UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

_______________________________

Investment Company Act file number 811-21172

DWS RREEF Real Estate Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

One South Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip code)

 

Paul Schubert

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 454-7190

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31

Date of reporting period: 3/31/07

 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

Investment Portfolio

as of March 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

 

 

DWS RREEF Real Estate Fund, Inc.

 

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Common Stocks 113.4%

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) 112.8%

Apartments 16.8%

 

American Campus Communities, Inc.

 

736,602

 

22,311,675

Apartment Investment & Management Co. "A" (a)

 

534,600

 

30,841,074

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

 

171,600

 

22,308,000

Home Properties, Inc. (a)

 

62,300

 

3,290,063

 

78,750,812

Diversified 5.8%

 

iStar Financial, Inc.

 

521,600

 

24,426,528

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.

 

202,700

 

3,083,067

 

27,509,595

 

 

 

Health Care 12.4%

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc.

 

407,550

 

6,989,483

 

Senior Housing Properties Trust

 

613,700

 

14,667,430

 

Ventas, Inc.

 

868,800

 

36,602,544

 

 

 

58,259,457

 

Hotels 12.7%

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust

 

979,850

 

11,699,409

 

Canyon Ranch Holdings LLC (Units)

 

230,400

 

6,297,929

 

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

 

471,000

 

8,949,000

 

Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc.

 

220,400

 

2,457,460

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc.

 

25,600

 

664,832

 

Hersha Hospitality Trust

 

872,700

 

10,280,406

 

Highland Hospitality Corp.

 

56,200

 

1,000,360

 

Hospitality Properties Trust

 

76,100

 

3,561,480

 

Innkeepers USA Trust

 

901,333

 

14,673,701

 

 

 

59,584,577

 

Industrial 10.2%

 

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (a)

 

376,200

 

17,041,860

 

Liberty Property Trust

 

633,900

 

30,883,608

 

 

 

47,925,468

 

Office 20.4%

 

American Financial Realty Trust

 

224,700

 

2,264,976

 

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

 

409,500

 

16,339,050

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

 

481,500

 

19,014,435

 

HRPT Properties Trust

 

1,775,271

 

21,835,833

 

Lexington Realty Trust (a)

 

659,100

 

13,926,783

 

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

 

468,800

 

22,328,944

 

 

 

95,710,021

 

Other 2.1%

 

Crystal River Capital, Inc. 144A

 

167,500

 

4,495,700

 

Deerfield Triarc Capital Corp.

 

357,300

 

5,355,927

 

 

 

9,851,627

 

Regional Malls 18.7%

 

Feldman Mall Properties, Inc.

 

435,300

 

5,284,542

 

Glimcher Realty Trust (a)

 

1,024,050

 

27,669,831

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

419,597

 

46,680,166

 

The Macerich Co.

 

91,000

 

8,404,760

 

 

 

88,039,299

 

Shopping Centers 8.7%

 

Inland Real Estate Corp. (a)

 

363,700

 

6,670,258

 

National Retail Properties, Inc.

 

204,250

 

4,940,808

 

Realty Income Corp. (a)

 

227,750

 

6,422,550

 

Regency Centers Corp.

 

274,000

 

22,892,700

 

 

 

40,926,316

 

Storage 5.0%

 

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

 

1,233,797

 

23,368,115

 

 

Total Real Estate Investment Trust (“REITs”)

 

529,925,287

 

 

 

 

 

Other 0.6%

 

 

 

Quadra Realty Trust, Inc. * (a)

222,000

2,894,880

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $301,772,259)

 

532,820,167

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks 17.6%

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts 17.6%

Apartments 1.2%

 

Associated Estates Realty Corp., 8.70%, Series II

 

221,000

 

5,763,680

Diversified Financial Services 0.4%

 

Northstar Realty Finance Corp., 8.25%, Series B

 

68,400

 

1,658,700

Health Care 1.2%

 

LTC Properties, Inc., 8.0%, Series F

 

225,000

 

