SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-013870 to Fundrise Development eREIT, LLC (CIK 0001768726)
Fundrise Development eREIT, LLC (CIK 0001768726)
Date: Dec. 20, 2023 · CIK: 0001768726 · Accession: 0000000000-23-013870
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
December 19, 2023
Benjamin Miller
Chief Executive Officer of Fundrise Advisors, LLC
Fundrise Development eREIT, LLC
11 Dupont Circle NW, 9th FL
Washington, DC 20036
Re:Fundrise Development eREIT, LLC
Post Qualification Amendment No. 2 to
Offering Statement on Form 1-A
Filed November 22, 2023
File No. 024-11873
Dear Benjamin Miller:
We have reviewed your offering statement and have the following comments.
Please respond to this letter by amending your offering statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances
or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After
reviewing any amendment to your offering statement and the information you provide in
response to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Post Qualification Amendment No. 2 to Offering Statement on Form 1-A
General
1.We note that in the 12-month period prior to October 20, 2023, you had settled
subscriptions for approximately $14,069,167. Please revise Item 6 of Part I of Form 1-A
to provide for the issuance of all unregistered securities over the past 12-month period.
2.We note that settlement may occur up to 45 days after a prospective investor submits a
subscription agreement and that you reserve the right to reject any investor’s subscription
in whole or in part for any reason. Please provide analysis as to why you believe this is not
a delayed offering prohibited by Rule 251(d)(3)(i)(F) of Regulation A.
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3.We note that the per share purchase price for your common shares in this offering will be
adjusted by your Manager at the beginning of every semi-annual period (or such other
period as determined by your Manager in its sole discretion, but no less frequently than
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annually). We further note that you file on a semi-annual or other periodic basis an
offering circular supplement disclosing the determination of our NAV per share that will
be applicable for such period. Please be advised that you cannot change your offering
price by filing a supplement.
Offering Summary
Our Structure, page 15
4.Please revise to include a more legible organizational chart. Moreover, please revise the
chart to include ownership percentage for each entity.
Maintenance of our Investment Company Act exemption imposes limits..., page 34
5.Please expand your disclosure regarding the consequences if you were deemed to be an
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. For instance, please
disclose that if you were deemed to be an investment company, you would be ineligible to
conduct this offering under Regulation A.
By purchasing shares in this offering, you are bound by the jury waiver provisions..., page 53
6.Please revise to disclose whether or not the waiver of jury trial provisions apply to
purchasers in secondary transactions.
Estimated Use of Proceeds, page 61
7.We note your disclosure on 85 that, as you sell additional common shares in this offering,
you "will use the proceeds of such sales to pay down the principal and interest of any
related party loan or the principal of the outstanding participation interests, as
appropriate." We further note that, as of October 20, 2023, you had outstanding company-
level, related party debt outstanding of approximately $33.4 million, including principal
and accrued interest. Please revise to disclose the interest rate and maturity of such
indebtedness. If the indebtedness to be discharged was incurred within one year, describe
the use of the proceeds of such indebtedness other than short-term borrowings used for
working capital. Refer to Item 504 of Regulation S-K and Instruction 4 to Item 504.
We will consider qualifying your offering statement at your request. If a participant in
your offering is required to clear its compensation arrangements with FINRA, please have
FINRA advise us that it has no objections to the compensation arrangements prior to
qualification.
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. We also remind you that, following qualification of your Form 1-A, Rule 257
of Regulation A requires you to file periodic and current reports, including a Form 1-K which
will be due within 120 calendar days after the end of the fiscal year covered by the report.
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Please contact Howard Efron at 202-551-3439 or Shannon Menjivar at 202-551-3856 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Kibum Park at 202-551-6836 or David Link at 202-551-3356 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
cc: Mark Schonberger