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:

March 31, 2006

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 

RMR Real Estate Fund

Portfolio of Investments – March 31, 2006 (unaudited)

 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks – 101.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – 93.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartments – 8.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co.

 

30,100

 

$

1,411,690

 

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

 

106,400

 

1,197,000

 

BNP Residential Properties, Inc.

 

200,000

 

3,360,000

 

GMH Communities Trust

 

16,000

 

186,240

 

Home Properties, Inc.

 

65,200

 

3,331,720

 

Post Properties, Inc.

 

5,000

 

222,500

 

 

 

 

 

9,709,150

 

Diversified – 24.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Bedford Property Investors, Inc.

 

62,100

 

1,672,353

 

Colonial Properties Trust

 

117,900

 

5,910,327

 

Commercial Net Lease Realty

 

309,500

 

7,211,350

 

Centracore Properties Trust

 

12,000

 

300,600

 

Cousins Properties, Inc.

 

300

 

10,029

 

Crescent Real Estate Equities Co.

 

371,000

 

7,816,970

 

Lexington Corporate Properties Trust

 

223,000

 

4,649,550

 

Liberty Property Trust

 

13,000

 

613,080

 

Newkirk Realty Trust, Inc.

 

8,000

 

144,720

 

Spirit Finance Corp.

 

17,500

 

213,500

 

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

 

4,000

 

145,280

 

 

 

 

 

28,687,759

 

Health Care – 12.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Cogdell Spencer, Inc.

 

15,000

 

319,800

 

Health Care Property Investors, Inc.

 

15,080

 

428,272

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

 

158,600

 

6,042,660

 

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

 

9,200

 

343,896

 

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

 

60,900

 

657,720

 

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.

 

253,600

 

5,452,400

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc.

 

83,200

 

1,166,464

 

 

 

 

 

14,411,212

 

Hospitality – 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc.

 

60,000

 

604,800

 

Hersha Hospitality Trust

 

2,000

 

19,580

 

Highland Hospitality Corp.

 

7,000

 

88,970

 

 

 

 

 

713,350

 

Industrial – 7.3%

 

 

 

 

 

AMB Property Corp.

 

3,000

 

162,810

 

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

 

4,500

 

213,480

 

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

 

196,640

 

8,394,562

 

 

 

 

 

8,770,852

 

Manufactured Homes – 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Communities, Inc.

 

73,900

 

2,612,365

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage – 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

American Mortgage Acceptance Co.

 

16,400

 

263,220

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks  – continued

 

 

 

 

 

Office – 17.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Arden Realty, Inc.

 

84,600

 

$

3,817,998

 

Brandywine Realty Trust

 

2,000

 

63,520

 

Equity Office Properties Trust

 

182,000

 

6,111,560

 

Glenborough Realty Trust, Inc.

 

293,000

 

6,372,750

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

 

85,000

 

2,867,050

 

Maguire Properties, Inc.

 

46,000

 

1,679,000

 

 

 

 

 

20,911,878

 

Retail – 14.1%

 

 

 

 

 

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

 

12,000

 

509,400

 

Feldman Mall Properties, Inc.

 

1,000

 

12,250

 

Glimcher Realty Trust

 

88,400

 

2,510,560

 

Heritage Property Investment Trust

 

200,000

 

7,918,000

 

New Plan Excel Realty Trust

 

152,280

 

3,950,143

 

Realty Income Corp.

 

4,000

 

96,840

 

Taubman Centers, Inc.

 

6,000

 

250,020

 

The Macerich Co.

 

5,000

 

369,750

 

The Mills Corp.

 

45,100

 

1,262,800

 

Urstadt Biddle Properties

 

3,000

 

54,000

 

 

 

 

 

16,933,763

 

Specialty – 5.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Getty Realty Corp.

 

32,600

 

948,660

 

Trustreet Properties, Inc.

 

337,200

 

5,122,068

 

 

 

 

 

6,070,728

 

Storage – 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

 

880

 

15,127

 

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

 

50,000

 

2,760,000

 

U-Store-It Trust

 

5,000

 

100,750

 

 

 

 

 

2,875,877

 

Total Real Estate Investment Trusts  (Cost $93,354,518)

 

 

 

111,960,154

 

Other – 8.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Alesco Financial Trust (a)(b)

 

500,000

 

5,000,000

 

American Capital Strategies, Ltd.

