# CERTIFICATION

 

Re:          **Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2015-C23, CommercialMortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2015-C23**(the “Transaction”),issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of June 1, 2015(the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), executed in connection with theTransaction (capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaningsset forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement).

 

 

               I, George Kok, certify that:

 

               1.             Ihave reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required tobe filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of MorganStanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2015-C23 (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 statement(s) required in thisreport under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in theExchange Act periodic reports, the servicer(s) have fulfilled their obligationsunder the servicing agreement(s) in all material respects; and

 

               5.             Allof 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 materialinstances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in thisreport on Form 10-K.  

 

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

 

·        Wilmington Trust, National Association, asTrustee

·        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCertificate Administrator

·        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian

·        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asMaster Servicer

·        LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer

·        Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as OperatingAdvisor

·        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asExcluded Special Servicer 

·        CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services,Inc., as Servicing Function Participant

·        National Tax Search, LLC, as ServicingFunction Participant

·        Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, asServicing Function Participant

·        Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNCBank National Association, as Master Servicer under the MSC 2015-MS1securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced bysuch party: TKG 3 Retail Portfolio (from 1/1/18 to 12/31/18)

·        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asMaster Servicer under the MSBAM 2015-C22 securitization, pursuant to which thefollowing mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Hilton Garden Inn W 54thStreet (from 1/1/18 to 12/31/18) 

·        CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services,Inc., as Servicing Function Participant under the MSBAM 2015-C22securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced bysuch party: Hilton Garden Inn W 54th Street (from 1/1/18 to 12/31/18) 

·        National Tax Search, LLC, as ServicingFunction Participant under the MSBAM 2015-C22 securitization, pursuant to whichthe following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Hilton Garden Inn W54th Street (from 1/1/18 to 12/31/18) 

·        Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNCBank National Association, as Master Servicer under the CGBAM 2015-SMRTsecuritization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced bysuch party: US StorageMart Portfolio (from 1/1/18 to 12/31/18) 

·        Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNCBank National Association, as Special Servicer under the MSC 2015-MS1securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced bysuch party: TKG 3 Retail Portfolio (from 1/1/18 to 12/31/18) 

·        Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNCBank National Association, as Special Servicer under the MSBAM 2015-C22securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced bysuch party: Hilton Garden Inn W 54th Street (from 1/1/18 to 12/31/18) 

·        Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNCBank National Association, as Special Servicer under the CGBAM 2015-SMRTsecuritization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced bysuch party: US StorageMart Portfolio (from 1/1/18 to 12/31/18) 

·        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian under the MSC 2015-MS1 securitization, pursuant to which thefollowing mortgage loans were serviced by such party: TKG 3 Retail Portfolio(from 1/1/18 to 12/31/18) 

·        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian under the MSBAM 2015-C22 securitization, pursuant to which the followingmortgage loans were serviced by such party: Hilton Garden Inn W 54th Street(from 1/1/18 to 12/31/18)  

 

 

Date:  March 29, 2019

 

 

By /s/ George Kok

Name: George Kok

Title: President