**Exhibit31** 

 

I, Leah Nivison, certifythat:

 

1. I have reviewed thisreport on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form10-K of the GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC26 (the “Exchange Act periodic reports”);

 

2. Based on my knowledge,the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light 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 the period covered by thisreport is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

 

4. Based on my knowledgeand the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in theExchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements in all material respects;and

 

5. All of the reportson assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessmentof compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwisedisclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this reporton Form 10-K.

 

In giving the certificationsabove, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as CypresswoodCourt Shopping Center Special Servicer, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, Certificate Administrator and Custodian, PentalphaSurveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant, NationalTax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Bank ofAmerica Plaza Mortgage Loan, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Special Servicer for the Bank of America Plaza Mortgage Loan,Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the Bank of America Plaza Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,as Certificate Administrator for the Bank of America Plaza Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodianfor the Bank of America Plaza Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Trust Advisor for the Bank of America Plaza MortgageLoan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for the Bank of America Plaza MortgageLoan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Bank of America Plaza Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Fenley Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division ofPNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer for the Fenley Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Deutsche Bank Trust CompanyAmericas, as Trustee for the Fenley Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Citibank, N.A., as Certificate Administrator for the FenleyOffice Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Custodian for the Fenley Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan,Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Fenley Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial RealEstate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for the Fenley Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, and National Tax Search,LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Fenley Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan. 

 

Dated:March 28, 2016 

 

/s/Leah Nivison 

 

ChiefExecutive Officer

(seniorofficer in charge of securitization of the depositor)