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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.17.2

                                 PROMISSORY NOTE

$3,750,000.00                                               Louisville, Kentucky
                                                                    June 15,1998

          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned W. BRUCE LUNSFORD (hereinafter
referred to as "Maker"), hereby promises and agrees to pay to the order of
VENTAS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (hereinafter referred to as "Payee"), with an
address of 3300 Aegon Center, Louisville, Kentucky, the aggregate principal sum
of THREE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3,750,000), together
with interest thereon as hereinafter provided, in lawful money of the United
States of America, in the manner set forth herein, on or before June 15,2008
(the "Maturity Date").

          Principal of this note (the "Note") shall bear interest on the unpaid
balance thereof at a rate of five and seventy-seven one hundredths percent
(5.77%) per annum. All interest on this Note shall be computed daily on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year assumed to consist of
three hundred sixty (360) days.

          Principal on this Note shall be paid in ten (10) equal annual
installment of $375,000 each, commencing on the 15th day of June 1999, and
continuing on the 15th day of June of each successive year thereafter until the
15th day of June 2008, on which date all of the remaining unpaid principal of
this Note shall be paid. Notwithstanding the above, upon a Change in Control (as
defined in the 1997 Incentive Compensation Plan of Ventas, Inc. (the "Company"))
of the Company, any and all unpaid principal and interest on this Note shall be
forgiven and this Note shall be extinguished.

          All accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid quarterly commencing on
the 15th day of September, 1998, and continuing on the 15th day of each
successive quarter thereafter, and on the Maturity Date and any other date that
the principal balance of this Note is paid in full. Notwithstanding the above,
each quarterly interest payment due and owing shall be forgiven as long as Maker
is employed by Ventas, Inc. on the date such quarterly interest payment is due.

          All payments of principal and interest and any other sums due under
this Note shall be made to Payee at the address written above or to such other
person or at such other address as may be designated in writing by the holder of
this Note. All payments on this Note shall be applied first to the payment of
any expenses or charges payable hereunder, and next to accrued interest and then
to the principal balance hereof, or in such other order as Payee may elect in
Payee's sole discretion.

          The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall
constitute a default under this Note: [i] the failure of Maker to pay principal
or interest of this Note as and when due, or within five (5) days thereafter; or
[ii] the insolvency of, the appointment of a custodian or trustee for, or an
assignment for the benefit of creditors by or the filing of a petition under
bankruptcy, insolvency or debtor's relief law by or against, Maker.

          Whenever there is a default under this Note the entire principal
balance of and all accrued interest on this Note, shall, at the option of the
holder hereof, become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, notice,
protest or demand of any kind (all of which are expressly waived by Maker). Upon
the occurrence of any such default, in addition, the rate of interest applicable
to the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note shall be increased by an
increment of

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an additional two percent (2%) per annum, unless such increase would exceed the
increment permitted under applicable law, in which case the rate of interest
applicable hereunder shall be increased by such lesser increment as is the
maximum permitted by law.

          This Note is hereby expressly limited so that in no contingency or
event whatsoever, whether by reason of acceleration of the maturity hereof, or
otherwise, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid to Payee for the use,
forbearance or detention of the money loaned hereunder, or advanced for the
performance or payment of any covenant or obligation contained herein or in any
other document evidencing, securing or pertaining to the indebtedness evidenced
hereby, exceed the maximum amount permissible under applicable law. If from any
circumstances whatsoever fulfillment of any provision hereof or of any such
other document, at the time performance of such provisions shall be due, shall
involve transcending the limit of validity prescribed by law, then ipso facto
the obligation to be fulfilled shall be reduced to the limit of such validity,
and if from such circumstance the holder hereof shall ever receive anything of
value deemed by applicable law to be interest in any amount that would exceed
the highest lawful rate payable hereunder, an amount equal to any excessive
interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal amount owing
hereunder and not to the payment of interest, and if the amount that would be
excessive interest exceeds the principal balance then owing, such excess shall
be refunded to the party paying same.

          Failure of the holder of this Note to exercise any of such holder's
rights and remedies shall not constitute a waiver of the right to exercise the
same at that or any other time. All rights and remedies of the holder for
default under this Note shall be cumulative to the greatest extent permitted by
law. Time shall be of the essence in the payment of all accrued interest and
principal on this Note and the performance of Maker's other obligations under
this Note.

          If there is any default under this Note, and this Note is placed in
the hands of an attorney for collection, or is collected through any court,
including any bankruptcy court, Maker promises to pay to the holder hereof such
holder's reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs incurred in collecting or
attempting to collect or securing or attempting to secure this Note or enforcing
the holder's rights in any collateral securing this Note, provided the same is
legally allowed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky or any state where
the collateral or any part thereof is situated.

          This Note has been delivered in, and shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky without
reference to its conflict of laws rules. This Note has substantial contacts with
the Commonwealth of Kentucky. All actions, suits or other proceedings with
respect to this Note shall be brought only in a court of competent jurisdiction
in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In any such action, suit or proceeding, such
court shall have personal jurisdiction over all of the parties hereto, and
service of process upon them under any applicable statutes, laws and rules shall
be deemed valid and good.

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          Maker and any other party who is or may become primarily or
secondarily liable for any of the obligations of Maker hereunder hereby waive
presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, notice of protest and
nonpayment, and further waive all exemptions to which they may now or hereafter
be entitled under the laws of this or any other state or of the United States,
and further agree that the holder of this Note shall have the right without
notice, to deal in any way, at any time, with Maker, or any guarantor of this
Note or with any other party who may become primarily or secondarily liable for
any of the obligations of Maker under this Note without waiving any rights the
holder of this Note may have hereunder or by virtue of the laws of the state of
Kentucky or any other state of the United States.


                                   /s/ W. Bruce Lunsford
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                                   W. BRUCE LUNSFORD

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY             )
                                 : SS
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON                  )

          The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 15th day of
June, 1998, by W. Bruce Lunsford.


                                   Notary Public, State at Large, KY
          My commission expires:   My commission expires Apr. 11.2001
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                                   /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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                                   Notary Public

[Affix Notary Seal]

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