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 2015-CCRE23 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 to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Anymaterial instances of noncompliance described in such reports have beendisclosed 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:

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, NationalAssociation, as Master Servicer, Mount Street US (Georgia) LLP, as SpecialServicer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Certificate Administrator, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Custodian, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor,Berkeley Point Capital LLC d/b/a Newmark Knight Frank, as Primary Servicer, 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 WalgreensPortfolio Mortgage Loan, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer forthe Walgreens Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association,as Trustee for the Walgreens Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Custodian for the Walgreens Portfolio Mortgage Loan,Fintech Trust Advisors LLC d.b.a. CRED iQ, as Trust Advisor for the WalgreensPortfolio Mortgage Loan prior to October 15, 2023, BellOak, LLC, as TrustAdvisor for the Walgreens Portfolio Mortgage Loan on and after October 15,2023, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the WalgreensPortfolio Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, NationalAssociation, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian for the Walgreens Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicerfor the La Gran Plaza Mortgage Loan, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer forthe La Gran Plaza Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, asTrustee for the La Gran Plaza Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Custodian for the La Gran Plaza Mortgage Loan, Park BridgeLender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the La Gran Plaza Mortgage Loan, CoreLogicSolutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant forthe La Gran Plaza Mortgage Loan, and Computershare Trust Company,National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian forthe La Gran Plaza Mortgage Loan.

 

 

 

Dated: March 18, 2024

 

 

/s/ Helaine M. Kaplan

Helaine M. Kaplan

President

(senior officer in charge of securitization of thedepositor)