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

 

 

I,Anthony Sfarra, certify that:

 

1.I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D requiredto be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of theWFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C8 (the "Exchange Act periodicreports");

 

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 statements required in thisreport under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in theExchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligationsunder the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

 

5.All of 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 material instances ofnoncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report onForm 10-K.

 

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

 

RialtoCapital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer, Deutsche Bank Trust CompanyAmericas, as Trustee, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Trust Advisor, CoreLogicCommercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant,National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant, Prudential AssetResources, Inc., as Primary Servicer, Torchlight Loan Services, LLC, as SpecialServicer for the Northridge Fashion Center Mortgage Loan prior to September 21,2018, KeyBank National Association, as Special Servicer for the NorthridgeFashion Center Mortgage Loan on and after September 21, 2018, Deutsche BankTrust Company Americas , as Trustee for the Northridge Fashion Center MortgageLoan, TriMont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., as Trust Advisor for the NorthridgeFashion Center Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc.,as Servicing Function Participant for the Northridge Fashion Center Mortgage Loan,National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the NorthridgeFashion Center Mortgage Loan, Torchlight Loan Services, LLC, as SpecialServicer for the Town Center at Cobb Mortgage Loan prior to September 21, 2018,KeyBank National Association, as Special Servicer for the Town Center at CobbMortgage Loan on and after September 21, 2018, Deutsche Bank Trust CompanyAmericas, as Trustee for the Town Center at Cobb Mortgage Loan, TriMont RealEstate Advisors, Inc., as Trust Advisor for the Town Center at Cobb MortgageLoan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Town Center at Cobb Mortgage Loan, and National Tax Search,LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Town Center at Cobb MortgageLoan.

 

 

 

Dated:November 1, 2019

 

 

/s/Anthony Sfarra

 

 

President

senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)