with the remainder expected to be completed by January 1999.

The Forum  Group owns 100% of 19 of the 29  communities,  a 59%  interest in one
property,  and a 79%  interest  in the nine  remaining  communities  through its
ownership  interest in FRP  Retirement  Partners,  L.P., a publicly  held master
limited partnership.  Host Marriott  consolidated  approximately $275 million of
debt as a result of the acquisition of the Forum Group.

Substantially  all of the hotel and senior living properties owned or controlled
by Host  Marriott and its  subsidiaries  are managed or  franchised  by Marriott
International  through  management and franchise  agreements.  Host Marriott has
obtained,  and may obtain in the future,  financing from Marriott  International
for a portion of the cost of acquiring  properties  to be operated or franchised
by  Marriott  International.  The  performance  of certain  guarantees  and debt
obligations  of Host  Marriott and its  affilites  totaling  approximately  $115
million at March 28, 1997,  are guaranteed by Marriott  International.  Marriott
International  has the right to purchase  up to 20% of the voting  stock of Host
Marriott if certain events involving a change in control of Host Marriott occur.

Richard E. Marriott,  the Chairman of the Board of Host Marriott,  is a director
of Marriott  International.  J.W.  Marriott,  Jr., the Chairman of the Board and
Chief  Executive  Officer  of  Marriott  International  is a  director  of  Host
Marriott. Richard E. Marriott beneficially owns approximately 10.4% and 6.67% of
the  outstanding  common  stock of  Marriott  International  and Host  Marriott,
respectively. J.W. Marriott, Jr. beneficially owns approximately 10.6% and 6.60%
of the  outstanding  common stock of Marriott  International  and Host Marriott,
respectively.  Some of such  shares are  beneficially  owned by both  Richard E.
Marriott and J.W. Marriott, Jr., who are brothers.

Additional   information   on  Host   Marriott's   relationship   with  Marriott
International  is included,  or  incorporated  by  reference,  in Host  Marriott
Corporation's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  January 3,
1997.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (a) Financial statements of business acquired:

          It is  impracticable  for  the  Registrant  to  provide  the  required
          financial  statements and pro forma financial  information at the time
          of this filing. The Registrant will file such financial statements and
          pro forma  financial  information  by  amendment no later than 60 days
          after the date this report is filed, as permitted under Item 7 of Form
          8-K.

     (c) Exhibits:

          (10.1) Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  dated June 21, 1997,  between Host
                 Marriott Corporation and Marriott Senior Living Services, Inc.

          (99)   News Release dated June 24, 1997.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION

                                   By:  /s/ Donald D. Olinger
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                                        Donald D. Olinger
                                        Senior Vice President and
                                        Corporate Controller

 Date: July, 7, 1997
 



                            STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     THIS STOCK PURCHASE  AGREEMENT is made as of June 21, 1997 ("Closing Date")
by (i) HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser"), and (ii)
MARRIOTT  SENIOR  LIVING  SERVICES,  INC.,  a Delaware  corporation  ("Seller").

                                    RECITALS

     Forum Group,  Inc., an Indiana  corporation (the "Company"),  is the owner,
directly or indirectly,  of the Communities described below. Seller is the owner
of all of the issued and outstanding common stock (collectively, the "Stock") of
the Company.  Subject to the terms and conditions  set forth in this  Agreement,
Seller  desires to sell to  Purchaser,  and  Purchaser  desires to purchase from
Seller, the Stock.

     NOW, THEREFORE,  in consideration of the foregoing premises,  of the mutual
covenants  set  forth  in  this  Agreement,  and  of  other  good  and  valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, Seller and
Purchaser agree as follows:

                                I. INTERPRETATION

1.1  DEFINITIONS.  As used in this Agreement,  the following  capitalized  terms
     shall have the meanings indicated:

     AFFILIATE:  any Person  that  directly  or  indirectly  through one or more
     intermediaries  controls,  is controlled by or is under common control with
     the Person specified.  For purposes of this definition,  the term "control"
     (including  the terms  "controlling,"  "controlled  by" and  "under  common
     control with") of a Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the
     power to (i) vote more than 50% of the voting securities of such Person, or
     (ii) direct or cause the direction of the  management  and policies of such
     Person, whether by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
     no event  shall  Seller or any Person  which is  controlled  by or is under
     common  control with Seller,  be deemed an  "Affiliate" of Purchaser or any
     Person which is  controlled by or is under common  control with  Purchaser.

     AGREEMENT:  this  Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  together  with all  exhibits
     referenced in this Stock Purchase Agreement.

     ASSETS:  the properties  and assets  described in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 that
     are required to be owned by the Company, directly or indirectly through one
     or  more  Subsidiaries,  as of  the  Closing  Date,  but  specifically  not
     including the Excluded Assets.

     BASE LIFECARE CONTRACTS:  as defined in Section 6.6.1.

     BOOKS:  as defined in Section 2.1.16.
                                           
     BUDGETED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS: the improvements contemplated in the Capital
     Expenditure Budgets.

     BUSINESS DAY: any day that is not a Saturday,  a Sunday,  a federal holiday
     or a holiday under the laws of the State of Maryland.

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     CAPITAL  EXPENDITURE  BUDGET: a budget for each Community which sets forth,
     as of the Closing Date, the capital improvements which the Company plans to
     undertake  during the  Company's  1997  fiscal  year  (other  than  capital
     improvements  relating to the  development  of  Expansion  Units),  and the
     estimated  expenditures for such improvements,  all as set forth on Exhibit
     E-4.

     CLOSING: full settlement of the Transaction,  including the transfer of the
     Stock from Seller to Purchaser.

     CLOSING ACCOUNTING:  as defined in Section 6.4.1.

     CODE:  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

     COMMERCIAL LEASES:  as defined in Section 2.1.6.

     COMMUNITY:  each  retirement  facility  owned by the  Company  at  Closing,
     directly or  indirectly  through one or more  Subsidiaries,  in whole or in
     part, and described in Section 2.1.

     COMPANY:  as defined in the Recitals.

     COMPLETED EXPANSION PROJECTS:  as defined in Section 7.14.1.

     CONTRACTS:  as defined in Section 2.1.8.

     CURRENT ASSETS: the total assets of the Company or any Subsidiary which may
     be properly classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, including
     the  following  assets of the Company or any  Subsidiary:  (i) all cash and
     cash  equivalents,  (ii)  inventories,  (iii) accounts  receivable  (less a
     reasonable reserve for uncollectible accounts),  (iv) marketable securities
     representing  the  investment  of cash,  and (v)  prepaid  expenses  of the
     Company or any Subsidiary.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  Current Assets
     shall  exclude  (a)  any  Financing  Reserve,   (b)  any  Lifecare  Reserve
     maintained  pursuant  to  Section  6.6.2  with  respect  to  Base  Lifecare
     Contracts,  (c) cash in the  amount  of the  Lifecare  Payment  for  Excess
     Lifecare  Contracts  pursuant  to Section  6.6.3  (including  all  Lifecare
     Payments under Lifecare Contracts at Overland Park), (d) (for the avoidance
     of doubt,  even though the same may not be a current  asset under GAAP) all
     deferred  management  fees  payable by FRP to the Company in respect of the
     FRP Management  Agreement for periods prior to January 1, 1994, and (e) all
     other amounts which by the terms of this  Agreement are expressly  excluded
     from Current Assets.

     CURRENT LIABILITIES: the total liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary
     which may be properly  classified as current liabilities in conformity with
     GAAP. Notwithstanding the foregoing,  Current Liabilities shall exclude (i)
     the principal amount of the Existing  Financing,  (ii) the capitalized cost
     of the Leases,  (iii) all Taxes (other than ad valorem real estate  taxes),
     (iv) (for the avoidance of doubt, even though the same may not be a current
     liability  under GAAP) all deferred  management  fees payable by FRP to the
     Company in respect of the FRP  Management  Agreement  for periods  prior to
     January 1, 1994,  (v) the  liability  to repay,  refund or reimburse to any
     Resident  all or any  portion  of any  Lifecare  Payment in respect of Base
     Lifecare  Contracts,  and (vi) all other amounts which by the terms of this
     Agreement are expressly excluded from Current Liabilities.

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     DEPOSITS:  as defined in Section 2.1.11.

     DISTRIBUTION  AGREEMENT AMENDMENT:  the Amendment to Distribution Agreement
     in the form of Exhibit D-11.

     DOCUMENTARY  CONVENTIONS:  means, with respect to any document or agreement
     that states in substance that it is governed thereby, that such document or
     agreement  shall be deemed to  include  the  following  provisions  and all
     references  in  any  such  provisions  to  "this  Agreement,"  "hereunder,"
     "hereby" or similar  phrases  shall refer to the  document or  agreement in
     which such provisions are incorporated:

          (i)  Modifications.  No  modification to this Agreement shall be valid
          unless in writing  and signed by all  parties  thereto.  No  purported
          waiver of any of the  provisions of this  Agreement  shall be valid or
          effective  unless in  writing  signed by the party  against  whom such
          waiver is sought to be enforced.

          (ii) Survival.  All representations,  warranties and covenants in this
          Agreement  shall  survive and not be merged in the  execution  of this
          Agreement.
 
          (iii)Governing  Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
          in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Maryland, without
          reference to conflicts of laws principles.

          (iv)   Captions;   Pronouns.   Captions  in  this  Agreement  are  for
          convenience   of  reference  only  and  shall  not  be  considered  in
          construing this Agreement.  Whenever the context shall so require, the
          singular  shall include the plural,  the male gender shall include the
          female, and vice versa. "Include," "includes" and "including" shall be
          deemed to be followed by "without  limitation" whether or not they are
          in fact followed by such words or words of like import.  

          (v) Exhibits.  All exhibits to this Agreement are incorporated in this
          Agreement as though set forth in full in the text of this Agreement.
        
          (vi)  Counterparts.  Multiple  originals  of  this  Agreement  may  be
          executed,  each of which shall  constitute one and the same agreement.
          This  agreement may be executed in  counterparts,  and it shall not be
          necessary that the original  signature of each party to this Agreement
          appear on each such counterpart.

          (vii) Severability. In the event that one or more of the provisions of
          this Agreement shall be held to be illegal,  invalid or unenforceable,
          such provisions shall be deemed severable and the remaining provisions
          of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

          (viii) Not Construed  Against  Drafter.  Each party to this  Agreement
          acknowledges  that it was  represented  by counsel in connection  with
          this Agreement,  and that it and its counsel reviewed and participated
          in the preparation  and  negotiation of this Agreement.  Consequently,
          any rule of  construction  to the effect  that  ambiguities  are to be
          resolved  against  the  drafting  party  shall not be  employed in the
          interpretation  of this  Agreement. 

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          (ix)  Business  Day.  To the extent  that the date of any  performance
          required under this Agreement  falls on a date which is not a business
          day, the date of performance  shall be extended to the next succeeding
          business day.

          (x)  Waivers.  No waiver of any  provision  or right set forth in this
          Agreement  shall be valid unless it is in writing  signed by the party
          against which such waiver is sought to be enforced. The failure of any
          party to insist on strict performance of any of the provisions of this
          Agreement or to exercise any right granted to it under this  Agreement
          shall  not be  construed  as a  waiver  of  the  requirement  of  such
          performance.

          (xi) Parties in  Interest.  This  Agreement  shall be binding upon and
          inure to the  benefit of each party,  and  nothing in this  Agreement,
          express or implied,  is  intended  to confer upon any other  person or
          entity any rights or  remedies  of any nature  whatsoever  under or by
          reason of this  Agreement.  Nothing in this  Agreement  is intended to
          relieve or discharge  the  obligation of any third person to any party
          to this Agreement.

     EMPLOYEES:  collectively,  all officers and employees of the Company and/or
     any Subsidiary prior to the Closing Date.

     ENCUMBRANCE:  any lien, security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
     charge, option,  encroachment,  easement,  covenant,  lease, reservation or
     restriction of any kind.

     ENGINEERING:  as defined in Section 2.1.17.

     ENVIRONMENTAL  LAWS:  collectively,  all  federal,  state and  local  laws,
     ordinances and regulations applicable to the Company, any Subsidiary or any
     Community  relating to the  protection  of the  environment,  including the
     Comprehensive  Environmental  Response,  Compensation and Liability Act, as
     amended,  the Resource  Conservation  and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended,
     the Clean Water Act, as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Federal
     Insecticide,  Fungicide  and  Rodenticide  Act, as amended,  the  Hazardous
     Materials  Transportation Act, as amended,  the Toxic Substance and Control
     Act of 1976,  as amended,  and the  Occupational  Safety and Health Act, as
     amended.

     ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS:  the reports described on Exhibit C-7.

     EQUIPMENT LEASES:  as defined in Section 2.1.5.

     ERISA:  the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

     ERISA Affiliate:  as defined in Section 4.31.1.

     EXCESS LIFECARE CONTRACTS:  as defined in Section 6.6.3.

     EXCLUDED ASSETS:  collectively,  (i) all proprietary information,  patents,
     know-how,  trade  secrets,  devices,   inventions  and  other  intellectual
     property of the Company and its  subsidiaries,  whether  patentable or not,
     and the tangible  embodiment of such  information in any medium,  including
     written, magnetic,  computerized or other form (collectively,  "Proprietary
     Materials");  (ii)  all  copyrights  of the  Company  and its  subsidiaries
     throughout the world,  whether  registered or  unregistered,  including all

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     foreign  and   domestic   registrations   and  pending   applications   for
     registration, the right to sue for any past, present or future infringement
     or  unauthorized  use thereof,  the right to collect damages and seek other
     relief in  connection  therewith,  and including the copyright in the works
     identified  on  Exhibit  B-3 to this  Agreement;  (iii)  all  trade  names,
     trademarks,  service  marks,  designs  and logos  used or  reserved  by the
     Company, any Subsidiary or Excluded Subsidiary or any Community or Excluded
     Community  prior  to  the  Closing  throughout  the  world   (collectively,
     "Trademarks"),   whether  registered  or  unregistered,  and  all  goodwill
     associate  therewith,  all foreign and domestic  registrations  and pending
     applications for  registration,  the right to sue for any past,  present or
     future  infringement  or  unauthorized  use  thereof,  the right to collect
     damages and seek other relief in connection therewith,  and including marks
     identified on Exhibit B-3 to this Agreement, but not including the names of
     the  Communities  which do not  contain  the  "Forum"  mark or a  variation
     thereof;   (iv)  the   Excluded   Subsidiaries   (including   the  Excluded
     Communities);  (v) all awards for or settlements  of litigation,  claims or
     disputes arising from events or circumstances, or during any periods, prior
     to Closing,  whenever received or paid (other than tax refunds, which shall
     be addressed as set forth in the Tax Agreement);  (vi) all amounts received
     in  connection  with  Employees  arising from events or  circumstances,  or
     during any  periods,  prior to Closing,  including  unemployment  insurance
     refunds;  (vii) Medicare and Medicaid refunds for periods prior to Closing;
     (viii) accounts  receivable written off as uncollectible  prior to Closing;
     (ix) any other  assets of the  Company or any  Subsidiary  not on the Final
     Closing  Accounting and not  constituting  Assets;  (x) the interest of the
     manager under the FRP Management  Agreement,  the FFI Management  Agreement
     and the FRC-I Management Agreement; and (xi) the interest of the Company or
     any Subsidiary under any Third Party Management Agreements.

     EXCLUDED COMMUNITY: each retirement facility owned by the Company, directly
     or  indirectly  through one or more Excluded  Subsidiaries,  in whole or in
     part, and described on Exhibit B-1.

     EXCLUDED  SUBSIDIARY:  each Person other than the Subsidiaries  which is or
     was owned,  directly or  indirectly,  in whole or in part,  by the Company,
     including the Persons described on Exhibit B-2.

     EXISTING FINANCING: collectively, the FFI Financing, the FRP Financing, the
     FKy Financing, the Panther Financing and the FRC-I Financing.

     EXISTING  FINANCING   DOCUMENTS:   all  documents   evidencing,   securing,
     guaranteeing,  or executed in connection with the Existing Financing, other
     than  documents to which neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates is a
     party in connection with the securitization of the Existing Financing.

     EXISTING LENDERS:  the holders, respectively, of the Existing Financing.

     EXISTING MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS: collectively, the FFI Management Agreement,
     the FRC-I Management Agreement,  the FRP Management Agreement and any other
     contract entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary for the provision of
     management services to any Community existing prior to the Closing Date.

     EXPANSION AGREEMENT:  an Expansion Agreement for each Community in the form
     of Exhibit D-3.

     EXPANSION CLOSING DATE:  as defined in Section 3.3.1.2.

     EXPANSION GUARANTY:  a Guaranty in the form of Exhibit D-5.

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     EXPANSION NOTE:  a Note in the form of Exhibit D-4.

     EXPANSION PAYMENT:  as defined in Section 3.3.1.2.

     EXPANSION  PHASE:  each phase for the  construction of a group of Expansion
     Units for any Community, as indicated on Exhibit A-10.

     EXPANSION UNITS: the additional  Residential  Units described by number and
     type on Exhibit A-10.

     FFI FINANCING:  the loan in the original  principal  amount of $124,666,650
     made by  Nomura  Asset  Capital  Corporation  to FFI and  Forum  Ohio,  and
     assigned by Nomura Asset Capital  Corporation to LaSalle  National Bank, as
     trustee for the benefit of certificateholders.

     FFI  MANAGEMENT  AGREEMENT:  collectively,  (i)  the  Management  Agreement
     between FFI, as owner, and the Company, as manager, dated January 30, 1994,
     with  respect  to  Desert  Harbor,   Tucson,  Deer  Creek,  Overland  Park,
     Brookside,  Memorial Woods and Parklane,  and (ii) the Management Agreement
     between Forum Ohio, as owner, and the Company, as manager,  dated September
     1, 1995 with respect to Knightsbridge.

     FINAL CLOSING ACCOUNTING:  as defined in Section 6.4.2.

     FINANCING RESERVE: any cash reserve,  escrow or other account held by or on
     behalf of the Existing Lenders, together with all accrued interest thereon,
     including the Collection Accounts,  Cash Collateral Accounts,  Debt Service
     Payment Sub-Account,  Basic Carrying Cost Sub-Account,  and Capital Reserve
     Sub-Account, as such terms are defined in the Existing Financing Documents,
     but excluding any Security Deposit Reserve.

     FKy FINANCING:  collectively, (i) the loan in the original principal amount
     of  $7,700,000  made by the Lexington  Fayette  Urban County  Government to
     Lexington  Country  Place  Associates  II, and the guaranty  thereof by the
     Company  and the  pledge of FKy's  stock and FKy's  "Excess  Cash  Flow" as
     collateral  security therefor,  and (ii) the loan in the original principal
     amount of $2,751,400 made by RIHT Mortgage Service Co. to Lexington Country
     Place Associates.

     FRC-I  FINANCING:  collectively,  (i) the loans in the  aggregate  original
     principal  amount of $28,500,000  made by Mitsui Leasing (U.S.A.) Inc., BOT
     Leasing America Inc., Redwood Properties,  Inc. and ORIX USA Corporation to
     FRC-I,  and  (ii)  the  loan  in the  original  principal  amount  of up to
     $2,500,000 made by GATX Realty Corporation to FRC-I.

     FRC-I MANAGEMENT  AGREEMENT:  the Management  Agreement  between FRC- I, as
     owner,  and the  Company,  as  manager,  dated as of  January  1, 1990 with
     respect to Remington II.
                  
     FRP  FINANCING:  the loan in the original  principal  amount of $50,706,556
     made by Nomura  Asset  Capital  Corporation  to FRP, and assigned by Nomura
     Asset  Capital  Corporation  to  LaSalle  National  Bank,  as  trustee  for
     certificateholders.

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     FRP MANAGEMENT  AGREEMENT:  the Management Agreement between FRP, as owner,
     and the Company,  as manager,  dated December 31, 1986, as amended by First
     Amendment dated June 29, 1989,  Second  Amendment dated September 29, 1989,
     Third Amendment  dated May 27, 1992 and Fourth  Amendment dated November 9,
     1993,  with  respect to Foulk  Manor  North,  Foulk  Manor  South,  Lincoln
     Heights, Millcroft, Montebello, Montevista, Myrtle Beach Manor, Park Summit
     and Shipley Manor.

