Exhibit 99.1

News Release

CNL LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER 2014 RESULTS

— Total revenues increased 9.5 percent year-over-year to $222.4 million —

(ORLANDO, Fla.) Aug. 14, 2014 — CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (“we,” “our” or “us”), today announced its operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

Second Quarter 2014

Six Months Ended June 30, 2014

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The increase in FFO and MFFO is primarily due to an increase in rental income from leased properties (for MFFO, rental revenue excluding straight-line adjustments for GAAP) acquired after the second quarter of 2013 as well as increases in “same-store” net operating income from managed properties. The increase was also due to a decrease in bad debt expense and reduced asset management fees resulting from the sale of our interest in 42 senior housing properties held through unconsolidated joint ventures, and a reduction in fees charged by our Advisor, effective April 1, 2014. The increases were partially offset by higher interest expense and loan cost amortization from additional borrowings made after June 30, 2013.

The decrease in Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2014, is primarily a result of a reduction in cash distributions received from our unconsolidated entities due to the July 2013 sale of our interests in 42 senior living properties which were held in three unconsolidated entities. Net operating income and cash flows from these investments have been replaced as net sale proceeds have been reinvested. As a result of these new investments, as well as a reduction in bad debt expense and asset management fees, Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, exceeded Adjusted EBITDA for the same quarter in 2013.

The following table presents selected comparable financial data through June 30, 2014:

SUMMARY FINANCIAL RESULTS

(Millions except ratios and per share data)

See detailed financial information and full reconciliation of FFO, MFFO and Adjusted EBITDA, which are Non-Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“Non-GAAP”) measures, on the following pages.

Portfolio Highlights

The following tables summarize the Company’s “same-store” revenue and EBITDA for comparable consolidated properties that we owned during the entirety of both periods presented, and includes information for both leased and managed properties (other than rent coverage, which includes all leased properties):

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Second Quarter 2014

Six Months Ended June 30, 2014

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The following table presents same-store, unaudited property level information of our senior housing properties as of and for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013:

The increase in revenue per occupied unit (“RevPOU”) of 3.5 percent and 2.6 percent for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2013 is due to an increase in average rate paid by our residents.

Acquisition Activity

During the six months ended June 30, 2014, we acquired four senior housing communities for an aggregate purchase price of $53.1 million.

Disposition

In June 2014 we completed the sale of our only multifamily residential property and received net sales proceeds of approximately $73.5 million. The net sales proceeds were used to retire debt. Also in June 2014, we signed a purchase and sale agreement to sell our golf portfolio comprised of 48 properties to a third-party buyer. We expect the transaction to be completed in 2014.

Distributions

For the six months ended June 30, 2014, we declared and paid distributions of $68.7 million ($0.2126 per share). Our board of directors will continue to evaluate the level of distributions going forward, which will be based on a variety of factors including current and expected future cash flows from our properties.

Distribution Reinvestments and Redemptions

For the six months ended June 30, 2014, we issued approximately 4.0 million shares under our distribution reinvestment plan and received aggregate proceeds of $27.2 million. During the same period, we redeemed 0.9 million shares with a value of $6.0 million.

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Supplemental Information

See our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014, on our website at www.CNLLifestyleREIT.com for additional information.

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CNL LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except per share data)

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CNL LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

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Non-GAAP Supplemental Financial Measures

The Company computes its financial results in accordance with GAAP. Although FFO, MFFO and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures, the Company believes FFO, MFFO, and Adjusted EBITDA calculations are helpful to stockholders and are widely recognized measures of real estate investment trust (“REIT”) operating performance. Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, the Company has provided reconciliations to these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

The Company calculates and reports FFO in accordance with the definitional and interpretive guidelines established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). NAREIT defines FFO as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from sales of property and real estate impairment write-downs, plus depreciation and amortization, and after similar adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. The Company’s FFO calculation complies with NAREIT’s guidance described above. The Company believes that FFO, together with the GAAP measure of net income (loss), provides useful information to investors regarding the Company’s operating performance because it is a measure of the Company’s operations without regard to specific non-cash items, such as depreciation and amortization and asset impairment write-downs.

The Company calculates and reports MFFO in accordance with the Investment Program Association’s (“IPA”) Guideline 2010-01, Supplemental Performance Measure for Publicly Registered, Non-Listed REITs: Modified Funds from Operations, (the “Practice Guideline”), issued by the IPA in November 2010. The Practice Guideline defines MFFO as FFO further adjusted for the following items, as applicable, included in the determination of GAAP net income (loss): acquisition fees and expenses; amounts relating to the write-off of deferred rent receivables and other lease-related assets as well as amortization of above and below market leases and liabilities (which are adjusted in order to remove the impact of GAAP straight-line adjustments from rental revenues); accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums on debt investments; mark-to-market adjustments included in net income (loss); nonrecurring gains or losses included in net income (loss) from the extinguishment or sale of debt, hedges, foreign exchange, derivatives or securities holdings where trading of such holdings is not a fundamental attribute of the business plan; elimination of adjustments relating to contingent purchase price obligations where such adjustments have been included in the derivation of GAAP net income (loss); unrealized gains or losses resulting from consolidation from, or deconsolidation to, equity accounting; and after adjustments for consolidated and unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures, with such adjustments calculated to reflect MFFO on the same basis. The Company believes that MFFO is useful to investors in evaluating its performance because the exclusion of certain recurring and nonrecurring items described above provide useful supplemental information regarding its ongoing performance, and that MFFO, when combined with the primary GAAP measure of income (loss), is beneficial to a complete understanding of its operating performance.

