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





I, Kunal K. Singh,
certify that:



1. I have reviewed
this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in
respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of the JPMDB
Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2016-C2 (the "Exchange Act periodic
reports");



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



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



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



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



Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Master Servicer, Midland Loan Services, a Division of
PNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer, Wilmington Trust, National
Association, as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate
Administrator, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian, Pentalpha
Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate
Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant, National Tax Search, LLC, as
Servicing Function Participant, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Primary Servicer for the Equity Inns Portfolio Mortgage Loan, LNR Partners,
LLC, as Special Servicer for the Equity Inns Portfolio Mortgage Loan,
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the Equity Inns
Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate
Administrator for the Equity Inns Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Custodian for the Equity Inns Portfolio Mortgage Loan,
Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Equity Inns
Portfolio Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as
Servicing Function Participant for the Equity Inns Portfolio Mortgage Loan,
National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Equity Inns
Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary
Servicer for the 787 Seventh Avenue Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Special Servicer for the 787 Seventh Avenue Mortgage Loan,
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the 787 Seventh Avenue
Mortgage Loan, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Certificate
Administrator for the 787 Seventh Avenue Mortgage Loan, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as Custodian for the 787 Seventh Avenue Mortgage Loan,
CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function
Participant for the 787 Seventh Avenue Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC,
as Servicing Function Participant for the 787 Seventh Avenue Mortgage Loan,
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Naples Grande
Beach Resort Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,
National Association, as Special Servicer for the Naples Grande Beach Resort
Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the
Naples Grande Beach Resort Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Naples Grande Beach Resort
Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the
Naples Grande Beach Resort Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as
Operating Advisor for the Naples Grande Beach Resort Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic
Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for
the Naples Grande Beach Resort Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as
Servicing Function Participant for the Naples Grande Beach Resort Mortgage
Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Sun
MHC Portfolio Mortgage Loan, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Special
Servicer for the Sun MHC Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National
Association, as Trustee for the Sun MHC Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, as Certificate Administrator for the Sun MHC Portfolio
Mortgage Loan, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Custodian for the Sun
MHC Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating
Advisor for the Sun MHC Portfolio Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real
Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for the Sun MHC
Portfolio Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function
Participant for the Sun MHC Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Primary Servicer for the Sanofi Office Complex Mortgage Loan,
Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Sanofi Office Complex
Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the
Sanofi Office Complex Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Certificate Administrator for the Sanofi Office Complex Mortgage Loan, Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the Sanofi Office Complex
Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the
Sanofi Office Complex Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services,
Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for the Sanofi Office Complex Mortgage
Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the
Sanofi Office Complex Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Primary Servicer for the Williamsburg Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan, Midland
Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Special
Servicer for the Williamsburg Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust,
National Association, as Trustee for the Williamsburg Premium Outlets Mortgage
Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for
the Williamsburg Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Custodian for the Williamsburg Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan,
Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Williamsburg
Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc.,
as Servicing Function Participant for the Williamsburg Premium Outlets Mortgage
Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the
Williamsburg Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Primary Servicer for the Hall Office Park A1/G1/G3 Mortgage
Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as
Special Servicer for the Hall Office Park A1/G1/G3 Mortgage Loan, Wilmington
Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the Hall Office Park A1/G1/G3
Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate
Administrator for the Hall Office Park A1/G1/G3 Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the Hall Office Park A1/G1/G3
Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the
Hall Office Park A1/G1/G3 Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate
Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for the Hall Office Park
A1/G1/G3 Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function
Participant for the Hall Office Park A1/G1/G3 Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Palisades Center Mortgage
Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer for the
Palisades Center Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as
Trustee for the Palisades Center Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Palisades Center Mortgage
Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the Palisades
Center Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as
Servicing Function Participant for the Palisades Center Mortgage Loan, National
Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Palisades Center
Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for
the One Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special
Servicer for the One Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as Trustee for the One Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan,
Citibank, N.A., as Certificate Administrator for the One Harbor Point Square
Mortgage Loan, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Custodian for the One
Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as
Operating Advisor for the One Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic
Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for
the One Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan, and National Tax Search, LLC, as
Servicing Function Participant for the One Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan.







Dated: March 22, 2018





/s/ Kunal K. Singh





President and Chief
Executive Officer

(senior
officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)