Exhibit 33.17



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Certification Regarding Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria



| | 1. | Situs Holdings, LLC (the Company or Situs), 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, as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018 (the Reporting Period), as set forth in Appendix A hereto. The transactions
covered by this report include transactions in which Situs acted in the capacity of Operating or Trust Advisor, as listed 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 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 transactions as listed in Appendix B.
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| | 4. | Pursuant to Item 1119 of Regulation AB (defined in Appendix A), the Company has determined that there are no
affiliate relationships, as defined in paragraph 230.405 of Item 1119, that currently exist, or existed within the past two years, between Situs Holdings, LLC and any of the named Servicers, Special Servicers, Trustees, or Originators included in
the transactions listed in Appendix B.
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| | 5. | During the Reporting Period, there were twenty-one (21) loans within
the transactions listed on Appendix B transferred to Special Servicing; however, there were no loss mitigation or recovery actions initiated, conducted, or concluded during the reporting period 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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| | 6. | Situs has complied, in all material respects, with the applicable servicing criteria as of December 31, 2018
and for the Reporting Period with respect to the transactions listed in Appendix B taken as a whole.
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| | 7. | RSM US LLP, as independent registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report on Situs
assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria for the Reporting Period.
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|Situs Holdings LLC |  |  |  |                            
|January 31, 2019   |  |  |  | /s/ George Wisniewski      
|                   |  |  |  | By:                        
|                   |  |  |  | George Wisniewski          
|                   |  |  |  | Executive Managing Director



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APPENDIX A



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|SERVICING CRITERIA
|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 of the 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 number of pool assets serviced by the servicer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         



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|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



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|Portfolio        |  | 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-C7    |  | January 1, 2013  
|MSBAM 2013-C8    |  | February 1, 2013 
|MSBAM 2013-C11   |  | August 1, 2013   
|MSBAM 2013-C13   |  | December 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     
|CGCMT 2015-SSHP  |  | March 9, 2015    
|FORT CRE 2016-1  |  | August 31, 2016