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 theWells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2017-C42 (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:

 

LNRPartners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, asTrustee, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor, CoreLogicCommercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant,National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant, LNR Partners, LLC,as Special Servicer for the Lakeside Shopping Center Mortgage Loan, DeutscheBank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee for the Lakeside Shopping CenterMortgage Loan, Citibank, N.A., as Certificate Administrator for the LakesideShopping Center Mortgage Loan, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, asCustodian for the Lakeside Shopping Center Mortgage Loan, Trimont Real EstateAdvisors, LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Lakeside Shopping Center MortgageLoan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Lakeside Shopping Center Mortgage Loan, National TaxSearch, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Lakeside Shopping CenterMortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, NationalAssociation, as Special Servicer for the Bass Pro & Cabela's PortfolioMortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the BassPro & Cabela's Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, asOperating Advisor for the Bass Pro & Cabela's Portfolio Mortgage Loan,CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participantfor the Bass Pro & Cabela's Portfolio Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search,LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Bass Pro & Cabela'sPortfolio Mortgage Loan, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer forthe One Cleveland Center Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association,as Trustee for the One Cleveland Center Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha SurveillanceLLC, as Operating Advisor for the One Cleveland Center Mortgage Loan, CoreLogicCommercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant forthe One Cleveland Center Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as ServicingFunction Participant for the One Cleveland Center Mortgage Loan, Rialto CapitalAdvisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Mortgage Loan,Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the Laguna CliffsMarriott Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisorfor the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real EstateServices, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for the Laguna CliffsMarriott Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Mortgage Loan, LNR Partners, LLC, asSpecial Servicer for the 150 West Jefferson Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust,National Association, as Trustee for the 150 West Jefferson Mortgage Loan, ParkBridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the 150 West JeffersonMortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as ServicingFunction Participant for the 150 West Jefferson Mortgage Loan, National TaxSearch, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the 150 West JeffersonMortgage Loan, Torchlight Loan Services, LLC, as Special Servicer of theCourtyard Los Angeles Sherman Oaks Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee of the Courtyard Los Angeles Sherman Oaks MortgageLoan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor of the Courtyard LosAngeles Sherman Oaks Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services,Inc., as Servicing Function Participant of the Courtyard Los Angeles ShermanOaks Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participantof the Courtyard Los Angeles Sherman Oaks Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services,a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer of theMoffett Towers II - Building 2 Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee of the Moffett Towers II - Building 2 Mortgage Loan,Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor of the Moffett Towers II- Building 2 Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., asServicing Function Participant of the Moffett Towers II - Building 2 MortgageLoan, and National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant of theMoffett Towers II - Building 2 Mortgage Loan.

 

 

 

 

Dated:October 30, 2019

 

 

/s/Anthony Sfarra

 

 

President

(senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)