IMPERIAL CREDIT COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CORP
8-K, 1998-03-24
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT

                      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



                                March 24, 1998
               Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)



              Imperial Credit Commercial Mortgage Investment Corp
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



        Maryland                   000-23089                      95-4648345
State or other jurisdiction       (Commission                   (IRS Employer
   of incorporation)              File Number)               Identification No.)



           11601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2080, Los Angeles, CA  90025
         (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)



                                (310) 231-1280
                        (Registrant's telephone number)
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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

        On March 24, 1998, Imperial Credit Commercial Mortgage Investment Corp.
(the Registrant") issued a press release reporting that its Board of Directors
has declared a cash dividend of $0.24 per share of common stock, payable on
April 14, 1998 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 31,
1998.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference.


ITEM 7.  EXHIBIT

        Exhibit 99.1  Press release of the Registrant, dated March 24, 1998
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                                   SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


             IMPERIAL CREDIT COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CORP.



     By:                    /s/  MARK S. KARLAN
             Mark S. Karlan, President and Chief Executive Officer



Dated:  March 24, 1998
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



   EXHIBIT
     NO.                         DESCRIPTION
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    99.1              Press release of the Registrant dated March 24, 1998

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                IMPERIAL CREDIT COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE INVESTMENT
                      CORP. ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND


LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, March 24, 1998.  Imperial Credit Commercial Mortgage 
Investment Corp. (Nasdaq:ICMI) today announced that its Board of Directors has 
declared a cash dividend of $0.24 per share of Common Stock for the quarter 
ending March 31, 1998.  The dividend will be payable on April 14, 1998, to 
shareholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 1998.

"We are extremely pleased with our performance from the date of our initial 
public offering on October 22, 1997," said Mark S. Karlan, President and CEO of 
the Company.  "We are achieving our investment and yield objectives, and our 
results to date are well within the range that we established for ourselves at 
the time of our initial public offering.  We expect to announce our first 
quarter investments in early April."

Imperial Credit Commercial Mortgage Investment Corp. is a real estate investment
trust that invests primarily in performing multifamily and commercial mortgage 
loans, real property and interests in multifamily and commercial mortgage backed
securities.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which can be identified by the
use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "intend," "should," 
"expect," "anticipate," "estimate" or "continue" or the negatives thereof or 
other comparable terminology.  The Company's actual results could differ 
materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result
of certain factors, including those set forth in the Company's Registration 
Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For further information, please contact Karen Montandon at (310) 791-8022.


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