     GAAP: Generally accepted accounting  principles applied consistent with the
     Company's past practice.

     GOVERNMENTAL  AUTHORITY:  any federal,  state or local government,  and any
     political subdivision,  agency,  department,  bureau, board,  commission or
     other instrumentality of any such government.

     GROUP I EXPANSION  UNITS: the Expansion Units for which a Zero Percent (0%)
     development/construction fee is payable as indicated on Exhibit A-10.

     Group II EXPANSION  UNITS: the Expansion Units for which a Six Percent (6%)
     development/construction fee is payable as indicated on Exhibit A-10.

     GUARANTY:  the Guaranty in the form of Exhibit D-2.

     HAZARDOUS   SUBSTANCES:   any  dangerous,   toxic  or  hazardous  material,
     pollutant,  contaminant,  chemical,  waste or  substance  (including  urea-
     formaldehyde, poly-chlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, petroleum and petroleum
     products) which is regulated by any Environmental Law.

     IMPROVEMENTS:  as defined in Section 2.1.3.

     INDEMNITY AGREEMENT:  the Indemnity Agreement in the form of Exhibit D-8.

     INTEREST  RATE:  the rate that is 100 basis points above the highest "Prime
     Rate" reported in the "Money Rates"  section of the eastern  edition of The
     Wall Street Journal published from time to time, provided that the Interest
     Rate for any date on which The Wall Street  Journal is not published  shall
     mean the rate  that is 100 basis  points  above the  highest  "Prime  Rate"
     reported in the "Money  Rates"  section of the eastern  edition of The Wall
     Street Journal published immediately prior to such date.

     IRS:  the Internal Revenue Service.

     KNIGHTSBRIDGE  LEASE:  the Amended and Restated Ground Lease dated November
     1, 1988 between Richard S. Zimmerman, as Lessor, and Forum Ohio, as lessee,
     and the guaranty  thereof by the Company dated May 3, 1990, with respect to
     Knightsbridge.

     KNOWLEDGE  OF SELLER:  the actual  knowledge  of Seller,  after  reasonable
     investigation.  A reasonable investigation shall mean that Seller has shown
     the  relevant  statement  to,  and has  consulted  with,  those  individual
     employees of Seller who are identified in Exhibit C-11.

     LAFAYETTE  LEASE:  the Lease and  Option  dated  December  1, 1983  between
     Lafayette  at Country  Place  Associates  (a/k/a  Lexington  Country  Place
     Associates II), as Lessor,  and Forum Kentucky,  as lessee, and the Company
     as  guarantor,  as  supplemented  by an Addendum  dated June 1, 1985 and as
     amended  and  supplemented  on  November  16,  1994 and amended and further
     supplemented on January 18, 1996, with respect to Lafayette,  together with
     the Consent and Release dated December 1996 between Lexington Country Place
     Associates II, Forum Kentucky and the Company.

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     LAND:  as defined in Section 2.1.1.

     LEASES: collectively,  the Knightsbridge Lease, the Lexington Lease and the
     Lafayette Lease.

     LESSOR:  the lessor, respectively, under each Lease.

     LEXINGTON  LEASE:  the Lease  and  Option  dated  March  31,  1983  between
     Lexington  Country Place  Associates,  as Lessor,  and Forum  Kentucky,  as
     lessee,  and the Company,  as  guarantor,  as amended and  supplemented  on
     January 18, 1996, with respect to Lexington.

     LICENSE LETTER:  the letter agreement dated the Closing Date between MI and
     Purchaser relating to certain trademark matters.

     LIFECARE  CONTRACT:  any  agreement  with a  Resident  which  requires  the
     Resident to pay a Lifecare Payment.

     LIFECARE  PAYMENT:  any amount  paid,  loaned or  otherwise  provided  by a
     Resident  to the  Company or any  Subsidiary  in excess of four (4) months'
     rent,  upon or in  connection  with  the  commencement  of such  Resident's
     occupancy  at a Community  (other than  Security  Deposits,  key  deposits,
     common area charges,  reservation  deposits,  priority deposits and similar
     fees and routine deposits).

     LIFECARE  RESERVE:  any cash  reserve,  escrow  or other  account,  bond or
     collateral  which  is  required  by  law  or by  agreement  to be  held  or
     maintained  to secure  refunds of  Lifecare  Payments by the Company or any
     Subsidiary  to a  Resident,  together  with all  accrued  interest  thereon
     required by law to be retained,  or otherwise  retained,  in such  reserve,
     escrow or other account.

     LITIGATION:   any  court  action,   administrative  or  regulatory  action,
     governmental investigation, arbitration proceeding or mediation proceeding.

     MAJORITY PERCENTAGE INTEREST:  the percentage of ownership interests in FRP
     and FRC-I,  respectively,  which are owned, directly or indirectly,  by the
     Company,  and which are  agreed to be 79.2% for FRP and 58.95% for FRC-I as
     of Closing.

     MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT: with respect to any Person and its subsidiaries, a
     material adverse effect on the business, results of operations or financial
     condition of the Person and its subsidiaries, in the aggregate.

     MEDICAID/MEDICARE CONTRACTS: any contracts with any Governmental Authority,
     or with any  other  Person,  which are  necessary  for the  Company  or any
     Subsidiary to be reimbursed,  paid or otherwise compensated for the care of
     elderly,  disabled or low income  individuals,  pursuant to Title XVIII and
     Title XIX of the Social Security Act, Title 42 United States Code,  Chapter
     7, as amended from time to time,  or any similar  state law  governing  the
     care of elderly,  disabled or low-income individuals.  For purposes of this
     definition, the term "care" includes any acute health care, long-term care,
     preventative  care,  or other type of health  care,  or any good or service
     provided in connection with the provision of such care.

     MI:  Marriott International, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     MINORITY PERCENTAGE INTEREST:  the percentage of ownership interests in FRP
     and FRC-I,  respectively,  which are not owned, directly or indirectly,  by
     the Company,  and which are agreed to be 20.8% for FRP and 41.05% for FRC-I
     as of Closing.

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     NET CURRENT ASSETS:  Current Assets less Current Liabilities.

     NET CURRENT ASSETS TARGET:  as defined in Section 6.12.

     NEW OPERATING AGREEMENT: an Operating Agreement in the form of Exhibit D-6.

     NEW  OPERATOR:   Marriott   Senior  Living   Services,   Inc.,  a  Delaware
     corporation, in its capacity as operator under a New Operating Agreement.

     NONCOMPETITION  AGREEMENT:  the  Noncompetition  Agreement  in the  form of
     Exhibit D-10.

     NON-IMPUTATION  ENDORSEMENT:  the  endorsement to the Title Policies in the
     form of Exhibit D-14.

     NOTE:  the Promissory Note in the form of Exhibit D-1.

     ORGANIZATIONAL  DOCUMENTS:  the material documents  governing the formation
     of, and issuance of equity  interests in, the Company and each  Subsidiary,
     including  (i) in the case of the  Company and each  Subsidiary  which is a
     corporation, the articles of incorporation,  bylaws, stock and stockholders
     agreements (if any), (ii) in the case of each Subsidiary which is a limited
     partnership,   the  certificate  of  limited  partnership  and  partnership
     agreement,  and  (iii) in the case of each  Subsidiary  which is a  limited
     liability company, the articles of organization and members agreement.

     PANTHER FINANCING: the loan in the original principal amount of $32,215,000
     made by the Montgomery County Health Facilities Development  Corporation to
     Panther   Holdings  (as  assignee  of  Panther   Creek  -  Oxford   Limited
     Partnership),  the  repayment  of which  supports  payment  of the Series A
     Woodlands Bonds and Series B Woodlands Bonds.

     PERMITS: all licenses, permits, orders, consents, approvals, registrations,
     authorizations,  qualifications,  certificates,  certifications and filings
     with Governmental authorities under any federal, state or local laws.

     PERSON:  an individual,  partnership,  joint venture,  corporation,  trust,
     limited  liability  company,   unincorporated   association,   Governmental
     Authority or any other form of entity.

     PERSONAL PROPERTY:  as defined in Section 2.1.4.

     PLACED IN SERVICE:  as defined in each Expansion Agreement.

     PLAN:  as defined in Section 4.31.1.

     POOL  I:  collectively,  the  Communities  identified  on  Exhibit  A-11 as
     comprising "Pool I."

     POOL II:  collectively,  the  Communities  identified  on  Exhibit  A-11 as
     comprising "Pool II."

     POOL III:  collectively,  the  Communities  identified  on Exhibit  A-11 as
     comprising "Pool III."

     POOL IV:  collectively,  the  Communities  identified  on  Exhibit  A-11 as
     comprising "Pool IV."

     POOL  V:  collectively,  the  Communities  identified  on  Exhibit  A-11 as
     comprising "Pool V."

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     POOLING AGREEMENT:  a Pooling Agreement in the form of Exhibit D-7.

     PURCHASE PRICE:  as defined in Section 3.2.

     PURCHASER'S  ACCOUNTANTS:  Arthur  Andersen,  L.L.P.  or  another  firm  of
     certified public accountants selected by Purchaser.

     PURCHASER'S DESIGNEE:  as defined in Section 8.4.

     RESIDENT:  the Resident(s) of each Residential Unit.

     RESIDENCE AGREEMENT:  as defined in Section 2.1.7.

     RESIDENTIAL  UNIT: each individual  living unit located within a Community,
     including  independent living units,  Ambassador  apartments,  and assisted
     living, Alzheimer's, specialized care or nursing beds.

     RESTRICTIVE AGREEMENT: any covenant,  condition or restriction contained in
     a recorded  instrument  set forth on Schedule A to any Title  Policy  which
     burdens  the  Land  or  any  Improvements,  or any  part  of  the  Land  or
     Improvements,  for the benefit of other real property,  including the terms
     of any reciprocal easement agreement,  any community association agreement,
     any property owners' association agreement,  and any agreement limiting the
     use of the Land or the Improvements or the design of the Improvements.

     SCHEDULED  VALUE:  the amount set forth on  Exhibit  A-10 as the  scheduled
     value for each Expansion Unit.

     SEC:  Securities and Exchange Commission.

     SEC DOCUMENTS:  all reports and registration  statements filed, or required
     to be filed,  by the Company or any  Subsidiary  pursuant to the Securities
     Laws.

     SECURITIES  LAWS: the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  the Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  the  Investment  Company Act of 1940, as
     amended,  the Trust  Indenture Act of 1939,  as amended,  and the rules and
     regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

     SECURITY DEPOSITS: the liabilities associated with any Deposits made by any
     Resident  which  are  refundable  and  which  secure  performance  by  such
     Residents of the terms of its Residence Agreement  (expressly excluding any
     Lifecare Payments).
 
     SECURITY DEPOSIT RESERVE: any cash reserve,  escrow or other account of the
     Company or any Subsidiary, whether held by the Company or any Subsidiary or
     the Existing Lenders, which holds Security Deposits, together with interest
     earned thereon.

     SELLER'S ACCOUNTANTS: Arthur Andersen, L.L.P., or another firm of certified
     public accountants selected by Seller.

     SERIES A WOODLANDS BONDS: All of the $15,450,000 principal amount of Series
     A  Health   Facilities   Development   Revenue   Refunding  Bonds  (Panther
     Creek-Oxford  Limited  Partnership  Project) 1986 Series A due September 1,
     2008,  issued  by  the  Montgomery  County  Health  Facilities  Development
     Corporation (CUSIP number 613 913 AP7).

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     SERIES B WOODLANDS BONDS: All of the $16,765,000 principal amount of Series
     B  Health   Facilities   Development   Revenue   Refunding  Bonds  (Panther
     Creek-Oxford  Limited  Partnership  Project) 1986 Series A due September 1,
     2008,  issued  by  the  Montgomery  County  Health  Facilities  Development
     Corporation (CUSIP number 613 913 AP7).

     STOCK:  as defined in the Recitals.

     SUBSIDIARY: each Person which is owned, directly or indirectly, in whole or
     in part, by the Company and is described on Exhibit A-1.

     SUBSIDIARY STOCK: collectively, (i) all of the issued and outstanding stock
     of each  Subsidiary  which is a  corporation,  (ii) all of the  general and
     limited  partnership  interests of each Subsidiary  which is a partnership,
     and (iii) all of the  membership  interests of each  Subsidiary  which is a
     limited liability company.

     TAX OR TAXES:  as defined in the Tax Agreement.

     TAX AGREEMENT:  the Tax Matters Agreement in the form of Exhibit D-9.

     THIRD  PARTY  MANAGEMENT  AGREEMENTS:  any  contract  entered  into  by the
     Company, any Subsidiary and/or any Excluded Subsidiary for the provision of
     management   services  to  any  senior  living  community  other  than  the
     Communities.

     TITLE COMPANY: Chicago Title Insurance Corporation, or such other reputable
     title company as Purchaser may select upon written notice to Seller.

     TITLE POLICIES: the owner's policies of title insurance issued by the Title
     Company at Closing,  insuring that each  Subsidiary  holds fee simple title
     (or leasehold title in the case of Knightsbridge,  Lafayette and Lexington)
     to the  Land  and fee  simple  title  (or  leasehold  title  in the case of
     Lafayette and Lexington) to the  Improvements in the Community owned by it,
     subject to such Encumbrances as Purchaser shall have approved.

     TOTAL  COST:  the sum of all hard and soft costs  incurred  by Seller,  the
     Company,  the Subsidiaries  and/or their Affiliates prior to Closing, or by
     Seller  and/or  its  Affiliates  after  Closing,  in  connection  with  the
     development,  design,  permitting,  demolition,  construction,   equipping,
     licensing and Placement in Service of each Expansion Unit. Total Cost shall
     include amounts paid to or charged by Seller or Affiliates of Seller.

     TOTAL COST CERTIFICATION:  as defined in the Expansion Agreement.

     TRANSACTION:  collectively,  (i)  the  transactions  contemplated  by  this
     Agreement,  including  the  transfer of Stock from Seller to  Purchaser  or
     Purchaser's Designee, (ii) the disposition or dissolution by the Company of
     the  Excluded  Subsidiaries  prior  to  Closing,   (iii)  the  disposition,
     distribution  or  transfer  by  the  Company  and  the   Subsidiaries,   as
     applicable,  of the  Excluded  Communities  and  Excluded  Assets  prior to
     Closing, and (iv) the execution of the other Transaction Documents.

     TRANSACTION  DOCUMENTS:   collectively,   this  Agreement,  the  Note,  the
     Guaranty,  the Expansion  Agreements,  the Expansion  Notes,  the Expansion
     Guaranties,  the New  Operating  Agreements,  the Pooling  Agreements,  the
     Indemnity Agreement, the Tax Agreement,  the Noncompetition  Agreement, the
     Distribution Agreement Amendment and the License Letter.

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1.2  DEFINITION  OF  COMMUNITIES.  As  used  in this  Agreement,  the  following
     capitalized terms shall refer to the Communities indicated:

     BROOKSIDE:  The Forum at Brookside, Louisville, Kentucky.

     CORAL OAKS:  Coral Oaks Retirement Community, Palm Harbor, Florida.

     DEER CREEK:  Forum at Deer Creek, Deerfield Beach, Florida.

     DESERT HARBOR:  Desert Harbor, Peoria, Arizona.

     FORWOOD MANOR:  Forwood Manor, Wilmington, Delaware.

     FORUM @ CROSSING:  The Forum at the Crossing, Indianapolis, Indiana.

     FOULK MANOR NORTH:  Foulk Manor North, Wilmington, Delaware.

     FOULK MANOR SOUTH:  Foulk Manor South, Wilmington, Delaware.

     FOUNTAINVIEW:  Fountainview, West Palm Beach, Florida.

     KNIGHTSBRIDGE:  The Forum at Knightsbridge, Columbus, Ohio.

     LAFAYETTE:  Lafayette at Country Place, Lexington, Kentucky.

     LEXINGTON:  Lexington at Country Place, Lexington, Kentucky.

     LINCOLN HEIGHTS:  Forum at Lincoln Heights, San Antonio, Texas.

     MEMORIAL WOODS: The Forum at Memorial Woods Healthcare, Houston, Texas.

     MILLCROFT:  Millcroft Retirement & Nursing Home, Wilmington, Delaware.

     MONTEBELLO:  Montebello on Academy, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

     MONTEVISTA:  Montevista at Coronado, El Paso, Texas.

     MYRTLE BEACH MANOR:  Myrtle Beach Manor, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

     OVERLAND PARK:  The Forum at Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas.

     PARK LANE:  The Forum at Park Lane, Dallas, Texas.

     PARK SUMMIT:  Park Summit at Coral Springs, Coral Springs, Florida.

     PUEBLO NORTE:  The Forum - Pueblo Norte, Scottsdale, Arizona.

     REMINGTON I:  Remington Club I at Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, California.

     REMINGTON II: Remington Club II at Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, California.

     SHIPLEY MANOR:  Shipley Manor, Wilmington, Delaware.

     SPRINGWOOD COURT:  Springwood Court, Ft. Myers, Florida.

     TIFFANY HOUSE:  Tiffany House, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

     TUCSON:  Forum at Tucson, Tucson, Arizona.

     WOODLANDS:  Forum at The Woodlands  (a/k/a  Chambrel),  Montgomery  County,
     Texas.

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1.3  DEFINITION  OF  SUBSIDIARIES.  As  used in this  Agreement,  the  following
     capitalized terms shall refer to the Subsidiaries indicated:

     FFI: FGI Financing I Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

     FII:  Forum Investments I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.

     FORUM A/H:  Forum A/H, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     FORUM ALPHA:  Forum Alpha Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     FORUM DELAWARE:  Forum Delaware, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     FORUM KENTUCKY:  Forum of Kentucky, Inc., a Kentucky corporation.

     FORUM OHIO:  Forum Ohio Healthcare, Inc., an Ohio corporation.

     FORUM RETIREMENT:  Forum Retirement, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     FRC-I:   Forum   Retirement   Communities  I,  L.P.,  a  Delaware   limited
     partnership.

     FRC-II:   Forum  Retirement   Communities  II,  L.P.,  a  Delaware  limited
     partnership.

     FRP:  FRP Financing Limited, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

     FRPLP:  Forum Retirement Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

     PANTHER GENPAR:  Panther GenPar, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     PANTHER  HOLDINGS:  Panther  Holdings  Level I, L.P.,  a  Delaware  limited
     partnership.

     PUEBLO NORTE:  Forum Pueblo Norte, Inc., an Arizona corporation.

1.4  INTEGRATION. This Agreement and the Transaction Documents contain the final
     and entire  understanding  between Seller and Purchaser with respect to the
     Company and the purchase  and sale of the Stock,  and are intended to be an
     integration   of  all  prior  or   contemporaneous   promises,   covenants,
     agreements, conditions, undertakings, warranties or representations between
     them.   There  are  no   promises,   covenants,   agreements,   conditions,
     undertakings,  warranties or representations,  oral or written,  express or
     implied,  between  Seller and  Purchaser  with respect to the Company,  the
     purchase and sale of the Stock, or the Transaction, other than as set forth
     in this  Agreement  and the  Transaction  Documents.  Without  limiting the
     generality of the foregoing,  the Preliminary Term Sheet dated December 19,
     1996, the Transaction Term Sheet dated March 17, 1997, the letter of intent
     dated March 17, 1997 (as amended), and the Confidentiality  Agreement dated
     August 9, 1996,  are superseded in their entirety by this Agreement and the
     other Transaction Documents.

