Exhibit 34.8a

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

To the Management of AEGON USA Realty Advisors LLC

We have examined AEGON USA Realty Advisors LLC’s (“AEGON” or the “Company”) compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation AB for the commercial mortgage backed securities transactions (the “Platform”) described in the accompanying Report on Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria Pursuant to Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 31, 2021 and for the year then ended excluding criteria 1122(d)(1)(iii), 1122(d)(3)(ii), 1122(d)(3)(iii), 1122(d)(3)(iv), 1122(d)(4)(v), 1122(d)(4)(ix), 1122(d)(4)(x), 1122(d)(4)(xi), 1122(d)(4)(xii), 1122(d)(4)(xiii), 1122(d)(4)(xiv) and 1122(d)(4)(xv), which the Company has determined are not applicable to the servicing activities performed by it with response to the Platform. Appendix B to management's assertion identifies the individual asset-backed transactions and securities defined by management as constituting the Platform. AEGON’s management is responsible for the Company's compliance with the applicable servicing criteria. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's compliance with the applicable servicing criteria based on our examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and perform the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Company complied, in all material respects, with the applicable servicing criteria, and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company’s compliance with the applicable servicing criteria and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing of selected asset-backed transactions and securities that comprise the Platform, testing of selected servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities in compliance with the applicable servicing criteria. Our procedures were limited to the selected transactions and servicing activities performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to detect noncompliance arising from errors that may have occurred prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Company during the period covered by this report. We believe that our examination provides, and that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide, a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company’s compliance with the servicing criteria.

Our examination disclosed the following material noncompliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d)(3)(i)(A) of Regulation AB applicable to the Company during year ended December 31, 2021. As required by Item 1122(d)(3)(i)(A) of Regulation AB, reports to investors are maintained in accordance with transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements and are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements. For the only active special serviced deal subject to Item 1122(d)(3)(i)(A), the report to the investors was not prepared in accordance with the timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements for the period of January 1, 2021 to January 21, 2021.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, One North Wacker Chicago, Illinois 60606 T: (312) 298 2000, www.pwc.com

 

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In our opinion, except for the material noncompliance described in the preceding paragraph, AEGON complied with the aforementioned applicable servicing criteria as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021 for the Platform, in all material respects.

Chicago, Illinois February 25, 2022

 

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