UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM N-Q QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT COMPANY Investment Company Act file number: 811-07154 Exact Name of Registrant (as specified in charter): Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. Address of Principal Executive Office: 757 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 Name and address of agent for service: John E. McLean 757 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 Registrant telephone number, including area code: (212) 832-3232 Date of fiscal year end: December 31 Date of reporting period: September 30, 2005 Item 1. Schedule of Investments -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COHEN & STEERS TOTAL RETURN REALTY FUND, INC. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS September 30, 2005 (Unaudited) Number of Shares Value ---------------- --------------- COMMON STOCK 77.6% DIVERSIFIED 8.6% Colonial Properties Trust 82,100 $ 3,651,808 Digital Realty Trust 11,000 198,000 Entertainment Properties Trust 20,500 914,915 iStar Financial 55,200 2,231,736 Spirit Finance Corp. 96,600 1,086,750 Vornado Realty Trust 90,400 7,830,448 --------------- 15,913,657 --------------- HEALTH CARE 11.6% Health Care Property Investors 217,000 5,856,830 Health Care REIT 27,600 1,023,684 Healthcare Realty Trust 48,900 1,962,846 Medical Properties Trust 2,600 25,480 Nationwide Health Properties 157,300 3,665,090 Ventas 281,700 9,070,740 --------------- 21,604,670 --------------- HOTEL 1.7% DiamondRock Hospitality Co. 47,400 556,950 Hospitality Properties Trust 38,700 1,658,682 Strategic Hotel Capital 55,500 1,013,430 --------------- 3,229,062 --------------- INDUSTRIAL 1.4% First Industrial Realty Trust 64,700 2,591,235 --------------- MORTGAGE 1.6% Newcastle Investment Corp. 105,527 2,944,203 --------------- OFFICE 26.0% American Financial Realty Trust 133,600 1,897,120 Arden Realty 160,000 6,587,200 Brandywine Realty Trust 184,900 5,748,541 CarrAmerica Realty Corp. 154,500 5,554,275 Equity Office Properties Trust 179,400 5,868,174 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COHEN & STEERS TOTAL RETURN REALTY FUND, INC. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS--(Continued) September 30, 2005 (Unaudited) Number of Shares Value ---------------- --------------- HRPT Properties Trust 157,400 $ 1,953,334 Kilroy Realty Corp. 27,000 1,512,810 Mack-Cali Realty Corp. 131,100 5,891,634 Maguire Properties 93,000 2,794,650 Prentiss Properties Trust 166,500 6,759,900 Reckson Associates Realty Corp. 110,000 3,800,500 --------------- 48,368,138 --------------- OFFICE/INDUSTRIAL 4.6% Duke Realty Corp. 88,300 2,991,604 Liberty Property Trust 129,200 5,496,168 --------------- 8,487,772 --------------- RESIDENTIAL - APARTMENT 10.4% American Campus Communities 37,900 910,358 Apartment Investment & Management Co. 23,100 895,818 Archstone-Smith Trust 92,361 3,682,433 AvalonBay Communities 59,400 5,090,580 Camden Property Trust 53,500 2,982,625 Education Realty Trust 68,400 1,142,280 GMH Communities Trust 49,900 732,033 Home Properties 57,100 2,241,175 Mid-America Apartment Communities 35,400 1,646,454 --------------- 19,323,756 --------------- SELF STORAGE 1.3% Extra Space Storage 54,200 833,596 Extra Space Storage (Restricted)(a)(b) 8,000 116,888 Sovran Self Storage 6,200 303,490 U-Store-It Trust 53,100 1,076,337 --------------- 2,330,311 --------------- SHOPPING CENTER 10.4% COMMUNITY CENTER 2.7% Cedar Shopping Centers 74,100 1,072,227 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COHEN & STEERS TOTAL RETURN REALTY FUND, INC. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS--(Continued) September 30, 2005 (Unaudited) Number of Shares Value ---------------- --------------- Heritage Property Investment Trust 51,300 $ 1,795,500 Inland Real Estate Corp. 55,300 865,998 Urstadt Biddle Properties --Class A 86,600 1,312,856 --------------- 5,046,581 --------------- REGIONAL MALL 7.7% Glimcher Realty Trust 95,500 2,336,885 Macerich Co. 107,500 6,981,050 Mills Corp. 91,100 5,017,788 --------------- 14,335,723 --------------- TOTAL SHOPPING CENTER 19,382,304 --------------- TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Identified cost-$85,099,344) 144,175,108 --------------- PREFERRED STOCK 21.4% DIVERSIFIED 2.3% Colonial Properties Trust, 8.125%, Series D 14,600 378,140 Colonial Properties Trust, 7.62%, Series E 49,500 1,234,530 Crescent Real Estate Equities Co., 6.75%, Series A (Convertible) 60,500 1,340,075 Digital Realty Trust, 8.50%, Series A 10,700 281,945 Digital Realty Trust, 7.875%, Series B 8,200 204,590 iStar Financial, 7.875%, Series E 25,000 653,750 iStar Financial, 7.80%, Series F 10,000 265,100 --------------- 4,358,130 --------------- HEALTH CARE 3.5% Health Care REIT, 7.625%, Series F 17,000 430,100 Nationwide Health Properties, 7.677%, Series P 47,000 4,864,500 Windrose Medical, 7.50%, Series A 40,800 1,111,800 --------------- 6,406,400 --------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COHEN & STEERS TOTAL RETURN REALTY FUND, INC. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS--(Continued) September 30, 2005 (Unaudited) Number of Shares Value ---------------- --------------- HOTEL 0.7% Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, 8.25%, Series A 13,600 $ 341,360 FelCor Lodging Trust, 8.00%, Series C 17,000 423,300 Host Marriott Corp., 10.00%, Series C 3,500 89,040 Host Marriott Financial Trust, 6.75%, QUIPS (Convertible) 3,200 176,800 Sunstone Hotel Investors, 8.00%, Series A 7,000 178,500 --------------- 1,209,000 --------------- INDUSTRIAL 0.3% EastGroup Properties, 7.95%, Series D 21,000 549,360 --------------- OFFICE 3.9% Alexandria Real Estate Equities, 9.10%, Series B 13,900 362,234 Brandywine Realty Trust, 7.50%, Series C 11,328 287,165 Highwoods Properties, 8.625%, Series A 4,300 4,610,836 HRPT Properties Trust, 8.75%, Series B 52,800 1,399,728 SL Green Realty Corp., 7.625%, Series C 20,000 507,800 --------------- 7,167,763 --------------- RESIDENTIAL - APARTMENT 2.8% Apartment Investment & Management Co., 10.10%, Series Q 25,000 639,500 Apartment Investment & Management Co., 10.00%, Series R 18,100 468,066 Apartment Investment and Management Co., 9.375%, Series G 113,200 2,997,536 Mid-America Apartment Communities, 8.30%, Series H 17,300 451,530 Post Properties, 8.50%, Series A 11,000 671,000 --------------- 5,227,632 --------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COHEN & STEERS TOTAL RETURN REALTY FUND, INC. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS--(Continued) September 30, 2005 (Unaudited) Number of Shares Value ---------------- --------------- SHOPPING CENTER 7.9% COMMUNITY CENTER 1.3% Cedar Shopping Centers, 8.875%, Series A 10,000 $ 260,000 Developers Diversified Realty Corp., 8.60%, Series F 1,600 41,440 Ramco-Gershenson Property Trust, 9.50%, Series B 11,600 312,968 Saul Centers, 8.00%, Series A 26,800 700,820 Urstadt Biddle Properties, 8.50%, Series C 4,000 434,000 Urstadt Biddle Properties, 7.50%, Series D 27,000 695,385 --------------- 2,444,613 --------------- REGIONAL MALL 6.6% CBL & Associates Properties, 8.75%, Series B 13,000 678,600 CBL & Associates Properties, 7.75%, Series C 13,000 335,010 Glimcher Realty Trust, 8.125%, Series G 16,000 406,240 Mills Corp., 9.00%, Series B 73,800 1,929,870 Mills Corp., 9.00%, Series C 25,000 652,750 Mills Corp., 8.75%, Series E 26,000 689,000 Pennsylvania REIT, 11.00%, Series A 55,400 3,199,350 Simon Property Group, 8.375%, Series J 13,000 847,438 Taubman Centers, 8.30%, Series A 78,817 1,997,223 Taubman Centers, 7.625%, Series H 59,900 1,531,942 --------------- 12,267,423 --------------- TOTAL SHOPPING CENTER 14,712,036 --------------- TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Identified cost-$35,179,778) 39,630,321 --------------- Principal Amount ---------------- 0.6% COMMERCIAL PAPER San Paolo U.S. Finance Co., 2.750%, due 10/3/05 (Identified cost-$1,128,828) $ 1,129,000 1,128,828 --------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COHEN & STEERS TOTAL RETURN REALTY FUND, INC. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS--(Continued) September 30, 2005 (Unaudited) Number of Shares Value ---------------- --------------- TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Identified cost-$121,407,950) 99.6% $ 184,934,257 OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES 0.4% $ 818,350 ---------- --------------- NET ASSETS (Equivalent to $20.08 per share based on 9,249,159 shares of capital stock outstanding) 100.0% $ 185,752,607 ========== =============== Glossary of Portfolio Abbreviations QUIPS Quarterly Income Preferred Securities REIT Real Estate Investment Trust Note: Percentages indicated are based on the net assets of the fund. (a) Resale is restricted. Security acquired 6/20/05 at a cost of $107,760; equals 0.1% of net assets. (b) Fair valued security; equal 0.1% of net assets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) are effective based on their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report. (b) During the last fiscal quarter, there were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. Item 3. Exhibits. (a) Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. 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. COHEN & STEERS TOTAL RETURN REALTY FUND, INC. By: /s/ Adam M. Derechin -------------------------------- Name: Adam M. Derechin Title: President Date: November 17, 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/ Adam M. Derechin By: /s/ Jay J. Chen -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Name: Adam M. Derechin Name: Jay J. Chen Title: President and principal Title: Treasurer and principal executive officer financial officer Date: November 17, 2005