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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

ý                     QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2005

o                     TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                      TO                     

Commission File Number   333-76609

CORNERSTONE REALTY FUND, LLC

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

California

 

33-0827161

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

4590 MACARTHUR BLVD., SUITE 610, NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA 92660

(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

949-852-1007

(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

Not Applicable

(FORMER NAME, FORMER ADDRESS AND FORMER FISCAL YEAR, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)

Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

YES  ý  NO  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  o  Yes ý  No

 

 



 

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.                 Financial Statements

Cornerstone Realty Fund, LLC

 

 

 

Condensed Balance Sheets at March 31, 2005 (unaudited) and December 31, 2004

 

 

 

Condensed Statements of Operations for the Three Months ended

 

March 31, 2005 (unaudited) and March 31, 2004 (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Statement of Members’ Capital for the Three Months ended

 

March 31, 2005 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months ended

 

March 31, 2005 (unaudited) and March 31, 2004 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

 

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CORNERSTONE REALTY FUND, LLC

(a California limited liability company)

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2005

 

December 31, 2004(A)

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

11,329,101

 

$

11,793,822

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in real estate

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

5,447,490

 

4,539,400

 

Buildings and improvements, less accumulated depreciation of $417,697 in 2005 and $342,697 in 2004

 

11,226,651

 

7,628,745

 

Intangible lease value, less accumulated amortization of $10,478 in 2005

 

539,522

 

 

Intangible asset — in place leases, less accumulated amortization of $163,793 in 2005 and $118,911 in 2004

 

127,797

 

48,503

 

 

 

17,341,460

 

12,216,648

 

Other assets

 

 

 

 

 

Escrow deposit and other costs

 

160,415

 

275,052

 

Tenant and other receivables

 

58,692

 

31,876

 

Prepaid insurance

 

27,583

 

30,737

 

Leasing commissions, less accumulated amortization of $24,432 in 2005 and $15,282 in 2004

 

59,791

 

47,477

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

28,977,042

 

$

24,395,612

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS’ CAPITAL

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

274,369

 

$

173,535

 

Tenant security deposits

 

184,598

 

135,294

 

Total liabilities

 

458,967

 

308,829

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members’ capital (100,000 units authorized, 69,408 units issued and outstanding in 2005 and 59,097 units issued and outstanding in 2004)

 

28,518,075

 

24,086,783

 

Total liabilities and members’ capital

 

$

28,977,042

 

$

24,395,612

 


(A)    Derived from the audited financial statements as of December 31, 2004.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

 

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CORNERSTONE REALTY FUND, LLC

(a California limited liability company)

 

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

Rental revenues

 

$

417,215

 

$

301,792

 

Amortization of in-place leases

 

(44,882

)

(37,552

)

Tenant reimbursements and other income

 

60,735

 

37,263

 

 

 

433,068

 

301,503

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

Property operating and maintenance

 

94,421

 

70,659

 

Property taxes

 

80,105

 

59,292

 

General and administrative

 

34,765

 

33,539

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

94,628

 

51,511

 

 

 

303,919

 

215,001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest, dividends, and other income

 

32,650

 

343

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

161,799

 

$

86,845

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income allocable to managing member

 

$

16,180

 

$

8,685

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income allocable to unitholders

 

$

145,619

 

$

78,160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per unit amounts:

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted income allocable to unitholders

 

$

2.29

 

$

2.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted weighted average units outstanding

 

63,617

 

34,813

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

 

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CORNERSTONE REALTY FUND, LLC

(a California limited liability company)

 

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF MEMBERS’ CAPITAL

(Unaudited)

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2004

 

$

24,086,783

 

 

 

 

 

Net proceeds from offering

 

4,614,172

 

Contribution from managing member

 

200,980

 

Distributions to unitholders

 

(339,439

)

Deferred offering costs repaid to managing member

 

(206,220

)

Net income

 

161,799

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2005

 

$

28,518,075

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

 

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CORNERSTONE REALTY FUND, LLC

(a California limited liability company)

 

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

$

161,799

 

$

86,845

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

139,510

 

89,063

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

69,511

 

(28,030

)

Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and security deposits

 

150,138

 

26,452

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

520,958

 

174,330

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

Additional investment in real estate

 

