**UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 10-K**

(Mark One)

**x****  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023or**

**o**** ****TRANSITIONREPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the transition period from _____ to _____Commission file number of the issuing entity: 333-193376-07**

**Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity:0001610486**

**COMM 2014-CCRE18 Mortgage Trust**

**(exact name of the issuing entity as specified in itscharter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0001013454**

**Deutsche Mortgage & AssetReceiving Corporation**

**(exact name of the depositor as specified in itscharter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541294**

**German American Capital Corporation**

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001558761**

**Cantor Commercial Real EstateLending, L.P.**

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541468**

**Ladder Capital Finance LLC**

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001542256**

**Natixis Real Estate Capital LLC**

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)**

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| **New York****(State or other jurisdiction of  incorporation or organization of**

**the issuing entity)** | **38-3932240**

**38-3932241**

**38-7111647**

**(I.R.S. Employer**

**Identification Numbers)** |
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**c/o Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as agent for**

**Wells Fargo Bank, National Association**

**as Certificate Administrator**

**9062 Old Annapolis Road**

**Columbia, MD**

**(Address of principalexecutive offices of the issuing entity)**

**21045**

**(Zip Code)**

**Registrant’s telephone number,including area code:**

**(212) 250-2500**

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
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| None                |              |                                      |

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of theAct:  None.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-knownseasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  o Yes ⌧No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required tofile reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  o Yes ⌧No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filedall reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter periodthat the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has beensubject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  ⌧ Yes oNo

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submittedelectronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant toRule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during thepreceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to submit such files).

Not applicable.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a largeaccelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smallerreporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “largeaccelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and“emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large acceleratedfiler        o                                                                                                       Acceleratedfiler                                     o

Non-acceleratedfiler          ⌧                                                                                                     Smaller reporting company                    o

                                                                                                                                                       Emerging growthcompany                    o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if theregistrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complyingwith any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant toSection 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed areport on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectivenessof its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of theSarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firmthat prepared or issued its audit report. o

 

If securities are registered pursuantto Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statementsof the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error topreviously issued financial statements. o

 

Indicate by check mark whether any of those errorcorrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during therelevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shellcompany (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  o Yes ⌧ No

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-votingcommon equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price atwhich the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price ofsuch common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s mostrecently completed second fiscal quarter.

Not applicable.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed alldocuments and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securitiesunder a plan confirmed by a court.  oYes oNo

Not applicable.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of theregistrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Not applicable.

**DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE**

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List hereunder the following documents if incorporated byreference and the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) intowhich the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders;(2) Any proxy or information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuantto Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documentsshould be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report tosecurity holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).

Not applicable.

 

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**EXPLANATORY NOTES**

The Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan, whichconstituted approximately 9.5% of the asset pool of the issuing entity as ofits cut-off date, is an asset of the issuing entity and is part of a loancombination that includes the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan and one other*pari passu* loan, which is not an asset of the issuing entity. This loancombination, including the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan, is beingserviced and administered pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to this Annual Report on Form10-K. 

