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

  Re: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through
  Certificates, Series 2011-C3 (the "Transaction"), issued pursuant to the
  Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2011 (the "Pooling
  and Servicing Agreement"), executed in connection with the Transaction.

  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth
  in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

  I, Steven Stern, the senior officer in charge of securitization of the
  Depositor, hereby certify that:

  1.I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D
    required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on
    Form 10-K of Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2011-C3 (the "Exchange Act
    Periodic Reports");

  2.Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act Periodic Reports, taken as a
    whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
    state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
    light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
    misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

  3.Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other
    information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period
    covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act Periodic Reports;

  4.Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required
    in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as
    disclosed in the Exchange Act Periodic Reports, the servicers have
    fulfilled their obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
    or the applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing
    agreement in all material respects; and

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

    In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on
    information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: Bank
    of America, National Association, as Primary Servicer, Midland Loan
    Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Special
    Servicer, TriMont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., as Trust Advisor,Wells
    Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, Wells
    Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian, Wells Fargo Bank,
    National Association,as Master Servicer, U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Trustee, and CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc. and
    National Tax Search, LLC as Servicing Function Participants

    Dated:   March 27, 2012


    By: /s/ Steven Stern
    Name:  Steven Stern
    Title:  President