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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended August 31, 2004

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file number 1-13223

LNR Property Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(305) 695-5500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 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  x    No  ¨

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

Common shares outstanding as of the end of the current fiscal quarter:

PART 1. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

LNR PROPERTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements.

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LNR PROPERTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(continued)

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements.

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LNR PROPERTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS - CONTINUED

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements.

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LNR PROPERTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS

(In thousands)

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements.

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LNR PROPERTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(continued)

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LNR PROPERTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - CONTINUED

(In thousands)

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements.

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LNR PROPERTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements include our accounts and those of our wholly owned subsidiaries and certain other entities we are required to consolidate. We consolidate the assets, liabilities, and results of operations of entities (both corporations and partnerships) in accordance with Accounting Research Bulletin (“ARB”) No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements,” Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 94, “Consolidation of All Majority-Owned Subsidiaries – an amendment of ARB No. 51, with related amendments of Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 18 and ARB No. 43, Chapter 12,” and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” as revised.

Variable interest entities (“VIEs”) are entities in which equity investors do not have a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. In accordance with FIN No. 46, we consolidate VIEs of which we are the primary beneficiary – those in which we have a variable interest or a combination of variable interests that will absorb a majority of the entity’s expected losses, receive a majority of the entity’s expected residual returns, or both, based on an assessment performed at the time we become involved with the entity. We reconsider this assessment only if (i) the entity’s governing documents or the contractual arrangements among the parties involved change in a manner that changes the characteristics or adequacy of the entity’s equity investment at risk, (ii) some or all of the equity investment is returned to the investors and other parties become exposed to expected losses of the entity, (iii) the entity undertakes additional activities or acquires additional assets beyond those that were anticipated at inception or at the last reconsideration date that increase its expected losses, or (iv) the entity receives an additional equity investment that is at risk, or curtails or modifies its activities in a way that decreases its expected losses.

Entities not deemed to be VIEs are consolidated if we own a majority of the voting securities or interests, except in those instances in which the minority voting interest owner effectively participates through substantive participative rights, as discussed in Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) No. 96-16, “Investor’s Accounting for an Investee When the Investor Has a Majority of the Voting Interest but the Minority Shareholder or Shareholders Have Certain Approval or Veto Rights.” Substantive participative rights include the ability to select, terminate, and set compensation of the investee’s management, if applicable, and the ability to participate in capital and operating decisions of the investee, including budgets, in the ordinary course of business.

We invest in organizations with varying structures, many of which do not have voting securities or interests, such as general partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies. In many of these structures, control of the entity rests with the general partners or managing members, while other members hold passive interests. The general partner or managing member may hold anywhere from a relatively small percentage of the total financial interests to a majority of the financial interests. For entities not deemed to be VIEs, where we serve as the sole general partner or managing member, we are considered to have the controlling financial interest and therefore the entity is consolidated, regardless of our financial interest percentage, unless there are other limited partners or investing members that effectively participate through substantive participative rights as outlined in EITF No. 96-16. In those circumstances where we, as majority owner, cannot cause the entity to take actions that are significant in the ordinary course of business, because such actions could be vetoed by the minority owner, we do not consolidate the entity.

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When we consolidate entities, the ownership interests of any minority parties are reflected as minority interests.

Investments in entities which are not consolidated are generally accounted for by the equity method or by the cost method if our investment is considered to be minor.

All significant intercompany transactions and balances among consolidated entities and intercompany profits and/or losses with unconsolidated entities have been eliminated. The financial statements have been prepared by management without audit by independent public accountants and should be read in conjunction with the November 30, 2003 audited financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year then ended. However, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for the fair presentation of the accompanying unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements have been made.

