UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2005 Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement. [ ] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc.. Address: 757 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 Form 13F File Number: 28-2405 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Robert Steers Title: Co-Chariman and Co-Chief Executive Officer Phone: (212) 832-3232 Signature, Place, and Dating of Signing: November 9, 2005 /s/ Robert Steers New York, NY November 9, 2005 ---------------- --------------- ------------------ Report Type (Check only one.): [X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) [ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: [If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.] Form 13F File Number Name Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 1 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 194 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 16696411 List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. No. Form 13F File Number Name 01 Houlihan Rovers, SA FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE ITEM 1: ITEM 2: ITEM 3: ITEM 4: ITEM 5: ITEM 6: ITEM 7: ITEM 8: -------------------------- ------- -------- ------- --------------- ------- -------- -------------------------- TITLE OF VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP (X$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE -------------------------- ------- -------- ------- --------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------ AGL Resources COM 001204106 21,271 573,196 SH Sole 573,196 AMB Property Corp. COM 00163T109 158,392 3,521,217 SH Sole 3,249,308 271,909 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 1,522 35,900 SH Sole 35,900 Affordable Residential Comm. COM 008273104 10,441 1,032,697 SH Sole 970,897 61,800 Alexandria Real Estate COM 015271109 113,116 1,367,758 SH Sole 1,234,654 133,104 Alltel Corp COM 020039103 1,843 28,300 SH Sole 28,300 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 4,577 62,100 SH Sole 62,100 Ameren Corp COM 023608102 140,713 2,630,644 SH Sole 2,630,644 American Campus Cmntys Inc. COM 024835100 45,751 1,904,700 SH Sole 1,904,700 American Electric Power Co COM 025537101 6,626 166,900 SH Sole 166,900 American Financial Realty Tr COM 02607P305 178,820 12,592,971 SH Sole 12,041,471 551,500 Amli Residential Pptys Tr. COM 001735109 119,948 3,740,200 SH Sole 3,740,200 Amsouth Bancorporation COM 032165102 4,239 167,800 SH Sole 167,800 Apartment Inv & Mgmt. Co COM 03748R101 267,453 6,889,164 SH Sole 6,435,207 453,957 Archstone-Smith Tr. COM 039583109 328,078 8,215,380 SH Sole 7,864,629 350,751 Arden Realty Inc. COM 039793104 371,445 9,015,508 SH Sole 8,860,403 155,105 Atmos Energy Corp COM 049560105 5,947 210,500 SH Sole 210,500 AvalonBay Cmntys Inc COM 053484101 454,723 5,300,873 SH Sole 4,960,178 340,695 Avery Dennison Corp. COM 053611109 1,399 26,700 SH Sole 26,700 BRE Properties Inc. COM 05564E106 170,494 3,826,632 SH Sole 3,491,960 334,672 Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 4,408 104,700 SH Sole 104,700 Bedford Ppty Invs Inc. COM 076446301 4,453 186,800 SH Sole 93,000 93,800 Bellsouth Corp COM 079860102 4,897 186,200 SH Sole 186,200 Bemis Inc. COM 081437105 1,237 50,100 SH Sole 50,100 BioMed Realty Trust Inc. COM 09063H107 43,475 1,753,027 SH Sole 1,653,727 99,300 Boston Properties Inc. COM 101121101 392,447 5,528,173 SH Sole 5,143,601 384,572 Brandywine Realty Tr. COM 105368203 200,689 6,455,103 SH Sole 6,455,103 Brookfield Properties Corp. COM 112900105 227,127 7,707,069 SH Sole 7,114,419 592,650 CBL & Associates Ppty Inc. COM 124830100 64,765 1,574,241 SH Sole 1,476,871 97,370 CINergy Corp COM 172474108 117,580 2,647,595 SH Sole 2,647,595 CMS Energy Corp COM 125896100 1,931 117,400 SH Sole 117,400 Camden Ppty Trust COM 133131102 87,840 1,580,535 SH Sole 1,575,600 4,935 CarrAmerica Realty Corp. COM 144418100 283,666 7,858,324 SH Sole 7,717,524 140,800 Cedar Shopping Centers Inc. COM 150602209 56,918 3,933,500 SH Sole 3,933,500 ChevronTexaco Corp. COM 166764100 3,560 55,000 SH Sole 55,000 Citigroup Inc COM 172967101 1,434 31,500 SH Sole 31,500 Citizens Communications Co. COM 17453B101 31,708 2,340,100 SH Sole 2,340,100 Cleco Corporation COM 12561W105 12,564 532,816 SH Sole 532,816 Coca Cola Co. COM 191216100 1,607 37,200 SH Sole 37,200 Colonial Property Tr COM 195872106 136,634 3,071,800 SH Sole 3,071,800 Commercial Net Lease COM 202218103 30,006 1,500,300 SH Sole 1,500,300 Consolidated Edison Inc COM 209115104 122,907 2,531,548 SH Sole 2,531,548 Constellation Energy Group COM 210371100 4,528 73,500 SH Sole 73,500 Crescent Real Estate COM 225756105 17,639 860,000 SH Sole 860,000 DPL Inc. COM 233293109 10,608 381,600 SH Sole 381,600 DTE Energy Co COM 233331107 101,731 2,218,286 SH Sole 2,218,286 Developers Divers. COM 251591103 171.243 3,665,113 SH Sole 3,479,313 185,800 Diamondrock Hospitality Company COM 252784301 35,016 2,980,100 SH Sole 2,980,100 Digital Realty Trust Inc. COM 253868103 21,904 1,216,900 SH Sole 1,215,634 1,266 Dominion Resources Inc COM 25746U109 64,566 749,544 SH Sole 749,544 Dow Chemical Co COM 260543103 1,275 30,600 SH Sole 30,600 Du Pont El de Nemours COM 263534109 2,378 60,700 SH Sole 60,700 Duke Energy Corporation COM 264399106 138,198 4,737,692 SH Sole 4,737,692 Duke Realty Corp COM 264411505 128,576 3,786,020 SH Sole 3,737,900 48,120 E.ON AG-Spons ADR COM 268780103 25,525 830,074 SH Sole 830,074 Edison International COM 281020107 94,808 2,005,240 SH Sole 2,005,240 Education Realty Trust COM 28140H104 51,054 3,057,100 SH Sole 3,057,100 El Paso Electric Co COM 283677854 404 19,400 SH Sole 19,400 Eli Lilly and Company COM 532457108 3,093 57,800 SH Sole 57,800 Emerson Electric Co COM 291011104 1,587 22,100 SH Sole 22,100 Energen Corp COM 29265N108 3,734 86,306 SH Sole 86,306 Energy East Corp COM 29266M109 12,186 483,780 SH Sole 483,780 Entergy Corp COM 29364G103 93,071 1,252,304 SH Sole 1,252,304 Enterprise GP Holdings LP COM 293716106 3,488 100,000 SH Sole 100,000 Entertainment Properties COM 29380T105 37,025 829,600 SH Sole 829,600 Equitable Resources Inc COM 294549100 67,762 1,734,820 SH Sole 1,734,820 Equity Inns Inc COM 294703103 20,046 1,484,900 SH Sole 1,484,900 Equity Office Pptys COM 294741103 612,487 18,696,755 SH Sole 18,185,398 511,357 Equity Residential COM 29476L107 302,714 7,979,737 SH Sole 7,487,374 492,363 Essex Property Tr. COM 297178105 78,075 867,496 SH Sole 819,096 48,400 Exelon Corp COM 30161N101 134,508 2,516,997 SH Sole 2,516,997 Extra Space Storage Inc. COM 30225T102 64,808 4,213,800 SH Sole 4,046,500 167,300 Extra Space Storage Inc-RestrictedCOM 99999EXRR 3,574 250,000 SH Sole 250,000 FPL Group Inc COM 302571104 80,034 1,681,386 SH Sole 1,681,386 Fairpoint Communicationss Inc COM 305560104 30,591 2,091,000 SH Sole 2,091,000 Federal Realty Inv. COM 313747206 100,714 1,652,947 SH Sole 1,552,247 100,700 ITEM 1: ITEM 2: ITEM 3: ITEM 4: ITEM 5: ITEM 6: ITEM 7: ITEM 8: --------------------------- ------- --------- ------- ----------------- ------- -------- -------------------------- TITLE OF VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP (X1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE --------------------------- ------- -------- ------- -------- --- ---- ------- -------- ---- ------ ------ First Horizon National Corp. COM 320517105 3,711 102,100 SH Sole 102,100 First Industrial Rlty COM 32054K103 144,953 3,619,300 SH Sole 3,619,300 FirstEnergy Corp COM 337932107 50,961 977,755 SH Sole 977,755 Forest City Enterprises COM 345550107 13,400 351,700 SH Sole 236,400 115,300 Gables Residential Trust COM 362418105 171 3,257 SH Sole 3,257 GMH Communities Trust COM 36188G102 79,629 5,428,001 SH Sole 5,326,901 101,100 General Electric COM 369604103 1,559 46,300 SH Sole 46,300 General Growth COM 370021107 252,779 5,614,144 SH Sole 5,304,566 309,578 General Mills Inc COM 370334104 1,567 32,500 SH Sole 32,500 Glenborough Realty COM 37803P105 4,512 235,000 SH Sole 235,000 Glimcher Realty Tr COM 379302102 126,177 5,156,400 SH Sole 5,156,400 Gramercy Capital Corp COM 384871109 53,240 2,200,000 SH Sole 2,200,000 HJ Heinz Company COM 423074103 3,150 86,200 SH Sole 86,200 HRPT Properties Tr. COM 40426W101 130,902 10,548,100 SH Sole 10,548,100 Hawaiian Electric Industries COM 419870100 22,460 805,600 SH Sole 805,600 Health Care Ppty COM 421915109 229,291 8,493,300 SH Sole 8,482,800 10,500 Health Care REIT COM 42217K106 182,372 4,917,025 SH Sole 4,917,025 Healthcare Rlty Tr. COM 421946104 87,385 2,177,000 SH Sole 2,177,000 Heritage Property Investment COM 42725M107 154,875 4,425,000 SH Sole 4,425,000 Highwoods Properties COM 431284108 98,230 3,328,700 SH Sole 3,328,700 Hilton Hotels Corp COM 432848109 136,085 6,097,010 SH Sole 5,648,910 448,100 Home Properties COM 437306103 155,865 3,967,600 SH Sole 3,950,000 17,600 Hospitality Pptys Tr COM 44106M102 150,901 3,520,800 SH Sole 3,520,800 Host Marriott COM 44107P104 224,248 13,264,222 SH Sole 12,150,522 1,113,700 ITC Holdings Corp. COM 465685105 17,823 615,000 SH Sole 615,000 Inland Real Estate Corp COM 457461200 53,358 3,407,300 SH Sole 3,407,300 KeyCorp COM 493267108 4,612 143,000 SH Sole 143,000 Keyspan Corp COM 49337W100 59,760 1,624,800 SH Sole 1,624,800 Kilroy Realty COM 49427F108 176,462 3,149,413 SH Sole 2,929,213 220,200 Kimberly-Clark Corp. COM 494368103 2,857 48,000 SH Sole 48,000 Kimco Realty Corp. COM 49446R109 5,250 179,220 SH Sole 119,000 60,220 Kite Realty Group Trust COM 49803T102 12,158 814,900 SH Sole 541,400 273,500 Lexington