(5,255,172

)

(23,853

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(5,255,172

)

(23,853

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

Net proceeds from offering

 

4,614,172

 

2,005,033

 

Contribution from managing member

 

200,980

 

 

Distributions to members

 

(339,439

)

(187,370

)

Deferred offering costs repaid to managing member

 

(206,220

)

(89,640

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

4,269,493

 

1,728,023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(464,721

)

1,878,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

11,793,822

 

1,464,206

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

11,329,101

 

$

3,342,706

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

 

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CORNERSTONE REALTY FUND, LLC

(a California Limited Liability Company)

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

 

1.             Organization and Business

 

Cornerstone Realty Fund, LLC, a California limited liability company (the “Fund”) (formerly Cornerstone Multi-Tenant Industrial Business Parks Fund, LLC and Cornerstone Industrial Properties Income and Growth Fund I, LLC), was formed on October 28, 1998.  The members of the Fund are Cornerstone Industrial Properties, LLC, a California limited liability company, as the Managing Member (“Managing Member”), Terry G. Roussel, an individual, and other various unitholders as described below.  The purpose of the Fund is to acquire, operate and sell multi-tenant industrial properties.  The Fund currently is issuing and selling in a public offering equity interests (“units”) in the Fund, and is admitting the new unitholders as members of the Fund.  As of May 9, 2005, the Fund has issued  74,150 units to unitholders for gross offering proceeds of $37,075,000.

 

The unaudited condensed financial statements of the Fund have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  As permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission filing requirements for Form 10-Q, the condensed financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.  The condensed financial statements included herein should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

 

The interim condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Fund’s customary accounting practices.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a presentation in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been included.  Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2005.

 

Each member’s liability is limited pursuant to the provisions of the Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act.  The term of the Fund shall continue until December 31, 2010, unless terminated sooner pursuant to the operating agreement.

 

The operating agreement, as amended and restated, provides, among other things, for the following:

 

The Managing Member generally has complete and exclusive discretion in the management and control of the Fund; however, unitholders holding the majority of all outstanding and issued units have certain specified voting rights which include the removal and replacement of the Managing Member.

 

Net Cash Flow from Operations, as defined, will be distributed 90% to the unitholders and 10% to the Managing Member until the unitholders have received either an 8% or 12% cumulative, non-compounded annual return on their Invested Capital Contributions, as defined. The 12% return applies to specified early investors for the twelve-month period subsequent to the date of their Invested Capital Contributions and is in lieu of the 8% return during that period.

 

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Net Sales Proceeds, as defined, will be distributed first, 100% to the unitholders in an amount equal to their Invested Capital Contributions; then, 90% to the unitholders and 10% to the Managing Member until the unitholders have received an amount equal to the unpaid balance of their aggregate cumulative, non-compounded annual return on their Invested Capital Contributions; and thereafter, 50% to the unitholders and 50% to the Managing Member.

 

Net Income, as defined, is allocated first, 10% to the Managing Member and 90% to the unitholders until Net Income allocated equals cumulative Net Losses, as defined, previously allocated in such proportions; second, in proportion to and to the extent of Net Cash Flow from Operations and Net Sales Proceeds previously distributed to the members, exclusive of distributions representing a return of Invested Capital Contributions; and then 50% to the Managing Member and 50% to the unitholders.

 

Net Loss is allocated first, 50% to the Managing Member and 50% to the unitholders, until Net Loss allocated equals cumulative Net Income previously allocated in such proportions; then remaining Net Loss is allocated 10% to the Managing Member and 90% to the unitholders.

 

All allocations and distributions to the unitholders are to be pro rata in proportion to their share of the allocations and distributions.

 

2.             Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods.  Actual results could differ materially from the estimates in the near term.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of interest-bearing money market investments with original maturities of 90 days or less at the date of purchase.  Included in cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2005 is $184,598 related to tenant security deposits.  The Fund places its cash with major financial institutions.  At times, cash balances may be in excess of amounts insured by Federal agencies.  Approximately $11,000,000 in cash balances was in excess of Federal insurance limits as of March 31, 2005.

