LETTER 1 filename1.txt March 28, 2005 Mail Stop 0409 VIA U.S. MAIL AND FAX (858) 487-9890 Mr. James Y. Nakagawa Chief Financial Officer Excel Properties, Ltd. 17140 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite 310 San Diego, CA 92128 Re: Excel Properties, Ltd. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 File No. 033-02320 Dear Mr. Nakagawa: We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. We have limited our review to only your financial statements and related disclosures and will make no further review of your documents. As such, all persons who are responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure are urged to be certain that they have included all information required pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with supplemental information so we may better understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise additional comments. Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 Financial Statements and Notes Report of Independent Accountants, page F-2 1. Please have your auditors revise their report to indicate that their audits were conducted in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Refer to the illustrative audit report in the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board`s Auditing Standard No. 1. * * * * We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to be certain that they have provided all information investors require for an informed decision. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. In connection with responding to our comments, please provide, in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that * the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings; * staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings; and * the company 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. In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filings or in response to our comments on your filings. You may contact Josh Forgione, at (202) 824-5464, or me, at (202) 942-1960, if you have questions. Please respond to the comments included in this letter within ten business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please file your response on EDGAR. Sincerely, Linda van Doorn Senior Assistant Chief Accountant ?? ?? ?? ?? Excel Properties, Ltd. March 28, 2005 Page 1