Corporate COM 529043101 47,729 2,026,700 SH Sole 2,026,700 Liberty Property Tr COM 531172104 270,614 6,356,020 SH Sole 6,234,249 121,771 Macerich COM 554382101 316,640 4,871,781 SH Sole 4,701,861 169,920 Mack-Cali Realty COM 554489104 333,790 7,421,992 SH Sole 7,269,328 152,664 Maguire Properties COM 559775101 197,031 6,555,253 SH Sole 6,261,753 293,500 Marathon Oil Corp. COM 565849106 5,053 73,300 SH Sole 73,300 Medical Properties Trust COM 58463J304 10,636 1,085,300 SH Sole 1,085,300 Mid-America Apartment Communities COM 59522J103 74,479 1,601,359 SH Sole 1,601,359 Mills Corp COM 601148109 335,405 6,089,418 SH Sole 5,822,618 266,800 Mission West COM 605203108 26,578 2,647,200 SH Sole 2,647,200 National City Corp. COM 635405103 4,464 133,500 SH Sole 133,500 Nationwide Health COM 638620104 186,510 8,004,700 SH Sole 8,004,700 New Plan Excel Rlty COM 648053106 54,015 2,352,210 SH Sole 2,345,300 6,910 Newcastle Investment Corp. COM 65105M108 150,347 5,388,776 SH Sole 5,388,776 Newell Rubbermaid Inc. COM 651229106 4,793 211,600 SH Sole 211,600 NiSource Inc COM 65473P105 19,150 789,681 SH Sole 789,681 Nstar COM 67019E107 22,613 781,900 SH Sole 781,900 Omega Healthcare COM 681936100 4,531 325,500 SH Sole 325,500 Oneok Inc COM 682680103 3,722 109,400 SH Sole 109,400 PG&E Corp COM 69331C108 99,099 2,524,807 SH Sole 2,524,807 PPG Industries Inc. COM 693506107 1,326 22,400 SH Sole 22,400 PPL Corp COM 69351T106 56,509 1,747,878 SH Sole 1,747,878 Pan Pacific COM 69806L104 135,904 2,058,098 SH Sole 1,879,727 178,371 Pennsylvania REIT COM 709102107 14,181 336,200 SH Sole 336,200 Pepco Holdings Inc COM 713291102 57,249 2,460,210 SH Sole 2,460,210 Pfizer Inc. COM 717081103 3,256 130,400 SH Sole 130,400 Pinnacle West Capital Corp COM 723484101 52,460 1,190,100 SH Sole 1,190,100 Pitney Bowes Inc COM 724479100 1,440 34,500 SH Sole 34,500 Post Properties COM 737464107 139,227 3,732,797 SH Sole 3,466,687 266,110 Prentiss Properties COM 740706106 240,834 5,926,890 SH Sole 5,858,647 68,243 ProLogis COM 743410102 321,420 7,242,641 SH Sole 6,718,796 523,845 Progress Energy Inc COM 743263105 75,970 1,697,650 SH Sole 1,697,650 PS Business Parks Inc. COM 69360J107 155 2,811 SH Sole 2,811 Public Service Enterprise Group COM 744573106 117,608 1,827,343 SH Sole 1,827,343 Public Storage Inc. COM 74460D109 198,301 2,993,936 SH Sole 2,785,117 208,819 Public Storage-Series A COM 74460D729 23,381 826,200 SH Sole 826,200 Questar Corp COM 748356102 5,643 64,039 SH Sole 64,039 RR Donnelley & Sons COM 257867101 3,588 96,800 SH Sole 96,800 Ramco-Gershenson COM 751452202 47,912 1,641,400 SH Sole 1,641,400 Reckson Assoc COM 75621K106 312,184 9,081,233 SH Sole 8,774,213 307,020 Regency Centers Corp COM 758849103 64,261 1,118,557 SH Sole 1,051,322 67,235 Regions Financial Corp COM 7591EP100 4,089 131,400 SH Sole 131,400 SL Green Realty COM 78440X101 105,962 1,577,208 SH Sole 1,469,448 107,760 Scana Corp Hldg Co. COM 80589M102 15,926 377,039 SH Sole 377,039 Scottish Power Plc-ADR COM 81013T705 11,199 278,300 SH Sole 278,300 Sempra Energy COM 816851109 15,754 334,768 SH Sole 334,768 Shurgard Storage Ctrs. Inc. COM 82567D104 215,804 3,881,127 SH Sole 3,572,701 308,426 Simon Property Group