1 EXHIBIT 99.1 THE PICCADILLY HOTELS STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND DIRECT OPERATING EXPENSES YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 2 Independent Auditors' Report To the Board of Trustees American Realty Trust We have audited the accompanying statement of revenues and direct operating expenses of The Piccadilly Hotels for the year ended June 30, 1997. This statement of revenues and direct operating expenses is the responsibility of the Property's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this statement of revenues and direct operating expenses based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the statement of revenues and direct operating expenses is free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the statement of revenues and direct operating expenses. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall statement of revenues and direct operating expenses presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. The accompanying financial statement is prepared for the purpose of complying with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (for inclusion in Form 8-K of American Realty Trust) and, as described in Note 1, is not intended to be a complete presentation of the results of operations. In our opinion, the statement of revenues and direct operating expenses referred to above presents fairly, in all material respects, the revenues and direct operating expenses of The Piccadilly Hotels for the year ended June 30, 1997, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Farmer, Fuqua, Hunt & Munselle, P.C. Dallas, Texas December 8, 1997 3 THE PICCADILLY HOTELS STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND DIRECT OPERATING EXPENSES YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 REVENUES Room revenues $10,872,023 Food and liquor sales 3,329,040 Other revenues 158,660 ----------- Total revenues 14,359,723 OPERATING EXPENSES Salaries and benefits 4,158,393 Utilities 845,539 Food costs 897,417 Repairs and maintenance 674,063 Direct expenses 612,961 Linens and supplies 526,087 Property taxes 284,953 House laundry 216,726 Insurance 215,730 Liquor costs 182,573 Music 43,227 ----------- Total direct operating expenses 8,637,669 ----------- REVENUES IN EXCESS OF DIRECT OPERATING EXPENSES $ 5,702,054 =========== The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement. 4 THE PICCADILLY HOTELS NOTES TO STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND DIRECT OPERATING EXPENSES JUNE 30, 1997 NOTE 1: ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION The Piccadilly Hotels ("the Hotels") consists of four hotels, two with restaurants, located in Fresno, California. The Hotels are as follows, The Piccadilly Inn - Shaw, a 194-room hotel, which includes Oliver's Restaurant, The Piccadilly Inn - Airport, a 185-room hotel, which includes The Steak & Anchor Restaurant, The Piccadilly Inn - University, a 190-room hotel, which includes its catering and restaurant operation, and The Chateau Inn, a 78-room hotel. During 1997, the Hotels were owned by The Fansler Foundation, a nonprofit public benefit corporation. The accompanying financial statement does not include a provision for depreciation and amortization, bad debt expense, interest expense or income taxes. Accordingly, this statement is not intended to be a complete presentation of the results of operations. NOTE 2: ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. NOTE 3: OTHER REVENUES Other revenues consist of the following: Miscellaneous hotel revenues $ 78,674 Telephone revenues (net) 74,630 Gift shop income 5,356 ------------ Total $ 158,660 ============ NOTE 4: SUBSEQUENT EVENT The Hotels were sold to American Realty Trust, a Georgia corporation, on October 16, 1997.