**UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 10-K**

(Mark One)

**x****  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023or**

**o**** ****TRANSITIONREPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the transition period from _____ to _____Commission file number of the issuing entity: 333-206677-02**

**Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity:0001663240**

**Wells Fargo Commercial MortgageTrust 2016-C32**

**(exact name of the issuing entity as specified in itscharter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0000850779**

**Wells Fargo Commercial MortgageSecurities, Inc.**

**(exact name of the depositor as specified in itscharter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0000740906**

**Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation**

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001592182**

**LMF Commercial, LLC**

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)**

**(formerly known as RialtoMortgage Finance, LLC)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001577313**

**National Cooperative Bank, N.A.**

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541214**

**C-III Commercial Mortgage LLC**

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001542105**

**Basis Real Estate Capital II, LLC**

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)**

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| **New York****(State or other jurisdiction of  incorporation or organization of**

**the issuing entity)** | **38-3984682**

**38-3984683**

**38-7145069**

**(I.R.S. Employer**

**Identification Numbers)** |
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**c/o Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as agent for**

**Wells Fargo Bank, National Association**

**as Certificate Administrator**

**9062 Old Annapolis Road**

**Columbia, MD**

**(Address of principal executiveoffices of the issuing entity)**

**21045**

**(Zip Code)**

**Registrant’s telephone number,including area code:**

**(704) 374-6161**

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| None                |              |                                      |

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of theAct:  None.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-knownseasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  o Yes ⌧No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required tofile reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  o Yes ⌧No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed allreports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that theregistrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to suchfiling requirements for the past 90 days.  ⌧Yes oNo

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submittedelectronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant toRule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required tosubmit such files).

Not applicable.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a largeaccelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smallerreporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “largeaccelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and“emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large acceleratedfiler        o                                                                                                       Acceleratedfiler                                     o

Non-acceleratedfiler          ⌧                                                                                                     Smaller reportingcompany                    o

                                                                                                                                                       Emerging growth company                    o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if theregistrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complyingwith any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant toSection 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed areport on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectivenessof its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of theSarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firmthat prepared or issued its audit report. o

 

If securities are registered pursuantto Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financialstatements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction ofan error to previously issued financial statements. o

 

Indicate by check mark whether any of those errorcorrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis ofincentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executiveofficers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shellcompany (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  o Yes ⌧ No

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-votingcommon equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price atwhich the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price ofsuch common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s mostrecently completed second fiscal quarter.

Not applicable.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed alldocuments and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securitiesunder a plan confirmed by a court.  oYes oNo

Not applicable.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of theregistrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Not applicable.

**DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE**

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List hereunder the following documents if incorporated byreference and the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) intowhich the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders;(2) Any proxy or information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuantto Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documentsshould be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report tosecurity holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).

Not applicable.

 

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**EXPLANATORY NOTES**

The 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan,which constituted approximately 3.1% of the asset pool of the issuing entity asof its cut-off date, is an asset of the issuing entity and is part of a loancombination that includes the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan and oneother *pari passu* loan, which is not an asset of the issuing entity. Thisloan combination, including the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan, is beingserviced and administered pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to this Annual Report on Form10-K. 

Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation acts as trustee of  the mortgage loans serviced under thePooling and Servicing Agreement.  Pursuant to the Pooling and ServicingAgreement, the trustee is required to provide an assessment of compliance withapplicable servicing criteria solely with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) ofRegulation AB (regarding advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections,cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for suchadvances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transactionagreements). However, during the reporting period, the trustee did not performany servicing function with respect to the servicing criteria specified in Item1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB.  The master servicer or the specialservicer, to the extent required, performed the servicing function identifiedwith respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB, and each such partyincluded Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB in the assessment of compliancewith applicable servicing criteria and accountant’s attestation report for thesubject transaction.  As a result, this Annual Report on Form 10-K doesnot include an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria ofthe trustee. One or more other servicers of  the mortgage loans servicedunder the Pooling and Servicing Agreement have delivered one or moreassessments of compliance with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of RegulationAB.

This AnnualReport on Form 10-K includes assessments of compliance with applicableservicing criteria and accountants’ attestation reports from CoreLogicSolutions, LLC. This entity was engaged by the general master servicer of thePooling and Servicing Agreement (except with respect to those mortgage loansfor which National Cooperative Bank, N.A. is the master servicer) to remit taxpayments received from the escrow accounts of borrowers to local taxingauthorities, to report tax amounts due, to verify tax parcel information, andto verify non-escrow tax payments. These servicing functions are includedwithin the servicing criteria set forth in Items 1122(d)(4)(xi) and1122(d)(4)(xii) of Regulation AB.  Therefore, under the principles-baseddefinition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB that looksto the functions that an entity performs, this vendor is a “servicer” for thepurposes of Item 1122 of Regulation AB.  *See* Compliance andDisclosure Interpretations, Section 301.01 (Item 1101(j)).

This Annual Report on Form 10-Kincludes an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria,accountants’ attestation report and servicer compliance statement fromComputershare Trust Company, National Association (“CTCNA”).  CTCNAwas engaged by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”),in its capacity as certificate administrator and custodian, to perform certainspecified servicing functions identified in the assessment of compliance withapplicable servicing criteria and accountants’ attestation reports.  WellsFargo engaged CTCNA in connection with the sale of Wells Fargo’s corporatetrust services business to CTCNA and its affiliates.  Further, under theprinciples-based definition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101(j) ofRegulation AB that looks to the functions that an entity performs, this partyis a “servicer” for the purposes of Item 1123 of Regulation AB.  *See*Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, Section 301.01 (Item 1101(j)).

 

 

**PART I**

**Item 1.  Business.**

Omitted.

**Item 1A.  Risk Factors.**

Omitted.

**Item 1B.  Unresolved Staff Comments.**

None.

**Item 1C.  Cybersecurity.**

Omitted.

**Item 2.  Properties.**

Omitted.

**Item 3.  Legal Proceedings.**

Omitted.

**Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosures.**

Not applicable.

**PART II**

**Item 5.  Market for Registrant’s Common Equity,Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.**

Omitted.

**Item 6. **

[Reserved]

**Item 7.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis ofFinancial Condition and Results of Operations.**

Omitted.

**Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative DisclosuresAbout Market Risk.**

Omitted.

**Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.**

Omitted.

**Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements WithAccountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.**

Omitted.

**Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures.**

Omitted.

**Item 9B.  Other Information.**

None.

**Item 9C.  Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictionsthat Prevent Inspections.**

None.

**PART III**

**Item 10.  Directors, Executive Officers and CorporateGovernance.**

Omitted.

**Item 11.  Executive Compensation.**

Omitted.

**Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain BeneficialOwners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.**

Omitted.

**Item 13.  Certain Relationships and RelatedTransactions, and Director Independence.**

Omitted.

**Item 14.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services.**

Omitted.

**ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE ITEMS FOR REGULATION AB**

**Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, Significant ObligorFinancial Information.**

No single obligor represents 10% or more of the pool assetsheld by the issuing entity. 

 

**Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB, Significant EnhancementProvider Financial Information.**

No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any external creditenhancement or other support for the certificates within this transaction asdescribed under Item 1114(a) of Regulation AB.

**Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB, Certain DerivativesInstruments (Financial Information).**

No entity or group of affiliated entities provides anyderivative instruments or other support for the certificates within thistransaction as described under Item 1115 of Regulation AB.

**Item 1117 of Regulation AB, Legal Proceedings.**

The registrant knows of no material pending legal proceedinginvolving the trust or any party related to the trust, other than routinelitigation incidental to the duties of those respective parties, and thefollowing, with respect to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, ascertificate administrator and custodian.

In December 2014, Phoenix Light SFLimited (Phoenix Light) and certain related entities filed a complaint in theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York allegingclaims against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in its capacity as trustee for a numberof residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) trusts. Complaints raisingsimilar allegations have been filed by Commerzbank AG in the Southern Districtof New York, IKB International and IKB Deutsche Industriebank (together, IKB)in New York state court, and Park Royal I LLC and Park Royal II LLC in New Yorkstate court. In each case, the plaintiffs allege that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,as trustee, caused losses to investors, and plaintiffs assert causes of actionbased upon, among other things, the trustee’s alleged failure to notify andenforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loan sellers for purported breachesof representations and warranties, notify investors of alleged events ofdefault, and abide by appropriate standards of care following alleged events ofdefault. In July 2022, the district court dismissed Phoenix Light’s claims andcertain of the claims asserted by Commerzbank AG, and subsequently enteredjudgment in each case in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. In August 2022,Phoenix Light and Commerzbank AG each appealed the district court’s decision tothe United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Phoenix Lightdismissed its appeal in May 2023, terminating its case. In November 2023, WellsFargo Bank, N.A. entered into an agreement with IKB to resolve IKB’s claims.Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. previously settled two class actions filed byinstitutional investors and an action filed by the National Credit UnionAdministration with similar allegations.

**Item 1119 of Regulation AB, Affiliations and CertainRelationships and Related Transactions.**

The information regarding this Item has been previouslyprovided in the prospectus of the Registrant relating to the issuing entityfiled on February 18, 2016 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2).

**Item 1122 of Regulation AB, Compliance with ApplicableServicing Criteria.**

The reports on assessments of compliance with the servicingcriteria for asset-backed securities and related attestation reports on suchassessments of compliance with respect to the mortgage loans are attachedhereto under Item 15 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Attached as Exhibit AAto the Pooling and Servicing Agreement incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1to this Annual Report on Form 10-K is a chart identifying the entitiesparticipating in a servicing function for the transaction responsible for eachapplicable servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d).

**Item 1123 of Regulation AB, Servicer Compliance Statement.**

The servicer compliance statements are attached as Exhibitsto this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

**PART IV**

**Item 15. Exhibit and Financial Statement Schedules**

(a) The following is a list of documents filed as part ofthis Annual Report on Form 10-K:

(1) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

(3) See below

4.1          Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1,2016, by and among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., asDepositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as General Master Servicer,Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as General Special Servicer, National CooperativeBank, N.A. as NCB Master Servicer and NCB Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Certificate Administrator, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisorand Asset Representations Reviewer (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’sCurrent Report on Form 8-K filed on February 18, 2016 under Commission File No.333-206677-02  and incorporated by reference herein).

4.2          Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2015, byand among Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Initial Note A-1 Holderand Initial Note A-2 Holder (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s CurrentReport on Form 8-K filed on February 18, 2016  under Commission File No.333-206677-02 and incorporated by reference herein).

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

33           Reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backedsecurities.

33.1        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as GeneralMaster Servicer

33.2        National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB MasterServicer

33.3        Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as General SpecialServicer

33.4        National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB SpecialServicer (see Exhibit 33.2)

33.5        Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (Omitted. See ExplanatoryNotes.)

33.6        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCertificate Administrator

33.7        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian

33.8        Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor

33.9        CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant

33.10      Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator

33.11      Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian

33.12      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer of the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.1)

33.13      Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicerof the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.3)

33.14      Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee of the 10 South LaSalleStreet Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)

33.15      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian of the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.7)

33.16      Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor ofthe 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.8)

33.17      CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participantof the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.9)

33.18      Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian (see Exhibit 33.11)

34           Attestationreports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backedsecurities.

34.1        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as GeneralMaster Servicer

34.2        National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB MasterServicer

34.3        Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as General SpecialServicer

34.4        National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB SpecialServicer (see Exhibit 34.2)

34.5        Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (Omitted. See ExplanatoryNotes.)

34.6        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCertificate Administrator

34.7        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian

34.8        Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor

34.9        CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant

34.10      Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator

34.11      Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian

34.12      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer of the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.1)

34.13      Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicerof the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.3)

34.14      Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee of the 10 South LaSalleStreet Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)

34.15      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian of the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.7)

34.16      Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor ofthe 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.8)

34.17      CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant of the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.9)

34.18      Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian (see Exhibit 34.11)

35           Servicer compliance statements.

35.1        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as GeneralMaster Servicer

35.2        National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB MasterServicer

35.3        Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as General SpecialServicer

35.4        National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB SpecialServicer (see Exhibit 35.2)

35.5        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCertificate Administrator

35.6        Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator

35.7        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer of the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 35.1)

35.8        Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicerof the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 35.3)

99.1        Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 3,2016, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank,National Association (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the registrant’s Current Reporton Form 8-K filed on February 18, 2016  under Commission File No.333-206677-02 and incorporated by reference herein)

99.2        Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 3,2016, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and RialtoMortgage Finance, LLC (filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the registrant’s Current Reporton Form 8-K filed on February 18, 2016  under Commission File No.333-206677-02 and incorporated by reference herein)

99.3        Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 3,2016, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and NationalCooperative Bank, N.A. (filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the registrant’s CurrentReport on Form 8-K filed on February 18, 2016  under Commission File No.333-206677-02 and incorporated by reference herein)

99.4        Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 3,2016, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and C-IIICommercial Mortgage LLC (filed as Exhibit 99.4 to the registrant’s CurrentReport on Form 8-K filed on February 18, 2016  under Commission File No.333-206677-02 and incorporated by reference herein)

99.5        Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 3,2016, among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Basis Real EstateCapital II, LLC and Basis Investment Group LLC (filed as Exhibit 99.5 to theregistrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 18, 2016  underCommission File No. 333-206677-02 and incorporated by reference herein)

(b)   The exhibits required to be filed by theRegistrant pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed above.

(c)    Not Applicable.

 

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report tobe signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Wells Fargo Commercial MortgageSecurities, Inc.(Depositor)

/s/ AnthonySfarra

AnthonySfarra, President

(senior officer in charge ofsecuritization of the depositor)

Date: March 13, 2024