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

 

 

I, Helaine M. Kaplan, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Kand all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the periodcovered by this report on Form 10-K of the COMM 2016-CCRE28 Mortgage Trust (the"Exchange Act periodic reports");

 

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Actperiodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, all of thedistribution, servicing and other information required to be provided underForm 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange Actperiodic reports;

 

4. Based on my knowledge and the servicercompliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB,and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicershave fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements in all materialrespects; and

 

5. All of the reports on assessment ofcompliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and theirrelated attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteriafor asset-backed securities required to be included in this report inaccordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and15d-18 have been included as an exhibit tothisreport, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances ofnoncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report onForm 10-K.

 

In giving the certifications above, I havereasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliatedparties:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asMaster Servicer, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Special Servicer,Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Certificate Administrator, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant, ComputershareTrust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for theCertificate Administrator, Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian, WellsFargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Equity InnsPortfolio Mortgage Loan, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer for the EquityInns Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, asTrustee for the Equity Inns Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Custodian for the Equity Inns Portfolio Mortgage Loan, ParkBridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Equity Inns PortfolioMortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant forthe Equity Inns Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company,National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian forthe Equity Inns Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicerfor the 32 Avenue of the Americas Mortgage Loan, CWCapital Asset ManagementLLC, as Special Servicer for the 32 Avenue of the Americas Mortgage Loan,Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the 32 Avenue of theAmericas Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodianfor the 32 Avenue of the Americas Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, asSenior Trust Advisor for the 32 Avenue of the Americas Mortgage Loan, CoreLogicSolutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the 32 Avenue of theAmericas Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, NationalAssociation, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian for the 32 Avenue of the Americas Mortgage Loan, Berkeley Point Capital LLC d/b/a Newmark Knight Frank, asPrimary Servicer for the Element LA Mortgage Loan, CWCapital Asset ManagementLLC, as Special Servicer for the Element LA Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust,National Association, as Trustee for the Element LA Mortgage Loan, Wells FargoBank, National Association, as Custodian for the Element LA Mortgage Loan, ParkBridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Element LA MortgageLoan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Custodian for the ElementLA Mortgage Loan, KeyBank NationalAssociation, as Primary Servicer for the FedEx Brooklyn Mortgage Loan, RialtoCapital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the FedEx Brooklyn MortgageLoan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the FedEx BrooklynMortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for theFedEx Brooklyn Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisorfor the FedEx Brooklyn Mortgage Loan, and Computershare Trust Company,National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian forthe FedEx Brooklyn Mortgage Loan.

 

 

 

Dated: March 14, 2023

 

 

/s/ Helaine M. Kaplan

Helaine M. Kaplan

President

(senior officer in charge of securitization of thedepositor)