UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-21241

 

RMR REAL ESTATE FUND

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

400 CENTRE STREET
NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS

02458

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

Thomas M. O’Brien, President
RMR Real Estate Fund
400 Centre Street
Newton, Massachusetts 02458

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

Thomas Perugini
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Federal Street, 8th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

 

Thomas Reyes, Esq.
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Federal Street, 9th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

 

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(617) 332-9530

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

September 30, 2004

 

 


 


 

Item 1.  Schedule of Investments.

 

RMR Real Estate Fund
Portfolio of Investments -
September 30, 2004 (unaudited)

 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts—147.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks—110.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartments—25.2%

 

 

 

 

 

AMLI Residential Properties Trust

 

106,700

 

$

3,259,685

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co.

 

149,100

 

5,185,698

 

Avalonbay Communities, Inc.

 

78,200

 

4,709,204

 

BNP Residential Properties, Inc.

 

200,000

 

2,736,000

 

Cornerstone Realty Income Trust, Inc.

 

150,000

 

1,464,000

 

Post Properties, Inc.

 

145,400

 

4,347,460

 

United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.

 

189,600

 

3,759,768

 

 

 

 

 

25,461,815

 

Diversified—24.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Bedford Property Investors, Inc.

 

150,000

 

4,551,000

 

Colonial Properties Trust

 

125,000

 

5,027,500

 

Commercial Net Lease Realty

 

289,600

 

5,276,512

 

Crescent Real Estate Equities Co.

 

324,000

 

5,099,760

 

Lexington Corporate Properties Trust

 

200,000

 

4,342,000

 

Liberty Property Trust

 

20,000

 

796,800

 

 

 

 

 

25,093,572

 

Health Care—11.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

 

16,000

 

624,640

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

 

150,000

 

5,280,000

 

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.

 

250,000

 

5,187,500

 

 

 

 

 

11,092,140

 

Industrial—6.0%

 

 

 

 

 

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

 

165,000

 

6,088,500

 

Office—22.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Arden Realty, Inc.

 

114,600

 

3,733,668

 

Equity Office Properties Trust

 

225,000

 

6,131,250

 

Glenborough Realty Trust, Inc.

 

285,000

 

5,919,450

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

 

85,000

 

2,091,850

 

Maguire Properties, Inc.

 

170,000

 

4,132,700

 

Reckson Associates Realty Corp.

 

21,000

 

603,750

 

 

 

 

 

22,612,668

 

Retail—13.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Glimcher Realty Trust

 

75,000

 

1,822,500

 

Heritage Property Investment Trust

 

200,000

 

5,834,000

 

New Plan Excel Realty Trust

 

156,200

 

3,905,000

 

The Mills Corp.

 

35,000

 

1,815,450

 

 

 

 

 

13,376,950

 

Specialty—5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Getty Realty Corp.

 

28,600

 

749,892

 

U.S. Restaurant Properties, Inc.

 

280,000

 

4,729,200

 

 

 

 

 

5,479,092

 

Storage—2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

 

75,000

 

2,938,500

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $109,628,391)

 

 

 

112,143,237

 

Preferred Stocks—36.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartments—2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Research Management Co., Series G

 

20,000

 

533,200

 

Apartment Investment & Research Management Co., Series T

 

60,000

 

1,495,800

 

 

 

 

 

2,029,000

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Health Care—8.2%

 

 

 

 

 

LTC Properties, Inc., Series F

 

160,000

 

$

4,067,200

 

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.

 

250

 

25,563

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc., Series D

 

160,000

 

4,168,000

 

 

 

 

 

8,260,763

 

Hospitality—11.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust

 

40,000

 

1,016,400

 

Equity Inns, Inc., Series B

 

34,000

 

897,600

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series A

 

83,000

 

2,008,600

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series B

 

18,900

 

483,840

 

Innkeepers USA Trust, Series C

 

120,000

 

3,036,000

 

Winston Hotels, Inc., Series B

 

160,000

 

3,984,000

 

 

 

 

 

11,426,440

 

Manufactured Homes—7.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Affordable Residential Communities, Series A

 

280,000

 

7,142,800

 

Office—1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc., Series B

 

75,000

 

1,887,750

 

Retail—2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., Series B

 

20,000

 

1,075,000

 

Glimcher Realty Trust, Series G

 

50,000

 

1,272,500

 

The Mills Corp., Series B

 

1,300

 

35,334

 

The Mills Corp., Series E

 

7,100

 

191,700

 

 

 

 

 

2,574,534

 

Specialty—3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Anthracite Capital, Inc., Series C

 

10,000

 

266,500

 

RAIT Investment Trust, Series A

 

125,000

 

3,081,250

 

 

 

 

 

3,347,750

 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $36,368,906)

 

 

 

36,669,037

 

Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $145,997,297)

 

 

 

148,812,274

 

Short-Term Investment—1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Other Investment Companies—1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

SSgA Money Market Fund, 1.4%* (Cost $1,443,605)

 

1,443,605

 

1,443,605

 

Total Investments—148.5% (Cost $147,440,902)**

 

 

 

150,255,879

 

Other assets less liabilities—0.9%

 

 

 

932,711

 

Preferred Shares, at liquidation preference—(49.4)%

 

 

 

(50,000,000

)

Net Assets applicable to common shareholders—100%

 

 

 

$

101,188,590

 

 


Notes to Portfolio of Investments

*      Rate reflects 7 day yield as of September 30, 2004.

**   The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes.

 


 


 

Item 2.  Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)  The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

(b)  There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

 

 

 

(a)(1)

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 


 


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

RMR REAL ESTATE FUND

 

 

 

By:

  /s/ Thomas M. O’Brien

 

 

Thomas M. O’Brien
President

 

 

Date:

November 18, 2004

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:

  /s/ Thomas M. O’Brien

 

 

Thomas M. O’Brien
President

 

 

Date:

November 18, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

  /s/ Mark L. Kleifges

 

 

Mark L. Kleifges
Treasurer

 

 

 

 

Date:

November 18, 2004