SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-007266 to BROOKFIELD REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST INC. (CIK 0001713407)
BROOKFIELD REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST INC. (CIK 0001713407)
Date: July 7, 2023 · CIK: 0001713407 · Accession: 0000000000-23-007266
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
July 7, 2023
Dana Petitto
Chief Financial Officer
Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc.
250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10281
Re:Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022
Filed March 16, 2023
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023
Filed May 12, 2023
File No. 000-56428
Dear Dana Petitto:
We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related
disclosures and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to
provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
Net Asset Value, page 49
1.We note your allocation of net asset value to each class of share in the table at the top of
page 51. Please clarify for us, and expand your disclosure to discuss, how you calculated
the amount allocated to each class of share (e.g. $487,102,000 to Class S shares,
$566,427,000 to Class I shares). Within your response and expanded disclosure, please
clarify how you incorporate the stockholder servicing fees in this allocation.
Notes to the Financial Statements
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
FirstName LastNameDana Petitto
Comapany NameBrookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc.
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FirstName LastName
Dana Petitto
Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc.
July 7, 2023
Page 2
Fair Value Measurement, page F-14
2.We note your disclosure that the inputs used in determining the Company’s equity method
investment carried at fair value are considered Level 3. Please tell us how you determined
it was not necessary to provide quantitative information about the significant
unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of this asset. Please refer to ASC
820-10-50-2(bbb).
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Results of Operations, page 36
3.You disclose that the increase in rental revenue was due to property acquisitions and
increasing rental rates. As it appears that your existing portfolio had an impact on your
change in rental revenues, please tell us what consideration you gave to providing same
store performance information within your results of operations.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Share Repurchases, page 49
4.We note your table at the bottom of page 50 which states that you repurchased 2.78% of
your shares outstanding during March 2023. We note your disclosure on page 49 that the
total amount of aggregate repurchases of your common stock is limited to no more than
2% of your aggregate NAV per month. Please reconcile the apparent inconsistency for us.
In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.
You may contact Paul Cline at 202-551-3851 or Jennifer Monick at 202-551-3295 with
any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction