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

 

 

I,Kunal K. Singh, certify that:

 

1. Ihave reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required tobe filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of theBenchmark 2018-B2 Mortgage Trust (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. Allof 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:

 

KeyBankNational Association, as Master Servicer, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, asSpecial Servicer, BREF Partners Special Servicer LLC, as Red Building SpecialServicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee and CertificateAdministrator, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian, PentalphaSurveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor, Computershare Trust Company, NationalAssociation, as Servicing Function Participant for the CertificateAdministrator, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Custodian, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,as Primary Servicer for the Worldwide Plaza Mortgage Loan, Situs Holdings, LLC,successor to Cohen Financial, a Division of Truist Bank, successor to SunTrustBank, as Special Servicer for the Worldwide Plaza Mortgage Loan, WilmingtonTrust, National Association, as Trustee for the Worldwide Plaza Mortgage Loan,Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the Worldwide PlazaMortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for theWorldwide Plaza Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Worldwide Plaza Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company,National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian forthe Worldwide Plaza Mortgage Loan, KeyBank National Association, as PrimaryServicer for the Marina Heights State Farm Mortgage Loan, Situs Holdings, LLC,as Special Servicer for the Marina Heights State Farm Mortgage Loan, WellsFargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the Marina Heights State Farm MortgageLoan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the MarinaHeights State Farm Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as OperatingAdvisor for the Marina Heights State Farm Mortgage Loan, Computershare TrustCompany, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for theCustodian for the Marina Heights State Farm Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Lehigh Valley Mall MortgageLoan, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Lehigh Valley MallMortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for theLehigh Valley Mall Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian for the Lehigh Valley Mall Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender ServicesLLC, as Operating Advisor for the Lehigh Valley Mall Mortgage Loan, CoreLogicSolutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Lehigh Valley MallMortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Custodian for the Lehigh Valley Mall MortgageLoan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the 90Hudson Mortgage Loan, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer for the 90 HudsonMortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the 90Hudson Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian forthe 90 Hudson Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor for the 90 Hudson Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as ServicingFunction Participant for the 90 Hudson Mortgage Loan, Computershare TrustCompany, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for theCustodian for the 90 Hudson Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Primary Servicer for the Apple Campus 3 Mortgage Loan,Torchlight Loan Services, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Apple Campus 3Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the AppleCampus 3 Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodianfor the Apple Campus 3 Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as OperatingAdvisor for the Apple Campus 3 Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC., asServicing Function Participant for the Apple Campus 3 Mortgage Loan,Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian for the Apple Campus 3 Mortgage Loan, KeyBankNational Association, as Primary Servicer for the Beacon - Hague MortgageLoan, Situs Holdings, LLC, successor to Cohen Financial, a Division of TruistBank, successor to SunTrust Bank, as Special Servicer for the Beacon -Hague Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for theBeacon - Hague Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian for the Beacon - Hague Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge LenderServices LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Beacon - Hague Mortgage Loan,Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian for the Beacon - Hague Mortgage Loan,KeyBank National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Beacon - OrpheumMortgage Loan, Situs Holdings, LLC, successor to Cohen Financial, a Division ofTruist Bank, successor to SunTrust Bank, as Special Servicer for the Beacon -Orpheum Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee forthe Beacon - Orpheum Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Custodian for the Beacon - Orpheum Mortgage Loan, ParkBridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Beacon - OrpheumMortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Custodian for the Beacon - Orpheum MortgageLoan, KeyBank National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Beacon -Mercury / Garage Mortgage Loan, Situs Holdings, LLC, successor to CohenFinancial, a Division of Truist Bank, successor to SunTrust Bank, as SpecialServicer for the Beacon - Mercury / Garage Mortgage Loan, Wells FargoBank, National Association, as Trustee for the Beacon - Mercury / GarageMortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for theBeacon - Mercury / Garage Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company,National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian for theBeacon - Mercury / Garage Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC,as Operating Advisor for the Beacon - Mercury / Garage Mortgage Loan,KeyBank National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Beacon -Criterion Mortgage Loan, Situs Holdings, LLC, successor to Cohen Financial, aDivision of Truist Bank, successor to SunTrust Bank, as Special Servicer forthe Beacon - Criterion Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Trustee for the Beacon - Criterion Mortgage Loan, WellsFargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the Beacon - CriterionMortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for theBeacon - Criterion Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, NationalAssociation, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian for theBeacon - Criterion Mortgage Loan, KeyBank National Association, as PrimaryServicer for the Beacon - Tower Mortgage Loan, Situs Holdings, LLC,successor to Cohen Financial, a Division of Truist Bank, successor to SunTrust Bank,as Special Servicer for the Beacon - Tower Mortgage Loan, Wells FargoBank, National Association, as Trustee for the Beacon - Tower MortgageLoan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for theBeacon - Tower Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, asOperating Advisor for the Beacon - Tower Mortgage Loan, ComputershareTrust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for theCustodian for the Beacon - Tower Mortgage Loan, KeyBank National Association,as Primary Servicer for the Beacon - Paramount Mortgage Loan, SitusHoldings, LLC, successor to Cohen Financial, a Division of Truist Bank,successor to SunTrust Bank, as Special Servicer for the Beacon - ParamountMortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for theBeacon - Paramount Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,as Custodian for the Beacon - Paramount Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge LenderServices LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Beacon - Paramount MortgageLoan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian for the Beacon - Paramount Mortgage Loan,Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer for the Two Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan, LNR Partners, LLC, asSpecial Servicer for the Two Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan, WilmingtonTrust, National Association, as Trustee for the Two Harbor Point SquareMortgage Loan, Citibank, N.A., as Custodian for the Two Harbor Point SquareMortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for theTwo Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association, asServicing Function Participant for the Two Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan,Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer for the Marriott Charlotte City Center Mortgage Loan, Midland LoanServices, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer forthe Marriott Charlotte City Center Mortgage Loan prior to May 10, 2023, K-StarAsset Management LLC, as Special Servicer for the Marriott Charlotte CityCenter Mortgage Loan on and after May 10, 2023, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee for the Marriott Charlotte City Center Mortgage Loan,Citibank, N.A., as Custodian for the Marriott Charlotte City Center MortgageLoan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the MarriottCharlotte City Center Mortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association, asServicing Function Participant for the Marriott Charlotte City Center MortgageLoan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, asPrimary Servicer for the Atrium Center Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, aDivision of PNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer for the AtriumCenter Mortgage Loan prior to May 10, 2023, K-Star Asset Management LLC, asSpecial Servicer for the Atrium Center Mortgage Loan on and after May 10, 2023,Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the Atrium CenterMortgage Loan, Citibank, N.A., as Custodian for the Atrium Center MortgageLoan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the AtriumCenter Mortgage Loan, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Atrium Center Mortgage Loan.

 

 

 

 

Dated: March 14, 2024

 

 

/s/Kunal K. Singh

KunalK. Singh

Presidentand Chief Executive Officer

(seniorofficer in charge of securitization of the depositor)