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                      II. THE COMMUNITIES AND OTHER ASSETS

2.1  IDENTIFICATION OF COMMUNITIES.  On the Closing Date, Seller shall cause the
     Company  to  own,  directly  or  through  one  or  more  Subsidiaries,  the
     Communities identified on Exhibit A-2. Each such Community shall consist of
     the  following,  except  to the  extent  described  in  Excluded  Assets or
     otherwise specifically excluded in this Section 2.1:

     2.1.1the fee interest (or leasehold interest, in the case of the Leases) in
          the parcel or parcels of real property  underlying such Community,  as
          more  particularly  described  on Exhibit A-3,  together  with (i) all
          rights,   ways,   easements,   development   rights,   privileges  and
          appurtenances  to such land, (ii) all strips and gores  appurtenant to
          such land,  and (iii) all right,  title and interest of the Company or
          the  applicable  Subsidiary in and to any land lying in the bed of any
          streets,  roads and  alleys  appurtenant  to such land  (collectively,
          "Land");

     2.1.2all right,  title and  interest of the Company  and/or the  applicable
          Subsidiary as lessee in, to and under the Leases;

     2.1.3all  improvements  located upon any Land,  including  all  Residential
          Units (including the number and type of Residential Units set forth on
          Exhibit A-9),  common areas,  healthcare  facilities,  meeting  rooms,
          dining facilities,  lounges, exercise facilities, parking, and related
          improvements (collectively, "Improvements");

     2.1.4all  furniture,  furnishings,  fixtures,  equipment and other tangible
          personal   property   owned  by  the  Company  and/or  the  applicable
          Subsidiary  and used  exclusively  in connection  with any  Community,
          including all room furnishings,  lobby,  meeting room, common area and
          dining  room  furnishings,  office  equipment,  healthcare  equipment,
          kitchen  equipment,  exercise  equipment,  rugs,  artwork,  chinaware,
          glassware,   flatware,  linen,  stationery,   supplies,   consumables,
          cleaning and maintenance supplies, food, beverage,  retail and medical
          inventories,   fuel,   and   automobiles   and  other  motor  vehicles
          (collectively, "Personal Property");

     2.1.5all right,  title and  interest of the Company  and/or the  applicable
          Subsidiary  as  lessee  in,  to and  under  any  lease  of  furniture,
          furnishings,  fixtures, equipment and other tangible personal property
          to which the Company and/or the  applicable  Subsidiary is a party and
          which  is  used   exclusively   in   connection   with  any  Community
          (collectively, "Equipment Leases");

     2.1.6all right,  title and  interest of the Company  and/or the  applicable
          Subsidiary as lessor in, to and under all leases, subleases, licenses,
          concessions  and similar  agreements for the use or occupancy of space
          (other than Residential  Units) in any Land or Improvements,  together
          with all guaranties and other  collateral  securing the obligations of
          the lessees under such leases,  subleases,  licenses,  concessions and
          similar agreements (collectively, "Commercial Leases");

     2.1.7all right,  title and  interest of the Company  and/or the  applicable
          Subsidiary  as  lessor  in, to and  under  all  occupancy  agreements,
          leases,  subleases,  licenses,  concessions and similar agreements for
          the  use  or  occupancy  of  Residential  Units,   together  with  all
          guaranties  and  other  collateral  securing  the  obligations  of the

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          Residents  under such leases,  subleases,  licenses,  concessions  and
          similar  agreements,  and all right, title and interest of the Company
          and/or  the  applicable  Subsidiary  in,  to and  under  all  Lifecare
          Contracts  or  other  contracts,   agreements  or  arrangements   with
          Residents  for the  provision  of services  (collectively,  "Residence
          Agreements");

     2.1.8all right,  title and  interest of the Company  and/or the  applicable
          Subsidiary in, to and under all contracts,  purchase  orders and other
          agreements  for the  provision of services or supplies to the Company,
          the applicable Subsidiary or Community, or to which the Company and/or
          the  Subsidiary  is  otherwise  a  party,   obligor,  or  beneficiary,
          including all  guaranties,  warranties,  and indemnities in connection
          therewith, but specifically excluding the Medicaid/Medicare  Contracts
          and the Existing Management Agreements (collectively, "Contracts");

     2.1.9all right,  title and  interest of the Company  and/or the  applicable
          Subsidiary in, to and under all Medicaid/Medicare Contracts;

     2.1.10 all right,  title and  interest  of the  applicable  Subsidiary,  as
          owner,  in,  to and  under  the  FRP  Management  Agreement,  the  FFI
          Management Agreement and the FRC-I Management Agreement;

     2.1.11 all right,  title and interest of the Company  and/or the applicable
          Subsidiary in and to all deposits received from lessees or prospective
          lessees under Commercial  Leases,  Residents or prospective  Residents
          under any Residence Agreement or subscription or reservation agreement
          for any  Residence  Agreement,  or any party to a  Contract,  which is
          refundable  to  such  party  upon  occurrence  of  certain  events  or
          conditions,   but   specifically   excluding  the  Lifecare   Payments
          (collectively, "Deposits");

     2.1.12 all right,  title and interest of the Company  and/or the applicable
          Subsidiary  in and to the  Lifecare  Payments  with  respect to Excess
          Lifecare Contracts as set forth in Section 6.6.3;

     2.1.13  subject  to  the  receipt  of  any  required   approval   from  any
          Governmental  Authority,  all right, title and interest of the Company
          and/or the  applicable  Subsidiary  in and to all Permits  required in
          connection with the use, ownership, operation, maintenance and leasing
          of the Community, but specifically excluding those Permits required to
          be held by New Operator (collectively, "Community Permits");

     2.1.14 all Current Assets of the Company and/or the applicable  Subsidiary,
          to the  extent  included  in the  calculation  of Net  Current  Assets
          pursuant to Section 1.1;

     2.1.15 all Financing Reserves as of the Closing Date;

     2.1.16 all right,  title and interest of the Company  and/or the applicable
          Subsidiary in, to and under all books,  records,  lists of prospective
          Residents, files, reports, surveys, studies, projections, budgets, tax
          returns,  and  strategic  plans in  connection  with the  acquisition,
          development,   use,   ownership,    operation,   marketing,   leasing,
          management,  maintenance  and  financing of any  Community,  excluding
          internal  reports,  studies  and  strategic  plans of  Seller  and its
          Affiliates  which  do  not  relate   exclusively  to  the  Communities
          ("Books");

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     2.1.17 all right,  title and interest of the Company  and/or the applicable
          Subsidiary  in,  to and  under all  plans,  specifications,  drawings,
          models,  studies,  reports,  investigations  and other work product of
          engineers and architects in connection  with the Community,  including
          in connection with any Expansion Units ("Engineering");
              
     2.1.18 the Lifecare  Reserve  required with respect to any Excess  Lifecare
          Contracts; and

     2.1.19 all other assets and properties of the Company and/or the applicable
          Subsidiary, of every kind and description,  wherever located, tangible
          or  intangible,  contingent  or otherwise,  now or hereafter  existing
          prior  to  Closing,  which  are used or held  for use  exclusively  in
          connection with the Community.

     The  description of the Communities and Assets in this Section 2.1 does not
     constitute  a  representation  or  warranty  on the  part  of  Seller.  All
     representations  and warranties  with respect to the Communities and Assets
     are set forth in Article IV.

2.2  OTHER FORUM GROUP ASSETS.  In addition to the  Communities,  on the Closing
     Date,  Seller  shall cause the  Company to own,  directly or through one or
     more Subsidiaries, the following:

     2.2.1all right,  title and  interest  of the Company for accrued but unpaid
          deferred  management  fees for periods  prior to January 1, 1994 under
          the FRP Management Agreement;

     2.2.2all Current Assets  included in the  calculation of Net Current Assets
          pursuant to Section 1.1;

     2.2.3 the Series B Woodlands Bonds, owned by Panther Holdings;

     2.2.4all right,  title and interest of Seller and its Affiliates in, to and
          under any other  receivables  owing from the Company or any Subsidiary
          to Seller and/or its Affiliates existing immediately prior to Closing,
          excluding  those that are included in the  calculation  of Net Current
          Assets and excluding  those that are created  under this  Agreement or
          under any other Transaction Document; and

     2.2.5long  term-debt  owed  by  FRP  and/or  FRPLP  to the  Company  in the
          approximate amount of $291,000 (as of December 31, 1996).

     The  description  of the Assets in this  Section 2.2 does not  constitute a
     representation or warranty on the part of Seller. All  representations  and
     warranties with respect to the Assets are set forth in Article IV.

2.3  EXCLUDED  COMMUNITIES AND SUBSIDIARIES.  Prior to the Closing Date, Seller,
     at its sole cost and  expense,  shall  cause the  Company  to  transfer  or
     otherwise  remove from the Company and its Subsidiaries the Excluded Assets
     and all other assets of the Company not required  under Sections 2.1 or 2.2
     to be owned by the Company or the Subsidiaries as of Closing.

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                         III. PURCHASE AND SALE OF STOCK

3.1  TRANSFER OF STOCK AND BONDS.  Upon the terms and subject to the  conditions
     set forth in this Agreement,  Seller shall sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser
     shall acquire from Seller,  as of the Closing Date, all of the Stock.  Upon
     the terms and subject to the  conditions  set forth in this  Agreement,  MI
     shall sell to  Purchaser,  and  Purchaser  shall acquire from MI, as of the
     Closing Date, the Series A Woodlands Bonds.

3.2  PURCHASE PRICE. At the Closing,  Purchaser shall pay or cause to be paid to
     Seller  the  sum  of  $276,676,178   ("Purchase  Price"),  which  has  been
     calculated  pursuant to Exhibit E-1. The Purchase Price shall be payable as
     follows:

     3.2.1Purchaser  shall pay to Seller on June 23, 1997,  by wire  transfer of
          immediately  available  federal funds, the sum of $205,276,645,  which
          has been calculated  pursuant to Exhibit E-1. 

     3.2.2The balance of the Purchase Price shall be evidenced by the Note to be
          executed by Purchaser's  Designee at Closing with an initial principal
          amount of $71,399,533,  which has been calculated  pursuant to Exhibit
          E-1.  The  amounts  evidenced  by the Note shall be due and payable in
          accordance  with  the  terms  of the  Note.  The  Note  shall be fully
          guaranteed  by  Purchaser  pursuant to the  Guaranty to be executed by
          Purchaser at Closing.

3.3  EXPANSION PAYMENTS.

     3.3.1In addition to the Purchase Price described in Section 3.2,  Purchaser
          shall pay or cause to be paid to Seller the following amounts:

          3.3.1.1 If all  Expansion  Units for an Expansion  Phase are Placed in
               Service on or before the Closing  Date,  then on the Closing Date
               Purchaser  shall cause the  Subsidiary  which owns such Expansion
               Units (the  "applicable  Subsidiary" for purposes of this Section
               3.3) to pay to Seller  the sum of Six  Percent  (6%) of the Total
               Costs of such  Expansion  Units to the extent that such Expansion
               Units are Group II Expansion Units. Amounts paid pursuant to this
               Section 3.3.1.1 shall constitute a development/  construction fee
               to Seller.

          3.3.1.2 If all Expansion  Units for an Expansion  Phase are not Placed
               in  Service  on or  before  the  Closing  Date,  then on the date
               ("Expansion Closing Date") which is three (3) Business Days after
               the Placement in Service of all Expansion  Units for an Expansion
               Phase, Purchaser shall (i) cause the applicable Subsidiary to pay
               to Seller an amount  equal to the Total  Costs of such  Expansion
               Units,  plus the sum of Six  Percent  (6%) of the Total  Costs of
               such Expansion  Units to the extent that such Expansion Units are
               Group II Expansion  Units  (provided  that in no event shall such
               sum of the Total  Costs and Six  Percent  (6%) of the Total Costs
               exceed the Scheduled Values for such Expansion  Units),  less any
               portion of the Total Costs paid prior to the Closing  Date by the
               applicable  Subsidiary  to Seller in respect of such Total Costs,
               and (ii) pay or cause  Purchaser's  Designee  to pay to Seller an
               amount equal to the excess of (a) the  Scheduled  Values for such
               Expansion  Units  over  (b)  the  amounts  paid  pursuant  to the
               foregoing clause (i) (such amounts,  collectively, the "Expansion
               Payments").  Amounts paid pursuant to clause (i) shall constitute
               cost reimbursement and a development/construction  fee to Seller,
               and amounts  paid  pursuant to clause  (ii) shall  constitute  an
               increase in the Purchase  Price.  Seller shall give Purchaser not
               less  than  thirty  (30)  days  prior  written   notice  of  each
               anticipated Expansion Closing Date.

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     3.3.2The amount  described in Section  3.3.1.1 shall be payable as follows:
          Purchaser  shall cause the  applicable  Subsidiary to pay to Seller on
          the Closing Date, by wire transfer of  immediately  available  federal
          funds,  Thirty-five  Percent  (35%)  of  such  amount.  The  remaining
          Sixty-five  percent  (65%) of such  amount  shall be  evidenced  by an
          Expansion  Note to be executed on the Closing Date by such  Subsidiary
          (or,  at  Purchaser's  option,  by  the  Company  on  behalf  of  such
          Subsidiary).   Such  Expansion  Note  shall  be  fully  guaranteed  by
          Purchaser  pursuant  to  an  Expansion  Guaranty  to  be  executed  by
          Purchaser on the Closing Date.

     3.3.3The Expansion  Payments  described in Section 3.3.1.2 shall be payable
          as follows:
 
          3.3.3.1  Purchaser  shall cause the  applicable  Subsidiary  to pay to
               Seller  on the  Expansion  Closing  Date,  by  wire  transfer  of
               immediately available federal funds, Thirty-five Percent (35%) of
               the  amounts  set forth in clause  (i) of  Section  3.3.1.2.  The
               remaining  Sixty-five  percent  (65%)  of such  amounts  shall be
               evidenced  by an Expansion  Note to be executed on the  Expansion
               Closing Date by such  Subsidiary (or, at Purchaser's  option,  by
               the Company on behalf of such  Subsidiary).  Such  Expansion Note
               shall be fully  guaranteed by Purchaser  pursuant to an Expansion
               Guaranty to be executed by  Purchaser  on the  Expansion  Closing
               Date.

          3.3.3.2 Purchaser  shall pay or cause  Purchaser's  Designee to pay to
               Seller  on the  Expansion  Closing  Date,  by  wire  transfer  of
               immediately available federal funds, Thirty-five Percent (35%) of
               the  amounts  set forth in clause  (ii) of Section  3.3.1.2.  The
               remaining  Sixty-five  percent  (65%)  of such  amounts  shall be
               evidenced  by an Expansion  Note to be executed on the  Expansion
               Closing  Date  by  Purchaser  or  Purchaser's  Designee.  If such
               Expansion Note is executed by Purchaser's Designee, then it shall
               be  fully  guaranteed  by  Purchaser  pursuant  to  an  Expansion
               Guaranty to be executed by  Purchaser  on the  Expansion  Closing
               Date.

     3.3.4Purchaser shall contribute or advance,  or cause Purchaser's  Designee
          to contribute or advance, to the applicable  Subsidiary,  such amounts
          as shall be necessary for the applicable Subsidiary to have sufficient
          cash on hand to pay the amounts due and payable by such  Subsidiary at
          Closing or on each Expansion Closing Date pursuant to Section 3.3.2 or
          Section 3.3.3.1. At Purchaser's option,  subject to restrictions under
          the  Existing  Financing  Documents,  the cash  portion  of the amount
          payable by the  applicable  Subsidiary  pursuant  to Section  3.3.2 or
          Section  3.3.3.1 may be  increased up to the total amount due pursuant
          to such  Sections.  In such  event,  (i) the amount  evidenced  by the
          applicable  Expansion  Note  shall be reduced  pro tanto,  and (ii) at
          Purchaser's  option,  in  connection  with the  Expansion  Notes being
          executed  by  Purchaser's  Designee  on such  date,  or the  Expansion
          Payment(s)  payable  in  connection  with the next  Expansion  Unit(s)
          Placed in Service,  the  relative  proportions  of cash and  Expansion
          Notes  shall be  modified  such  that the  total  amount  of  original
          indebtedness  evidenced by the Expansion Notes,  cumulatively  through
          the date of issuance of the new  Expansion  Notes,  equals  Sixty-five
          percent (65%) of the cumulative  Expansion  Payments  incurred through
          such date.

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     3.3.5Seller  represents and warrants to Purchaser that Seller has caused or
          will cause the Company and each Subsidiary to record on its books, for
          tax and  accounting  purposes (and from and after Closing Seller shall
          cooperate with  Purchaser to cause the Company and each  Subsidiary to
          record on its books, for tax and accounting  purposes):  (i) the Total
          Costs for the Expansion  Units included in each Expansion  Phase as to
          which all  Expansion  Units are  Placed in  Service at or prior to the
          Closing Date, and (ii) the portion of the Total Costs actually paid to
          Seller or its  Affiliates  prior to  Closing  in  connection  with all
          Expansion  Units not Placed in Service at or prior to Closing.  Seller
          further  represents  and warrants to Purchaser that to the extent that
          Total Costs for the Expansion Units described in the foregoing  clause
          (i) have been  advanced by Seller or its  Affiliates  on behalf of the
          applicable  Subsidiary,  all such  advances  have been recorded on the
          books of the Company and/or the  applicable  Subsidiary as advances or
          capital  contributions  by  Seller  or its  Affiliates,  and shall (if
          advances)  be owned by the  Company  at  Closing  pursuant  to Section
          2.2.4.  At such time as Seller delivers to Purchaser the Final Closing
          Accounting   pursuant  to  Section  6.4.2,  Seller  shall  deliver  to
          Purchaser an updated Total Cost  Certification for the Expansion Units
          described in the foregoing clause (i).

     3.3.6The provisions of this Section 3.3 shall apply to the Expansion  Units
          covered by the Expansion Agreements  referenced in Section 7.12 at the
          time such Expansion  Agreements  shall have been executed  pursuant to
          Section 7.12.

     3.3.7Seller and  Purchaser  acknowledge  that as of Closing  the  Expansion
          Units within the Expansion  Phases described on Exhibit A-10 as "open"
          have been Placed in Service as of Closing.


                  IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

Seller represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows:

4.1  ORGANIZATION. Seller (i) is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and
     in good  standing  under the laws of the State of  Delaware,  (ii) has full
     power and  authority  to execute and deliver,  and perform its  obligations
     under, this Agreement,  without the consent of any other Person (other than
     as set forth on Exhibit C-8), and (iii) has duly  authorized the execution,
     delivery and  performance of this  Agreement by the officer  executing this
     Agreement.  The Company (i) is a corporation duly formed,  validly existing
     and in good standing  under the laws of the State of Indiana,  (ii) is duly
     qualified  as a  foreign  corporation  in each  jurisdiction  in  which  it
     transacts  business,  except for any such  failure to be qualified as would
     not  reasonably  be  expected  to have a  Material  Adverse  Effect  on the
     Company,  and (iii) has full power and authority to conduct its business as
     it is  presently  being  conducted  and  to  own,  lease  and  operate  its
     properties  and  assets.  Each  Subsidiary  (i) is a  corporation,  limited
     liability company or limited partnership duly formed,  validly existing and
     in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation,  (ii)
     is duly qualified as a foreign  corporation,  limited  liability company or
     limited  partnership in each  jurisdiction in which it transacts  business,
     except for any such  failure to be  qualified  as would not  reasonably  be
     expected to have a Material  Adverse Effect on such  Subsidiary,  and (iii)
     has full power and  authority  to conduct its  business as it is  presently
     being conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets.

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4.2  AUTHORIZATION.  This  Agreement  has been  duly  executed  by  Seller  and,
     assuming the due execution of this  Agreement by Purchaser,  is a valid and
     binding obligation of Seller, enforceable against Seller in accordance with
     its terms,  except  that such  enforcement  may be  limited by  bankruptcy,
     insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or
     affecting  generally  the rights of  creditors,  and general  principles of
     equity.

4.3  NO VIOLATION.  The execution,  delivery and  performance of this Agreement,
     and the  consummation  of the  Transaction,  will not violate,  result in a
     breach of or  constitute a default  under any  material  agreement to which
     Seller is a party or by which any of Seller's assets are bound,  except for
     any such  violation,  breach or default as would not reasonably be expected
     to have a Material  Adverse Effect on the Company.  The performance of this
     Agreement,  and the  consummation  of the  Transaction,  will not  violate,
     result in a breach of or constitute a default under any material  agreement
     to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of its or
     their assets are bound, except for any such violation, breach or default as
     would not  reasonably be expected to have a Material  Adverse Effect on the
     Company.

