UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


                                   FORM 8-K/A
                                (Amendment No. 1)


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


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  June 30, 2005    
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                        Capital Senior Living Corporation
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                    Delaware
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

      1-13445                                           75-2678809
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(Commission File Number)                      (IRS Employer Identification No.)

      14160 Dallas Parkway
      Suite 300
      Dallas Texas                                         75254

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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                 (Zip Code)

                                 (972) 770-5600
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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                                Explanatory Note

         This  amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 30, 2005,
and filed on July 7, 2005, by Capital Senior Living  Corporation (the "Company")
is submitted to include Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (a)    Not applicable.

     (b)    Not applicable.

     (c)    Exhibits.

            No.           Exhibit Name

            10.1          Master Lease Agreement, dated June 30, 2005, between
                          Ventas Amberleigh, LLC and Capital Senior Management
                          2, Inc.

            10.2          Schedule identifying substantially identical 
                          agreements to Exhibit 10.1

         The following exhibits to this current report on Form 8-K are not being
filed but are being furnished pursuant to Item 9.01:

            99.1          Press  Release  dated July 5, 2005  (incorporated  by
                          reference  from the Company's  Current Report on Form
                          8-K filed July 7, 2005)

            99.2          Press  Release  dated July 1, 2005  (incorporated  by
                          reference  from the Company's  Current Report on Form
                          8-K filed July 7, 2005)







                                   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.


Date:  July 8, 2005                     Capital Senior Living Corporation


                                        By:  /s/ Ralph A. Beattie
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                                        Name:    Ralph A. Beattie
                                        Title:   Executive Vice President and
                                                 Chief Financial Officer







                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

           Exhibit
             No.          Exhibit Name
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            10.1          Master Lease Agreement, dated June 30, 2005, between
                          Ventas Amberleigh, LLC and Capital Senior Management
                          2, Inc.

            10.2          Schedule identifying substantially identical 
                          agreements to Exhibit 10.1

         The following exhibits to this current report on Form 8-K are not being
filed but are being furnished pursuant to Item 9.01:

            99.1          Press  Release  dated July 5, 2005  (incorporated  by
                          reference  from the Company's  Current Report on Form
                          8-K filed July 7, 2005)

            99.2          Press  Release  dated July 1, 2005  (incorporated  by
                          reference  from the Company's  Current Report on Form
                          8-K filed July 7, 2005)