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

               Date of Report: (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
                          June 23, 2005 (June 21, 2005)





              AMERICAN INSURED MORTGAGE INVESTORS - SERIES 85, L.P.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        California                      1-11059                  13-3257662
(State or other jurisdiction          (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation)                File Number)           Identification No.)







                              11200 Rockville Pike
                            Rockville, Maryland 20852
   (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code, of Registrant)

                                 (301) 255-4743
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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Item 8.01         Other Events.

On June  21,  2005,  the  General  Partner  of  American  Insured  Mortgage
Investors - Series 85, L.P. (AIM 85 or the  Partnership)  issued a press release
announcing that it had approved the liquidation of the  Partnership's  remaining
assets and the dissolution and termination of the Partnership in accordance with
the terms of the AIM 85  Partnership  Agreement,  as  amended  (the  Partnership
Agreement). Unitholder approval of the liquidation,  dissolution and termination
of AIM 85 is not required under the terms of the Partnership Agreement.

Upon the sale and  settlement  of the  remaining  Partnership  assets,  the
General  Partner  will  declare  a  final  liquidating  distribution  to  AIM 85
unitholders.  The final liquidating distribution will represent the unitholder's
pro rata  share of the  aggregate  proceeds  from the  remaining  AIM 85 assets,
including  proceeds from prior asset  dispositions that have not been previously
distributed,  less  amounts  required  for payment  of, or  provision  for,  the
Partnership's  remaining  expenses and distributions to the General Partner,  as
more fully set forth in the Partnership  Agreement.  Dissolution and termination
of the Partnership is expected to occur in July, 2005,  although there can be no
assurance  of  the  exact  timing  of  the  termination  or  the  amount  of the
liquidating distribution to AIM 85 unitholders.


Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

                  (c)      Exhibits

                           99.1     Press release dated June 21, 2005 announcing
                                    the General Partner's approval of the 
                                    liquidation and dissolution of AIM 85.
 


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                                   SIGNATURE

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



                                                    AMERICAN INSURED MORTGAGE
                                                    INVESTORS - SERIES 85, L.P.

                                                    By: CRIIMI, Inc.
                                                        General Partner



Dated: June 23, 2005                               By:/s/Mark A. Libera
                                                       -------------------------
                                                       Mark A. Libera
                                                       Vice President
                                                       and General Counsel

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
No.                                Description
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*    99.1   Press Release dated June 21, 2005

*    Filed herewith.