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 theBANK 2017-BNK7 (the "Exchange Act periodic reports");

 

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 the ExchangeAct periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under theservicing 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:

 

NationalCooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB Master Servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC,as Special Servicer, National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB Special Servicer,Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC,as Operating Advisor, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., asServicing Function Participant, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant, AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for theGeneral Motors Building Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association,as Trustee for the General Motors Building Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic CommercialReal Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for the GeneralMotors Building Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the General Motors Building Mortgage Loan, CWCapital AssetManagement LLC, as Special Servicer for the First Stamford Place Mortgage Loan,Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the First Stamford PlaceMortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor for the FirstStamford Place Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc.,as Servicing Function Participant for the First Stamford Place Mortgage Loan,National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the FirstStamford Place Mortgage Loan, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer for the411 East Wisconsin Mortgage Loan, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, asTrustee for the 411 East Wisconsin Mortgage Loan, Citibank, N.A., asCertificate Administrator for the 411 East Wisconsin Mortgage Loan, DeutscheBank Trust Company Americas, as Custodian for the 411 East Wisconsin MortgageLoan, Trimont Real Estate Advisors, LLC, as Operating Advisor for the 411 EastWisconsin Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., asServicing Function Participant for the 411 East Wisconsin Mortgage Loan,National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the 411 EastWisconsin Mortgage Loan, KeyBank National Association, as Special Servicer forthe Corporate Woods Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee for the Corporate Woods Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Citibank,N.A., as Certificate Administrator for the Corporate Woods Portfolio MortgageLoan, Citibank, N.A., as Custodian for the Corporate Woods Portfolio MortgageLoan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Corporate WoodsPortfolio Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., asServicing Function Participant for the Corporate Woods Portfolio Mortgage Loan,National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the CorporateWoods Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Moffett Place B4 MortgageLoan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, asSpecial Servicer for the Moffett Place B4 Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha SurveillanceLLC, as Operating Advisor for the Moffett Place B4 Mortgage Loan, CoreLogicCommercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant forthe Moffett Place B4 Mortgage Loan, and National Tax Search, LLC, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Moffett Place B4 Mortgage Loan.

 

 

 

Dated:November 5, 2019

 

 

/s/Anthony Sfarra

 

 

President

(senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)