The Exhibit Index describesexhibits provided by certain parties (in their capacities indicated on theExhibit Index) with respect to the Bronx Terminal Market Mortgage Loan, whichconstituted approximately 13.5% of the asset pool of the issuing entity as ofits cut-off date.  The Bronx Terminal Market Mortgage Loan is an asset ofthe issuing entity and is part of a loan combination that includes the BronxTerminal Market Mortgage Loan and two other *pari passu* loans, which arenot assets of the issuing entity. A *pari passu* portion of the loan combinationwas securitized in the COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust transaction, CommissionFile Number 333-193376-05 (the “COMM 2014-CCRE17 Transaction”). Thisloan combination, including the Bronx Terminal Market Mortgage Loan, is beingserviced and administered pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement forthe COMM 2014-CCRE17 Transaction, which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit4.2 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The Exhibit Index describesexhibits provided by certain parties (in their capacities indicated on theExhibit Index) with respect to the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan, whichconstituted approximately 6.2% of the asset pool of the issuing entity as ofits cut-off date.  The Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan is an asset ofthe issuing entity and is part of a loan combination that includes theSouthfield Town Center Mortgage Loan and one other *pari passu* loan,which is not an asset of the issuing entity. The other *pari passu*portion of the loan combination was securitized in the COMM 2014-UBS3 MortgageTrust transaction, Commission File Number 333-193376-06 (the “COMM 2014-UBS3Transaction”). This loan combination, including the Southfield Town CenterMortgage Loan, is being serviced and administered pursuant to the pooling andservicing agreement for the COMM 2014-UBS3 Transaction, which is incorporatedby reference as Exhibit 4.3 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The master servicer of a pooling andservicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement also functions as theprimary servicer of the related mortgage loans serviced and administeredpursuant to such agreement unless a separate primary servicer is identifiedherein.  If this report does not identify a separate primary servicer, theservicer compliance statement provided by the master servicer under any suchagreement also encompasses its responsibilities as primary servicer of therelated mortgage loan or mortgage loans.

Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation is the certificate administrator of the mortgage loans servicedunder the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the primary servicer of theSouthfield Town Center Mortgage Loan. As a result, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation is a “servicer” as defined in Item 1108(a)(2)(iii) of RegulationAB, in the capacities described above, because it is servicing mortgage loansthat constituted 10% or more of the assets of the issuing entity as of itscut-off date. The assessments of compliance with applicable servicing criteria,accountants’ attestation reports and servicer compliance statements deliveredby Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in the capacities described above arelisted in the Exhibit Index.

Wells Fargo Bank, National Associationis the custodian of the mortgage loans serviced under the Pooling and ServicingAgreement and the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan.  As a result,Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is a servicing function participant inthe capacities described above, because it is servicing mortgage loans thatconstituted 5% or more of the assets of the issuing entity as of its cut-offdate. The assessments of compliance with applicable servicing criteria andaccountants’ attestation reports delivered by Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation in the capacities described above are listed in the Exhibit Index.

Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation acts as trustee of the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan. Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the trustee is required toprovide an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria solelywith respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB (regarding advances offunds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and anyinterest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed andapproved as specified in the transaction agreements). However, during thereporting period, the trustee did not perform any servicing function withrespect to the servicing criteria specified in Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) ofRegulation AB.  The master servicer or the special servicer, to the extentrequired, performed the servicing function identified with respect to Item1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB, and each such party included Item 1122(d)(2)(iii)of Regulation AB in the assessment of compliance with applicable servicingcriteria and accountant’s attestation report for the subject transaction. As a result, this Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an assessment ofcompliance with applicable servicing criteria of the trustee. One or more otherservicers of the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan have delivered one or moreassessments of compliance with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of RegulationAB.

U.S. Bank Trust Company, NationalAssociation acts as trustee of the Bronx Terminal Market Mortgage Loan and theSouthfield Town Center Mortgage Loan.  Pursuant to the pooling andservicing agreement for the COMM 2014-CCRE17 Transaction and the pooling andservicing agreement for the COMM 2014-UBS3 Transaction, the trustee is requiredto provide an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteriasolely with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB (regardingadvances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows ordistributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, aremade, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements).However, during the reporting period, the trustee did not perform any servicingfunction with respect to the servicing criteria specified in Item1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB.  The master servicer or the specialservicer, to the extent required, performed the servicing function identifiedwith respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB, and each such partyincluded Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB in the assessment of compliancewith applicable servicing criteria and accountant’s attestation report for thesubject transaction.  As a result, this Annual Report on Form 10-K doesnot include an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria ofthe trustee. One or more other servicers of the Bronx Terminal Market MortgageLoan and the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan have delivered one or moreassessments of compliance with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of RegulationAB.

