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

 

 

I, Kunal K. Singh, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports onForm 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this reporton Form 10-K of the JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-JP7 (the"Exchange Act periodic reports");

 

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, takenas a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to statea material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing andother information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the periodcovered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

 

4. Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statementsrequired in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except asdisclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilledtheir obligations under the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

 

5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicingcriteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports onassessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securitiesrequired to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 ofRegulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as anexhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Anymaterial instances of noncompliance described in such reports have beendisclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

 

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

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer,CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Special Servicer, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as CertificateAdministrator, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian, PentalphaSurveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC., as ServicingFunction Participant, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, asServicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator on and afterNovember 1, 2021, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, asServicing Function Participant for the Custodian on and after November 1, 2021,Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the 245 ParkAvenue Mortgage Loan, AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer forthe 245 Park Avenue Mortgage Loan prior to April 13, 2021, Situs Holdings, LLC,as Special Servicer for the 245 Park Avenue Mortgage Loan on and after April13, 2021, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the 245 ParkAvenue Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian forthe 245 Park Avenue Mortgage Loan, Trimont Real Estate Advisors, LLC, asOperating Advisor for the 245 Park Avenue Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions,LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the 245 Park Avenue Mortgage Loan,Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian for the 245 Park Avenue Mortgage Loan on andafter November 1, 2021Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, NationalAssociation, as Primary Servicer for the Gateway Net Lease Portfolio MortgageLoan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, asSpecial Servicer for the Gateway Net Lease Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells FargoBank, National Association, as Trustee for the Gateway Net Lease PortfolioMortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for theGateway Net Lease Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, asOperating Advisor for the Gateway Net Lease Portfolio Mortgage Loan,Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian for the Gateway Net Lease Portfolio Mortgage Loanon and after November 1, 2021, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Starwood Capital Group HotelMortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, NationalAssociation, as Special Servicer for the Starwood Capital Group Hotel MortgageLoan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the StarwoodCapital Group Hotel Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian for the Starwood Capital Group Hotel Mortgage Loan, PentalphaSurveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Starwood Capital Group HotelMortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Custodian for the Starwood Capital Group HotelMortgage Loan on and after November 1, 2021, Midland Loan Services, a Divisionof PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the 211 Main Street MortgageLoan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, asSpecial Servicer for the 211 Main Street Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Trustee for the 211 Main Street Mortgage Loan, WellsFargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the 211 Main Street MortgageLoan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor for the 211 Main StreetMortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Custodian for the 211 Main Street Mortgage Loan onand after November 1, 2021, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer for the Columbus Office Portfolio I Mortgage Loan, Midland LoanServices, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer forthe Columbus Office Portfolio I Mortgage Loan prior to July 7, 2021, LNRPartners, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Columbus Office Portfolio I MortgageLoan on and after July 7, 2021, Wilmington Trust, National Association, asTrustee for the Columbus Office Portfolio I Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Custodian for the Columbus Office Portfolio I MortgageLoan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the ColumbusOffice Portfolio I Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Columbus Office Portfolio I Mortgage Loan,Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian for the Columbus Office Portfolio I Mortgage Loanon and after November 1, 2021, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asPrimary Servicer for the St. Luke's Office Mortgage Loan, Midland LoanServices, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer forthe St. Luke's Office Mortgage Loan prior to July 7, 2021, LNR Partners, LLC,as Special Servicer for the St. Luke's Office Mortgage Loan on and after July7, 2021, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the St. Luke'sOffice Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian forthe St. Luke's Office Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, asOperating Advisor for the St. Luke's Office Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions,LLC., as Servicing Function Participant for the St. Luke's Office MortgageLoan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian for the St. Luke’s Office Mortgage Loan on andafter November 1, 2021, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer for the Alexandria Corporate Park  Mortgage Loan, Midland LoanServices, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer forthe Alexandria Corporate Park Mortgage Loan prior to July 7, 2021, LNRPartners, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Alexandria Corporate Park MortgageLoan on and after July 7, 2021, Wilmington Trust, National Association, asTrustee for the Alexandria Corporate Park  Mortgage Loan, Wells FargoBank, National Association, as Custodian for the Alexandria Corporate Park Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for theAlexandria Corporate Park  Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC., asServicing Function Participant for the Alexandria Corporate Park  MortgageLoan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian for the Alexandria Corporate Park Mortgage Loanon and after November 1, 2021, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asPrimary Servicer for the West Town Mall Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Special Servicer for the West Town Mall Mortgage Loan,Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the West Town MallMortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for theWest Town Mall Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC., as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the West Town Mall Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company,National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian forthe West Town Mall Mortgage Loan on and after November 1, 2021, KeyBankNational Association, as Primary Servicer for the Carolina Hotel PortfolioMortgage Loan, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for theCarolina Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,as Trustee for the Carolina Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Custodian for the Carolina Hotel Portfolio MortgageLoan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Carolina HotelPortfolio Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, asServicing Function Participant for the Custodian for the Carolina HotelPortfolio Mortgage Loan on and after November 1, 2021, KeyBank NationalAssociation, as Primary Servicer for the Apex Fort Washington Mortgage Loan,Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Apex Fort WashingtonMortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the ApexFort Washington Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian for the Apex Fort Washington Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha SurveillanceLLC, as Operating Advisor for the Apex Fort Washington Mortgage Loan, andComputershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian for the Apex Fort Washington Mortgage Loan on andafter November 1, 2021.

 

 

 

Dated: March9, 2022

 

 

/s/ Kunal K. Singh

Kunal K. Singh

President and Chief Executive Officer

(seniorofficer in charge of securitization of the depositor)