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

 

 

I,Anthony Sfarra, certify that:

 

1.I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D requiredto be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of theWells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-NXS5 (the "Exchange Actperiodic reports");

 

2.Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, donot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

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

 

4.Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required in thisreport under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in theExchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligationsunder the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

 

5.All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria forasset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment ofcompliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to beincluded in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB andExchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to thisreport, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances ofnoncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report onForm 10-K.

 

Ingiving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on informationprovided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

 

RialtoCapital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor,CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing FunctionParticipant, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant,Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as SpecialServicer for the One Court Square Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee for the One Court Square Mortgage Loan, PentalphaSurveillance LLC, as Trust Advisor for the One Court Square Mortgage Loan,CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the One Court Square Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC,as Servicing Function Participant for the One Court Square Mortgage Loan,Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Keurig Green MountainMortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for theKeurig Green Mountain Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as TrustAdvisor for the Keurig Green Mountain Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial RealEstate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for the Keurig GreenMountain Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Keurig Green Mountain Mortgage Loan, Rialto CapitalAdvisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the 10 South LaSalle Street MortgageLoan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the 10 SouthLaSalle Street Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisorfor the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real EstateServices, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for the 10 South LaSalleStreet Mortgage Loan, and National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan.

 

 

 

Dated:October 31, 2019

 

 

/s/Anthony Sfarra

 

 

President

(senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)