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                                                                 Exhibit 10.59
                                   ASSIGNMENT


        ARV ASSISTED LIVING, INC., a Delaware corporation, of 245 Fischer
Avenue, D-1, Costa Mesa, California 92626 ("Assignor"), hereby assigns to
EENHOORN GP-LANSING, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, of 2620 Horizon
Drive, S.E., Suite C, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 all of its interest in a
Developer Note dated January 16, 2001, from the LANSING HOUSING PARTNERS LIMITED
DIVIDEND HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a California limited
partnership, in the amount of One Million Three Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand
Dollars ($1,332,000) (the "Developer Note").

Dated: January 16, 2001.

                                                   ASSIGNOR:

                                                   ARV Assisted Living, Inc.



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