 

Investments in Real Estate

 

Investments in real estate are stated at cost and include land, buildings and building improvements.  Expenditures for ordinary maintenance and repairs are expensed to operations as incurred.  Significant replacements, betterments and tenant improvements, which improve or extend the useful lives of the buildings, are capitalized.  Depreciation of the buildings and building improvements is computed on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of 39 years.  Tenant improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the useful asset life or the related lease term.

 

The Fund evaluates the carrying value for investments in real estate for impairment in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (“FAS 144”).  FAS 144 requires that when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets might not be recoverable, companies should

 

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evaluate the need for an impairment write-down.  When an impairment write-down is required, the related assets are adjusted to their estimated fair value.

 

In June 2001 the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 141, Business Combinations and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.  SFAS No. 141 and No. 142 require the Fund to record at acquisition an intangible asset or liability for the value attributable to in-place leases.  The requirements are applicable to all acquisitions subsequent to July 1, 2001.  As of March 31 2005, the Fund has recorded $291,590 as an intangible asset attributable to the value of the leases in place as of the date of acquisition.  Amortization as of March 31, 2005 was $163,793.

 

 Leasing Commissions

 

Leasing commissions are stated at cost and amortized on a straight-line basis over the related lease term.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Rental revenues are recorded on an accrual basis as they are earned over the lives of the respective tenant leases on a straight-line basis.  Included in this calculation are contractual rent increases and amounts paid to tenants as tenant improvement allowances. Rental receivables are periodically evaluated for collectibility.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Fund believes that the recorded values of all financial instruments approximate their current values.

 

Income Tax Matters

 

It is the intent of the Fund and its members that the Fund be treated as a partnership for income tax purposes.  As a limited liability company, the Fund is subject to certain minimal taxes and fees; however, income taxes on the income or losses realized by the Fund are generally the obligation of the members.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

The Fund maintains its cash at banks with federally insured accounts and uninsured money market funds.  The amounts are substantially uninsured.  No losses have been experienced related to such amounts.

 

 

3.             Investments in Real Estate

 

On September 27, 2002, the Fund acquired an existing multi-tenant industrial business park known as Normandie Business Center, located in Torrance, California for an investment of $3,901,696.  Normandie Business Center consists of two single-story buildings containing a total of 48,711 (unaudited) leasable square feet.

 

On December 27, 2002, the Fund acquired an existing multi-tenant industrial business park known as the Sky Harbor Business Park, located in Northbrook, Illinois for an investment of $2,553,996.  Sky Harbor Business Park consists of a single-story building containing a total of 41,422 (unaudited) leasable square feet.

 

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On December 10, 2003, the Fund acquired an existing multi-tenant industrial park known as Arrow Business Center located in Irwindale, California for an investment of $5,910,579.  The property consists of three single-story buildings containing a total of 69,592 (unaudited) leasable square feet.

 

On January 25, 2005, the Fund acquired an existing multi-tenant business park in Glenview, Illinois known as Zenith Drive Centre from an independent third party.  Zenith Drive Centre is a single story three building property built in 1978 of approximately 38,088 (unaudited) square feet on approximately 2.54 (unaudited) acres of land.  The acquisition price was $5,200,000 plus $43,732 of closing costs.

 

Included in the acquisition and purchase price of Zenith Drive Centre were a billboard sign and cellular relay antenna located on the property leased to a large media company and communications company, respectively.  Management separately valued these leases and the resulting amounts are included in intangible lease value.  The value of these leases is amortized over the remaining respective terms.

 

Industrial space in the properties is generally leased to tenants under lease terms that provide for the tenants to pay increases in operating expenses in excess of specified amounts.

 

4.             Related Party Transactions

 

The Managing Member incurs specific incremental costs in connection with the offering of membership units.  Reimbursement of such offering costs is limited to 4% of the gross proceeds of the related offerings.  Offering costs incurred by the Managing Member in excess of the 4% limitation are deferred, and will be reimbursed from future offering proceeds.  Any offering costs incurred by the Managing Member that are not reimbursed by the Fund will be reflected as a capital contribution to the Fund by the Managing Member, with an offsetting expense recognized in the Fund’s statement of operations.