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Stock-Based Compensation

As permitted by SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure,” and SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” we continue to apply the accounting provisions of APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations, with regard to the measurement of employee compensation cost for options and restricted stock granted under our equity compensation plan. No stock-based employee compensation cost relative to stock options is reflected in net income as all options granted under the plan had an exercise price not less than the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant and the number of shares was fixed at the date of grant. Deferred compensation related to restricted stock grants is amortized to expense over the vesting period. Had expense been recognized using the fair value method described in SFAS No. 123, using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, we would have reported the following results of operations:

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New Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2003, the FASB issued FIN No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” which was subsequently revised in December 2003. The revisions to FIN No. 46 issued in December 2003 did not significantly affect the conclusions reached in the adoption of FIN No. 46 for entities with which we became involved after January 31, 2003, and accordingly the revisions to FIN No. 46 did not have a material effect on our results of operations or financial position. On May 31, 2004, we adopted the provisions of FIN No. 46, as revised, for entities created before February 1, 2003, and we consolidated thirteen real estate entities that were deemed VIEs and of which we were determined to be the primary beneficiary. Upon adoption, assets and liabilities of these entities were $163.3 million and $67.6 million, respectively, including mortgage notes and other debts payable of $53.2 million. See Note 12 for further discussion on variable interest entities at August 31, 2004.

In December 2003, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) issued Statement of Position (“SOP”) No. 03-3, “Accounting for Certain Loans or Debt Securities Acquired in a Transfer.” SOP No. 03-3 addresses income recognition on certain loans or debt securities purchased subsequent to origination. SOP No. 03-3 also supercedes Practice Bulletin 6 (“PB 6”), “Amortization of Discounts on Certain Acquired Loans,” which addresses income recognition on and impairment evaluation of certain bonds. SOP No. 03-3 is effective after November 30, 2005. We are currently evaluating whether the adoption of SOP No. 03-3 will impact our results of operations or financial position.

In November 2003, the EITF reached a consensus on the “disclosure” provisions of EITF No. 03-1, “The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments.” EITF No. 03-1 requires that certain quantitative and qualitative disclosures be made for debt securities subject to SFAS No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,” that are in an unrealized loss position at the balance sheet date but for which an other-than-temporary impairment has not been recognized. We plan to adopt the required disclosure provisions of EITF No. 03-1 during the quarter ending November 30, 2004.

In March 2004, the EITF reached a consensus on the “recognition” provisions of EITF No. 03-1. EITF No. 03-1 requires that a loss be recognized for an impairment that is other-than-temporary. A three-step impairment model should be applied to debt securities subject to SFAS No. 115, including those debt securities subject to EITF No. 99-20, “Recognition of Interest Income and Impairment on Purchased and Retained Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets.” EITF 03-1 originally required that we adopt the “recognition” provisions of EITF No. 03-1 prospectively to all current and future investments during the quarter ended November 30, 2004. However, on September 30, 2004, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) EITF No. 03-1-1, “Effective Date of Paragraph 16 of EITF Issue No. 03-1,” which delayed the effective date of the recognition provisions of EITF No. 03-1 until the issuance of the final FSP EITF Issue 03-1-a, “Implementation Guidance for the Application of Paragraph 16 of EITF Issue No. 03-1.” Until the final FSP is issued, we are not able to evaluate whether the adoption of the “recognition” provisions under such guidance will have a material effect on our results of operations or financial position.

In March 2004, the EITF reached a consensus on Issue 03-6, “Participating Securities and the Two-Class Method under FASB Statement No. 128, “Earnings per Share” (“EITF No. 03-6”), requiring the use of the two-class method of computing earnings per share for those enterprises with participating securities or multiple classes of common stock. Because our Class B common stock can receive per share dividends equal to not more than 90% of the cash dividends declared and paid on our common stock, our Class B common stock is considered a participating security under EITF No. 03-6. Accordingly, we are required to compute basic earnings per share using the two-class method, rather than the if-converted method. The two-class method for each period allocates the amount of undistributed earnings using a participation percentage which reflects the dividend rights of each class of common stock. Diluted earnings per share continues to be computed using the if-converted method. See Note 2 for further discussion.