This Annual Report on Form 10-Kincludes assessments of compliance with applicable servicing criteria andaccountants’ attestation reports from CoreLogic Solutions, LLC.  Thisentity was engaged by the primary servicer of the Southfield Town CenterMortgage Loan to remit tax payments received from the escrow accounts ofborrowers to local taxing authorities, to report tax amounts due, to verify taxparcel information, and to verify non-escrow tax payments. These servicingfunctions are included within the servicing criteria set forth in Items1122(d)(4)(xi) and 1122(d)(4)(xii) of Regulation AB.  Therefore, under theprinciples-based definition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101(j) ofRegulation AB that looks to the functions that an entity performs, this vendoris a “servicer” for the purposes of Item 1122 of Regulation AB.  *See*Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, Section 301.01 (Item 1101(j)).

This AnnualReport on Form 10-K includes an assessment of compliance with applicableservicing criteria, accountants’ attestation report and servicer compliancestatement from Computershare Trust Company, National Association (“CTCNA”). CTCNA was engaged by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”),in its capacity as certificate administrator and custodian, to perform certainspecified servicing functions identified in the assessment of compliance withapplicable servicing criteria and accountants’ attestation reports.  WellsFargo engaged CTCNA in connection with the sale of Wells Fargo’s corporatetrust services business to CTCNA and its affiliates.  Further, under theprinciples-based definition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101(j) ofRegulation AB that looks to the functions that an entity performs, this partyis a “servicer” for the purposes of Item 1123 of Regulation AB.  SeeCompliance and Disclosure Interpretations, Section 301.01 (Item 1101(j)).

The assessments of compliance withapplicable servicing criteria, accountants’ attestation reports and servicercompliance statements of the certificate administrator of the Southfield TownCenter Mortgage Loan and the Bronx Terminal Market Mortgage Loan are omittedfrom this Annual Report on Form 10-K as the certificate administrator pursuant tothe related pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreementdoes not perform any activities that address servicing criteria with respect tothe issuing entity and because they are each not a “servicer” that meets thecriteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of Regulation AB.

With respect to the *pari passu*loan combination that includes the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan, theservicer compliance statement of LNR Partners, LLC as special servicer of theSouthfield Town Center Mortgage Loan, listed on the Exhibit Index is omittedfrom this Annual Report on Form 10-K as it is not required by Item 1123 ofRegulation AB to be included on this Annual Report on Form 10-K because it isan unaffiliated party that is not a “servicer” that meets the criteria in Item1108(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of Regulation AB.

**PART I**

**Item 1.  Business.**

Omitted.

**Item 1A.  Risk Factors.**

Omitted.

**Item 1B.  Unresolved Staff Comments.**

None.

**Item 1C.  Cybersecurity.**

Omitted.

**Item 2.  Properties.**

Omitted.

**Item 3.  Legal Proceedings.**

Omitted.

**Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosures.**

Not applicable.

**PART II**

**Item 5.  Market for Registrant’s Common Equity,Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.**

Omitted.

**Item 6. **

[Reserved]

**Item 7.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis ofFinancial Condition and Results of Operations.**

Omitted.

**Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative DisclosuresAbout Market Risk.**

Omitted.

**Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.**

Omitted.

**Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements WithAccountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.**

Omitted.

**Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures.**

Omitted.

**Item 9B.  Other Information.**

None.

**Item 9C.  Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictionsthat Prevent Inspections.**

None.

**PART III**

**Item 10.  Directors, Executive Officers and CorporateGovernance.**

Omitted.

**Item 11.  Executive Compensation.**

Omitted.

**Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain BeneficialOwners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.**

Omitted.

**Item 13.  Certain Relationships and RelatedTransactions, and Director Independence.**

Omitted.

**Item 14.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services.**

Omitted.

**ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE ITEMS FOR REGULATION AB**

**Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, Significant ObligorFinancial Information.**

The Bronx Terminal Market Mortgage Loan (Loan Number 1 onAnnex A-1 of the prospectus supplement of the registrant relating to theissuing entity filed on June 25, 2014 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)) constitutes asignificant obligor within the meaning of Item 1101(k)(2) of Regulation AB asdisclosed in the prospectus supplement. In accordance with Item 1112(b) ofRegulation AB, the most recent unaudited net operating income of thesignificant obligor was $30,887,502 for the twelve- month period ended December31, 2023.

**Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB, Significant EnhancementProvider Financial Information.**

No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any external credit enhancementor other support for the certificates within this transaction as describedunder Item 1114(a) of Regulation AB.

**Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB, Certain DerivativesInstruments (Financial Information).**

No entity or group of affiliated entities provides anyderivative instruments or other support for the certificates within thistransaction as described under Item 1115 of Regulation AB.

**Item 1117 of Regulation AB, Legal Proceedings.**

The registrant knows of nomaterial pending legal proceeding involving the trust or any party related tothe trust, other than routine litigation incidental to the duties of thoserespective parties, and the following, with respect to Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as trustee, as certificate administrator and ascustodian, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, andDeutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as certificate administrator and ascustodian.

In December 2014, Phoenix Light SFLimited (Phoenix Light) and certain related entities filed a complaint in theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York allegingclaims against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in its capacity as trustee for a numberof residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) trusts. Complaints raisingsimilar allegations have been filed by Commerzbank AG in the Southern Districtof New York, IKB International and IKB Deutsche Industriebank (together, IKB)in New York state court, and Park Royal I LLC and Park Royal II LLC in New Yorkstate court. In each case, the plaintiffs allege that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,as trustee, caused losses to investors, and plaintiffs assert causes of actionbased upon, among other things, the trustee’s alleged failure to notify andenforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loan sellers for purported breachesof representations and warranties, notify investors of alleged events ofdefault, and abide by appropriate standards of care following alleged events ofdefault. In July 2022, the district court dismissed Phoenix Light’s claims andcertain of the claims asserted by Commerzbank AG, and subsequently enteredjudgment in each case in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. In August 2022,Phoenix Light and Commerzbank AG each appealed the district court’s decision tothe United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Phoenix Lightdismissed its appeal in May 2023, terminating its case. In November 2023, WellsFargo Bank, N.A. entered into an agreement with IKB to resolve IKB’s claims.Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. previously settled two class actions filed byinstitutional investors and an action filed by the National Credit UnionAdministration with similar allegations.

U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”) and other largefinancial institutions have been sued in their capacity as trustee or successortrustee for certain residential mortgage backed securities ("RMBS")trusts.  The complaints, primarily filed by investors or investor groupsagainst U.S. Bank and similar institutions, allege the trustees caused losses toinvestors as a result of alleged failures by the sponsors, mortgage loansellers and servicers to comply with the governing agreements for these RMBStrusts.  Plaintiffs generally assert causes of action based upon thetrustees’ purported failures to enforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loansellers for alleged breaches of representations and warranties, notifysecurityholders of purported events of default allegedly caused by breaches ofservicing standards by mortgage loan servicers and abide by a heightened standardof care following alleged events of default.  

U.S. Bank denies liability and believes that it has performedits obligations under the RMBS trusts in good faith, that its actions were notthe cause of losses to investors, that it has meritorious defenses, and it hascontested and intends to continue contesting the plaintiffs’ claimsvigorously.  However, U.S. Bank cannot assure you as to the outcome of anyof the litigation, or the possible impact of these litigations on the trusteeor the RMBS trusts.  

On March 9, 2018, a law firm purporting to represent fifteenDelaware statutory trusts (the “DSTs”) that issued securities backed by studentloans (the “Student Loans”) filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chanceryagainst U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”) in its capacities asindenture trustee and successor special servicer, and three other institutionsin their respective transaction capacities, with respect to the DSTs and theStudent Loans.  This lawsuit is captioned The National Collegiate StudentLoan Master Trust I, et al. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al., C.A. No.2018-0167-JRS (Del. Ch.) (the “NCMSLT Action”).  The complaint, as amendedon June 15, 2018, alleged that the DSTs have been harmed as a result ofpurported misconduct or omissions by the defendants concerning administrationof the trusts and special servicing of the Student Loans.  Since thefiling of the NCMSLT Action, certain Student Loan borrowers have madeassertions against U.S. Bank concerning special servicing that appear to bebased on certain allegations made on behalf of the DSTs in the NCMSLT Action.