 

Unrecovered offering costs incurred by the Managing Member for the three months ending March 31, 2005 are as follows:

 

Balance, December 31, 2004

 

$

443,690

 

Costs incurred

 

45,354

 

Costs paid

 

(206,220

)

Balance, March 31, 2005

 

$

282,824

 

 

Currently the Fund is distributing a 5% annual return paid quarterly.  During the three months ended March 31 2005, the Managing Member funded $200,980 to subsidize the Fund’s distributions to the unitholders.  This funding by the Managing Member will not be reimbursed to the Managing Member by the Fund.

 

The Managing Member and/or its affiliates are entitled to receive various fees, compensation and reimbursements as specified in the Fund’s operating agreement, including commissions of 7%, marketing fees of 2% of gross proceeds from the offering of units, and expense allowances of 1.5% of gross proceeds from the offering of units. During the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, the total fees, compensation and reimbursements were $541,328 and $235,620, respectively.

 

5.      Subsequent Event

 

On April 28, 2005, the Fund purchased an existing multi-tenant industrial park known as Paramount Business Center, a single-story two building property of approximately 30,157 square feet of

 

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leasable space on approximately 1.66 acres of land in Paramount, California.  The acquisition price was $3,100,000 plus approximately $55,000 of closing costs (which are not fully determined as of the date of this report), which equates to approximately $105 per square foot of leasable space.  As of March 31, 2005, the Fund had deposited $150,000 in escrow, which was non-refundable except for certain seller defaults.  The Fund purchased this property for all cash, without debt financing.

 

 

Item 2.       Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements and notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report.  Certain statements in this section and elsewhere contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking statements may relate to risks and other factors that may cause the Fund’s future results of operations to be materially different than those expressed or implied herein.  Some of these risks and other factors include, but are not limited to:  (i) no assurance that Fund properties will experience minimal or no vacancy; (ii) tenants may not be able to meet their financial obligations; (iii) rental revenues from the properties may not be sufficient to meet the Fund’s cash requirements for operations, capital requirements and distributions; (iv) suitable investment properties may not continue to be available; and (v) adverse changes to the general economy may disrupt operations.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The Fund’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.  The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenue and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ materially from the estimates in the near term.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Rental revenues are recorded on an accrual basis as they are earned over the lives of the respective tenant leases on a straight-line basis.  Rental receivables are periodically evaluated for collectibility.

 

Investments in Real Estate

 

The Fund evaluates the carrying value for investments in real estate in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (“FAS 144”).  FAS 144 requires that when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets might not be recoverable, companies should evaluate the need for an impairment write-down.  When an impairment write-down is required, the related assets are adjusted to their estimated fair value.

 

In June 2001 the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 141, Business Combinations and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.  SFAS No. 141 and No. 142 require the Fund to record at acquisition an intangible asset or liability for the value attributable to in-place leases.  The requirements are applicable to all acquisitions subsequent to July 1, 2001.  As of March 31, 2005, the Fund has recorded $291,590 as an intangible asset attributable to the value of the leases in place as of the date of acquisition.  Amortization as of March 31, 2005 totaled $163,793.

 

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Off-balance Sheet Financings and Liabilities

 

Other than lease commitments and legal contingencies incurred in the normal course of business, the Fund does not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or liabilities.  The Fund does not have any majority-owned subsidiaries or any interests in, or relationships with, any special-purpose entities.

 

 

Results of Operations

 

As of March 31, 2005, the Fund has purchased four multi-tenant industrial business park properties in two different major metropolitan areas.  The properties were purchased from the proceeds from the sale of membership units, without debt financing. The properties were purchased in the latter parts of September 2002, December 2002, December 2003 and January 2005.  As a result of the dates of purchase, Fund operations for 2005 reflect the net income from four properties for two of the three months.  For the three months ended March 31, 2004, Fund operations reflect operations for three properties.

 

Three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004

 

   The Fund’s net income for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 was $161,799 and $86,845, respectively.  Revenue increased from $301,503 to $433,068.  These increases primarily reflect the addition of Zenith Drive Centre, purchased in January 2005 and the rent increases from the other properties.  Property operating and maintenance expenses, and property taxes increased from $129,951 in 2004 to $174,526 in 2005 due to the addition of the new property.  Depreciation and amortization increased from $51,511 to $94,628 due to the purchase of Zenith Drive Centre.