Presentation of this information is intended to provide useful information to investors as they compare the operating performance of different REITs, although it should be noted that not all REITs calculate FFO and MFFO the same way. Accordingly, comparisons with other REITs may not be meaningful. FFO and MFFO are not necessarily indicative of cash flow available to fund cash needs and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) or income (loss) from continuing operations as an indication of our performance, as an alternative to cash flows from operations or as an indication of its liquidity, or indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs including our ability to make

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distributions to our stockholders. Stockholders and investors should not rely on FFO and MFFO as a substitute for any GAAP measure. MFFO has limitations as a performance measure in an offering such as the Company’s where the price of a share of common stock is a stated value or based on an estimated net asset value. MFFO is useful in assisting management and investors in assessing the sustainability of operating performance in future operating periods, and, in particular, after the offering and acquisition stages are complete and net asset value is disclosed. FFO and MFFO are not useful measures in evaluating net asset value because impairments are taken into account in determining net asset value but not in determining FFO and MFFO.

The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss), less discontinued operations and other income, plus (i) net interest expense and loan cost amortization and (ii) depreciation and amortization, as further adjusted for the impact of equity in earnings (loss) of our unconsolidated entities, straight-line adjustment for leased properties and mortgages and other rents receivable, cash distributions from unconsolidated entities, and certain other nonrecurring items that the Company does not consider indicative of its ongoing operating performance. These further adjustments are itemized in the table below. You are encouraged to evaluate these adjustments and the reasons the Company considers them appropriate for supplemental analysis. In evaluating Adjusted EBITDA, you should be aware that in the future the Company may incur expenses that are the same as or similar to some of the adjustments in this presentation. The Company’s presentation of Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an inference that its future results will be unaffected by unusual or nonrecurring items.

The Company presents Adjusted EBITDA because it believes it assists investors and analysts in comparing its performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding items that it does not believe are indicative of its core operating performance.

For additional information, please refer to the Company’s discussion of FFO, MFFO and Adjusted EBITDA included in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 13, 2014.

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Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations

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Set forth below is a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net loss (in thousands):

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About CNL Lifestyle Properties

CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that owns a portfolio of 151 properties in the United States and Canada in the lifestyle sectors. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, CNL Lifestyle Properties specializes in the acquisition of ski and mountain lifestyle, attractions, marinas, senior housing and additional lifestyle properties. For more information, visit www.CNLLifestyleREIT.com.

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About CNL Financial Group

CNL Financial Group (CNL) is a leading private investment management firm providing global real estate and alternative investments. Since inception in 1973, CNL and/or its affiliates have formed or acquired companies with more than $29 billion in assets. CNL is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. For more information, visit www.cnl.com.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

The information above contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, but reflect management’s current understandings, intentions, beliefs, plans, expectations, assumptions and/or predictions regarding the future of the Company’s business and its performance, the economy, and other future conditions and forecasts of future events, and circumstances. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “plans,” “continues,” “pro forma,” “may,” “will,” “seeks,” “should” and “could,” and words and terms of similar substance. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, our actual results could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, including but not limited to, the factors detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2013, and other documents filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Some factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, the following: risks associated with our investment strategy; a worsening economic environment in the U.S. or globally, including financial market fluctuations; risks associated with real estate markets, including declining real estate values; our failure to obtain, renew or extend necessary financing or to access the debt or equity markets; the use of debt to finance our business activities, including refinancing and interest rate risk and our failure to comply with debt covenants; failure to successfully manage growth or integrate acquired properties and operations; our ability to make necessary improvements to properties on a timely or cost-efficient basis; competition for properties and/or tenants; defaults on or nonrenewal of leases by tenants; failure to lease properties on favorable terms or at all; the impact of current and future environmental, zoning and other governmental regulations affecting our properties; the impact of changes in accounting rules; the impact of regulations requiring periodic valuation of the Company on a per share basis; inaccuracies of our accounting estimates; unknown liabilities of acquired properties or liabilities caused by property managers or operators; material adverse actions or omissions by any joint venture partners; increases in operating costs and other expenses; uninsured losses or losses in excess of our insurance coverage; the impact of outstanding and/or potential litigation; risks associated with our tax structuring; failure to maintain our REIT qualification; and our ability to protect our intellectual property and the value of our brand. Given these uncertainties, we caution you not to place undue reliance on such statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect future events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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