U.S. Bank has filed a motion seeking dismissal of theoperative complaint in its entirety with prejudice pursuant to Chancery CourtRules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) or, in the alternative, a stay of the case whileother prior filed disputes involving the DSTs and the Student Loans arelitigated.  On November 7, 2018, the Court ruled that the case should bestayed in its entirety pending resolution of the first-filed cases.  OnJanuary 21, 2020, the Court entered an order consolidating for pretrialpurposes the NCMSLT Action and three other lawsuits pending in the DelawareCourt of Chancery concerning the DSTs and the Student Loans, which remainspending.  

U.S. Bank denies liability in the NCMSLT Action and believesit has performed its obligations as indenture trustee and special servicer ingood faith and in compliance in all material respects with the terms of theagreements governing the DSTs and that it has meritorious defenses.  Ithas contested and intends to continue contesting the plaintiffs’ claimsvigorously.  

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (“DBTCA”) and Deutsche Bank National TrustCompany (“DBNTC”) have been sued by investors in civil litigation concerningtheir role as trustees of certain residential mortgage-backed securities(“RMBS”) trusts. 

 

On June 18, 2014, a group of investors, including fundsmanaged by Blackrock Advisors, LLC, PIMCO-Advisors, L.P., and others, filed anaction against DBNTC and DBTCA in New York State Supreme Court alleging thatDBNTC and DBTCA failed to perform purported duties, as trustees for 544private-label RMBS trusts, to enforce breaches of representations andwarranties as to mortgage loans held by the trusts and to enforce breaches byservicers of their mortgage loan servicing obligations for the trusts. During the course of the litigation, plaintiffs dismissed the case from NewYork State Supreme Court and refiled two separate cases, one in the U.S. DistrictCourt for the Southern District of New York (the “BlackRock SDNY Case”) and theother in the Superior Court of California, Orange County (the “BlackRockCalifornia Case”).  Pursuant to a settlement among the parties, theBlackRock SDNY Case was dismissed on December 6, 2018, and the BlackRockCalifornia Case was dismissed on January 11, 2019.

 

On September 27, 2017, DBTCA was added as a defendant to acase brought by certain special purpose entities including Phoenix Light SFLimited in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, inwhich the plaintiffs previously alleged incorrectly that DBNTC served astrustee for all 43 of the trusts at issue.  On September 27, 2017,plaintiffs filed a third amended complaint that names DBTCA as a defendant inaddition to DBNTC.  DBTCA serves as trustee for one of the 43 trusts atissue.  DBNTC serves as trustee for the other 42 trusts at issue. Plaintiffs’ third amended complaint brings claims for violation of the U.S.Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (“TIA”); breach of contract; breach of fiduciaryduty; negligence and gross negligence; violation of New York’s Streit Act; andbreach of the covenant of good faith.  However, in the third amendedcomplaint, plaintiffs acknowledge that, before DBTCA was added to the case, thecourt dismissed plaintiffs’ TIA Act claims, negligence and gross negligenceclaims, Streit Act claims, claims for breach of the covenant of good faith, andcertain theories of plaintiffs’ breach of contract claims, and plaintiffs onlyinclude these claims to preserve any rights on appeal.  Plaintiffs allegedamages of “hundreds of millions of dollars.”  On November 13, 2017, DBNTCand DBTCA filed an answer to the third amended complaint.  On December 7,2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion for summary judgment.  Also onDecember 7, 2018, plaintiffs, jointly with Commerzbank AG (see description ofCommerzbank case below), filed a motion for partial summary judgment.  OnOctober 27, 2021, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a supplemental motion for summary judgmentrelating to plaintiffs’ standing.  On February 8, 2022, the court issuedan order in which it granted DBNTC and DBTCA’s supplemental motion for summaryjudgment, granted in part DBNTC and DBTCA’s initial motion for summaryjudgment, and denied plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment.  Asa result of that order, all of plaintiffs’ claims were dismissed withprejudice. On April 26, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the SecondCircuit affirmed the court’s summary judgment order.

