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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  HMC
Acquisition  Properties,   Inc.'s  Condensed  Consolidated  Balance  Sheets  and
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> HMC Acquisition Properties, Inc.                       
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