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Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year consolidated condensed financial statements to conform to the current year presentation.

2. Earnings Per Share

The following reconciles the numerator and denominator of the basic and diluted earnings per share calculations for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2004 and 2003:

In the second quarter of 2003, we issued $235.0 million principal amount of 5.5% convertible senior subordinated notes due 2023. The notes are convertible into our common stock if the market price of our common stock exceeds 120% of the conversion price (currently $45.28) during certain periods or in other specified instances, at a rate of 22.0848 shares per $1,000 principal amount, which totals 5.2 million shares. These shares were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2004 and 2003, because the notes were not convertible during these periods.

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3. Proposed Sale

On August 29, 2004, we entered into a merger agreement with a newly formed company, which will be majority owned by funds managed by Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. and other investors selected by Cerberus, under which holders of our common stock and Class B common stock will receive $63.10 per share in cash and we will become indirectly wholly owned by the newly formed company, Riley Property Holdings.

The transaction will require approval by the holders of a majority in voting power of LNR’s stock. Stuart A. Miller, Chairman of the LNR Board of Directors, partnerships owned by his family and a trust of which he is a primary beneficiary, together own shares carrying the power to cast 77.35% of the votes that can be cast with regard to the transaction. Mr. Miller, the partnerships and the trust have agreed to vote their shares in favor of the merger as long as our Board of Directors and a special committee of our Board continue to recommend the transaction.

Mr. Miller, the partnerships owned by his family, and the trust have also agreed to acquire an approximately 20.4% interest in Riley Property Holdings. Other members of our management have agreed to acquire an additional approximately 4.6% interest in Riley Property Holdings. The purchase price per unit to be paid by Mr. Miller, the partnerships owned by his family, the trust and management for their interests in Riley Property Holdings will be the same as the price to be paid by Cerberus.

In addition to being subject to approval by the holders of a majority of our shares, the consummation of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, consents or waivers under agreements, completion of the Miller family and management investments in Riley Property Holdings, and other customary closing conditions. The merger is expected to be completed by the end of 2004 or early in 2005.

In September 2004, four class action lawsuits (three of which have been consolidated) seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and monetary damages, were filed against us and the members of our Board of Directors. Each of these lawsuits alleges, among other things, that the terms of the sale transaction are unfair to our stockholders, that the consideration to be paid to our stockholders is inadequate, and that our Board of Directors breached its fiduciary duties to our stockholders. Each of them states that the allegedly unfair terms and inadequate consideration were intended to benefit the Miller family through their investment in Riley Property Holdings. We believe that each of these actions is without merit and intend to defend each of them vigorously.

4. Acquisition

In July 2003, we and Lennar Corporation (“Lennar”) formed, and obtained 50% interests in, NWHL Investment LLC (“NWHL”). In January 2004, NWHL completed the acquisition of The Newhall Land and Farming Company (“Newhall”) for approximately $1.0 billion. Newhall’s primary business is developing two master-planned communities in Southern California.

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In addition, in November 2003, we and Lennar each contributed our 50% interests in certain of our jointly-owned unconsolidated entities that had significant assets to a new limited liability company named LandSource Communities Development LLC (“LandSource”), in exchange for 50% interests in LandSource. LandSource was formed as a vehicle to obtain financing based on the value of the combined assets of the joint venture entities that we and Lennar contributed to LandSource. We and Lennar used LandSource’s financing capacity, together with the financing value of Newhall’s assets, to obtain improved financing for part of the purchase price of Newhall and for working capital to be used by the LandSource subsidiaries and Newhall. We and Lennar may merge LandSource and the joint venture entity that acquired Newhall, and we and Lennar may use LandSource for future joint ventures.

