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

 

 

I, Julia Powell, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reportson Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by thisreport on Form 10-K of the CSAIL 2016-C7 Commercial Mortgage Trust (the"Exchange Act periodic reports");

 

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports,taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact oromit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in lightof the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution,servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for theperiod covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

 

4. Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliancestatements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and exceptas disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilledtheir obligations under the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

 

5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance withservicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestationreports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backedsecurities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included asan exhibit to

this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report.Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have beendisclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

 

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonablyrelied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer,Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as CertificateAdministrator, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian, ParkBridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, asServicing Function Participant, Computershare Trust Company, NationalAssociation, as Servicing Function Participant for the CertificateAdministrator on and after November 1, 2021, Computershare Trust Company,National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian onand after November 1, 2021, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer for the 9 West 57th Street MortgageLoan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer for the 9West 57th Street Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, asTrustee for the 9 West 57th Street Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Custodian for the 9 West 57th Street Mortgage Loan, CoreLogicSolutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the 9 West 57th StreetMortgage Loan, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, asServicing Function Participant for the Custodian for the 9 West 57th Street Mortgage Loan on and afterNovember 1, 2021.

 

 

 

Dated: March 25, 2022

 

 

/s/ Julia Powell

Julia Powell

President and Chief Executive Officer

(senior officer in charge of securitization of thedepositor)