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

 

 

I, Scott Epperson, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports onForm 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report onForm 10-K of the GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2020-GSA2 (the "Exchange Actperiodic reports");

 

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, takenas a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances 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 andother information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the periodcovered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

 

4. Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statementsrequired in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except asdisclosed 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 with servicingcriteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports onassessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securitiesrequired to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 ofRegulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as anexhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Anymaterial instances of noncompliance described in such reports have beendisclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

 

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied oninformation provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, NationalAssociation, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, WellsFargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee and Certificate Administrator,Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian, Pentalpha SurveillanceLLC, as Operating Advisor, Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator,Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Grand Canal Shoppes MortgageLoan, Situs Holdings, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Grand Canal ShoppesMortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the GrandCanal Shoppes Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian for the Grand Canal Shoppes Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha SurveillanceLLC, as Operating Advisor for the Grand Canal Shoppes Mortgage Loan,Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian for the Grand Canal Shoppes Mortgage Loan,Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer for the McCarthy Ranch Mortgage Loan, Argentic Services Company LP, asSpecial Servicer for the McCarthy Ranch Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Trustee for the McCarthy Ranch Mortgage Loan, WellsFargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the McCarthy Ranch MortgageLoan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor for the McCarthy RanchMortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Custodian for the McCarthy Ranch Mortgage Loan,Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer for the White Oak Crossing Mortgage Loan, CWCapital Asset ManagementLLC, as Special Servicer for the White Oak Crossing Mortgage Loan, WilmingtonTrust, National Association, as Trustee for the White Oak Crossing MortgageLoan, Citibank, N.A., as Custodian for the White Oak Crossing Mortgage Loan,Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the White OakCrossing Mortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the White Oak Crossing Mortgage Loan, KeyBank NationalAssociation, as Primary Servicer for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay MortgageLoan, Situs Holdings, LLC, as Special Servicer for the MGM Grand & MandalayBay Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for theMGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, Citibank, N.A., as Custodian forthe MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay MortgageLoan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the 711Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan, KeyBank National Association, as Special Servicerfor the 711 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association,as Trustee for the 711 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Custodian for the 711 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan, Park BridgeLender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the 711 Fifth Avenue MortgageLoan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the 711Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian for the 711 Fifth AvenueMortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, NationalAssociation, as Primary Servicer for the Redmond Town Center Mortgage Loan,Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Redmond Town CenterMortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for theRedmond Town Center Mortgage Loan, Citibank, N.A., as Custodian for the RedmondTown Center Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor forthe Redmond Town Center Mortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association, asServicing Function Participant for the Redmond Town Center Mortgage Loan,Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer for the SoCal & South Miami Medical Office Portfolio MortgageLoan, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer for the SoCal & South MiamiMedical Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association,as Trustee for the SoCal & South Miami Medical Office Portfolio MortgageLoan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the SoCal &South Miami Medical Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC,as Operating Advisor for the SoCal & South Miami Medical Office PortfolioMortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Custodian for the SoCal & South Miami MedicalOffice Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer for the 32-42 Broadway Mortgage Loan,LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer for the 32-42 Broadway Mortgage Loan,Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the 32-42 BroadwayMortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the32-42 Broadway Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor for the 32-42 Broadway Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company,National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian forthe 32-42 Broadway Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNCBank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Elo Midtown OfficePortfolio Mortgage Loan, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer forthe Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Trustee for the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan,Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the Elo Midtown OfficePortfolio Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor forthe Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company,National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian forthe Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, aDivision of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the JWMarriott Nashville Mortgage Loan, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as SpecialServicer for the JW Marriott Nashville Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee for the JW Marriott Nashville Mortgage Loan, Citibank,N.A., as Custodian for the JW Marriott Nashville Mortgage Loan, Park BridgeLender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the JW Marriott NashvilleMortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the JW Marriott Nashville Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services,a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the HotelZaZa Houston Museum District Mortgage Loan, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, asSpecial Servicer for the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Mortgage Loan,Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the Hotel ZaZa HoustonMuseum District Mortgage Loan, Citibank, N.A., as Custodian for the Hotel ZaZa HoustonMuseum District Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor for the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Mortgage Loan, U.S. BankNational Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Hotel ZaZaHouston Museum District Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNCBank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Cabinetworks PortfolioMortgage Loan, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for theCabinetworks Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,as Trustee for the Cabinetworks Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Custodian for the Cabinetworks Portfolio MortgageLoan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor for the CabinetworksPortfolio Mortgage Loan, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian for the CabinetworksPortfolio Mortgage Loan.

 

 

 

Dated:March 17, 2023

 

 

/s/ Scott Epperson

Scott Epperson

Chief Executive Officer

(seniorofficer in charge of securitization of the depositor)