4.4  NO CONSENTS.  No consent,  approval or  authorization  of, or  declaration,
     notice,  filing or registration  with, any Governmental  Authority,  or any
     other Person, is required to be made or obtained by Seller,  the Company or
     any Subsidiary in connection  with the execution,  delivery and performance
     of this Agreement and the  consummation of the  Transaction,  except (i) as
     set forth on Exhibit C-8,  (ii) as may be required in  connection  with the
     transfer or issuance of Permits by Governmental  Authorities,  and (iii) to
     the  extent  the  failure  to  obtain  or make such  consent,  approval  or
     authorization of, or declaration, notice, filing or registration, would not
     reasonably be expected to have a Material  Adverse  Effect upon the Company
     or  any  Subsidiary.  Purchaser  acknowledges  that  Seller  is  making  no
     representation  or  warranty  as to  whether  any  consent or  approval  is
     required  (i)  under  the  Lexington  Lease,  the  Lafayette  Lease  or the
     Collateral  Pledge and  Security  Agreement  dated as of February 10, 1995,
     between the Company,  FKy and Central Bank & Trust Company,  as trustee, in
     connection  with  execution,  delivery and performance of the New Operating
     Agreement for Lafayette and/or Lexington, or (ii) by the U.S. Department of
     Housing and Urban  Development in connection  with the transfer of Stock of
     the Company pursuant to this Agreement, with respect to Lexington.

4.5  BANKRUPTCY.  Neither  Seller  nor the  Company  nor any  Subsidiary  is the
     subject debtor under any federal,  state or local  bankruptcy or insolvency
     proceeding, or any other proceeding for dissolution, liquidation or winding
     up of its assets.  Purchaser  acknowledges  that the Company and certain of
     its subsidiaries  were the subject of bankruptcy  proceedings under Chapter
     11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (case nos.  91-1678-FJO- 11 through
     91-1690-FJO-11,  United  States  Bankruptcy  Court,  Southern  District  of
     Indiana,  Indianapolis  Division),  which proceedings commenced on February
     19, 1991 and were formally closed as of May 17, 1996.

4.6  COMPANY  AND  SUBSIDIARY  STOCK -  CORPORATIONS.  Exhibit  C-1 sets forth a
     complete and accurate list of the following with respect to the Company and
     each  Subsidiary  which is a  corporation:  (i) the  jurisdiction  in which
     incorporated,  (ii)  the  jurisdictions  in  which  qualified  to  transact
     business,  (iii) the authorized  shares of common stock, (iv) the par value
     of each share of common  stock,  (v) the  number of shares of common  stock
     which are issued and  outstanding,  (vi) the registered owner of all issued

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     and outstanding  shares of common stock, (vii) the authorized shares of any
     other  classes  of stock,  (viii) the par value of each share of such other
     classes of stock,  (ix) the number of shares of such other classes of stock
     which are  issued  and  outstanding,  and (x) the  registered  owner of all
     issued and outstanding shares of such other classes of stock. Except as set
     forth on  Exhibit  C-1,  no shares of any other  class or series of capital
     stock of the  Company  or any such  Subsidiary  are  authorized,  issued or
     outstanding.  All of the shares  described  on Exhibit C-1,  including  the
     Stock, have been duly and validly authorized and issued, and are fully paid
     and nonassessable.

4.7  SUBSIDIARY  STOCK - OTHER  ENTITIES.  Exhibit C-1 sets forth a complete and
     accurate list of the following with respect to each  Subsidiary  which is a
     limited liability company or limited  partnership:  (i) the jurisdiction in
     which  formed,  (ii) the  jurisdictions  in  which  qualified  to  transact
     business,  (iii) the classes of membership or  partnership  interests,  and
     (iv) the registered owner of each membership or partnership  interest,  and
     the percentage of membership or partnership  interest owned.  Except as set
     forth on Exhibit C-1, no other  membership  or  partnership  interests  are
     authorized,  issued or outstanding.  To the Knowledge of Seller, all of the
     membership  and  partnership  interests  described on Exhibit C-1 have been
     duly and validly  authorized  and issued,  and the owners of such interests
     have  been  duly  admitted  as  members  or  partners  of  the   applicable
     Subsidiary.

4.8  OWNERSHIP OF STOCK.  Seller owns,  of record and  beneficially,  all of the
     Stock,  free  and  clear  of all  Encumbrances,  including  any  agreement,
     understanding or restriction affecting the voting rights or other incidents
     of record or beneficial  ownership  pertaining  to the Stock.  There are no
     subscriptions,  options, warrants, calls, commitments, preemptive rights or
     other  rights  of any  kind  outstanding  for  the  purchase  of,  nor  any
     securities  convertible or  exchangeable  for, any equity  interests of the
     Company.  There are no  restrictions  upon the  voting or  transfer  of any
     shares of the Stock pursuant to the Organizational Documents of the Company
     or any  agreement or other  instrument  to which Seller or the Company is a
     party or by which Seller or the Company is bound other than restrictions on
     transfer under  applicable  Securities Laws and state laws and regulations.
     Upon  consummation of the  Transaction,  Purchaser will be the owner of the
     Stock,  free and  clear of all  Encumbrances  other  than any  Encumbrances
     arising as a result of action by Purchaser.

4.9  OWNERSHIP  OF  SUBSIDIARY  STOCK.  Except as set forth on Exhibit  C-2, the
     Company and each Subsidiary  owns, of record and  beneficially,  all of the
     shares  of  stock,   membership  interests  and  partnership  interests  as
     described on Exhibit C-1, free and clear of all Encumbrances, including any
     agreement,  understanding  or  restriction  affecting  the voting rights or
     other  incidents  of  record or  beneficial  ownership  pertaining  to such
     shares,  membership  interests  or  partnership  interests.  There  are  no
     subscriptions,  options, warrants, calls, commitments, preemptive rights or
     other  rights  of any  kind  outstanding  for  the  purchase  of,  nor  any
     securities  convertible or  exchangeable  for, any equity  interests of any
     Subsidiary.  Except as set forth on Exhibit C-2, there are no  restrictions
     upon the voting or transfer of any such  shares,  membership  interests  or
     partnership  interests  pursuant  to the  Organizational  Documents  of any
     Subsidiary  or any  agreement  or other  instrument  to which  Seller,  the
     Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which Seller, the Company or any
     Subsidiary is bound,  other than  restrictions on transfer under applicable
     Securities Laws and state laws and regulations.

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4.10 FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS.  Seller has delivered to Purchaser audited financial
     statements  for the most  recently  completed  full or partial  fiscal year
     ("Financial Statements") for the following Subsidiaries: FFI and Forum Ohio
     (consolidated), FRC-I, FRP, and FRPLP. Except as may be otherwise set forth
     in the  Financial  Statements,  to the  Knowledge of Seller,  the Financial
     Statements fairly present in all material  respects the financial  position
     and results of  operations  and cash flows of such  Subsidiaries  as of the
     date of or for the periods indicated therein, in accordance with GAAP.

4.11 EVENTS  SUBSEQUENT  TO  JANUARY  3, 1997.  Since  January  3, 1997,  to the
     Knowledge of Seller  there has not occurred (i) an event or condition  that
     has had or is reasonably  likely to have a Material  Adverse  Effect on the
     Company or any Subsidiary,  excluding any such effects  resulting  directly
     from new federal or state  legislation  or  regulations,  general  economic
     conditions or changes in generally accepted accounting principles, (ii) any
     Encumbrance of any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary,  except for any
     Encumbrance  that  would not  reasonably  be  expected  to have a  Material
     Adverse  Effect  on the  Company  or  any  Subsidiary,  (iii)  indebtedness
     incurred  by the  Company  or any  Subsidiary  for  borrowed  money  or any
     commitment to borrow money  entered into by the Company or any  Subsidiary,
     or any loans made or agreed to be made by the  Company  or any  Subsidiary,
     other  than  in the  ordinary  course  of  business  consistent  with  past
     practice,  or (iv) any liability  incurred involving $50,000 or more except
     in the ordinary course of business.

4.12 UNDISCLOSED  LIABILITIES.  To the Knowledge of Seller,  the Company and the
     Subsidiaries  do not have any liability  (contingent or otherwise)  that is
     material  to their  financial  condition  taken  as a whole  or that,  when
     combined with all similar  liabilities would be material to their financial
     condition taken as a whole,  except for Current Liabilities or as disclosed
     in the Financial  Statements,  this  Agreement  and/or the Exhibits to this
     Agreement,  and except for  liabilities  incurred in the ordinary course of
     business  consistent  with past  practice.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,
     Seller  makes no  representation  or warranty  under this Section 4.12 with
     respect to liabilities in connection with the Communities that result from,
     relate to, arise out of or are based upon any Environmental Laws.

4.13 TITLE TO LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS. Each Subsidiary holds good fee simple title
     (or  good  leasehold  title  in the case of  Knightsbridge,  Lafayette  and
     Lexington) to the Land, and good fee simple title (or good leasehold  title
     in the  case  of  Lafayette  and  Lexington)  to the  Improvements,  in the
     Community  indicated  on Exhibit  A-3 as owned by it, free and clear of all
     Encumbrances   securing  payment  of  monetary   indebtedness   other  than
     Encumbrances  securing the Existing  Financing,  but subject to all matters
     set forth on Schedule A to the Title Policies.

4.14 TITLE TO OTHER ASSETS.  The Company and each Subsidiary holds good title to
     all Personal Property,  free and clear of all Encumbrances other than those
     Encumbrances securing the Existing Financing.

4.15 LEASES AND RESIDENCE AGREEMENTS.

     4.15.1 The Leases  are all of the  leases of land and other  real  property
          used in  connection  with the  Communities.  Seller  has  provided  to
          Purchaser a correct and complete copy of each Lease and all amendments
          and addenda  thereto.  To the  Knowledge of Seller,  the Leases are in
          full force and effect in accordance with their terms.  There exists no
          material  default on the part of the Company or any of its  Affiliates

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          under any  Lease,  or any event or  condition  which  after  notice or
          passage  of time or  both  would  constitute  such a  default.  To the
          Knowledge of Seller,  there exists no material  default on the part of
          the Lessor  under any Lease,  or any event or  condition  which  after
          notice or passage of time or both would constitute such a default.

     4.15.2 The  Commercial  Leases  set  forth  on  Exhibit  A-5 are all of the
          leases,  subleases,  licenses,  concessions and similar agreements for
          the use or occupancy of space  (other than the  Residential  Units) in
          the  Communities  that,  if  entered  into  during  the  term of a New
          Operating  Agreement,  would have  required  the consent of the owner.
          Seller has provided to  Purchaser a correct and complete  copy of each
          Commercial  Lease and all  amendments  thereto.  To the  Knowledge  of
          Seller,  all  Commercial  Leases  are in  full  force  and  effect  in
          accordance with their terms.  There exists no material  default on the
          part of the  Company  or any of its  Affiliates  under any  Commercial
          Lease, or any event or condition which after notice or passage of time
          or both would  constitute such a default.  To the Knowledge of Seller,
          there  exists no material  default on the part of the tenant under any
          Commercial  Lease or any  event or  condition  which  after  notice or
          passage of time or both would  constitute such a default.  Any Deposit
          under any Commercial  Lease has been held in accordance with the terms
          of such  Commercial  Lease and the  requirements of applicable law. No
          commission  or other  fee will be due or  payable  to any real  estate
          agent,   broker  or  finder  after  Closing  in  connection  with  any
          Commercial Lease.

     4.15.3 Exhibit  C-3 is a complete  and  accurate  summary of the  following
          information by Community as of the dates indicated therein: (i) number
          of occupied Residential Units, (ii) number of Residential Units, (iii)
          occupancy level,  (iv) Security Deposits and (v) and receivables aging
          report.  Seller has  provided  to  Purchaser  for each  Community  the
          current  form of the  Residence  Agreement  for  such  Community.  Any
          Deposit under any Residence Agreement has been held in accordance with
          the  terms  of  such  Residence  Agreement  and  the  requirements  of
          applicable law.

     4.15.4 The Equipment  Leases set forth on Exhibit A-6 are all of the leases
          of furniture,  furnishings,  fixtures,  equipment  and other  tangible
          personal  property used in connection with the  Communities  requiring
          payments of over $10,000 per annum. Seller has provided to Purchaser a
          correct and complete copy of each  Equipment  Lease and all amendments
          thereto.  To the Knowledge of Seller, all Equipment Leases are in full
          force and effect in  accordance  with  their  terms.  There  exists no
          material  default on the part of the Company or any of its  Affiliates
          under any  Equipment  Lease,  or any event or  condition  which  after
          notice or passage of time or both would constitute such a default.  To
          the Knowledge of Seller,  there exists no material default on the part
          of the lessor  under any  Equipment  Lease,  or any event or condition
          which after notice or passage of time or both would  constitute such a
          default.

4.16 CONTRACTS.  The Contracts set forth on Exhibit A-7 are all of the contracts
     for the  provision of services or supplies to the  Communities  (other than
     the Medicaid/Medicare Contracts and the Existing Management Agreements), or
     to which the  Company  and/or  any  Subsidiary  is a party,  an  obligor or
     beneficiary  requiring payments of over $10,000 per annum and which can not
     be cancelled by the Company or the applicable  Subsidiary  without  penalty
     upon not more than ninety (90) days prior  notice.  Seller has  provided to

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     Purchaser a correct and complete copy of each  Contract and all  amendments
     thereto.  To the Knowledge of Seller,  all such Contracts are in full force
     and effect in accordance with their terms. There exists no material default
     on the part of the Company or any of its  Affiliates  under any Contract or
     any event or condition  which after notice or passage of time or both would
     constitute  such a default.  To the  Knowledge  of Seller,  there exists no
     material  default on the part of any other party under any  Contract or any
     event or  condition  which  after  notice or  passage of time or both would
     constitute such a default.

4.17 MEDICAID/MEDICARE  CONTRACTS. The Medicaid/Medicare  Contracts set forth on
     Exhibit A-8 are all of the contracts with any  Governmental  Authority,  or
     with any other Person that provides insurance,  managed care, or other type
     of care or  insurance,  in each  case  which  contracts  are  entered  into
     pursuant to Title XVIII and Title XIX of the Social  Security Act, Title 42
     United States Code, Chapter 7, as amended from time to time, or any similar
     state  law  governing  the  care  of  elderly,   disabled,   or  low-income
     individuals,  to which the Company  and/or any  Subsidiary  is a party,  an
     obligor or  beneficiary.  Seller has  provided  to  Purchaser a correct and
     complete  copy  of  each  Medicaid/Medicare  Contract  and  all  amendments
     thereto. To the Knowledge of Seller, all such  Medicaid/Medicare  Contracts
     are in full  force and  effect  in  accordance  with  their  terms.  To the
     Knowledge of Seller,  there  exists no material  default on the part of any
     party under any Medicaid/Medicare  Contract or any event or condition which
     after notice or passage of time or both would constitute such a default.

4.18 RESTRICTIVE  AGREEMENTS.  Seller has  provided  to  Purchaser a correct and
     complete copy of each Restrictive  Agreement and all amendments thereto. To
     the Knowledge of Seller, all such Restrictive  Agreements are in full force
     and effect in accordance with their terms. There exists no material default
     on the part of the Company or any of its Affiliates  under any  Restrictive
     Agreement or any event or  condition  which after notice or passage of time
     or both would constitute such a default. To the Knowledge of Seller,  there
     exists  no  material  default  on the part of any  other  party  under  any
     Restrictive  Agreement  or any event or  condition  which  after  notice or
     passage of time or both would constitute such a default.

4.19 CERTAIN MANAGEMENT  AGREEMENTS.  Seller has provided to Purchaser a correct
     and  complete  copy of the FFI  Management  Agreement,  the FRP  Management
     Agreement and the FRC-I Management  Agreement,  and all amendments thereto.
     The FFI Management  Agreement,  the FRP Management  Agreement and the FRC-I
     Management  Agreement  are the only  contracts  or  agreements  between the
     Company and its Affiliates,  on the one hand, and the Company or Seller and
     their  respective  Affiliates  on  the  other  hand,  with  respect  to the
     management  or  operation  of the  Communities  governed  by such  Existing
     Management  Agreements.  Such  Management  Agreements are in full force and
     effect in accordance  with their terms.  To the Knowledge of Seller,  there
     exists  no  material  default  on the  part of any  party  under  any  such
     Management  Agreements  or any event or  condition  which  after  notice or
     passage of time or both would  constitute  such a default.  All amounts due
     and  payable  by  Seller,  the  Company  or any  Subsidiary  under  the FFI
     Management Agreement, the FRP Management Agreement and the FRC-I Management
     Agreement  have  been  paid in full  through  March 31,  1997,  other  than
     deferred  management  fees under the FRP  Management  Agreement for periods
     prior to January 1, 1994 in the approximate amount of $15,780,000.

4.20 EXISTING  FINANCING.  The  documents  listed on Exhibit  C-6 are all of the
     principal Existing Financing Documents,  other than Uniform Commercial Code
     financing  statements.  Seller has  provided  to  Purchaser  a correct  and

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     complete  copy of,  or given  Purchaser  access  to,  each of the  Existing
     Financing  Documents  and  all  amendments  thereto.  All of  the  Existing
     Financing  Documents are in full force and effect in accordance  with their
     terms.  There exists no material  default on the part of the Company or any
     of its Affiliates  under the Existing  Financing  Documents or any event or
     condition  which after  notice or passage of time or both would  constitute
     such a default.  To the  Knowledge  of  Seller,  there  exists no  material
     default  on the  part of any  other  party  under  the  Existing  Financing
     Documents or any event or  condition  which after notice or passage of time
     or both would constitute such a default.  The Existing Financing  Documents
     do not require the consent of any party thereto to the  consummation of the
     Transaction,  other  than  the  consent  of  the  Existing  Lenders  to the
     assignment  of certain of the  Existing  Management  Agreements.  As of the
     Closing Date, the outstanding  principal balance of the Existing  Financing
     is as follows:

                  FFI Financing:            $122,775,736
                  FKy Financing:            $  7,340,387
                  FRC-I Financing:          $ 26,589,254
                  FRP Financing:            $ 47,433,317
                  Panther Financing:        $ 32,215,000

     As of the Closing Date,  the  capitalized  value of the Lafayette  Lease is
     $8,933,821, and the capitalized value of the Lexington Lease is $2,380,387,
     in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

4.21 INSURANCE POLICIES.  Exhibit C-4 sets forth a complete and accurate list of
     all pending  claims under any  insurance  policy held by the Company or any
     Subsidiary,  or  any  blanket  policies  under  which  the  Company  or any
     Subsidiary is covered  ("Policies").  The Company and the  Subsidiaries are
     not in  material  default  with  respect  to any of the  Policies,  and the
     Company and Subsidiaries have not received any written notice of a default,
     premium  increase or cancellation  with respect to any of the Policies.  To
     the Knowledge of Seller, neither Seller, the Company nor any Subsidiary has
     received  any  notice  from  any  insurance   company  of  any  defects  or
     inadequacies in any Community that would  materially  adversely  affect its
     insurability or materially  increase the cost of insurance from the current
     levels.

4.22 CONDEMNATION.  There  is not  pending  or,  to  the  Knowledge  of  Seller,
     threatened,   any  taking  by  power  of  eminent  domain  or  condemnation
     proceedings for the permanent or temporary taking or condemnation of all or
     any portion of the Assets.

4.23 COMMITMENTS  TO  GOVERNMENTAL  AUTHORITIES.  To the  Knowledge  of  Seller,
     neither the  Company nor any  Subsidiary  has made any  commitments  to any
     Governmental  Authority,  utility  company,  school board,  church or other
     religious body, or to any other organization, group or individual, relating
     to the Assets which would impose on any of them any material  obligation to
     make any contributions of money,  dedication of land or grants of easements
     or  rights-of-way,  or to construct,  install or maintain any improvements,
     public or private, on or off the Land.