 

On November 30, 2017, DBTCA was added as a defendant to acase brought by Commerzbank AG (“Commerzbank”) in the U.S. District Court forthe Southern District of New York, in which Commerzbank previously allegedincorrectly that DBNTC served as trustee for all 50 of the trusts atissue.  On November 30, 2017, Commerzbank filed a second amended complaintthat names DBTCA as a defendant in addition to DBNTC.  DBTCA serves astrustee for 1 of the 50 trusts at issue.  DBNTC serves as trustee for theother 49 trusts at issue.  Commerzbank’s second amended complaint bringsclaims for violation of the TIA; breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty;negligence; violation of the Streit Act; and breach of the covenant of goodfaith.  However, in the second amended complaint, Commerzbank acknowledgesthat, before DBTCA was added to the case, the court dismissed Commerzbank’s TIAclaims for the trusts governed by pooling and servicing agreements, as well asits Streit Act claims and claims for breach of the covenant of good faith, andCommerzbank only includes these claims to preserve any rights on appeal. The second amended complaint alleges that DBNTC and DBTCA caused Commerzbank tosuffer “hundreds of millions of dollars in losses,” but the complaint does notinclude a demand for money damages in a sum certain.  On January 29, 2018,DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the second amended complaint.  OnDecember 7, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion for summary judgment. Also on December 7, 2018, Commerzbank, jointly with the Phoenix Lightplaintiffs, filed a motion for partial summary judgment.  On February 8,2022, the court issued an order in which it granted in part DBNTC and DBTCA’smotion for summary judgment and denied plaintiffs’ motion for partial summaryjudgment.  As a result of that order, many of plaintiffs’ claims andtheories were dismissed with prejudice.  Discovery is ongoing.

 

On December 30, 2015, IKB International, S.A. in Liquidationand IKB Deutsche Industriebank A.G. (collectively, “IKB”), as an investor in 37RMBS trusts, filed a summons with notice in the Supreme Court of the State ofNew York, New York County, against DBNTC and DBTCA as trustees of thetrusts.  On May 27, 2016, IKB served its complaint asserting claims forbreach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty to avoid conflictsof interest, violation of the Streit Act, violation of the TIA, violation ofRegulation AB, and violation of Section 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. IKB alleges that DBNTC and DBTCA are liable for over U.S. $268 million indamages.  On October 5, 2016, DBNTC and DBTCA, together with several othertrustees defending lawsuits by IKB, filed a joint motion to dismiss.  OnJanuary 6, 2017 and June 20, 2017, IKB voluntarily dismissed with prejudice allclaims as to seven trusts.  On January 27, 2021, the court granted in partand denied in part DBNTC and DBTCA’s motion to dismiss.  The court grantedthe motion to dismiss with respect to IKB’s claims for violations of the StreitAct, Regulation AB, and Section 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, as well ascertain aspects of IKB’s claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciaryduty, and violation of the TIA.  The court denied the remainder of themotion to dismiss.  IKB’s remaining claims for breach of contract, breachof fiduciary duty, breach of duty to avoid conflicts of interest, and violationof the TIA will proceed.  On May 10, 2021, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a noticeof appeal with the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department,regarding certain aspects of the court’s order on the motion to dismiss. On May 20, 2021, IKB filed a notice of cross appeal with respect to otheraspects of that order.  On August 30, 2022, the New York Supreme Court,Appellate Division, First Department affirmed in part and reversed in part thecourt’s order on the motion to dismiss.  After DBNTC and DBTCA appealedthe First Department’s decision, on June 15, 2023, the New York Court ofAppeals reversed the First Department’s decision in part, dismissing certainadditional contract claims, as well as IKB’s claims for breach of fiduciaryduty and breach of duty to avoid conflicts of interest.  On June 2, 2021,IKB filed a motion for re-argument regarding certain aspects of the court’sorder on the motion to dismiss, which the court denied on August 3, 2021. On May 13, 2021, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the complaint.  OnOctober 28, 2021, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing withprejudice all claims as to seven additional trusts.  On December 29, 2021,the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice allclaims as to one additional trust.  On April 22, 2022, the parties filed astipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to 17certificates at issue, including all claims as to 5 trusts.  On February28, 2023, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing withprejudice all claims as to two trusts, leaving 15 trusts at issue.  OnNovember 21, 2023, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing withprejudice all claims as to three trusts, leaving 12 trusts at issue. Discovery is ongoing.

