** Shares of retirement home operator Brookdale Senior
Living Inc BKD.N rise 4% to $3.10 premarket
** Co now sees Q1 RevPAR growth of ~12.9% y-o-y vs prior
expectation of 11% to 12%
** BKD also sees Q1 adj EBITDA meaningfully above the
previously issued guidance range of $70 mln to $75 mln
** Says favorable updates to its Q1 2023 financial
expectations based upon preliminary, unaudited results
** Up to last close, stock had risen 9.2% this year
(Reporting by Ashwini Raj in Bengaluru)
((Ashwini.Raj@thomsonreuters.com))