4.24 LITIGATION.  Except as set forth on  Exhibit  C-5,  there is no  Litigation
     instituted,  pending  or,  to  the  Knowledge  of  Seller,  threatened  (or
     unasserted  but  considered  probable of assertion),  against  Seller,  the
     Company or any Subsidiary or against any Asset, or any right of the Company
     or  any  Subsidiary  in  any  Asset  which,  if  adversely  decided,  would

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     reasonably be expected to have a Material  Adverse Effect on the Company or
     any  Subsidiary.  There  is no  actual  or,  to the  Knowledge  of  Seller,
     threatened Litigation which prohibits, enjoins, or restrains, or presents a
     claim to prohibit,  enjoin or restrain, the consummation of the Transaction
     in accordance with this Agreement.

4.25 COMPLIANCE  WITH LAW.  To the  Knowledge  of Seller,  the  Company and each
     subsidiary  is operating in all material  respects in  compliance  with all
     applicable laws,  statutes,  ordinances and  regulations,  whether federal,
     state or local.  To the  Knowledge  of Seller,  neither the Company nor any
     Subsidiary  has received  any written  notification  from any  Governmental
     Authority  asserting a material  violation  of any  statute,  ordinance  or
     regulation.  To the  Knowledge  of  Seller,  neither  the  Company  nor any
     Subsidiary  is subject to any  regulatory or  supervisory  cease and desist
     order,  agreement,  directive or memorandum of  understanding,  and none of
     them has received any written communication requesting that they enter into
     any of the foregoing. This Section 4.25 shall not be deemed or construed to
     make any  representation  or warranty with respect to  compliance  with, or
     violations of, Environmental Laws.

4.26 PERMITS.  To the  Knowledge  of Seller,  all Permits  (including  Community
     Permits) required for the development,  ownership, maintenance,  operation,
     use,  occupancy,  marketing  and leasing of the Assets,  as of  immediately
     prior to consummation of the  Transaction,  have been issued to the Company
     or the applicable  Subsidiary and are in full force and effect,  except for
     any such Permits as are not material in the  aggregate to the  development,
     ownership, maintenance,  operation, use, occupancy, marketing or leasing of
     the  Assets,  and except that  Seller is unable to locate  certificates  of
     occupancy for certain  Communities  which have been disclosed to Purchaser.
     There is no pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller,  threatened  Litigation
     with respect to revocation,  cancellation,  suspension or nonrenewal of any
     such material Permit and, to the Knowledge of Seller, there has occurred no
     event which  (whether  with notice or lapse of time or both) will result in
     such a  revocation,  cancellation,  suspension  or  nonrenewal  of any such
     material Permit.  Seller, the Company and the Subsidiaries have received no
     written notice from any Governmental  Authority  asserting the violation of
     the terms of any such material  Permit,  or threatening to revoke,  cancel,
     suspend  or not  renew  any  such  material  Permit,  other  than  any such
     notifications  of  violations  that have been cured or otherwise  resolved.
     Seller makes no  representation or warranty  concerning  whether any of the
     Permits  referenced  in this  Section  4.26 will  remain in full  force and
     effect  following the Closing.  For purposes of this Section 4.26 only, the
     "Knowledge  of Seller"  shall  include due inquiry by Seller of the general
     managers of each Community.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller makes no
     representation  or warranty under this Section 4.26 with respect to Permits
     required under any Environmental Laws.

4.27 PROPRIETARY  RIGHTS.  The  Company's  and  the  Subsidiaries'  use  of  all
     trademarks, trade names, and other trade rights, whether or not registered,
     is not infringing upon or otherwise  violating in any material  respect the
     rights of any third party in or to such  rights,  and no  proceedings  have
     been instituted  against or notices received by Seller,  the Company or any
     Subsidiary that are presently  outstanding  alleging that the Company's and
     any Subsidiary's  use of such rights  infringes upon or otherwise  violates
     any rights of a third party in or to such rights.

4.28 ADJOINING  LAND.  Neither  Seller  nor  any  Affiliate  of  Seller  owns or
     otherwise has an interest,  direct or indirect, in any land or improvements
     adjoining  any of the Land,  other than land which is  intended  to be used
     other than for or in conjunction with a senior living community.

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4.29 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.

     4.29.1 To the Knowledge of Seller,  there is no material  inaccuracy in the
          Environmental  Reports.  Except  for  Hazardous  Substances  which are
          identified  in the  Environmental  Reports as being  present at, on or
          under the Assets,  to the  Knowledge of Seller,  there is in existence
          at,  on or  under  the  Assets  no  Hazardous  Substances.  Except  as
          described in the Environmental Reports, to the Knowledge of Seller, no
          Hazardous Substances have leaked, escaped or been discharged,  emitted
          or otherwise released,  from the Assets onto adjoining properties,  or
          from adjoining properties onto the Assets. To the Knowledge of Seller,
          Seller,  the Company and the  Subsidiaries  are not  generators of any
          Hazardous  Substances  (other than  medical  wastes  generated  in the
          ordinary course of the business of operating the Communities), and are
          in compliance in all material respects with all laws,  regulations and
          requirements  regarding  the  use,   transportation  and  disposal  of
          Hazardous Substances.  To the Knowledge of Seller, except as described
          in the Environmental Reports, Seller, the Company and the Subsidiaries
          have received no notice, demand, request for information, complaint or
          order from any  Governmental  Authority  with  respect to the  alleged
          presence at, or release from, the Assets of any Hazardous Substance or
          alleged violation of any Environmental Law.

     4.29.2 For purposes of this Section  4.29.2 only,  "Environmental  Permits"
          shall refer to any Permits which are required under any  Environmental
          Laws. To the Knowledge of Seller,  all Environmental  Permits required
          for  the  development,   ownership,   maintenance,   operation,   use,
          occupancy,  marketing  and  leasing of the Assets,  as of  immediately
          prior to  consummation  of the  Transaction,  have been  issued to the
          Company or the applicable Subsidiary and are in full force and effect,
          except for any such  Environmental  Permits as are not material in the
          aggregate to the development,  ownership, maintenance, operation, use,
          occupancy, marketing or leasing of the Assets. There is no pending or,
          to the  Knowledge  of Seller,  threatened  Litigation  with respect to
          revocation,  cancellation,   suspension  or  nonrenewal  of  any  such
          material  Environmental  Permit and, to the Knowledge of Seller, there
          has occurred no event which  (whether  with notice or lapse of time or
          both) will result in such a  revocation,  cancellation,  suspension or
          nonrenewal  of any such material  Environmental  Permit.  Seller,  the
          Company and the Subsidiaries  have received no written notice from any
          Governmental  Authority  asserting  the  violation of the terms of any
          such material  Environmental Permit, or threatening to revoke, cancel,
          suspend or not renew any such  material  Environmental  Permit,  other
          than any such  notifications  or  violations  that have been  cured or
          otherwise resolved to the Company's  reasonable  satisfaction.  Seller
          makes no  representation  or  warranty  concerning  whether any of the
          Environmental Permits referenced in this Section 4.29.2 will remain in
          full force and effect  following  the  Closing.  For  purposes of this
          Section  4.29.2 only,  the  "Knowledge  of Seller"  shall  include due
          inquiry by Seller of the general managers of each Community.

4.30 SEC DOCUMENTS.  To the Knowledge of Seller, without investigation,  (i) the
     Company filed all SEC Documents,  if any,  required by the Securities  Laws
     prior to March 25, 1996, when the Company's reporting obligations under the
     Securities  Laws  ceased,  and  (ii)  each  Subsidiary  has  filed  all SEC
     Documents,  if any,  required by the  Securities  Laws. To the Knowledge of
     Seller,  without  investigation,  such SEC Documents  were,  when filed, in
     compliance, in all material respects, with the Securities Laws.

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4.31 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS.

     4.31.1 Exhibit C-9  contains a correct and complete  list of each  material
          Plan. For purposes of this Agreement the term "Plan" means each bonus,
          deferred compensation,  incentive compensation,  fringe benefit, stock
          purchase,   stock  option,  severance  pay,  medical,  life  or  other
          insurance,  profit-sharing,  pension,  or  retirement  plan,  program,
          agreement  or  arrangement,  and each  other  employee  benefit  plan,
          program,   agreement  or   arrangement,   sponsored,   maintained   or
          contributed  to or required to be  contributed to by the Company or by
          any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that together with
          the Company would be deemed a "single  employer" under  Section 414 of
          the Code (an "ERISA  Affiliate")  for the  benefit of any  employee or
          director or former  employee or former  director of the Company or any
          Subsidiary.  Exhibit C-9 identifies  each material Plan that is (or at
          any  time  prior  to  the  Closing  was)   sponsored,   maintained  or
          contributed  to or required to be contributed to by the Company or any
          Subsidiary.

     4.31.2 With  respect to each of the Plans,  Seller  has made  available  to
          Purchaser  correct  and  complete  copies  of  each  of the  following
          documents:   (i) the  Plans  and  related  documents   (including  all
          amendments  thereto);  (ii) the most recent Summary Plan  Description,
          together with each Summary of Material  Modifications,  required under
          ERISA  with  respect  to  the  Plans,   and  all   material   employee
          communications  relating  to the  Plans;  and  (iii)  the most  recent
          determination  letter  received from the IRS with respect to each Plan
          that is intended to be qualified under  Section 401(a) of the Code and
          all  material   communications  to  or  from  the  IRS  or  any  other
          governmental or regulatory authority relating to each Plan.

     4.31.3 No  liability  under  Title IV of ERISA  has  been  incurred  by the
          Company or any ERISA  Affiliate since the effective date of ERISA that
          has not been satisfied in full, and, no condition exists that presents
          a material  risk to the Company of  incurring  a liability  under such
          Title.

     4.31.4 Neither the Company nor any ERISA  Affiliate,  nor any of the Plans,
          nor any trust  created  thereunder,  nor any trustee or  administrator
          thereof,  has engaged in a transaction  that  violates  Section 406 of
          ERISA or  Section  4975(c)  of the Code in  connection  with which the
          Company or any Subsidiary could incur, directly or indirectly,  either
          a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 409 or 502(i) of ERISA, a
          tax imposed  pursuant to Section 4975 or 4976 of the Code or any other
          liability or cost.

     4.31.5 Full  payment  has been  made,  or will be made in  accordance  with
          Section 404(a)(6)  of the Code, of all amounts that the Company or any
          ERISA  Affiliate  is  required  to pay  under the terms of each of the
          Plans and Section 412 of the Code. No pension plan (within the meaning
          of  Section 3(2)  of ERISA)  sponsored or maintained by the Company or
          any ERISA Affiliate or any trust  established  thereunder has incurred
          any  "accumulated  funding  deficiency"  (as defined in Section 302 of
          ERISA and Section 412 of the Code),  whether or not waived,  as of the
          last day of the most  recent  fiscal  year of each of each  such  plan
          ended prior to the date of this Agreement.

     4.31.6 None of the Plans is a "multiemployer pension plan," as such term is
          defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.

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     4.31.7 Except as set forth in Exhibit C-9,  there are no actions,  suits or
          claims  pending,  or, to the best  knowledge of Seller,  threatened or
          anticipated  (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Plan
          or any related trust that involves or relates to any current or former
          employee or director of the Company or any  Subsidiary  or against the
          Company  or any  Subsidiary  with  respect  to any  Plan.  There is no
          judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any court, governmental
          body, commission, agency or arbitrator outstanding against or in favor
          of any Plan or any  fiduciary  thereof  (other  than  rules of general
          applicability) that involves or relates to the Company, any Subsidiary
          or any  current or former  employee  or director of the Company or any
          Subsidiary.   There   are  no   pending   or   threatened   audits  or
          investigations  by  any  governmental   body,   commission  or  agency
          involving  any Plan that  involves  or  relates  to the  Company,  any
          Subsidiary or any current or former employee or director thereof.

4.32 EMPLOYEES.

     4.32.1 As of the Closing Date, the Company and each  Subsidiary  shall have
          no Employees, and all personnel employed or engaged in connection with
          the  operation  of the  Communities  shall  be  employees  of the  New
          Operator.

     4.32.2 Except as set forth in  Exhibit C-10,  neither  the  Company nor any
          Subsidiary  is a party to any  written,  oral or implied  contract  or
          agreement  with any  current or former  employee  or  director  of the
          Company or any  Subsidiary.  Seller has made  available  to  Purchaser
          correct and  complete  copies of each  written  contract or  agreement
          listed in  Exhibit C-10.  The Company and each Subsidiary are and have
          been in compliance  with the terms and conditions of all such written,
          oral and implied contracts and agreements.

     4.32.3 Except as set forth in Exhibit C-10, (i) neither the Company nor any
          Subsidiary  is a  party  to or  bound  by  any  collective  bargaining
          agreement,  (ii) no  labor  union or  other  organization  represents,
          purports to  represent or has  attempted to represent  any employee of
          the Company or any Subsidiary, and (iii) there is no active or current
          union  organization  activity involving any employee of the Company or
          any Subsidiary.

     4.32.4 Except as set forth in Exhibit C-10, the Company and each Subsidiary
          are in compliance with all federal,  state, local and foreign laws and
          regulations  and the common law relating to employment  and employment
          practices,  including,  but not limited  to, the Fair Labor  Standards
          Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination
          in  Employment  Act,  state and local human  rights laws,  ERISA,  the
          National Labor Relations Act, state labor laws, the Worker  Adjustment
          and  Retaining  Act of  1988,  the  Rehabilitation  Act of  1974,  the
          Occupational Safety and Health Act, state workers'  compensation laws,
          state disability laws, state unemployment laws, the Immigration Reform
          and Control Act of 1986,  the Polygraph  Protection  Act of 1988,  the
          Equal Pay Act, the Consolidated  Omnibus Budget  Reconciliation Act of
          1986 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

     4.32.5 Except as set forth in Exhibit C-10, there are no claims,  causes of
          action,  charges,  suits,  complaints,   administrative   proceedings,
          government  investigations  or  proceedings,   arbitrations  or  other
          proceedings   pending  or  threatened   against  the  Company  or  any
          Subsidiary  relating to any current or former  employee or director of

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          the Company or any  Subsidiary,  relating to  employment or employment
          practices,  and neither  Seller,  the Company nor any  Subsidiary  has
          received  any notice of, nor has  knowledge of any basis for any claim
          or  assertion  of  liability  against  the  Company or any  Subsidiary
          relating to any federal,  state,  local or foreign law and regulations
          or the common law relating to employment  or  employment  practices in
          regard of any current or former employee or director of the Company or
          any Subsidiary.

     4.32.6  The  Company  and  each  Subsidiary  are  in  compliance  with  all
          applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to wages and hours and
          with all  applicable  laws,  rules  and  regulations  relating  to the
          payment and withholding of taxes,  and the Company and each Subsidiary
          have withheld all amounts  required by law or agreement to be withheld
          from the wages or salaries of their employees, and neither the Company
          nor any  Subsidiary  is liable for any arrearage of wages or any taxes
          or penalties for failure to comply with any of the foregoing.

4.33 NO BROKERS.  No agent,  broker or finder has acted for Seller in connection
     with this Agreement and the Transaction.

4.34 OPERATION OF COMMUNITIES  PRIOR TO CLOSING.  Prior to Closing,  the Company
     and the  Subsidiaries  have continued to own,  operate,  manage,  maintain,
     market,  lease,  repair and  replace the Assets in  substantially  the same
     manner,  and to substantially  the same standard of quality,  as the Assets
     were owned, operated, managed,  maintained,  marketed, leased, repaired and
     replaced on March 17, 1997, except as otherwise contemplated or required by
     this Agreement.

4.35 EXPANSION  LAND.  Except with respect to the expansion  project planned for
     Desert Harbor,  the Company  and/or the applicable  Subsidiary has acquired
     fee title to all land  required in  connection  with the  expansion  of the
     Communities contemplated by the Expansion Agreements.

4.36 SERIES A  WOODLANDS  BONDS.  MI holds good title to the Series A  Woodlands
     Bonds, free and clear of all Encumbrances.

PURCHASER  ACKNOWLEDGES  THAT  EXCEPT FOR THE  REPRESENTATIONS,  WARRANTIES  AND
COVENANTS  EXPRESSLY  SET  FORTH IN THIS  AGREEMENT  AND THE  OTHER  TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS, (I) PURCHASER IS ACCEPTING THE LAND, IMPROVEMENTS, PERSONAL PROPERTY,
AND ANY PERSONAL  PROPERTY  SUBJECT TO ANY EQUIPMENT LEASE, IN ITS "AS IS, WHERE
IS"  CONDITION  AS  OF  THE  CLOSING   DATE,   AND  (II)  SELLER  IS  MAKING  NO
REPRESENTATIONS  OR  WARRANTIES  CONCERNING,  AND  SHALL  HAVE NO  LIABILITY  TO
PURCHASER  WITH  RESPECT  TO, THE USE OR  CONDITION  OF THE LAND,  IMPROVEMENTS,
PERSONAL  PROPERTY,  OR  PERSONAL  PROPERTY  SUBJECT  TO  ANY  EQUIPMENT  LEASE,
INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED  WARRANTY OF  MERCHANTABILITY  AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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                        V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
                      OF PURCHASER AND PURCHASER'S DESIGNEE

Purchaser represents and warrants to Seller as follows:

5.1  ORGANIZATION.  Purchaser (i) is a corporation duly formed, validly existing
     and in good  standing  under  the laws of the  State of  Delaware,  (ii) is
     qualified  to  transact  business  in each  state  in  which  it  transacts
     business,  (iii) has full power and  authority to execute and deliver,  and
     perform its obligations  under, this Agreement,  without the consent of any
     other Person  (other than as set forth on Exhibit  C-8),  and (iv) has duly
     authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
     officer  executing  the same on its behalf.  Purchaser's  Designee (i) is a
     corporation  duly formed,  validly  existing and in good standing under the
     laws of the State of Delaware,  (ii) is  qualified to transact  business in
     each  state in which it  transacts  business,  and (iii) has full power and
     authority  to perform its  obligations  under this  Agreement,  without the
     consent of any other Person (other than as set forth on Exhibit C-8).

5.2  AUTHORIZATION.  This  Agreement  has been duly  executed by Purchaser  and,
     assuming  the due  execution of this  Agreement  by Seller,  is a valid and
     binding   obligation  of  Purchaser,   enforceable   against  Purchaser  in
     accordance with its terms,  except that such  enforcement may be limited by
     bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization,  moratorium or other similar laws
     relating to or affecting  generally  the rights of  creditors,  and general
     principles  of equity.  Assuming  the due  execution  of this  Agreement by
     Seller and the designation by Purchaser of a Purchaser's  Designee, it is a
     valid and binding obligation of Purchaser's  Designee,  enforceable against
     Purchaser's  Designee  in  accordance  with its  terms,  except  that  such
     enforcement  may be  limited  by  bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization,
     moratorium  or other  similar laws  relating to or affecting  generally the
     rights of creditors, and general principles of equity.

5.3  NO VIOLATION.  The execution,  delivery and  performance of this Agreement,
     and the  consummation  of the  Transaction,  will not violate,  result in a
     breach of or constitute a default under any agreement to which Purchaser or
     Purchaser's Designee is a party or by which its assets are bound.

5.4  NO CONSENTS.  Except as set forth on Exhibit  C-8, no consent,  approval or
     authorization of, or declaration,  notice, filing or registration with, any
     Governmental  Authority,  or any other  Person,  is  required to be made or
     obtained  by  Purchaser  or  Purchaser's  Designee in  connection  with the
     execution,  delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation
     of the Transaction described in this Agreement.

5.5  BANKRUPTCY.  Neither  Purchaser  nor  Purchaser's  Designee  is the subject
     debtor  under  any  Federal,   state  or  local  bankruptcy  or  insolvency
     proceeding, or any other proceeding for dissolution, liquidation or winding
     up of its assets.

5.6  NO  BROKERS.  No  agent,  broker  or finder  has  acted  for  Purchaser  or
     Purchaser's Designee in connection with this Agreement and the Transaction.

5.7  ACQUISITION FOR INVESTMENT. Purchaser acknowledges that the shares of Stock
     to be purchased by it or  Purchaser's  Designee  pursuant to this Agreement
     are being acquired in good faith for investment, solely for its own account
     and not with a view to any distribution or other disposition of such shares
     or any part thereof, or any interest therein, except in accordance with the
     Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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                                   VI. CLOSING

6.1  TIME AND PLACE. Closing shall be held on the Closing Date at the offices of
     Arnold & Porter, 555 Twelfth Street,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C. 20004, or at
     such other location as Seller and Purchaser may mutually determine.

6.2  DELIVERIES  BY SELLER.  At Closing,  Seller shall  deliver to Purchaser the
     following:

     6.2.1The original certificates representing all of the Stock, together with
          stock powers duly executed by Seller;

     6.2.2The original  certificates  representing  all of the Subsidiary  Stock
          held by the Company or any  Subsidiary  (with the exception of (i) the
          Subsidiary  Stock  of FKy and  FRP,  which  has  been  pledged  to the
          Existing  Lenders in connection  with the Existing  Financing and (ii)
          the Subsidiary Stock which is not certificated);

     6.2.3An Expansion  Agreement for each Community for which  Expansion  Units
          are planned,  duly executed by Seller,  other than with respect to the
          Completed  Expansion  Projects  and those  Communities  (or  Expansion
          Phases within such Communities) identified in Section 7.12;

     6.2.4An  agreement  between  the  Company  and  the  applicable  Subsidiary
          effecting the  termination,  as of  immediately  prior to Closing,  of
          Existing   Management   Agreements   other  than  the  FFI  Management
          Agreement,  the FRP  Management  Agreement  and the  FRC-I  Management
          Agreement;

     6.2.5A New Operating  Agreement,  duly executed by Seller (and joined in by
          MI) and the applicable  Subsidiary,  effective as of prior to Closing,
          for the following Communities: Lafayette and Lexington.

     6.2.6A New Operating  Agreement,  duly executed by Seller (and joined in by
          MI), for the  following  Communities:  Pueblo  Norte,  Tiffany  House,
          Fountainview,  Coral Oaks,  Springwood  Court, The Woodlands,  Forum @
          Crossing, Forwood Manor and Remington I;

     6.2.7An assignment  by the Company to Seller,  duly executed by the Company
          and Seller, as of immediately  prior to Closing,  of all of its rights
          and  obligations as manager under the Existing  Management  Agreements
          for the following  Communities:  Foulk Manor North, Foulk Manor South,
          Lincoln Heights, Millcroft, Montebello, Montevista, Myrtle Beach, Park
          Summit,  Shipley Manor, Tucson, Deer Creek,  Overland Park, Brookside,
          Memorial Woods, Park Lane, Desert Harbor,  Knightsbridge and Remington
          II;

     6.2.8A Pooling  Agreement  for each of Pool I, Pool II,  Pool III,  Pool IV
          and Pool V, duly executed by Seller;

     6.2.9 The Indemnity Agreement duly executed by Seller and MI;

     6.2.10 The Tax Agreement duly executed by Seller and MI;

     6.2.11 The Noncompetition Agreement duly executed by Seller and MI;

     6.2.12 The Distribution Agreement Amendment duly executed by MI;

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     6.2.13 The Total Cost Certification with respect to any Expansion Units for
          which a payment is made at Closing pursuant to Section 3.3;

     6.2.14 The  MSLS  Completion  Certificate  (as  defined  in  the  Expansion
          Agreement) for Park Summit IV (3 of 30 Expansion Units);

     6.2.15 The License Letter, duly executed by MI;

     6.2.16  Such  resolutions  and  other  evidence  of  authority  as  may  be
          reasonably  required by Purchaser to evidence the  authority of Seller
          and its  Affiliates  to execute,  deliver and perform its  obligations
          under  this  Agreement  and  the  other  Transaction   Documents,   as
          applicable,  and to  evidence  the  authority  of the Company and each
          Subsidiary  to take such  actions as may be required  prior to Closing
          under this Agreement;

     6.2.17 The minute  books of the Company and each  Subsidiary,  and original
          counterparts  of  the  Existing  Financing   Documents  (or,  if  such
          originals are not available, copies thereof);

     6.2.18 The written resignation of all Persons who are directors or officers
          of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than the independent directors
          of Forum  Retirement,  FFI and  Forum  Ohio),  duly  executed  by such
          Persons;

     6.2.19 Such title  affidavits  and  indemnities  as the Title  Company  may
          require from Seller in order for the Title  Company to (i) delete from
          the Title  Policies  the  "standard  form"  exceptions  for parties in
          possession, unrecorded easements, mechanics' liens, survey matters and
          the "gap," and (ii) issue the Non-Imputation  Endorsement with respect
          to the Title Policy to be issued at Closing for each Community;

     6.2.20 An estoppel  certificate  executed by each Lessor in form acceptable
          to Purchaser;

     6.2.21 An estoppel certificate executed by each Existing Lender (other than
          the  holder of the  Series A  Woodlands  Bonds or  Series B  Woodlands
          Bonds) in form acceptable to Purchaser;

     6.2.22 Evidence reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser of the transfer by the
          Company and the Subsidiaries of the Excluded  Assets,  effective as of
          prior to Closing;

     6.2.23 As assignment of the Series A Woodlands Bonds duly executed by MI;

     6.2.24 The opinion of its legal counsel addressing the matters set forth on
          Exhibit D-12, in form reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser; and

     6.2.25 All other  documents  required to be delivered by Seller at or prior
          to the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise  required,
          or  reasonably  requested  by  Purchaser,   in  connection  with  this
          Agreement.

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6.3  DELIVERIES BY PURCHASEr. At Closing,  Purchaser shall deliver to Seller the
     following:

     6.3.1The portion of the Purchase  Price due on the Closing Date pursuant to
          Section 3.2, by wire transfer of immediately  available  federal funds
          to an account designated by Seller;

     6.3.2 The Note duly executed by Purchaser's Designee;

     6.3.3 The Guaranty duly executed by Purchaser;

     6.3.4An Expansion  Agreement for each Community for which  Expansion  Units
          are  planned,   duly  executed  by  the  Subsidiary  which  owns  such
          Community, other than with respect to the Completed Expansion Projects
          and those  Communities (or Expansion  Phases within such  Communities)
          identified in Section 7.12;

     6.3.5The Expansion  Notes required  under Section  3.3.2,  duly executed by
          Purchaser's Designee or the applicable Subsidiary, as applicable;

     6.3.6The Expansion  Guaranties  required under Section 3.3.2, duly executed
          by Purchaser;

     6.3.7The New Operating  Agreements  duly executed by the  Subsidiary  which
          owns such  Community  for the  following  Communities:  Pueblo  Norte,
          Tiffany  House,  Fountainview,   Coral  Oaks,  Springwood  Court,  The
          Woodlands, Forum @ Crossing, Forwood Manor and Remington I;

     6.3.8The Pooling  Agreement  for each of Pool I, Pool II, Pool III, Pool IV
          and Pool V, duly executed by Purchaser's Designee;

     6.3.9The Indemnity  Agreement  duly  executed by Purchaser and  Purchaser's
          Designee;

     6.3.10 The Tax Agreement duly executed by Purchaser,  Purchaser's Designee,
          and the Company;

     6.3.11 The  Noncompetition  Agreement  duly  executed by Purchaser  and the
          Company;

     6.3.12 The Distribution Agreement Amendment duly executed by Purchaser;

     6.3.13 The License Letter, duly executed by Host;

     6.3.14  Such  resolutions  and  other  evidence  of  authority  as  may  be
          reasonably  required by Seller to evidence the  authority of Purchaser
          and  Purchaser's   Designee  to  execute,   deliver  and  perform  its
          obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction  Documents,
          as  applicable,  and to evidence the authority of the Company and each
          Subsidiary  to take such  actions  as may be  required  from and after
          Closing under this Agreement;

     6.3.15 The opinion of its legal counsel addressing the matters set forth on
          Exhibit D-13, in form reasonably satisfactory to Seller; and

     6.3.16 All other  documents  required to be  delivered  by  Purchaser at or
          prior to the Closing  Date  pursuant to this  Agreement  or  otherwise
          required,  or reasonably  requested by Seller, in connection with this
          Agreement.

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6.4  CLOSING ACCOUNTING.

     6.4.1Seller has prepared and Purchaser has accepted,  subject to its review
          and approval of the Final Closing Accounting, the accounting ("Closing
          Accounting")  attached to this  Agreement  as Exhibit E-2. The Closing
          Accounting is based upon Seller's  estimate of the financial  position
          of the Company and the Subsidiaries, and sets forth the following: (i)
          the amount of all Financing  Reserves (by entity),  (ii) the amount of
          all  Security  Deposit  Reserves (by  Community),  (iii) the amount of
          Security  Deposits  (by  entity),  (iv) the  estimated  amount  of Net
          Current Assets  (consolidated  for the Company and the  Subsidiaries),
          other than  cash,  and (v) the  amount of cash  (consolidated  for the
          Company  and the  Subsidiaries),  other than  petty  cash and  similar
          amounts maintained at each Community.  Upon request, Seller shall make
          available to Purchaser  reasonable  back-up  (including Current Assets
          and Current  Liabilities by Community) of the matters set forth in the
          Closing  Accounting.  The Closing Accounting shall estimate assets and
          liabilities of the Company and the  Subsidiaries  as of the end of the
          fifth 4-week  accounting  period in Seller's fiscal year, and shall be
          prepared in accordance with GAAP.

     6.4.2On or  before  the  date  which  is  one  hundred  twenty  (120)  days
          following the Closing Date,  Seller shall furnish to Purchaser a final
          accounting ("Final Closing  Accounting") which shall be based upon the
          actual  financial  position of the Company and the  Subsidiaries as of
          the Closing Date, and shall set forth the following: (i) the amount of
          all  Financing  Reserves (by entity),  (ii) the amount of all Security
          Deposit Reserves (by Community), (iii) the amount of Security Deposits
          (by  entity),  and (iv) the amount of Net Current  Assets (by entity),
          including all cash. The Final Closing  Accounting shall be accompanied
          by a report of Seller's Accountants, based upon agreed-upon procedures
          determined by Seller and Purchaser promptly  following  Closing.  Upon
          request,  Seller shall make available to Purchaser  reasonable back-up
          (including Current Assets and Current Liabilities by Community) of the
          matters set forth in the Final Closing  Accounting.  The Final Closing
          Accounting  shall estimate  assets and  liabilities of the Company and
          the  Subsidiaries  as of 12:01 am on the  Closing  Date,  and shall be
          prepared in accordance with GAAP. Purchaser shall cause the Company to
          permit  Seller and Seller's  Accountants  to have access during normal
          business  hours to the  records of the  Company  and the  Subsidiaries
          reasonably  requested  by them for  purposes  of  analyzing  the Final
          Closing Accounting.

     6.4.3Following  the delivery of the proposed  Final  Closing  Accounting to
          Purchaser,  Purchaser  shall  have  the  right  to  cause  Purchaser's
          Accountants   to  review  and/or  audit  the  proposed  Final  Closing
          Accounting.  Seller shall permit the  Purchaser's  Accountants to have
          access  during  normal  business  hours to all of the working  papers,
          analyses  and  schedules  of  the  Sellers'  Accountants  utilized  or
          prepared  in  connection  with the  preparation  of the Final  Closing
          Accounting.  Within the 45-day  period  after  receipt of the proposed
          Final Closing  Accounting from Seller,  Purchaser  shall, in a written
          notice to Seller,  either accept the proposed Final Closing Accounting
          or describe in  reasonable  detail any  proposed  adjustments  to such
          proposed Final Closing Accounting and the reasons therefor.  If Seller
          has not  received  such  notice of  proposed  adjustments  within such
          45-day period,  Purchaser shall be deemed irrevocably to have accepted
          the proposed Final Closing Accounting.

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     6.4.4Purchaser  and Seller  shall  negotiate  in good faith to resolve  any
          disputes   over  any  proposed   adjustments   to  the  Final  Closing
          Accounting. In the event that Seller and Purchaser are unable to agree
          with respect to the Final Closing Accounting, within seven (7) days of
          Seller's  receipt,  Seller and Purchaser  shall mutually agree upon an
          independent  public  accounting firm, which shall make a determination
          of such dispute based on not more than two rounds of  presentations by
          Seller and Purchaser and not by  independent  review.  The findings of
          such firm,  which  shall not  exceed in amount  the amount  claimed by
          either  party as to any matter in  dispute,  shall be  conclusive  and
          binding upon Seller and Purchaser for purposes of this Agreement.  The
          fees and expenses of such firm shall be borne 50% by Seller and 50% by
          Purchaser. Seller or Purchaser, as applicable,  shall pay to the other
          such  amounts  as  may  be  required  by  the   determination  of  the
          independent  accounting  firm,  together with interest  thereon at the
          Interest  Rate from the Closing Date  through the date of payment,  by
          wire  transfer of  immediately  available  funds on or before the date
          which is five (5) Business Days after such determination.

     6.4.5Seller and Purchaser  acknowledge  that the Purchase Price  calculated
          at Closing  pursuant to Exhibit E-1  assumes  that Net Current  Assets
          exceed the Net Current  Assets  Target by an amount equal to estimated
          cash on hand (other than petty cash and similar amounts  maintained at
          the  Communities),  which cash is reduced by the  Minority  Percentage
          Interest. If the Final Closing Accounting indicates Net Current Assets
          exceeded the Net Current Assets Target (as determined in Section 6.12)
          by more than the Net Current Assets calculation used at Closing,  then
          the  Purchase  Price shall be  increased  by the amount of such excess
          (reduced by the Minority Percentage  Interest) and Purchaser shall pay
          to Seller the amount of such  excess (as so  reduced),  together  with
          interest  thereon at the  Interest  Rate from the Closing Date through
          the date of payment,  by wire transfer of immediately  available funds
          on or before the date which is twenty  (20) days after the date of its
          approval of the Final Closing Accounting pursuant to Section 6.4.3. If
          the Final Closing Accounting indicates Net Current Assets exceeded the
          Net Current Assets Target (as determined in Section 6.12) by less than
          the Net Current Assets  calculation used at Closing (or were less than
          the Net Current Assets Target (as determined in Section  6.12)),  then
          the  Purchase  Price shall be reduced by the amount of such  shortfall
          (reduced by the Minority Percentage  Interest) and Purchaser shall pay
          to Seller the amount of such shortfall (as so reduced),  together with
          interest  thereon at the  Interest  Rate from the Closing Date through
          the date of payment,  by wire transfer of immediately  available funds
          on or  before  the date  which is twenty  (20) days  after the date of
          Purchaser's  approval  of the Final  Closing  Accounting  pursuant  to
          Section 6.4.3; provided that if the Final Closing Accounting indicates
          that Net Current  Assets at either FRP or FRC-I were less than the Net
          Current  Assets  Target  (as  determined  in  Section  6.12)  for such
          Subsidiary  then the  amount  of such  shortfall  attributable  to the
          excess of the Net Current  Assets  Target over the Net Current  Assets
          shall not be reduced by the applicable Minority  Percentage  Interest.
          In the event of any dispute  concerning the Final Closing  Accounting,
          Seller or Purchaser, as applicable,  shall pay to the other the amount
          not in dispute, and the amount in dispute shall be payable pursuant to
          Section 6.4.4.

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6.5  CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

     6.5.1Seller has prepared,  and Purchaser has accepted subject to its review
          and  approval  of final  information  pursuant to Section  6.5.4,  the
          estimate,  as of the end of the  fifth  4-week  accounting  period  in
          Seller's 1997 fiscal year, of all amounts  expended by each Subsidiary
          (including  accrued  liabilities set forth on the Closing  Accounting)
          towards Budgeted Capital  Improvements,  attached to this Agreement as
          Exhibit E-4 (the "Estimated Capital Improvement  Expenditures").  Upon
          request,  Seller shall make available to Purchaser  reasonable back-up
          of the matters set forth in such estimate.

     6.5.2Seller has approved,  and Purchaser has accepted subject to its review
          and  approval  of final  information  pursuant  to Section  6.5.4,  an
          estimate as to the amount by which the Estimated  Capital  Improvement
          Expenditures are more or less than the product obtained by multiplying
          (i) the total projected  expenditures  shown for such Budgeted Capital
          Improvements in the applicable  Capital  Expenditure  Budget by (ii) a
          fraction,  the  numerator of which is the number of days elapsed prior
          to Closing in the Company's 1997 fiscal year,  and the  denominator of
          which is 364.  With  respect  to FRP and  FRC-I,  any such  surplus or
          shortfall  was  reduced  to  reflect  only  the  Majority   Percentage
          Interest. Purchaser and Seller acknowledge that all such surpluses and
          shortfalls  in  the  aggregate  for  all  Subsidiaries   result  in  a
          shortfall,  and  that as a  result  the  Purchase  Price to be paid at
          Closing  will  be  reduced  by  the  amount  of  such  shortfall  (the
          "Estimated Capital Expenditure Shortfall").

     6.5.3The amount of any  Financing  Reserve which is used for the payment of
          expenditures  otherwise  payable  out the  "FF&E  Reserve"  under  any
          management  or operating  agreements  in effect from and after Closing
          shall  be  treated   as  a   pre-funding   of  such  "FF&E   Reserve."
          Consequently,  the amounts  which under such  management  or operating
          agreements  would be payable  into the "FF&E  Reserve"  after  Closing
          shall  constitute   "Operating  Expenses"  under  such  management  or
          operating  agreements,  but  shall be  distributed  to the  applicable
          Subsidiary  (in lieu of being  deposited in the "FF&E  Reserve"  under
          such  management  or  operating  agreements)  until  such time as such
          amounts equal the amounts on deposit in such  Financing  Reserve as of
          the Closing Date.

     6.5.4On or  before  the  date  which  is  one  hundred  twenty  (120)  days
          following  the Closing  Date,  Seller  shall  furnish to  Purchaser an
          accounting,  as of the Closing Date, of all amounts actually  expended
          or accrued by each Subsidiary  towards Budgeted Capital  Improvements.
          Such accounting shall be in substantially  the same form as Exhibit E-
          4. Upon request,  Seller shall make available to Purchaser  reasonable
          back-up of the  matters  set forth in such  accounting.  At such time,
          Seller shall determine whether the amounts expended by each Subsidiary
          towards Budgeted Capital  Expenditures are (i) more, in the aggregate,
          than the  amount  obtained  by  multiplying  (x) the  total  projected
          expenditures  shown  for such  Budgeted  Capital  Expenditures  in the
          applicable  Capital  Expenditures  Budget  by  (y)  a  fraction,   the
          numerator of which is the number of days  elapsed  prior to Closing in
          the Company's 1997 fiscal year and the  denominator of which is 364 (a
          "Capital  Expenditure  Surplus") or (ii) less, in the aggregate,  than
          such amount (a "Capital Expenditure  Shortfall").  With respect to FRP
          and FRC-I,  any such  determination  of surplus or shortfall  shall be

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          reduced to reflect only the  Majority  Percentage  Interest;  provided
          that with respect to shortfalls the Majority  Percentage Interest will
          only be taken into  account to the extent that the Net Current  Assets
          of such Subsidiary  determined in the Final Closing  Accounting are in
          excess of the Net Current Assets Target of such  Subsidiary.  If there
          is a Capital Expenditure Surplus, the Purchase Price will be increased
          by an amount equal to the sum of such Capital Expenditure Surplus plus
          the Estimated  Capital  Expenditure  Shortfall.  If there is a Capital
          Expenditure  Shortfall that exceeds the Estimated Capital  Expenditure
          Shortfall,  the Purchase Price will be decreased by the amount of such
          excess. If there is a Capital Expenditure  Shortfall that is less than
          the Estimated Capital Expenditure  Shortfall,  the Purchase Price will
          be increased by the difference.  Any amounts required to be paid under
          this Section 6.5.4 shall be made,  together  with interest  thereon at
          the  Interest  Rate from the Closing Date through the date of payment,
          by wire transfer of immediately  available funds on or before the date
          which is twenty  (20) days  after  the date of  approval  of the Final
          Closing  Accounting  pursuant to Section 6.4.3. Any dispute concerning
          such adjustments  shall be resolved in the manner described in Section
          6.4, mutatis mutandis.

6.6  LIFECARE PAYMENTS.

     6.6.1The following  Lifecare  Contracts  shall  comprise the "Base Lifecare
          Contracts"  for  purposes  of  this  Agreement:  up  to  149  Lifecare
          Contracts  for Pueblo  Norte,  and up to 144  Lifecare  Contracts  for
          Brookside.

     6.6.2For  those  Base  Lifecare  Contracts  in effect  as of  Closing,  the
          following shall apply:

          6.6.2.1 Purchaser shall receive no  compensation,  whether in the form
               of an adjustment to the Purchase Price or otherwise, for Lifecare
               Payments  received by the Company or any Subsidiary  prior to the
               Closing  Date  from  the  Residents   under  such  Base  Lifecare
               Contracts;

          6.6.2.2 From and after Closing,  Seller, at its sole cost and expense,
               shall maintain all Lifecare  Reserves  required by any applicable
               law or any  Governmental  Authority in connection  with such Base
               Lifecare  Contracts,  and shall make all payments  required under
               such  Base  Lifecare   Contracts.   To  the  extent  required  by
               applicable  law  or any  Governmental  Authority,  such  Lifecare
               Reserves  may be in the  name of the  Company  or the  applicable
               Subsidiary,  but  Seller  and  Purchaser  acknowledge  that their
               intent  is  that  Seller,  to the  extent  permitted  by law  and
               Governmental Authority,  shall have complete dominion and control
               over  such  Lifecare  Reserves  (including  the  right to  direct
               payment),   and  shall  have  complete   responsibility  for  the
               maintenance thereof;

          6.6.2.3 At such  time as may be  permitted  under  applicable  law and
               Governmental Authority, Seller shall have the right to distribute
               to itself all Lifecare Reserves described in Section 6.6.2.2.  To
               the extent that such  Lifecare  Reserves  are held in the name of
               the Company or any Subsidiary,  Purchaser shall cause the Company
               or  such   Subsidiary  to  cooperate   fully  in  effecting  such
               distribution to Seller; and
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          6.6.2.4 Notwithstanding  any provision of any New Operating  Agreement
               to the contrary, Lifecare Payments received by the Company or any
               Subsidiary  prior to the Closing  Date from the  Residents  under
               Base Lifecare  Contracts  shall not constitute  "Gross  Revenues"
               under the New Operating Agreement, whether in full or the portion
               thereof amortizing after the Closing Date.

     6.6.3For those Lifecare  Contracts in effect at any Community as of Closing
          in  excess  of  the  Base   Lifecare   Contracts   ("Excess   Lifecare
          Contracts"), the following shall apply:

          6.6.3.1 The  Purchase  Price shall be  decreased  by the amount of any
               Lifecare  Payment  (reduced by any applicable  Minority  Interest
               Percentage)  received in respect of the Excess Lifecare Contracts
               (plus such interest  thereon as may be required under  applicable
               law as of the  Closing  Date),  except  to the  extent  any  such
               Lifecare Payment is accrued as a Current Liability, and except to
               the extent of the amount of any Lifecare  Reserve  maintained  by
               the applicable  Subsidiary  with respect to such Excess  Lifecare
               Contracts; and

          6.6.3.2 From  and  after  Closing,  Purchaser,  at its  sole  cost and
               expense,   shall  maintain  all  Lifecare  Reserves  required  by
               applicable law or any  Governmental  Authority in connection with
               the  Excess  Lifecare  Contracts  and  shall  make  all  payments
               required under the Excess Lifecare Contracts.

     6.6.4Lifecare  Contracts shall be allocated between Base Lifecare Contracts
          and Excess  Lifecare  Contracts  based on their  effective  date, with
          those  Lifecare  Contracts  having an  earlier  effective  date  being
          allocated to Base Lifecare  Contracts,  and those  Lifecare  Contracts
          with a  later  effective  date  being  allocated  to  Excess  Lifecare
          Contracts.

     6.6.5Seller has provided to Purchaser,  and Purchaser has accepted  subject
          to its review  and  approval  of final  information  pursuant  to this
          Section  6.6.5,  a list  (itemized by Resident),  as of the end of the
          fifth  4-week  accounting  period  in  Seller's  fiscal  year,  of the
          following:  (i) all Lifecare  Contracts  in effect,  (ii) all Lifecare
          Payments  received  under  such  Lifecare  Contracts,  and  (iii)  all
          Lifecare Reserves  maintained with respect to such Lifecare Contracts.
          Such list forms the basis for implementing, at Closing, the provisions
          of Sections 6.6.1 through 6.6.4,  and is attached to this Agreement as
          Exhibit E-3. On the date which is one hundred  twenty (120) days after
          the Closing Date,  Seller shall provide to Purchaser a list  (itemized
          by  Resident)  of all  Lifecare  Contracts  actually  in  effect,  all
          Lifecare Payments actually received under such Lifecare Contracts, and
          all  Lifecare  Reserves  maintained  with  respect  to  such  Lifecare
          Contracts,  all as of the Closing  Date.  Seller and  Purchaser,  both
          acting  reasonably and in good faith,  shall make such  adjustments to
          the Purchase Price as shall be required based upon the actual Lifecare
          Contracts and Lifecare  Payments as of the Closing Date. Within twenty
          (20) days after completion of such  adjustments,  Seller and Purchaser
          shall each make such  payments to the other,  together  with  interest
          thereon at the Interest Rate from the Closing Date through the date of
          payment, as may be required as a result of such adjustments.

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6.7  SECURITY DEPOSITS. Seller and Purchaser acknowledge that the Purchase Price
     calculated  at  Closing  pursuant  to  Exhibit  E-1 was  based  on  certain
     assumptions  of  levels  of  Security   Deposit  Reserves  and  liabilities
     associated  with  Security  Deposits  that  resulted  in an increase in the
     Purchase Price (such  increase,  the "Estimated  Security  Deposit  Reserve
     Surplus").  If the Final  Closing  Accounting  indicates  that the Security
     Deposit Reserves exceeded the liabilities associated with Security Deposits
     by more than the  Estimated  Security  Deposit  Reserve  Surplus,  then the
     Purchase Price shall be increased by the amount of such excess  (reduced by
     the Minority  Percentage  Interest) and  Purchaser  shall pay to Seller the
     amount of such excess (as so reduced),  together with  interest  thereon at
     the Interest  Rate from the Closing  Date  through the date of payment,  by
     wire transfer of immediately available funds on or before the date which is
     twenty  (20) days  after  the date of its  approval  of the  Final  Closing
     Accounting  pursuant  to Section  6.4.3.  If the Final  Closing  Accounting
     indicates  that the Security  Deposit  Reserves  exceeded  the  liabilities
     associated  with  Security  Deposits  by less  than the  Estimate  Security
     Deposit  Reserve  Surplus,  or if  the  liability  of  the  Company  or the
     applicable  Subsidiary for Security Deposits as of the Closing exceeded the
     amount of any Security Deposit  Reserves  associated  therewith,  then such
     shortfall  will  be  deemed  to be a  Current  Liability  for  purposes  of
     determining  the  final  Net  Current  Assets  and will be  reduced  by the
     Minority  Percentage  Interest to the extent set forth in Section 6.4.5. In
     the event of any dispute  concerning the Final Closing  Accounting,  Seller
     and  Purchaser,  as  applicable,  shall pay to the other the  amount not in
     dispute,  and the amount in dispute  shall be payable  pursuant  to Section
     6.4.4.

6.8  CERTAIN PURCHASE PRICE ADJUSTMENTS.  Seller and Purchaser  acknowledge that
     certain  payments made in respect of the Tax Agreement may be accounted for
     as an adjustment to the Purchase Price.  Without limiting the generality of
     the foregoing,  with respect to each Subsidiary  which is a partnership for
     purposes of federal income taxes, amounts paid under the Tax Agreement as a
     result of taxable income or gain realized by such Subsidiary for the period
     prior to Closing  shall be accounted  for as an  adjustment to the Purchase
     Price.

6.9  NEW OPERATING AGREEMENT MATTERS.

     6.9.1For purposes of the definition of "Owner's  Initial Cost" set forth in
          Section 1.01 of each New  Operating  Agreement,  the  Purchase  Price,
          Existing  Financing and Purchaser's  budgeted costs in connection with
          the Transaction  shall be allocated among the Communities as set forth
          on Exhibit E-5.  Within ten (10) days after Seller and Purchaser agree
          to the Final Closing  Accounting  pursuant to Section 6.4,  Seller and
          Purchaser  shall make such  revisions to such  definition  of "Owner's
          Initial  Cost" as may be necessary to conform such  definition  to the
          Final Closing Accounting and to reflect all actual out-of-pocket costs
          and expenses  incurred by Purchaser or its  Affiliates  in  connection
          with the Transaction.

     6.9.2The Capital  Expenditure  Budget for each Community  shall  constitute
          the "Repairs and Equipment Estimate" described in Section 8.02D of the
          New Operating Agreement for such Community for the balance of the 1997
          fiscal year.

     6.9.3The operating  projections for each Community  attached as Exhibit E-6
          shall constitute the Annual Operating  Projection described in Section
          9.03 of the New Operating Agreement for such Community for the balance
          of the 1997 fiscal year.

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     6.9.4Any cost,  expense,  liability  or other  amount (an  "Expense")  that
          would  otherwise  constitute  an  "Operating  Expense"  under  any New
          Operating  Agreement shall be excluded from  "Operating  Expenses" and
          shall  be  borne  solely  by  Seller  and  its   Affiliates   (or,  if
          constituting   a  Current   Liability   shown  on  the  Final  Closing
          Accounting,  shall be borne solely by Purchaser and its Affiliates) to
          the extent that it is  attributable  to, or relates to, the employment
          of any  person  by the  Company  or any  of its  Affiliates  prior  to
          Closing.  Such Expenses to be excluded from "Operating Expenses" shall
          include  (i) the pro rata  portion of any  payment,  bonus,  or profit
          sharing  allocation  that is paid or  provided  with  respect  to,  or
          relates to, a period that includes the Closing,  including bonuses and
          other forms of incentive  compensation,  (ii) deferred compensation or
          benefits  that relate to periods  prior to Closing,  and (iii)  unused
          personal  time,  vacation  pay or sick leave  (collectively,  "Leave")
          accrued prior to Closing  (whether or not pay or benefits with respect
          to such Leave is paid or provided  separately  or as a part of regular
          payroll).

     6.9.5Any Expense that would  otherwise  constitute an  "Operating  Expense"
          under any New Operating  Agreement  shall be excluded from  "Operating
          Expenses" and shall be borne solely by Seller and its Affiliates  (or,
          if  constituting  a  Current  Liability  shown  on the  Final  Closing
          Accounting,  shall be borne solely by Purchaser and its Affiliates) to
          the extent that it is  attributable  to, or relates to, any person who
          is or was an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates prior to
          Closing  and who is on  disability  or  similar  leave  at the time of
          Closing (except for Operating  Expenses for employer  contributions to
          welfare benefit plans), provided that any Expense that is attributable
          to or relates to the  employment  of any such person after such person
          returns to active  employment with the Seller or any of its Affiliates
          after Closing may be treated as an Operating  Expense,  subject to the
          terms of the New Operating Agreement.

6.10 TRANSACTION COSTS.

     6.10.1 Purchaser shall pay (i) all recordation,  transfer,  documentary and
          similar taxes,  if any, levied upon transfer of the Stock by Seller to
          Purchaser, (ii) all costs and premiums charged by the Title Company in
          connection with its search of title to the Communities and issuance of
          the Title  Policies,  (iii) the fees and  expenses of Claris  Services
          Corporation,   Purchaser's  Accountants,   and  any  other  appraiser,
          engineer,  environmental consultant, advisor or consultant retained by
          Purchaser,  (iv) the fees and expenses of Purchaser's legal counsel in
          connection  with the  Transaction,  (v) such other usual and customary
          costs,  expenses and charges as may be lawfully  imposed by any Person
          other  than  Seller  and  its   Affiliates  in  connection   with  the
          Transaction, and (vi) such other costs as are specifically required to
          be borne by Purchaser under this Agreement.

     6.10.2 Seller  shall pay (i) the costs and  expenses of its legal  counsel,
          the  Seller's  Accountants  and  any  other  advisors  or  consultants
          retained  by  Seller,  and (ii) such other  costs as are  specifically
          required to be borne by Seller under this Agreement.

6.11 EMPLOYEES.  Prior to Closing,  Seller shall take all such actions as may be
     necessary  or  appropriate  such that,  effective  as of the  Closing,  the
     Company and its  Subsidiaries  shall have no employees or directors  (other
     than the independent  directors of Forum  Retirement,  FFI and Forum Ohio).

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     Prior to Closing,  Seller  shall take all such actions  (including  but not
     limited to obtaining  employee waivers and consents) as may be necessary or
     appropriate  such  that,  on and after the  Closing,  the  Company  and its
     Subsidiaries  shall no longer  sponsor,  be a party to,  participate in, or
     have any  obligation  under or with respect to any Plan, or any contract or
     agreement listed on Exhibit C-10. Prior to Closing, Seller shall provide to
     Purchaser a written  description  of the actions  taken (or to be taken) by
     Seller in order to comply with the provisions of this Section 6.11, and the
     actions  by Seller to seek to cause the  Company  and its  Subsidiaries  to
     cease being a party to, or obligated under, any union contract,  collective
     bargaining agreement or other labor contract.  The delivery to Purchaser of
     the written  description  provided for by the  preceding  sentence,  or the
     failure of Purchaser to object to the  contents  thereof,  shall not in any
     way limit,  restrict,  or constitute a waiver of any of Purchaser's  rights
     hereunder  or  satisfy,  relieve,  or in any  way  modify  any of  Seller's
     obligations  hereunder,  except Seller's obligation to deliver such written
     description.

6.12 NET CURRENT ASSETS TARGET.  Within five (5) days of Purchaser's  receipt of
     the "Interim  Accountings" under the New Operating Agreements for the ninth
     4-week accounting period in Seller's 1997 fiscal year, Seller and Purchaser
     shall mutually  determine,  both acting  reasonably and in good faith,  the
     amount  of Net  Current  Assets  ("Net  Current  Assets  Target")  for  all
     Subsidiaries which is sufficient to meet the reasonably anticipated working
     capital  needs  of  such  Subsidiaries,  taking  into  account  the  actual
     experience of each individual  Subsidiary,  as well as the restrictions set
     forth in the Existing Financing Documents. Such determination shall exclude
     extraordinary cash needs, or cash required to fund capital  expenditures in
     excess of amounts  payable  into the FF&E Reserve  under the New  Operating
     Agreement  or any  other  management  agreement  in  effect  from and after
     Closing.  Seller and  Purchaser  agree that the Net Current  Assets  Target
     shall   not  be   less   than   $553/Residential   Unit   nor   more   than
     $1,000/Residential Unit. Any dispute concerning such determination shall be
     resolved in the manner described in Section 6.4.4, mutatis mutandis.


                          VII. COVENANTS AFTER CLOSING

7.1  BOOKS AND  RECORDS.  Upon  request  of  Purchaser  from time to time  after
     Closing,  Seller shall deliver to Purchaser all or any portion of the Books
     requested  by  Purchaser.  So long as any Books,  to the  extent  that they
     pertain to the period  preceding the Closing Date,  remain in existence and
     available,  Seller and Purchaser shall each (at its expense) have the right
     to  inspect  and to make  copies  of the  same at any  time  during  normal
     business hours for any proper purpose upon reasonable prior notice.

7.2  FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

     7.2.1On or before July 21,  1997,  Seller shall  deliver to  Purchaser  (i)
          year- to-date 1997 financial information through the second quarter as
          may be required under the Existing  Financing  Documents for FRC-I and
          FFI, and (ii) balance sheet  information with account detail by entity
          as of June 20,  1997,  with the  Seller  to  assist  Purchaser  in the
          recording of the acquisition by entity.

     7.2.2On or  before  July  30,  1997,  Seller  shall  deliver  to  Purchaser
          year-to- date 1997  financial  statements  through the second  quarter
          (10-Q) and such other  financial  information as may be required under
          the Existing Financing Documents for FRP.

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     7.2.3On or before August 5, 1997, (i) Seller  support the  preparation of a
          balance  sheet,  income  statement and statement of cash flows for the
          Company and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated  basis) for the fiscal
          years  ending  January 3,  1997,  March 31,  1996 and March 31,  1995,
          together with an unqualified  audit report thereon issued by KPMG Peat
          Marwick LLP (engaged by Purchaser) and/or Purchaser's Accountants, and
          (ii)  Seller  shall  deliver a balance  sheet,  income  statement  and
          statement  of cash flows for the  Company and its  Subsidiaries  (on a
          consolidated  basis) for year-to-date 1997 and 1996 through the second
          quarter, unaudited, with footnotes, in 10-Q format.

7.3  FURTHER ASSURANCES.  From and after Closing,  promptly upon request, Seller
     and Purchaser  shall promptly take all  appropriate  action and execute all
     documents,  instruments and conveyances of any kind which may be reasonably
     necessary or  advisable to effect the transfer of the Stock to  Purchaser's
     Designee and otherwise  carry out any of the provisions of this  Agreement.
     Without  limiting the  generality  of the  foregoing,  Seller and Purchaser
     shall  promptly  take all  appropriate  action and  execute  all  documents
     reasonably  necessary  to  effect  the  transfer  of the  Excluded  Assets,
     effective prior to Closing,  by the Company and its  Subsidiaries to Seller
     or its  Affiliates,  provided  that all  costs,  expenses  and  liabilities
     incurred in connection with such transfer shall be borne by Seller.

7.4  EQUIPMENT  LEASES.  Seller  acknowledges  that  all  Equipment  Leases  and
     Contracts in effect as of the Closing Date are acceptable to it, and agrees
     that after Closing,  the New Operator shall not require the  termination of
     such Equipment Leases or Contracts prior to the expiration of their term.

7.5  MEDICAID/MEDICARE CONTRACTS. In connection with the Transaction, Seller and
     Purchaser   shall   fully   cooperate   with   each   other  to  cause  all
     Medicaid/Medicare Contracts to continue in full force and effect (or to the
     extent  required by law,  to cause new  Medicaid/Medicare  Contracts  to be
     entered  into) in favor of the Company and each  Subsidiary  from and after
     Closing.  Without  limiting the  generality  of the  foregoing,  Seller and
     Purchaser shall each promptly furnish all information as may be required by
     any  Governmental  Authority  in  connection  with  such  Medicaid/Medicare
     Contracts.  Seller and Purchaser  shall each provide to the other copies of
     all applications, documents, correspondence and written communications that
     each of them or their  Affiliates files with, sends to or receives from any
     Governmental Authority in connection with the Medicaid/Medicare Contracts.

7.6  PERMITS.  In connection  with the  Transaction,  Seller and Purchaser shall
     fully  cooperate  with each other,  (i) to cause all Permits to continue in
     full  force and  effect (or to the  extent  required  by law,  to cause new
     Permits to be issued) in favor of the Company and each  Subsidiary from and
     after Closing, or (ii) to the extent permitted by law, to cause all Permits
     to be  issued  in the  name of the New  Operator  from and  after  Closing.
     Without  limiting the  generality  of the  foregoing,  Seller and Purchaser
     shall each  promptly  furnish  all  information  as may be  required by any
     Governmental  Authority in connection with the transfer or issuance of such
     Permits (other than confidential or proprietary information not customarily
     required for such  transfers  and  issuances and not required by applicable
     law, provided that the party withholding such information is diligently and
     reasonably contesting the legality of the requirement that such information
     be provided).  Seller and Purchaser  shall each provide to the other copies
     of all applications,  documents,  correspondence and written communications
     that each of them or their Affiliates files with, sends to or receives from
     any Governmental Authority in connection with the Permits.

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7.7  NOTICES OF VIOLATION.  In the event that prior to Closing any  Governmental
     Authority  shall issue any notice of violations of orders or  requirements,
     against or affecting  the Assets,  such notice  shall be promptly  complied
     with by Seller at its sole cost and expense.

7.8  CASUALTY.  In the event that prior to  Closing,  all or any  portion of the
     Assets is damaged or destroyed by fire or other  casualty,  and restoration
     of the Assets is not  completed  as of  Closing,  then in  addition  to the
     Assets  otherwise  required under this Agreement to be owned by the Company
     and the  Subsidiaries as of Closing,  there shall be included all insurance
     proceeds  in respect of such  casualty  (or the right to receive the same),
     less such  portion  as shall  have been  expended  in  connection  with the
     restoration  of the Assets to their  condition as of prior to such casualty
     (and  such  proceeds,  or the  right to  receive  the  same,  shall  not be
     considered a Current Asset in the calculation of Net Current Assets).

7.9  CONDEMNATION.  In  the  event  that  prior  to  Closing,  any  Governmental
     Authority  shall  condemn,  on a permanent or temporary  basis,  all or any
     portion of the Assets,  then in addition to the Assets  required under this
     Agreement  to be owned by the Company and the  Subsidiaries  as of Closing,
     there shall be included all proceeds of such  condemnation (or the right to
     receive  the  same),  less such  portion  as shall  have been  expended  in
     connection  with the  restoration  of the Assets to their  condition  as of
     prior to such  condemnation  or taking (and such proceeds,  or the right to
     receive  the  same,  shall  not  be  considered  a  Current  Asset  in  the
     calculation of Net Current Assets).

7.10 CHANGE OF NAMES.  As soon as  practicable  following  Closing,  taking into
     account the timing of the  renewal of  Permits,  but in no event later than
     the one (1) year anniversary of the Closing Date, Purchaser shall cause the
     name of the Company and each  Subsidiary  to be changed so as to  eliminate
     reference to the word "Forum" or variations  thereof.  Notwithstanding  the
     foregoing,  if such change is prohibited by, or would violate, any Contract
     to which the Company or any  Subsidiary is a party or otherwise  bound,  or
     the  Existing  Financing  Documents,  then such change shall be effected by
     Purchaser at the earliest possible time that such change would no longer be
     prohibited  by,  or  violate,  such  Contract  or  the  Existing  Financing
     Documents.  Seller shall reimburse  Purchaser for all out-of-pocket  filing
     costs  (not  including  any fees of  outside  legal  counsel)  incurred  by
     Purchaser in connection  with the change of names described in this Section
     7.10.

7.11 NOTICES, CONSENTS AND APPROVALS. Purchaser and Seller shall fully cooperate
     with each other to give such notices of the Transaction, and to obtain such
     consents to and approvals of the Transaction, as may be required, including
     those notices,  consents and approvals set forth on Exhibit C-8.  Purchaser
     and Seller  shall each  provide  such  additional  information,  documents,
     materials  and filings as may be  required  to give such  notices or obtain
     such consents and approvals. Purchaser and Seller shall each furnish to the
     other and its counsel such  information and assistance as may be reasonably
     requested in connection  with the giving of such notices or obtaining  such
     consents and approvals.

7.12 EXPANSION  AGREEMENTS.  Seller and Purchaser  acknowledge that an Expansion
     Agreement is not being  executed at Closing  with respect to the  following
     Communities  (or to certain  Expansion  Phases  within  such  Communities):
     Remington II,  Montevista I, Myrtle Beach II, and Lincoln  Heights  II/III.
     From and  after  Closing,  Seller  and  Purchaser  shall  use  commercially
     reasonable  efforts to obtain the  consent of any Person  whose  consent is

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     required as a condition to the execution of the Expansion  Agreement or the
     construction of the Expansion Units described in such Expansion  Agreement.
     Promptly upon obtaining all consents required with respect to any Community
     (or to Expansion Phases within such Community),  Seller shall execute,  and
     Purchaser  shall cause the applicable  Subsidiary to execute,  an Expansion
     Agreement for such Community (or Expansion Phase).

7.13 EXPANSION OF DESERT HARBOR. Seller and Purchaser acknowledge that as of the
     Closing  Date,  (i) FFI does not own a portion of the land on which  Desert
     Harbor will be expanded  pursuant to the  Expansion  Agreement  executed at
     Closing with respect to Desert  Harbor,  and (ii) Seller has  contracted to
     acquire such land. After Closing, Seller shall cause fee title to such land
     to be  transferred  to FFI,  at the sole cost and  expense of  Seller,  and
     Purchaser  shall cause FFI to cooperate  as may be necessary in  connection
     with such transfer.

7.14 CERTAIN EXPANSION PROJECTS.

     7.14.1 Upon request of Purchaser from time to time,  Seller shall assign to
          Purchaser or  Purchaser's  Affiliates  all  warranties  and guaranties
          received by Seller or any of its  Affiliates  in  connection  with the
          design, construction and equipping of the following expansion projects
          affecting the Communities and completed prior to Closing: Brookside I,
          Brookside II, Brookside IV, Foulk Manor South, Montebello I, Lafayette
          I, Deer Creek I, Myrtle Beach I, Pueblo Norte I,  Shipley  Manor,  and
          Park Summit IV (3 of 30  Expansion  Units)  (collectively,  "Completed
          Expansion Projects"). If for any reason such warranties and guaranties
          are not assignable to Purchaser or its Affiliates,  Seller shall fully
          cooperate  with Purchaser and its Affiliates in enforcing or otherwise
          exercising its rights with respect to such warranties and guaranties.

     7.14.2 Seller  warrants to Purchaser  and its  Affiliates  that  materials,
          equipment,  Decorative  Items,  FF&E, Trade Equipment,  Soft Goods and
          Fixed  Asset  Supplies  (as  such  terms  are  defined  in the form of
          Expansion  Agreement)  furnished  in  connection  with  the  Completed
          Expansion  Projects  which were  substantially  completed  on or after
          January 1, 1997 and prior to Closing  shall be of good quality and new
          and that the  construction  and  installation of the same will be free
          from  defects  not  inherent in the  quality  required  or  permitted.
          Seller's  warranty  excludes  remedy  for  damage or defect  caused by
          abuse, improper or insufficient  maintenance,  improper operation,  or
          normal wear and tear under normal usage. The foregoing  warranty shall
          expire as to any  deficiencies  not noted in writing by  Purchaser  to
          Seller  prior to the date  which  is one (1)  year  after  Substantial
          Completion  (as  defined  in the  Expansion  Agreement)  of each  such
          Completed  Expansion Project,  other than latent defects,  and two (2)
          years with  respect to latent  defects  (such  warranty not to include
          defects   in   equipment   for   which   a   commercially   reasonable
          manufacturer's  warranty  was  obtained  at the  time of the  purchase
          thereof).  Purchaser shall have the right, prior to expiration of such
          two (2) year period for latent defects  warranty,  to notify Seller of
          conditions which Purchaser  reasonably  believes and can indicate with
          reasonable  specificity  do or will  constitute  latent  defects.  The
          parties will attempt to agree upon whether such condition  constitutes
          or will constitute a latent defect, and failing agreement either party
          may submit such dispute to binding  arbitration in accordance with the
          terms of Section 11.3 of the Expansion Agreement. Seller and Purchaser
          acknowledge  that the  only  Completed  Expansion  Project  which  was
          substantially  completed  on or after  January  1,  1997 and  prior to
          Closing is Park Summit IV (3 of 30 Expansion Units).

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7.15 HUD CONSENT TO LEXINGTON EXPANSION.  Seller and Purchaser  acknowledge that
     the consent of the U.S.  Department of Housing and Urban Development may be
     required in connection with the construction of certain  Expansion Units at
     Lexington.  From and  after  closing,  Seller  shall  at its sole  cost and
     expense  take such  action as may be  reasonably  necessary  to obtain such
     consent, and Purchaser shall fully cooperate as may be reasonably necessary
     to obtain such consent.

7.16 ADDITIONAL  SELLER  WORK.  Seller  shall,  at its sole  cost  and  expense,
     complete the work described on Exhibit E-7.  Seller shall use  commercially
     reasonable efforts to substantially  complete all such work by December 31,
     1997.


                               VIII. MISCELLANEOUS

8.1  JURISDICTION.  Any suit,  action or proceeding  under or in connection with
     this Agreement or the Transaction  shall be brought in any federal or state
     court of  competent  jurisdiction  located  in the  State of  Maryland.  By
     execution  of  this  Agreement,   each  party  consents  to  the  exclusive
     jurisdiction  of such  courts,  and  waives  any  right  to  challenge  the
     jurisdiction of such courts or the appropriateness of venue in such courts.
     EACH PARTY TO THIS  AGREEMENT  HEREBY  WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN
     CONNECTION WITH ANY SUIT,  ACTION OR PROCEEDING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH
     THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTION DESCRIBED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

8.2  DOCUMENTARY   CONVENTIONS.   This  Agreement   shall  be  governed  by  the
     Documentary Conventions.

8.3  NOTICES.  Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement
     shall be in writing and shall be  hand-delivered,  delivered by  nationally
     recognized  overnight  courier,  mailed by  certified or  registered  mail,
     postage prepaid,  return receipt requested, or telecopied with confirmation
     of receipt, to the addresses set forth below, or to such other addresses of
     which  either party shall  notify the other party in  accordance  with this
     Section  8.3,  and shall be deemed  given as of the time of such mailing or
     delivery, as applicable:

                If to Seller:             Marriott Senior Living Services, Inc.
                                          10400 Fernwood Road
                                          Bethesda, Maryland 20817
                                          Attention:  Chief Financial Officer
                                          Telecopy:  301/380-6540

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                With a copy to:           Marriott International Law Department
                                          10400 Fernwood Road
                                          Bethesda, Maryland 20817
                                          Attention:  General Counsel
                                          Telecopy: 301/380-6727

                And a copy to:            O'Melveny & Myers LLP
                                          555 13th Street, N.W.
                                          Washington, D.C.  20004
                                          Attention:  David G. Pommerening,
                                                      Esquire
                                          Telecopy:  202/383-5414

                If to the Purchaser:      Host Marriott Corporation
                                          10400 Fernwood Road
                                          Bethesda, Maryland  20817-1109
                                          Attention:  Steven J. Fairbanks
                                          Telecopy:  301/380-6338

                with a copy to:           Host Marriott Corporation
                                          Law Department 923
                                          10400 Fernwood Road
                                          Bethesda, Maryland  20817-1109
                                          Attention:  David L. Buckley, Esquire
                                          Telecopy:  301/380-3588

                  with a copy to:         Arnold & Porter
                                          555 Twelfth Street, N.W.
                                          Washington, D.C.  20004
                                          Attention:  Michael D. Goodwin, 
                                                      Esquire
                                          Telecopy:  202/942-5999

8.4  BINDING EFFECT AND  ASSIGNMENT.  This Agreement  shall be binding upon, and
     shall inure to the benefit of, Seller and  Purchaser  and their  respective
     heirs, legal representatives,  successors and assigns.  Notwithstanding the
     foregoing, neither Seller nor Purchaser shall assign this Agreement, except
     that  Purchaser  shall have the  absolute  right,  upon  written  notice to
     Seller,  to assign  all or any  portion  of this  Agreement  and all or any
     portion  of its  rights  under this  Agreement  to any  Person One  Hundred
     Percent  (100%) of the voting stock,  membership  interests or  partnership
     interests of which is owned by Purchaser ("Purchaser's Designee"), provided
     that any such assignment  shall not relieve  Purchaser from any obligations
     or  liabilities  under this  Agreement.  Any  purported  assignment of this
     Agreement in violation of this Section 8.4 shall be null and void.

8.5  DEFAULT  AND  REMEDIES.  The  remedies  for  breach  of  or  default  under
     representations,   warranties  or  covenants  under  this  Agreement,   and
     liability  for damages in connection  with any such breach or default,  are
     limited  to the  extent set forth in the  Indemnity  Agreement,  and may be
     brought only in accordance with the Indemnity Agreement.

8.6  PUBLICITY.  Seller and Purchaser  shall  mutually  agree as to the form and
     substance of any press release,  press contact or other method of publicity
     relating to this Agreement or the Transaction,  and shall consult with each
     other as to the form and  substance  of  other  public  disclosure  related
     thereto, provided that nothing in this Section 8.6 shall prohibit Seller or
     Purchaser,  following  notice to the other,  from making any  disclosure or
     filing  which its counsel  deems  necessary  under New York Stock  Exchange
     Rules or other applicable law.

                         [signatures on following page]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller and Purchaser have executed this Agreement under
seal as of the Closing Date.

                                          Seller:

                                          MARRIOTT SENIOR LIVING SERVICES, INC.,
                                          a Delaware corporation
 

                                          By:/s/Paul E. Johnson, Jr.           
                                          Name:Paul E. Johnson, Jr.             
                                          Title:President                       
 


                                          Purchaser:

                                          HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                          corporation



                                          By:/s/Steven J. Fairbanks            
                                          Name:Steven J. Fairbanks              
                                          Title:Vice President                 



                     Joinder of Marriott International, Inc.

     This  undersigned  is joining  in this  Agreement  for the sole  purpose of
evidencing  its agreement to transfer to Purchaser the Series A Woodlands  Bonds
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.


                                          MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., 
                                          a Delaware corporation



                                          By:/s/Paul E. Johnson, Jr.
                                          Name:Paul E. Johnson, Jr.            
                                          Title:Vice President              
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LIST OF EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A:                 THE COMMUNITIES

                           A-1      List of Subsidiaries
                           A-2      List of Communities
                           A-3      Description of Land
                           A-4      List of Leases
                           A-5      List of Commercial Leases
                           A-6      List of Equipment Leases
                           A-7      List of Contracts
                           A-8      List of Medicaid/Medicare Contracts
                           A-9      Residential Units
                           A-10     Expansion Units
                           A-11     Pools

EXHIBIT B:                 EXCLUDED ASSETS

                           B-1      Excluded Communities
                           B-2      Excluded Subsidiaries
                           B-3      Selected Excluded Assets

EXHIBIT C:                 DISCLOSURES

                           C-1      Stock of Forum Group
                           C-2      Encumbrances upon Subsidiary Stock
                           C-3      Rent Roll and Receivables Aging Report
                           C-4      Insurance Claims
                           C-5      Litigation
                           C-6      Existing Financing Documents
                           C-7      Environmental Reports
                           C-8      Required Consents, Approvals and Notices
                           C-9      Employee Benefit Plans
                           C-10     Employee Agreements
                           C-11     Certain Employees of Seller

EXHIBIT D:                 FORMS OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS

                           D-1      Note
                           D-2      Guaranty
                           D-3      Expansion Agreement
                           D-4      Expansion Note
                           D-5      Expansion Guaranty
                           D-6      New Operating Agreement
                           D-7      Pooling Agreement
                           D-8      Indemnity Agreement
                           D-9      Tax Agreement

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                           D-10     Noncompetition Agreement
                           D-11     Distribution Agreement Amendment
                           D-12     Opinion of Seller's Counsel
                           D-13     Opinion of Purchaser's Counsel
                           D-14     Non-Imputation Endorsement

EXHIBIT E:                 FINANCIAL MATTERS

                           E-1      Calculations to Determine Purchase Price
                           E-2      Closing Accounting
                           E-3      Lifecare Contracts, Lifecare Reserves and 
                                    Lifecare Payments
                           E-4      Capital Expenditure Budgets
                           E-5      Determination of Owner's Initial Cost
                           E-6      Annual Operating Projections
                           E-7      Additional Seller Work



HOST MARRIOTT COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF
FORUM GROUP PORTFOLIO FOR $540 MILLION


BETHESDA,  MD,  June 24, 1997 -- Host  Marriott  Corporation  (NYSE:  HMT) today
announced  that it has completed its  previously  announced  acquisition  of the
outstanding  common stock of Forum Group,  Inc.,  from  Marriott  Senior  Living
Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Marriott International.  Host Marriott purchased
the Forum Group portfolio of senior living  communities for  approximately  $540
million, including an expansion plan valued at approximately $107 million.

The Forum Group portfolio,  which includes 29 retirement  communities with 6,127
existing  units  located in 11 states,  will  continue to be managed by Marriott
Senior Living  Services  under the Marriott  brand name. The expansion plan will
add 1,060 units, of which  approximately 500 are expected to be completed during
1997 with the remainder expected to be completed by January, 1999.

The existing  portfolio  of senior  living  communities  is expected to generate
approximately  $55.2  million  of  Earnings  Before  Interest  Expense,   Taxes,
Depreciation,  Amortization  and other non-cash items (EBITDA) for the full year
1997,  exclusive  of the  incremental  EBITDA  expected  to be  produced  by the
expansion plan.

"The acquisition of the Forum Group portfolio is both a positive financial event
for our company and an important step strategically in our effort to expand into
complementary  areas within our core lodging  business," said Terence C. Golden,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Host Marriott  Corporation.  "The Forum
Group portfolio represents the premier collection of senior living assets in the
country and we are  enthusiastic  about the  opportunity  to expand our alliance
with Marriott  International,  which will continue to manage these  communities,
and to leverage the benefits of the outstanding reputation of the Marriott brand
in an industry which is expected to continue to experience significant growth."

Mr. Golden  continued,  "The acquisition of the Forum Group portfolio  positions
Host  Marriott as one of the leading  investors in this industry and, as we move
forward,  our  objective  is to  leverage  our  size,  financial  resources  and
acquisition  experience to grow our senior living portfolio at a rate of 20% per
annum for the next several years. We expect to expand our portfolio  through the
acquisition  of new and existing  communities,  development  and, as this highly
fragmented  industry  consolidates,  the acquisition of senior living  companies
whose real estate holdings are  complementary to our own." 

Mr. Golden added, "We continue to be enthusiastic about the opportunity to build
on the strength of our strategic  relationship with Marriott  International.  We
have worked successfully with Marriott International in growing our full service
hotel portfolio and expect that the quality of the services provided by Marriott
Senior  Living  Services,   the  country's  largest  manager  of  senior  living
properties  serving the upper tier  segment of the  market,  will  provide  Host
Marriott  with a  significant  competitive  advantage  as  the  owner  of  these
communities." 

The Forum  Group  portfolio  is the largest  collection  of assets in the United
States serving the upper tier segment of the industry.  The  communities  have a
median age of eight years and  generally  represent  the premier  assets  within
their respective  market areas,  achieving the highest rental rates within these
markets. The portfolio offers independent living,  assisted living,  Alzheimer's
and nursing care units and is part of the Marriott  Senior Living Service system
which  enjoys  a 95%  system-wide  occupancy  rate,  comparing  favorably  to an
industry  average of 92%. It is estimated that the properties are being acquired
at approximately 75% of replacement cost. 

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The Forum  Group owns 100% of 19 of the 29  communities,  a 59%  interest in one
property,  and a 79%  interest  in the nine  remaining  communities  through its
ownership  interest in FRP  Retirement  Partners,  L.P., a publicly  held master
limited partnership.  Host Marriott will consolidate  approximately $275 million
of debt as a result of the acquisition.

Host Marriott is a real estate company which currently owns or holds controlling
interests in 86 upscale and luxury full service hotel  properties  and 29 senior
living communities  operated primarily under the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton brand
names.  The company also serves as general partner and holds minority  interests
in various  unconsolidated  partnerships that own 250 lodging properties,  30 of
which are full  service  hotels.  

Certain  matters   discussed  within  this  news  release  are  forward  looking
statements  within the meaning of the Private  Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and
as such may involve known and unknown  risks,  uncertainties,  and other factors
which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Host Marriott
to be different from any future results,  performance or achievements  expressed
or implied by such forward-looking  statements.  Although Host Marriott believes
the  expectations  reflected in such  forward-looking  statements are based upon
reasonable  assumptions,  it can give no assurance that its expectations will be
attained.  These risks are detailed  from time to time in the  company'  filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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