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SEC Company Response from COHEN & STEERS PREMIUM INCOME REALTY FUND INC (CIK 0001170895) — Nov 9, 2004

COHEN & STEERS PREMIUM INCOME REALTY FUND INC (CIK 0001170895)
Date: Nov. 9, 2004 · CIK: 0001170895 · Accession: 0000950117-04-003855

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File numbers found in text: 333-119283, 811-21074

Date
November 8, 2004
Author
INCORPORATED
Form
CORRESP
Company
COHEN & STEERS PREMIUM INCOME REALTY FUND INC (CIK 0001170895)

Letter

OVERNIGHT DELIVERY AND EDGAR ---------------------------- Securities & Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Mr. Keith O'Connell

Re: Cohen & Steers Premium Income Realty, Inc. Registration Statement on Form N-2 Filed on November 8, 2004 File Nos.: 333-119283 and 811-21074

Dear Mr. O'Connell:

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Cohen & Steers Premium Income Realty Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby requests that the effective date of the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos.: 333-119283 and 811-21074) (the "Registration Statement") be accelerated so that it will be declared effective as soon as practicable on Wednesday, November 10, 2004.

We have also been advised that the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. has no objection to the underwriting arrangements.

In addition, as you requested in a telephone conversation held on November 4, 2004 with Jon R. Gray of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, the Fund hereby acknowledges that:

o in declaring the Registration Statement effective, neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") nor the staff of the Commission (the "Staff") forecloses itself from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement;

o the action of the Commission or the Staff in declaring the filing effective does not relieve the Fund from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and

o the Fund may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Very truly yours,

COHEN & STEERS PREMIUM INCOME REALTY FUND, Inc.

By: /s/ Lawrence B. Stoller ---------------------------- Name: Lawrence B. Stoller

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Global Markets & Investment Banking

4 World Financial Center - 5th Floor [MERRILL LYNCH LOGO] New York, New York 10080

212-449-6500

November 8, 2004

Mr. Keith O'Connell Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: Cohen & Steers Premium Income Realty Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") Form N-2 Registration Statement No. 333-119283 Investment Company Act File No. 811-21074

Dear Mr. O'Connell:

Pursuant to Rule 460 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), we on behalf of the several underwriters, wish to advise you that the amended Registration Statement, Form N-2 as filed on November 8, 2004, and Preliminary Prospectus dated November 8, 2004, will be electronically distributed during the period November 8, 2004 through pricing on November 10, 2004 as follows: approximately 350 copies of the Preliminary Prospectus and a limited number of Registration Statements will be sent to underwriters, dealers and institutions.

In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act, the undersigned, on behalf of the underwriters of the offering of up to 3,400 preferred shares of beneficial interest of the Fund, Series W28, hereby joins in the request of the Fund for acceleration of the effective date of the above-named Registration Statement so that it becomes effective on November 10, 2004, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED

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         [Letterhead of Cohen & Steers Premium Income Realty Fund, Inc.]

                                     November 8, 2004

OVERNIGHT DELIVERY AND EDGAR
----------------------------

Securities & Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Mr. Keith O'Connell

Re:   Cohen & Steers Premium Income Realty, Inc.
      Registration Statement on Form N-2
      Filed on November 8, 2004
      File Nos.: 333-119283 and 811-21074

Dear Mr. O'Connell:

      Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Cohen & Steers Premium Income Realty Fund,
Inc. (the "Fund") hereby requests that the effective date of the Registration
Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos.: 333-119283 and 811-21074) (the "Registration
Statement") be accelerated so that it will be declared effective as soon as
practicable on Wednesday, November 10, 2004.

      We have also been advised that the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. has no objection to the underwriting arrangements.

      In addition, as you requested in a telephone conversation held on November
4, 2004 with Jon R. Gray of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, the Fund hereby
acknowledges that:

      o  in declaring the Registration Statement effective, neither the
         Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") nor the staff of
         the Commission (the "Staff") forecloses itself from taking any action
         with respect to the Registration Statement;

      o  the action of the Commission or the Staff in declaring the filing
         effective does not relieve the Fund from its full responsibility for
         the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration
         Statement; and

      o  the Fund may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding
         initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities
         laws of the United States.

                                      Very truly yours,

                                      COHEN & STEERS PREMIUM INCOME
                                      REALTY FUND, Inc.

                                      By: /s/ Lawrence B. Stoller
                                          ----------------------------
                                      Name: Lawrence B. Stoller

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                                            Global Markets & Investment Banking

                                            4 World Financial Center - 5th Floor
[MERRILL LYNCH LOGO]                        New York, New York 10080

                                            212-449-6500

                                                                November 8, 2004

Mr. Keith O'Connell
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:   Cohen & Steers Premium Income Realty Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
      Form N-2 Registration Statement No. 333-119283
      Investment Company Act File No. 811-21074

Dear Mr. O'Connell:

      Pursuant to Rule 460 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), we on behalf of the
several underwriters, wish to advise you that the amended Registration
Statement, Form N-2 as filed on November 8, 2004, and Preliminary Prospectus
dated November 8, 2004, will be electronically distributed during the period
November 8, 2004 through pricing on November 10, 2004 as follows: approximately
350 copies of the Preliminary Prospectus and a limited number of Registration
Statements will be sent to underwriters, dealers and institutions.

      In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Securities Act, the undersigned, on behalf of the underwriters of the offering
of up to 3,400 preferred shares of beneficial interest of the Fund, Series W28,
hereby joins in the request of the Fund for acceleration of the effective date
of the above-named Registration Statement so that it becomes effective on
November 10, 2004, or as soon as possible thereafter.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
                                       MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                                                   INCORPORATED

                                       On behalf of the several Underwriters

                                       By: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                                                       INCORPORATED

                                       /s/ Michele Allong
                                       -------------------------
                                       Name:  Michele Allong
                                       Authorized Signatory

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