**SARBANES-OXLEY
      CERTIFICATION**


**BY
      THE DEPOSITOR**






Re:
            Merrill
                Lynch Mortgage Trust 2005-LC1 (the “Trust”),Commercial
                Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
                2005-LC1




I, David
      M. Rodgers, Executive Vice President and Chief Officer in Charge of Commercial
      Mortgage Securitization of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., the
      depositor (the “ Depositor ”)
      into
      the above-referenced Trust, certify that (capitalized terms used herein but
      not
      defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and
      Servicing Agreement):




1.  I
      have
      reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year 2005 (the
“ Annual
      Report ”),
      and
      all reports on Form 8-K containing distribution or servicing reports under
      the
      pooling and servicing agreement dated as of December 1, 2005 and related to
      the
      captioned commercial mortgage pass-through certificates (the “ Pooling
      and Servicing Agreement ”)
      filed
      in respect of periods included in the year covered by the Annual Report
      (collectively with the Annual Report, the “ Reports ”),
      of
      the Trust;




2.  Based
      on
      my knowledge, the information in the Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain
      any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
      necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
      which
      such statements were made, not misleading as of the last day of the period
      covered by the Annual Report;




3.  Based
      on
      my knowledge, the distribution or servicing information required to be provided
      to the Trustee by the master servicers and the special servicers under the
      Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in these reports is included
      in
      the Reports;




4.  Based
      on
      my knowledge and upon the annual compliance statement included in the Annual
      Report and required to be delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms
      of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except as disclosed in the Reports,
      the master servicers and the special servicers have fulfilled their
      obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and




5.  The
      Reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the compliance of
      the
      master servicers and the special servicers with the minimum servicing standards
      based upon the report provided by an independent public accountant, after
      conducting a review in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program
      for Mortgage Bankers or similar procedure, as set forth in the Pooling and
      Servicing Agreement, that is included in the Reports.




In
      giving
      the certifications set forth above, I have reasonably relied on information
      provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: GMAC Commercial Mortgage
      Corporation, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, Inc., as Special Servicer, Wells
      Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as
      Certificate Administrator, KeyCorp Real Estate Capital Markets, Inc., as MLMT
      Series 2005-CKI1 Master Servicer for the Glendale Galleria Trust Mortgage Loan
      and J.E. Robert Company, Inc., as MLMT Series 2005-CKI1 Special Servicer for
      the
      Glendale Galleria Trust Mortgage Loan.




Date:  March
      29, 2006




Merrill
      Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.




/s/
      David M. Rodgers


Name:
      David M. Rodgers


Title:  
      Executive Vice President


Chief Officer in Charge of


Commercial Mortgage Securitization