CRIIMI MAE Invites You to Join Its Annual Meeting via Audio Conference

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 11  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CRIIMI MAE Inc. (NYSE:CMM) will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the Benjamin Hotel, 125 East 50th Street, New York, New York.  Stockholders, who are unable to attend the Annual Meeting, as well as other interested persons, may listen to these proceedings via audio conference.

To access the meeting via audio conference, please dial in to the following teleconference number: 1-866-272-9941 (North America), 1-617-213-8895 (International).  Please refer to passcode 98072723.

A replay will be available through October 25, 2005 at 1-888-286-8010, passcode 68288840.

For further information, see the Company's web site: http://www.criimimaeinc.com/.  Shareholders and securities brokers should contact Susan Railey at [phone], e-mail , and news media should contact James Pastore, Pastore Communications Group LLC, at [phone], e-mail . 

DATASOURCE: CRIIMI MAE Inc.



CONTACT:  For shareholders and securities brokers: Susan B. Railey of

CRIIMI MAE Inc., [phone]; or For news media: James T. Pastore,

[phone], for CRIIMI MAE Inc.



Web site:  http://www.criimimaeinc.com/ 

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