 

It is DBTCA’s belief that it has no pending legalproceedings (including, based on DBTCA’s present evaluation, the litigationdisclosed in the foregoing paragraphs) that would materially affect its abilityto perform its duties under the related servicing agreement for thistransaction.

**Item 1119 of Regulation AB, Affiliations and CertainRelationships and Related Transactions.**

The information regarding this Item has been previouslyprovided in a prospectus supplement of the Registrant relating to the issuingentity filed on June 25, 2014 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5).

**Item 1122 of Regulation AB, Compliance with ApplicableServicing Criteria.**

The reports on assessments of compliance with the servicingcriteria for asset-backed securities and related attestation reports on suchassessments of compliance with respect to the mortgage loans are attachedhereto under Item 15 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Attached as ScheduleII to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement incorporated by reference as Exhibit4.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K is a chart identifying the entitiesparticipating in a servicing function for the transaction responsible for eachapplicable servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d).

The reports on assessments of compliance with the servicingcriteria for asset-backed securities and related attestation reports on suchassessments of compliance with respect to the Bronx Terminal Market MortgageLoan, which is being serviced and administered pursuant to the pooling andservicing agreement for the COMM 2014-CCRE17 Transaction, are attached heretounder Item 15 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Attached as Schedule II tothe pooling and servicing agreement for the COMM 2014-CCRE17 Transactionincorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K isa chart identifying the entities participating in a servicing function for theCOMM 2014-CCRE17 Transaction responsible for each applicable servicing criteriaset forth in Item 1122(d).

The reports on assessments of compliance with the servicing criteriafor asset-backed securities and related attestation reports on such assessmentsof compliance with respect to the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan, whichis being serviced and administered pursuant to the pooling and servicingagreement for the COMM 2014-UBS3 Transaction, are attached hereto under Item 15to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Attached as Schedule II to the pooling andservicing agreement for the COMM 2014-UBS3 Transaction incorporated byreference as Exhibit 4.3 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K is a chartidentifying the entities participating in a servicing function for the COMM2014-UBS3 Transaction responsible for each applicable servicing criteria setforth in Item 1122(d).

**Item 1123 of Regulation AB, Servicer Compliance Statement.**

The servicer compliance statements are attached as Exhibitsto this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

**PART IV**

**Item 15. Exhibit and Financial Statement Schedules**

(a) The following is a list of documents filed as part ofthis Annual Report on Form 10-K:

(1) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

(3) See below

 

4.1          Poolingand Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2014, by and among DeutscheMortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, KeyBank NationalAssociation, as Master Servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as SpecialServicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Certificate Administrator, Paying Agent and Custodian,and Situs Holdings, LLC, as Operating Advisor (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to theregistrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on August 19, 2014 underCommission File No. 333-193376-07 and incorporated by reference herein).

4.2          Poolingand Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2014, by and among Deutsche Mortgage& Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, aDivision of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Midland LoanServices, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer,U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust CompanyAmericas, as Certificate Administrator, Paying Agent and Custodian, and ParkBridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor (filed as Exhibit 99.5 to theregistrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on August 19, 2014 underCommission File No. 333-193376-07 and incorporated by reference herein).

4.3          Poolingand Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2014, by and among DeutscheMortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as SpecialServicer, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Certificate Administrator, Paying Agent and Custodian,and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor (filed as Exhibit99.6 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on August 19, 2014under Commission File No. 333-193376-07 and incorporated by reference herein).

