UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                             CURRENT REPORT Pursuant
                          to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  December 6, 2004
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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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Item 8.01  Other Events.

Triad I

     On  December  6,  2004,  certain  subsidiaries  of  Capital  Senior  Living
Corporation (together with all of its subsidiaries,  the "Company") entered into
agreements  pursuant to which the Company  acquired all outstanding  partnership
interests owned by unrelated parties in Triad Senior Living I, L.P. ("Triad I").
These  transactions  were dated effective as of November 30, 2004.  Triad I owns
five Waterford  senior living  communities,  located in  Shreveport,  Louisiana,
Mesquite, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas and two in San Antonio, Texas, as well as two
assisted living  expansions in Canton,  Ohio and Merrillville,  Indiana.  Before
these transactions, the Company had owned 1% of Triad I.

     The Company  acquired the outstanding  interests in Triad I in two separate
transactions.  In the first  transaction,  the  Company  acquired an 80% limited
partnership  interest  from LB Triad  Inc.,  an  affiliate  of  Lehman  Brothers
("Lehman"). Consideration paid by the Company to Lehman for this acquisition was
$4,000,000 cash and a promissory note. The note is non-interest  bearing and has
a term of 5 years.  The note  provides for payment in full of $3,500,000 if paid
before  November  29, 2008,  $4,250,000  if paid before  November  29, 2009,  or
$5,000,000 if paid on November 30, 2009. As part of the transaction, the Company
and Lehman executed mutual releases related to Triad I.

     In the second  transaction,  the  Company  acquired  a 1%  general  partner
interest and an 18% limited partner interest from Triad Senior Living,  Inc., an
unrelated  third party in exchange for a note owed by Triad Senior Living,  Inc.
to the Company.

     The Company will continue to manage the Triad I communities.

Spring Meadows

     On December 6, 2004, the Company entered into agreements  pursuant to which
the  Company  became a 5% owner in four (4) joint  ventures  (collectively,  the
"SHP/CSL Joint  Ventures") with Senior Housing Partners II, L.P., a fund managed
on behalf of its clients by Prudential Real Estate Investors.  The SHP/CSL Joint
Ventures  acquired  four senior  housing  communities  located in  Libertyville,
Illinois,  Naperville,  Illinois,  Summit, New Jersey and Trumbull,  Connecticut
(the "Spring  Meadows  Properties")  from joint ventures which had been owned at
one time by an  affiliate of Lehman  Brothers  ("Lehman")  and the Company.  The
transactions were dated effective as of November 30, 2004.

     The  transactions  occurred in two steps.  In the first  step,  the Company
acquired Lehman's interests in the joint ventures which owned the Spring Meadows
Properties (the "Lehman Joint Ventures"). The Company paid Lehman $11,500,000 in
cash for acquisition of these interests. Also as part of the transaction, Lehman
terminated  all of its various  loans (both secured  mezzanine  loans and member
loans) made to the Lehman Joint  Ventures.  The Company and Lehman also executed
mutual  releases  related to the Lehman Joint  Ventures  and the Spring  Meadows
Properties. As a result of these transactions, the Company became the 100% owner
of all interests in the Lehman Joint Ventures.

     In the second step of these  transactions,  the Lehman Joint  Ventures sold
the Spring  Meadows  Properties to the SHP/CSL  Joint  Ventures for an aggregate
sales price of $77,500,000.  The SHP/CSL Joint Ventures assumed, as part payment
of the sales price,  approximately  $51,500,000  of debt with Guaranty Bank. The
Company  contributed in an aggregate amount of  approximately  $1,300,000 to the
SHP/CSL Joint Ventures for a 5% interest in the SHP/CSL Joint Ventures.

     The Company will continue to manage the Spring Meadows Properties.



Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (a)  Not applicable.

     (b)  Not applicable.

     (c)  Exhibits.

          No.      Exhibit Name

          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 December 7, 2004
          99.2     Press Release dated December 8, 2004







                                   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:  December 10, 2004                Capital Senior Living Corporation


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







                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

         Exhibit No.              Exhibit Name

          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 December 7, 2004
             99.2                 Press Release dated December 8, 2004