 

35,000

 

1,230,600

 

Iowa Telecommunication Services, Inc.

 

55,500

 

1,058,940

 

Panamsat Holding Corp.

 

54,100

 

1,342,762

 

Seaspan Corp.

 

48,200

 

1,020,394

 

Total Other (Cost $9,007,094)

 

 

 

9,652,696

 

Total Common Stocks  (Cost $102,361,612)

 

 

 

121,612,850

 

Preferred Stocks – 35.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – 35.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartments – 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series G

 

32,800

 

858,376

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series T

 

60,000

 

1,515,000

 

 

 

 

 

2,373,376

 

Diversified – 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Colonial Properties Trust, Series D

 

10,000

 

260,000

 

Colonial Properties Trust, Series E

 

62,910

 

1,577,154

 

 

 

 

 

1,837,154

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Preferred Stocks  – continued

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care – 7.3%

 

 

 

 

 

LTC Properties, Inc., Series F

 

160,000

 

$

4,026,400

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors Inc., Series D

 

160,000

 

4,159,200

 

Windrose Medical Properties Trust, Series A *

 

20,000

 

522,000

 

 

 

 

 

8,707,600

 

Hospitality – 13.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series A

 

107,900

 

2,751,450

 

Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc., Series A

 

28,000

 

703,220

 

Equity Inns, Inc., Series B

 

34,000

 

874,650

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series A *

 

83,000

 

2,075,000

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series C

 

49,200

 

1,230,984

 

Innkeepers USA Trust, Series C

 

120,000

 

2,974,800

 

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series B

 

54,500

 

1,370,675

 

Winston Hotels, Inc., Series B

 

160,000

 

4,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

15,980,779

 

Manufactured Homes – 5.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Affordable Residential Communities, Series A

 

280,000

 

6,134,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage – 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

New Century Financial Corp., Series A

 

20,000

 

491,000

 

RAIT Investment Trust, Series A

 

125,000

 

3,036,250

 

 

 

 

 

3,527,250

 

Office – 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Series B

 

5,000

 

127,000

 

Kilroy Realty Corp., Series F

 

30,000

 

746,100

 

 

 

 

 

873,100

 

Retail – 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., Series B

 

20,000

 

1,018,200

 

Glimcher Realty Trust, Series F

 

20,000

 

510,000

 

Glimcher Realty Trust, Series G

 

50,000

 

1,265,000

 

The Mills Corp., Series E

 

7,100

 

160,105

 

The Mills Corp., Series G

 

17,000

 

362,100

 

 

 

 

 

3,315,405

 

Total Preferred Stocks  (Cost $42,159,668)

 

 

 

42,749,464

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments – 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Other Investment Companies – 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

SSgA Money Market Fund, 4.30%(c) (Cost $4,357,570)

 

4,357,570

 

4,357,570

 

Total Investments – 141.0% (Cost $148,878,850) (d)

 

 

 

168,719,884

 

Other assets less liabilities – 0.8%

 

 

 

980,165

 

Preferred Shares, at liquidation preference – (41.8)%

 

 

 

(50,000,000

)

Net Assets applicable to common shareholders – 100%

 

 

 

$

119,700,049

 

 


Notes to Portfolio of Investments

*

 

Convertible into common stock.

(a)

 

Non-income producing security. The first quarterly cash distribution was declared on April 19, 2006.

(b)

 

144A securities. Securities restricted for resale to qualified institutional buyers.

(c)

 

Rate reflects 7 day yield as of March 31, 2006.

(d)

 

Although subject to adjustments to the extent 2006 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 March 31, 2006, are as follows:

 

 



 

Cost

 

$

148,878,850

 

 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

21,221,319

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(1,380,285

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

19,841,034

 

 

Reference should be made to the Fund’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2005, for further information concerning 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:

May 4, 2006

 

 

 

 

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:

May 4, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark L. Kleifges

 

 

 

Mark L. Kleifges

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

Date:

May 4, 2006