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-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 COMM 2016-CCRE28 Mortgage Trust (the "ExchangeAct periodic reports");

 

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodicreports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a materialfact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight 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 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 tothis report, except as otherwisedisclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described insuch reports have been disclosed 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,CWCapital Asset Management 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, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer for the 32 Avenue of the AmericasMortgage Loan, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Special Servicer for the 32Avenue of the Americas Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association,as Trustee for the 32 Avenue of the Americas Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Custodian for the 32 Avenue of the Americas MortgageLoan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Senior Trust Advisor for the 32 Avenue ofthe Americas Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the 32 Avenue of the Americas Mortgage Loan, ComputershareTrust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for theCustodian for the 32 Avenue of the AmericasMortgage Loan, Berkeley Point Capital LLC d/b/aNewmark Knight Frank, as Primary Servicer for the Element LA Mortgage Loan,CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Special Servicer for the Element LA MortgageLoan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the Element LAMortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for theElement LA Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisorfor the Element LA Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, NationalAssociation, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian for the Element LA Mortgage Loan, KeyBankNational Association, as Primary Servicer for the FedEx Brooklyn Mortgage Loan,Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the FedEx BrooklynMortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the FedExBrooklyn Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodianfor the FedEx Brooklyn Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as OperatingAdvisor for the FedEx Brooklyn Mortgage Loan, and Computershare TrustCompany, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for theCustodian for the FedEx Brooklyn Mortgage Loan.

 

 

 

Dated: March 12, 2024

 

 

/s/ Helaine M. Kaplan

Helaine M. Kaplan

President

(senior officer in charge of securitization of thedepositor)