 

Interest income increased to $32,650 for the three months ended March 31, 2005, from $343 for the same period in 2004.  The increase was primarily due to a significant increase in invested cash balances and the rise in short-term interest rates.

 

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of March 31, 2005, the Fund has received $34,704,000 ($37,075,000 as of May 9, 2005) of gross proceeds from the sale of membership units, and $685,419 as a capital contribution from the Managing Member.  As of March 31, 2005, the Fund has $11,329,101 ($10,408,387 at May 9, 2005) in cash and cash equivalents.

 

The Fund intends to continue offering membership units for sale and use the existing cash balance and net proceeds from the sale of units for the acquisition of additional multi-tenant industrial business park properties, capital improvements to the properties, and for operating expenses and reserves.

 

The Fund expects to meet its short-term liquidity requirements from net cash generated by operations, which we believe will be adequate to meet operating costs of the properties and the Fund, and allow for cash distributions to the unitholders.

 

The Managing Member has financed the Fund’s offering and organizational activities.  A portion of those costs have been reimbursed to the Managing Member at the rate of 4% of gross proceeds of the Fund’s unit sales pursuant to the prospectus for the offering.  The Fund will continue to incur organizational and offering expenses and the Managing Member, although not obligated, intends to continue providing advances for offering and organizational expenses until the sale of membership units is completed.  The Managing Member must raise funds through the sale of its own debt or equity

 

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securities to obtain the cash necessary to provide these advances.  There can be no assurance as to the amount or timing of the Managing Member’s receipt of funds.  The Fund will not reimburse the Managing Member for any amounts advanced by it for offering and organizational expenses, which exceed the amounts and percentages, set forth in the prospectus for the offering.  Any such expenses incurred by the Managing Member on behalf of the Fund that are not reimbursed by the Fund will be reflected as a capital contribution to the Fund by the Managing Member with an offsetting expense recognized in the Fund’s statement of operations.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

As of March 31, 2005, the Fund had a contractual commitment, subject to certain closing conditions, to purchase the Paramount Business Center for a purchase price of $3,100,000.  This transaction was completed on April 28, 2005.  There were no other significant contractual obligations or commercial commitments as of March 31, 2005, other than leases with the tenants that occupy our commercial buildings.

 

 

Item 3.       Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

The Fund invests its cash and cash equivalents in short term money market accounts, which, by their nature, are not subject to significant interest rate fluctuations.

 

 

Item 4.       Controls and Procedures

 

On March l7, 2005, the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm notified the Fund’s Audit Committee that they had identified two material weaknesses regarding the Fund’s internal controls.  The weaknesses noted were the lack of sufficient management oversight over and the proper segregation of duties of the accounting department with respect to accounting, financial reporting and disclosure. Management of the Fund has informed the Audit Committee that it is in process of hiring appropriate personnel and making changes in assigned roles and responsibilities to correct for such weaknesses.

 

The Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports that the Fund files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Fund’s management, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Cornerstone Ventures, Inc., the manager of the Managing Member of the Fund, have reviewed the effectiveness of the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures and have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.  Based on our evaluation, we do not believe that the control weaknesses noted above led to any material misstatements in the financial statements included in this report.  As noted above, we are in the process of hiring appropriate personnel and making changes in assigned roles and responsibilities which we believe will correct the control weaknesses we have identified.

 

While we are in the process of taking the foregoing steps and developing and implementing a formal set of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the efficacy of the steps we have taken to date and steps we are still in the process of completing is subject to continued management review supported by confirmation and testing by management and by our auditors.  As a result, we anticipate that additional changes will be made to our internal controls and procedures.  Other than the foregoing initiatives, no change in our internal control

 

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over financial reporting occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

It should be noted that any system of controls, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the system are met.  In addition, the design of any control system is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events.  Because of these and other inherent limitations of control systems, there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 6.                 Exhibits

 

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

32

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this quarterly report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized this  12th day of May 2005.

 

 

CORNERSTONE REALTY FUND, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

CORNERSTONE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, LLC

 

 

 

its Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

CORNERSTONE VENTURES, INC.

 

 

 

 

its Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ TERRY G. ROUSSEL

 

 

 

 

 

Terry G. Roussel, President

 

 

 

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ GARY W. NIELSON

 

 

 

 

 

Gary W. Nielson,

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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