5,737,500

Hotels 6.0%

 

Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc., 8.25%, Series A

 

176,800

 

4,342,650

Equity Inns, Inc., 8.750%, Series B

 

498,000

 

12,916,875

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 8.25%, Series B

 

59,600

 

1,514,215

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 8.5%, 144A

 

167,500

 

4,250,313

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., 8.0%, Series A

 

196,500

 

5,053,744

 

28,077,797

Office 1.0%

 

Digital Realty Trust, Inc., 8.5%, Series A

 

183,300

 

4,748,625

Regional Malls 0.9%

 

Taubman Centers, Inc., 8.0%, Series G

 

170,747

 

4,410,395

Shopping Centers 6.8%

 

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc., 8.875%

 

150,000

 

3,936,000

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust, 9.5%, Series B (a)

 

208,000

 

5,278,000

The Mills Corp., 8.75%, Series E

 

190,000

 

4,979,900

The Mills Corp., 9.0%, Series C

 

364,400

 

9,542,725

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., 8.5%, Series C

 

75,000

 

8,107,035

 

31,843,660

Storage 0.1%

 

Public Storage, Inc., 10.00%, Series A

 

12,800

 

339,200

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $79,543,183)

 

82,579,557

 

Securities Lending Collateral 10.9%

 

Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 5.35% (b) (c)
(Cost $51,197,400)

 

 

51,197,400

 

51,197,400

 

Cash Equivalents 0.4%

 

Cash Management QP Trust, 5.33% (d)
(Cost $1,720,975)

 

 

1,720,975

 

1,720,975

 

% of
Net Assets

 

Value ($)

Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $ 434,233,817)

142.3

 

668,318,099

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

(8.2)

 

(38,554,751)

Preferred Stock, at Liquidation Value

(34.1)

 

(160,000,000)

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

100.0

 

469,763,348

 

For information on the Fund's policies regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent semi-annual or annual financial statements.

*

Non-income producing security.

(a)

All or a portion of these securities were on loan amounting to $43,055,576. In addition, included in other assets & liabilities are pending sales amounting to $6,817,200, that is also on loan. The value of all securities loaned at March 31, 2007 amounted to $49,872,776 which is 10.6% of net assets.

(b)

Daily Assets Fund Institutional, an affiliated fund, is managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

(c)

Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending.

 

 

 

(d)

Cash Management QP Trust, an affiliated fund, is managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

 

144A: Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

At March 31, 2007, open interest rate swaps were as follows:

 

Effective/
Expiration
Dates

 

Notional
Amount ($)

 

Cash Flows Paid
by the Fund

 

Cash Flows
Received by
the Fund

 

Net Unrealized
Appreciation ($)

 

7/14/2004
1/14/2008

 

 

40,000,000 1

 

 

Fixed — 2.992%

 

USD — Floating
LIBOR BBA

 

 

720,948

 

9/17/2004
1/28/2008

 

 

40,000,000 1

 


Fixed — 3.247%

 

USD — Floating
LIBOR BBA

 

 

668,012

 

9/17/2004
1/28/2010

 

 

40,000,000 1

 


Fixed — 3.769%

 

USD — Floating
LIBOR BBA

 

 

1,132,828

 

9/17/2004
1/28/2010

 

 

40,000,000 1

 


Fixed — 4.258%

 

USD — Floating
LIBOR BBA

 

 

1,333,804

 

Total net unrealized appreciation

 

3,855,592

 

 

 

Counterparty:

1 USB AG

BBA: British Bankers’ Association

LIBOR: Represents the London InterBank Offered Rate.

REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust

 

ITEM 2.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

 

 

(a)          The Chief Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on the evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

 

 

(b)         There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of the annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

ITEM 3.

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

 

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.

 

Registrant:

DWS RREEF Real Estate Fund, Inc.

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

May 23, 2007

 

 

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.

 

Registrant:

DWS RREEF Real Estate Fund, Inc.

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

May 23, 2007

 

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

 

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:                                                   May 23, 2007