COM 828806109 510,032 6,946,562 SH Sole 6,607,165 339,397 Southern Co COM 842587107 140,109 3,918,024 SH Sole 3,918,024 ITEM 1: ITEM 2: ITEM 3: ITEM 4: ITEM 5: ITEM 6: ITEM 7: ITEM 8: --------------------------- ------- --------- ------- ----------------- ------- -------- -------------------------- TITLE OF VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP (X1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE --------------------------- ------- --------- ------- -------- --- ---- ------- -------- ------ ------- ------ Sovran Self Storage Inc. COM 84610H108 41,647 850,800 SH Sole 850,800 Spirit Finance Corp. COM 848568309 50,849 4,519,900 SH Sole 4,519,900 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Wrld COM 85590A203 177,455 3,103,981 SH Sole 2,721,681 382,300 Strategic Hotel Capital COM 86272T106 63,517 3,478,500 SH Sole 3,437,400 41,100 Sun Communities COM 866674104 98,285 3,000,163 SH Sole 2,836,263 163,900 TXU Corp COM 873168108 64,640 572,640 SH Sole 572,640 Tanger Factory Ctrs COM 875465106 81,731 2,938,900 SH Sole 2,618,500 320,400 Taubman Centers COM 876664103 155,516 4,935,413 SH Sole 4,497,956 437,457 Teekay LNG Partners LP COM Y8564M105 4,923 156,300 SH Sole 156,300 Temple-Inland Inc COM 879868107 1,953 47,800 SH Sole 47,800 Thomas Properties Group COM 884453101 5,461 420,100 SH Sole 261,600 158,500 Town & Country COM 892081100 50,297 1,733,200 SH Sole 1,733,200 Trizec Properties COM 89687P107 85,594 3,711,792 SH Sole 3,488,375 223,417 United Dominion Realty Trust COM 910197102 1,329 46,645 SH Sole 46,645 U-Store-It Trust COM 91274F104 65,952 3,253,700 SH Sole 3,253,700 US Bancorp COM 902973304 4,350 154,900 SH Sole 154,900 UST Inc COM 902911106 2,587 61,800 SH Sole 61,800 Urstadt Biddle Class A COM 917286205 9,560 630,600 SH Sole 630,600 Vectren Corporation COM 92240G101 11,733 413,867 SH Sole 413,867 Ventas Inc. COM 92276F100 378,774 11,763,167 SH Sole 11,398,867 364,300 Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 4,407 134,800 SH Sole 134,800 Vornado Realty Tr. COM 929042109 528,077 6,133,694 SH Sole 5,854,434 279,260 Washington Mutual COM 939322103 4,510 115,000 SH Sole 115,000 Waste Management Inc COM 94106L109 2,458 85,900 SH Sole 85,900 Weingarten Realty COM 948741103 2,472 94,905 SH Sole 65,300 29,605 Weyerhaeuser Co COM 962166104 1,368 19,900 SH Sole 19,900 Whirlpool Corp COM 963320106 1,932 25,500 SH Sole 25,500 Williams Cos Inc COM 969457100 1,310 52,300 SH Sole 52,300 Williams Partners LP COM 96950F104 5,787 178,000 SH Sole 178,000 Worthington Industries Inc COM 981811102 2,841 135,100 SH Sole 135,100 Wyeth COM 983024100 1,860 40,200 SH Sole 40,200 Xcel Energy Inc COM 98389B100 76,730 3,912,803 SH Sole 3,912,803 iStar Financial COM 45031U101 152,951 3,783,100 SH Sole 3,783,100 Abbey Nat. ADR 7.375% (ANB C) PFD 002920809 12,854 493,264 SH Sole 493,264 Crescent Real Estate Pr.A PFD 225756204 53,800 2,428,900 SH Sole 2,428,900 Felcor Lodging Pr.A PFD 31430F200 5,968 242,300 SH Sole 242,300 Host Marriott Pr.C PFD 44107P401 4,483 176,200 SH Sole 176,200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 194 Data Records 16696411 Value Total 01 Other Manager on whose behalf report is filed