In order to enable NWHL to pay the acquisition price of Newhall, we and Lennar each contributed approximately $200 million to NWHL, and NWHL and LandSource jointly obtained $600 million of bank financing commitments, of which $400 million was used by NWHL to pay part of the acquisition price of Newhall. The remainder of the acquisition price was paid with proceeds from the sale of income producing commercial properties from Newhall to us for approximately $216 million. We are not obligated with regard to the borrowings of NWHL and LandSource, except that we and Lennar have committed to complete any property development commitments on which NWHL and LandSource default and have guaranteed that, in the event of fraud or similar unlawful activities by the borrowers, or distributions by the borrowers that are not permitted by the loan documents, we will pay the lenders the amount of any resulting damages they suffer and we will pay anything that is required to reduce the loan balances to specified percentages of the appraised values of the properties that secure the borrowings.

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During the third quarter, we completed our allocation of the purchase price of the income producing commercial properties acquired from Newhall to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the time of acquisition:

5. Intangibles

At August 31, 2004, we had the following intangibles on our balance sheet:

Amortization expense related to these intangibles was $698,000 for both the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2004 and is expected to be in the range of approximately $1.5 million to $1.6 million annually from 2005 to 2009.

6. Investment Securities and Mortgage Loans, Net

Included in our balances of investment securities and of mortgage loans, net, were $285.8 million and $60.0 million, respectively, at August 31, 2004, and $373.0 million and $46.2 million, respectively, at November 30, 2003, of assets which were pledged to creditors and can be repledged or sold by the creditors under reverse repurchase agreements.

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7. Securitization Transaction

In February 2004, we sold $50.4 million face amount of a non-investment grade commercial mortgage backed security (“CMBS”) to a qualified special purpose entity (“QSPE”). This CMBS bond was resecuritized into various classes of non-recourse fixed-rate bonds comprised of $28.7 million face amount of investment grade rated bonds and $21.7 million face amount of non-investment grade rated bonds. The QSPE sold the investment grade rated bonds to unrelated third parties for net proceeds of $30.3 million, which was used to pay us for the CMBS collateral. In accordance with SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities,” we recognized a pretax gain on the sale of the CMBS collateral to the QSPE of $17.3 million in the quarter ended February 29, 2004. We retained the non-investment grade rated bonds (the “retained interests”), which had an aggregate face amount and amortized cost at the time of the resecuritization of $21.7 million and $7.5 million, respectively. The retained interests are carried on our balance sheet at August 31, 2004 at an estimated fair value of $16.6 million and are classified as available-for-sale. We measure the estimated fair value of the retained interests based on the present value of the expected future cash flows, which are determined based on the expected future cash flows from the underlying CMBS. The difference between the amortized cost of the retained interests and their fair value is recorded, net of tax, in stockholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive earnings.

8. Deferred Compensation Plan

In April 2004, we adopted the LNR Property Corporation Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) that allows a selected group of members of management to defer a portion of their salaries and bonuses and to exchange up to 100% of their restricted stock for the right to receive shares in the future. All participant contributions to the Plan are vested. Salaries and bonuses that are deferred under the Plan are credited with earnings or losses based on investment decisions made by the participants. We fund our obligations under the Plan with assets that are held in a trust, but are subject to the claims of our general creditors in the event of our insolvency. At August 31, 2004, the fair market value of these assets was $1.7 million.

When a participant surrenders restricted stock under the Plan, the participant receives in exchange the right to receive in the future a number of shares of our common stock equal to the number of restricted shares that are surrendered. The surrender is reflected as a reduction in stockholders’ equity equal to the value of the restricted stock when it was issued, with an offsetting increase in stockholders’ equity to reflect a deferral of the compensation expense related to the surrendered restricted stock. Changes in the value of the shares that will be issued in the future are not reflected in the financial statements.

As of August 31, 2004, approximately 165,800 shares of restricted stock had been surrendered in exchange for rights under the Plan, resulting in a reduction of stockholders’ equity of $4.3 million fully offset by an increase in stockholders’ equity to reflect the deferral of compensation in that amount. Shares that we are obligated to issue in the future under the Plan are treated as outstanding shares in both our basic and diluted earnings per share calculations for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2004.

9. Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt

In the first quarter of 2004, we issued $50.0 million principal amount of 7.25% senior subordinated notes due in 2013. Proceeds from the sale were primarily used to redeem $45.3 million principal amount of our 10.5% senior subordinated notes due in 2009 at a redemption price equal to 105.375%

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of principal plus interest accrued to the redemption date. The redemption of the 10.5% notes at a premium resulted in a pretax loss from continuing operations of $3.4 million during the first quarter of 2004, which was included in the “Corporate and Interest” segment.

10. Commitments and Contingencies

We are obligated to provide guarantees and other commitments under various types of agreements. Except for the amounts disclosed in Note 11, none of these obligations are reflected in our financial statements. The obligations not reflected in our financial statements totaled $391.9 million at August 31, 2004. Included in this amount are $34.1 million of commitments to fund capital contributions to unconsolidated entities required by agreements or pursuant to approved annual business plans. Also included are guarantees of $357.8 million at August 31, 2004, which are discussed in Note 11.

In addition, we have been named as a defendant in certain class action lawsuits which are further discussed in Note 3.

11. Guarantees

In the ordinary course of business, we provide various guarantees which are included under the recognition, measurement, and disclosure provisions of FIN No. 45, “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others,” including: (i) standby letters of credit, generally to enhance credit or guarantee our performance under contractual obligations; (ii) guarantees of debt, generally in order for unconsolidated entities in which we own interests to obtain financing for the acquisition and development of their properties; (iii) limited maintenance guarantees, generally to certain of our unconsolidated entities’ lenders, which may require us to provide funds to these entities to maintain a required loan-to-value ratio or upon default by the borrower; (iv) surety bond reimbursement guarantees, generally related to our affordable housing syndications or to support our development obligations under development agreements with municipalities, and (v) guarantees in connection with our syndication of affordable housing tax credits, generally to provide additional funding to cover operating cash flow deficiencies, maintain specified debt service coverage ratios and cover financing shortfalls to projects upon completion if the projects’ permanent financing is insufficient to repay the projects’ construction loans. These guarantees have varying expiration dates ranging from less than one year to 28 years, and totaled $357.8 million at August 31, 2004. The fair value of these types of guarantees issued after December 31, 2002, was not material.

In accordance with SFAS No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies,” we have recorded $11.7 million of liabilities related to obligations under certain guarantees, where payments are considered both probable and reasonably estimable. In addition, in accordance with SFAS No. 66, “Accounting for Sales of Real Estate,” we have recorded $3.5 million of liabilities representing our maximum liability under non-operating guarantees and operating guarantees of an extended duration which we provided at the time we sold interests in certain affordable housing community entities, even though we do not expect to be required to perform under these guarantees.

12. Variable Interest Entities

We evaluated all of our investments and other interests in entities that may be deemed VIEs under the provisions of FIN No. 46. These included interests in CMBS and investments in certain real estate entities, including partnerships and limited liability companies.

Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities

CMBS are securities backed by loans on commercial and multi-family residential real estate properties and possess many of the characteristics of large portfolios of performing loans. Generally, the interests we own in CMBS are through qualifying special-purpose entities (“QSPE”), which are

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exempted from consolidation under the provisions of FIN No. 46, providing that we do not have the ability to unilaterally dissolve them. Only two of the CMBS structures in which we have an interest did not meet the requirements to be a QSPE, and were determined to be VIEs due to insufficient equity. We, however, were not deemed to be the primary beneficiary of these entities and therefore we were not required to consolidate them. At August 31, 2004, assets and liabilities of these entities were $1,108.9 million and $1,104.1 million, respectively, and our maximum exposure to loss in these entities was limited to our recorded investment of $14.2 million.

