EX-31Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.

 

 

I,Anthony Sfarra, certify that:

 

1. Ihave reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required tobe filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of theWells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-LC25 (the "Exchange Actperiodic reports");

 

2.Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, donot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

3. Basedon my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other informationrequired to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this reportis included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

 

4.Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required in thisreport under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in theExchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligationsunder the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

 

5. Allof the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria forasset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment ofcompliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to beincluded in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB andExchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to thisreport, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances ofnoncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report onForm 10-K.

 

Ingiving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on informationprovided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

 

NationalCooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as SpecialServicer, National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB Special Servicer, WilmingtonTrust, National Association, as Trustee, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, asOperating Advisor, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC., as Servicing FunctionParticipant, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Certificate Administrator, Computershare TrustCompany, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for theCustodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the 9 West57th Street Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC., as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the 9 West 57th Street Mortgage Loan, Computershare TrustCompany, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for theCustodian for the 9 West 57th Street Mortgage Loan, Greystone Servicing CompanyLLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC), as Special Servicer for the101 Hudson Street Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, asTrustee for the 101 Hudson Street Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender ServicesLLC, as Operating Advisor for the 101 Hudson Street Mortgage Loan, CoreLogicSolutions, LLC., as Servicing Function Participant for the 101 Hudson StreetMortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Custodian for the 101 Hudson Street Mortgage Loan,Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Gurnee Mills MortgageLoan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the Gurnee MillsMortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for theGurnee Mills Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company,National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian forthe Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer for theRedwood MHC Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, asTrustee for the Redwood MHC Portfolio Mortgage Loan, BellOak, LLC, as OperatingAdvisor for the Redwood MHC Portfolio Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC.,as Servicing Function Participant for the Redwood MHC Portfolio Mortgage Loan,Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian for the Redwood MHC Portfolio Mortgage Loan,Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Rio West BusinessPark Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for theRio West Business Park Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, asOperating Advisor for the Rio West Business Park Mortgage Loan, CoreLogicSolutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Rio West BusinessPark Mortgage Loan, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, asServicing Function Participant for the Custodian for the Rio West Business ParkMortgage Loan.

 

 

 

 

Dated:March 14,2024

 

/s/Anthony Sfarra

AnthonySfarra 

President

(seniorofficer in charge of securitization of the depositor)