EXHIBIT 32.1

JOINT CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Aviv REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we, Craig M. Bernfield and Mark L. Wetzel, the principal executive and financial officers of the Company, certify, pursuant to and for purposes of 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Craig M. Bernfield

Craig M. Bernfield

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)

February 20, 2014

/s/ Mark L. Wetzel

Mark L. Wetzel

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer)

February 20, 2014