Investments In Certain Real Estate Entities

Affordable Housing Communities

During 1998, we entered into the business of owning, developing and syndicating affordable housing communities. Our ownership interests in these communities typically approximate 99% of the entities we have not yet syndicated. We continue to hold a small interest (typically ranging from less than 1% to 10%) in the communities we have syndicated, and we continue to manage those communities, for which we earn management fees. All sixty of our affordable housing unconsolidated entity interests which have been syndicated and twelve of our affordable housing unconsolidated (prior to FIN No. 46) entity interests which have not yet been syndicated are VIEs due to disproportionate voting and economic rights. We were deemed to be the primary beneficiary on the twelve entities not yet syndicated, and accordingly we consolidated these entities into our financial statements on May 31, 2004. See Note 1 for impact upon adoption of FIN No. 46. At August 31, 2004, these entities had assets and liabilities of $90.1 million and $62.8 million, respectively, including mortgage notes and other debts payable of $54.3 million. The remaining sixty unconsolidated entities had assets and liabilities of $479.6 million and $341.6 million, respectively, at August 31, 2004. Our maximum exposure to loss in these entities was limited to our investment of $18.9 million and guarantees of $70.7 million at August 31, 2004.

International Entities

We have an investment in a European unconsolidated (prior to FIN No. 46) entity, which owns a pool of commercial real estate properties located throughout France. This entity, which had assets and liabilities of $32.8 million and $0.5 million, respectively, at August 31, 2004, is a VIE due to disproportionate voting and economic rights. We were deemed to be the primary beneficiary, and accordingly consolidated this entity into our financial statements on May 31, 2004. See Note 1 for impact upon adoption of FIN No. 46.

Madison Square Company LLC

Formed in March 1999, Madison Square Company LLC (“Madison”) invests in real estate securities, primarily CMBS. Madison is a VIE; however, we were not deemed to be the primary beneficiary of Madison, and accordingly we did not consolidate the entity. At August 31, 2004, the assets and liabilities of this entity were $668.8 million and $520.6 million, respectively. The debt of the entity is in the form of securitized notes which are non-recourse to us, although we own $61.3 million face amount of those notes at a discount. At August 31, 2004, our maximum exposure to loss was limited to the amount of our recorded investment of $37.4 million (representing our 25.8% ownership interest), as well as our $36.1 million investment in the securitized notes issued by Madison.

Single-Asset Entities

We have investments in single-asset unconsolidated entities that were established to acquire, develop, reposition, manage and sell real estate assets. One of these entities, in which we purchased an interest during the second quarter of 2004, owns and operates a commercial office building and was deemed to

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be a VIE due to disproportionate voting and economic rights; however, we were not deemed to be the primary beneficiary of this entity, and therefore we were not required to consolidate it. At August 31, 2004, assets and liabilities of this partnership were $17.0 million and $0.7 million, respectively, and our maximum exposure to loss in this entity was limited to our investment of $2.3 million.

13. Assets Held for Sale

In the normal course of our business, we acquire, develop, redevelop, or reposition real estate properties, and then dispose of those properties when we believe they have reached optimal values. In accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” we reflect the historical operating results of properties sold or held for sale as well as our gain or loss on sale from these properties as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of earnings and their assets and liabilities as held for sale in our consolidated balance sheets for periods prior to their sale. During the period from our adoption of SFAS No. 144 (December 1, 2002) through August 31, 2004, we sold several such properties and have reflected these properties’ assets and liabilities as held for sale in our consolidated condensed balance sheets prior to their sale date, and their historical operating results for periods prior to their sale, as well as the gain or loss on sale, as results of discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of earnings.

Assets held for sale and liabilities related to assets held for sale were comprised of the following at August 31, 2004 and November 30, 2003:

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The results of discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2004 and 2003, related to assets that had been sold or were held for sale after November 30, 2002, were as follows: