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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  HMC
Acquisition Properties, Inc. 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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