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MANAGEMENT'S ASSERTION ON COMPLIANCE WITH SEC REGULATION AB SERVICING CRITERIA

 

|   | 1. | Situs Holdings, LLC (the  “Company”  or  “Situs”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SitusAMC Holdings Corporation,  is  responsible  for  assessing  compliance  with  the  servicing  criteria applicable  to  it  in Item 1117, 1119, 1122(d)(3)(i) and 1122(d)(4)(vii) of Regulation AB of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “Reporting Period”), as set forth in Appendix A hereto. The transactions covered by this report (collectively referred to as “Operating or Trust Advisor Services Platform” or the “Platform”) include asset-backed securities transactions. This includes the asset-backed securities for which Situs acted in the capacity of Operating or Trust Advisor, as defined in Appendix B. |
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|   | 2. | Situs used the criteria set forth in Item 1122(d)(3)(i) and Item 1122(d)(4)(vii) of Regulation AB (defined in Appendix A) to assess the compliance with the applicable servicing criteria; |
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|   | 3. | Pursuant to Item 1117 of Regulation AB (defined in Appendix A), the Company has determined that there are no pending legal proceedings or proceedings by governmental authorities against the Company that are material to security owners of the deals as listed in Appendix B; |
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|   | 4. | During the reporting period, there were no loss mitigation or recovery actions initiated, conducted, or concluded on any of the active assets for which Situs is named as the Operating/Trust Advisor of record that would require action as the Operating or Trust Advisor. Therefore, Situs did not perform any Operating or Trust Advisor activities related to Item 1122(d)(4)(vii) of Regulation AB; |
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|   | 5. | During the reporting period, no control termination events occurred on any of the active assets for which Situs is named as the Operating/Trust Advisor of record. Therefore, no investor reporting actions, either preparation, review, or otherwise, were required to be performed by Situs with regards to the Company’s role as Operating/Trust and Situs did not perform any Operating or Trust Advisor activities related to Item 1122(d)(3)(i) of Regulation AB; |
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|   | 6. | Situs has complied in all material aspects, with the applicable servicing criteria as of December 31, 2019 and for the Reporting Period with respect to the deals listed in Appendix B taken as a whole; |
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|   | 7. | Grant Thornton LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report on the Company’s assertion on compliance with the applicable servicing criteria for the Reporting Period. |
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Situs Holdings, LLC   

February 20, 2020

 

 

  /s/ George Wisniewski

George Wisniewski 

Executive Managing Director

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APPENDIX A – Applicable Servicing Criteria  

| SERVICING CRITERIA   |
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| Reference            | Criteria |
| Item 1117            | Describe briefly any legal proceedings pending against the sponsor, depositor, trustee, issuing entity, servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of this Regulation AB, originator contemplated by Item 1110(b) of this Regulation AB, or other party contemplated by Item 1100(d)(1) of this Regulation AB, or of which any property of the foregoing is the subject, that is material to security holders. Include similar information as to any such proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities. |
| Item 1119            | (a) Describe if so, and how, the sponsor, depositor or issuing entity is an affiliate (as defined in §230.405 of this chapter) of any of the following parties as well as, to the extent known and material, if so, and how, any ofthe following parties are affiliates of any of the other following parties: (1) Servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of this Regulation AB.(2) Trustee.(3) Originator contemplated by Item 1110 of this Regulation AB.(4) Significant obligor contemplated by Item 1112 of this Regulation AB.(5) Enhancement or support provider contemplated by Items 1114 or 1115 of this Regulation AB.(6) Any other material parties related to the asset-backed securities contemplated by Item 1100(d)(1) of this Regulation AB.(b) Describe whether there is, and if so the general character of, any business relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding that is entered into outside the ordinary course of business or is on terms other than would be obtained in on arm's length transaction with an unrelated third party,  apart  from the asset-backed securities transaction, between the sponsor, depositor or issuing entity and any of the parties in paragraphs(a)(1) through (a)(6) of this section, or any affiliates of such parties, that currently exists or that existed during the past two years and that is material to an Investor's understanding of the asset-backed securities.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) of this section, describe, to the extent material, any specific relationships involving or relating to the asset-backed securities transaction or the pool assets, including the material terms and approximate dollar amount involved, between the sponsor, depositor or issuing entity and any of the parties in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(6) of this section, or any affiliates of such parties, that currently exists or that existed during the past two years. |
| Item 1122(d)(3)(i)   | Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports: (A) Are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) Provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) Are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) Agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and 1number of pool assets serviced by the servicer. |
| Item 1122(d)(4)(vii) | Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g. forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosure and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the a transaction agreements. |

 

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APPENDIX B– The Platform

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| Portfolio        | Servicing Agreement Date |
| CGCMT 2012-GC8   | September 1, 2012        |
| CGCMT 2013-GC15  | September 1, 2013        |
| CGCMT 2014-GC19  | March 1, 2014            |
| CGCMT 2015-GC29  | April 1, 2015            |
| CGCMT 2015-GC33  | September 1, 2015        |
| COMM 2012-CCRE3  | October 1, 2012          |
| COMM 2013-CCRE13 | December 1, 2013         |
| COMM 2014-CCRE18 | June 1, 2014             |
| COMM 2014-LC15   | March 1, 2014            |
| COMM 2014-UBS5   | September 1, 2014        |
| FORT CRE 2018-1  | December 6, 2018         |
| GSMS 2012-GCJ7   | June 1, 2012             |
| GSMS 2013-GCJ12  | May 1, 2013              |
| GSMS 2013-GCJ16  | November 1, 2013         |
| GSMS 2014-GC24   | September 1, 2014        |
| GSMS 2015-GS1    | November 1, 2015         |
| MSBAM 2012-C5    | July 1, 2012             |
| MSBAM 2012-C6    | October 1, 2012          |
| MSBAM 2013-C11   | August 1, 2013           |
| MSBAM 2013-C13   | December 1, 2013         |
| MSBAM 2013-C7    | January 1, 2013          |
| MSBAM 2013-C8    | February 1, 2013         |
| MSBAM 2014-C15   | April 1, 2014            |
| MSBAM 2014-C16   | June 1, 2014             |
| MSBAM 2015-C21   | February 1, 2015         |
| MSBAM 2015-C27   | November 1, 2015         |
| MSCI 2015-UBS8   | December 1, 2015         |
| UBSBB 2013-C5    | February 1, 2013         |
| WFCM 2014-LC16   | June 1, 2014             |

 

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