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, 9
th 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, 2005

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of investments

 

RMR Real Estate Fund

Portfolio of Investments - September 30, 2005 (unaudited)

 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks – 104.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – 102.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartments – 16.4%

 

 

 

 

 

AMLI Residential Properties Trust

 

118,620

 

$

3,804,143

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co.

 

149,100

 

5,782,098

 

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

 

141,400

 

1,385,720

 

BNP Residential Properties, Inc.

 

200,000

 

2,870,000

 

Home Properties, Inc.

 

115,200

 

4,521,600

 

 

 

 

 

18,363,561

 

Diversified – 25.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Bedford Property Investors, Inc.

 

150,000

 

3,576,000

 

Colonial Properties Trust

 

132,900

 

5,911,392

 

Commercial Net Lease Realty

 

295,800

 

5,916,000

 

Crescent Real Estate Equities Co.

 

346,000

 

7,096,460

 

Lexington Corporate Properties Trust

 

208,000

 

4,898,400

 

Liberty Property Trust

 

20,000

 

850,800

 

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

 

4,000

 

124,440

 

 

 

 

 

28,373,492

 

Health Care – 12.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Properties Investors Inc.

 

15,080

 

407,009

 

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

 

9,200

 

369,288

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

 

158,600

 

5,882,474

 

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.

 

250,000

 

5,825,000

 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

 

83,200

 

1,158,144

 

 

 

 

 

13,641,915

 

Hospitality – 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc.

 

60,000

 

598,800

 

Industrial – 6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

 

178,640

 

7,154,532

 

Manufactured Homes – 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Communities, Inc.

 

103,900

 

3,403,764

 

Office – 20.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Arden Realty, Inc.

 

79,600

 

3,277,132

 

CarrAmerica Realty Corp.

 

10,000

 

359,500

 

Equity Office Properties Trust

 

250,000

 

8,177,500

 

Glenborough Realty Trust, Inc.

 

285,000

 

5,472,000

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

 

85,000

 

2,508,350

 

Maguire Properties, Inc.

 

90,000

 

2,704,500

 

 

 

 

 

22,498,982

 

Retail – 11.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Glimcher Realty Trust

 

75,000

 

1,835,250

 

Heritage Property Investment Trust

 

200,000

 

7,000,000

 

New Plan Excel Realty Trust

 

172,280

 

3,953,826

 

Realty Income Corp.

 

4,000

 

95,640

 

 

 

 

 

12,884,716

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Specialty – 4.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Getty Realty Corp.

 

28,600

 

$

823,108

 

Trustreet Properties, Inc.

 

280,000

 

4,382,000

 

 

 

 

 

5,205,108

 

Storage – 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

 

880

 

13,534

 

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

 

50,000

 

2,447,500

 

U-Store-It Trust

 

10,000

 

202,700

 

 

 

 

 

2,663,734

 

Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $103,990,093)

 

 

 

114,788,604

 

Other - 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Iowa Telecommunication Services, Inc.

 

16,000

 

269,120

 

Panamsat Holding Corp.

 

73,000

 

1,766,600

 

Seaspan Corp.±

 

30,000

 

580,500

 

Total Other (Cost $2,228,950)

 

 

 

2,616,220

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $106,219,043)

 

 

 

117,404,824

 

Preferred Stocks – 37.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – 37.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartments – 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series G

 

32,800

 

868,544

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series T

 

60,000

 

1,518,000

 

 

 

 

 

2,386,544

 

Diversified - 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Automotive REIT

 

4,000

 

98,160

 

Capital Automotive REIT, Series A

 

5,000

 

111,500

 

Capital Automotive REIT, Series B

 

13,250

 

312,038

 

Colonial Properties Trust, Series D

 

10,000

 

259,000

 

Colonial Properties Trust, Series E

 

62,910

 

1,568,975

 

 

 

 

 

2,349,673

 

Health Care – 7.9%

 

 

 

 

 

LTC Properties, Inc., Series F

 

160,000

 

4,104,000

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors Inc., Series D

 

160,000

 

4,150,400

 

Windrose Medical Properties Trust, Series A*

 

20,000

 

545,000

 

 

 

 

 

8,799,400

 

Hospitality – 13.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series A

 

107,900

 

2,806,479

 

Equity Inns, Inc., Series B

 

34,000

 

893,010

 

Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc., Series A

 

28,000

 

702,800

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series A*

 

83,000

 

2,044,290

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series C

 

49,200

 

1,225,080

 

Innkeepers USA Trust, Series C

 

120,000

 

3,138,000

 

Winston Hotels, Inc., Series B

 

160,000

 

4,001,600

 

 

 

 

 

14,811,259

 

Manufactured Homes – 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Affordable Residential Communities, Series A

 

280,000

 

5,838,000

 

Office – 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Series B

 

5,000

 

130,300

 

Kilroy Realty Corp., Series F

 

30,000

 

763,200

 

 

 

 

 

893,500

 

 



 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Retail – 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., Series B

 

20,000

 

$

1,044,000

 

Glimcher Realty Trust, Series F

 

20,000

 

516,200

 

Glimcher Realty Trust, Series G

 

50,000

 

1,269,500

 

The Mills Corp., Series E

 

7,100

 

188,150

 

 

 

 

 

3,017,850

 

Specialty – 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

New Century Financial Corp., Series A

 

20,000

 

482,000

 

RAIT Investment Trust, Series A

 

125,000

 

3,131,250

 

 

 

 

 

3,613,250

 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $41,554,300)

 

 

 

41,709,476

 

Short-Term Investment – 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Other Investment Companies – 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

SSgA Money Market Fund, 3.3808%(a) (Cost $392,680)

 

392,680

 

392,680

 

Total Investments – 142.5% (Cost $148,166,023) (b)

 

 

 

159,506,980

 

Other assets less liabilities – 2.2%

 

 

 

2,409,684

 

Preferred Shares, at liquidation preference – (44.7)%

 

 

 

(50,000,000

)

Net Assets attributable to common shares – 100%

 

 

 

$

111,916,664

 

 


Notes to portfolio of investments

± Non income producing security as first dividend paid subsequent to September 30, 2005.

* Convertible into common stock.

(a)               Rate reflects  7 day yield as of September 30, 2005.

(b)              Although subject to adjustments to the extent 2005 distributions by the issuers of the Fund’s investments are characterized as return of capital, the cost, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation of the Fund’s investments for federal income tax purposes, as of September 30, 2005, are as follows:

 

Cost

 

$

148,166,023

 

 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

14,067,956

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(2,726,999

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

11,340,957

 

 

Reference should be made to the Fund’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004, and the six months ended June 30, 2005, for further information concenring the income tax characterization of the Fund’s investment income and distributions.

 



 

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, as amended.

 

(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.

 

Item 3.  Exhibits.

 

(a)(1) Certification of Principal Executive Officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act.

(a)(2) Certification of Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act.

 



 

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 22, 2005

 

 

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 22, 2005

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark L. Kleifges

 

 

Mark L. Kleifges

 

Treasurer

 

Date:

November 22, 2005