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

33           Reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backedsecurities.

33.1        KeyBank National Association, as Master Servicer

33.2        Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer

33.3        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trusteeand Certificate Administrator

33.4        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian

33.5        Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor

33.6        Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator

33.7        Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian

33.8        KeyBank National Association, as Primary Servicerof the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.1)

33.9        Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicerof the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.2)

33.10      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee of the Pacific Design CenterMortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)

33.11      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian of the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.4)

33.12      Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor of the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.5)

33.13      Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian (see Exhibit 33.7)

33.14      Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Bronx Terminal Market MortgageLoan

33.15      Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Special Servicer of the Bronx Terminal Market MortgageLoan (see Exhibit 33.14)

33.16      U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee of the Bronx TerminalMarket Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)

33.17      Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Custodianof the Bronx Terminal Market Mortgage Loan

33.18      Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor of the Bronx Terminal Market Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.5)

33.19      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer of the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan

33.20      LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer of theSouthfield Town Center Mortgage Loan

33.21      U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee of the SouthfieldTown Center Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)

33.22      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian of the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.4)

33.23      Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor of the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.5)

33.24      CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant of the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan

33.25      Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian (see Exhibit 33.7)

34           Attestationreports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backedsecurities.

34.1        KeyBank National Association, as Master Servicer

34.2        Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer

34.3        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trusteeand Certificate Administrator

34.4        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian

34.5        Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor

34.6        Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator

34.7        Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian

34.8        KeyBank National Association, as Primary Servicerof the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.1)

34.9        Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicerof the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.2)

34.10      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee of the Pacific Design CenterMortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)

34.11      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian of the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.4)

34.12      Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor of the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.5)

34.13      Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian (see Exhibit 34.7)

34.14      Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Bronx Terminal Market MortgageLoan

34.15      Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Special Servicer of the Bronx Terminal Market MortgageLoan (see Exhibit 34.14)

34.16      U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee of the Bronx TerminalMarket Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)

34.17      Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Custodianof the Bronx Terminal Market Mortgage Loan

34.18      Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor of the Bronx Terminal Market Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.5)

34.19      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer of the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan

34.20      LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer of theSouthfield Town Center Mortgage Loan

34.21      U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee of the SouthfieldTown Center Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)

34.22      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodianof the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.4)

34.23      Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor of the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.5)

34.24      CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant of the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan

34.25      Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian (see Exhibit 34.7)

35           Servicer compliance statements.

35.1        KeyBank National Association, as Master Servicer

35.2        Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer

35.3        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCertificate Administrator

35.4        Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator

35.5        KeyBank National Association, as Primary Servicerof the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 35.1)

35.6        Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicerof the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 35.2)

35.7        Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Bronx Terminal Market MortgageLoan

35.8        Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Special Servicer of the Bronx Terminal Market MortgageLoan (see Exhibit 35.7)

35.9        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as PrimaryServicer of the Southfield Town Center Mortgage Loan

35.10      LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer of the Southfield Town Center MortgageLoan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)

99.1         MortgageLoan Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2014, between German AmericanCapital Corporation and Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation(filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filedon August 19, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-193376-07 and incorporated byreference herein)

99.2         MortgageLoan Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2014, between Cantor CommercialReal Estate Lending, L.P. and Deutsche Mortgage & Asset ReceivingCorporation (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form8-K/A filed on August 19, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-193376-07 andincorporated by reference herein)

99.3         MortgageLoan Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2014, among Ladder CapitalFinance LLC, Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP and Deutsche Mortgage &Asset Receiving Corporation (filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the registrant’s CurrentReport on Form 8-K/A filed on August 19, 2014 under Commission File No.333-193376-07 and incorporated by reference herein)

99.4         MortgageLoan Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2014, between Natixis Real EstateCapital LLC and Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation (filed as Exhibit99.4 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on August 19, 2014under Commission File No. 333-193376-07 and incorporated by reference herein)

(b)    Theexhibits required to be filed by the Registrant pursuant to Item 601 ofRegulation S-K are listed above.

(c)   Not Applicable.

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report tobe signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Deutsche Mortgage & AssetReceiving Corporation(Depositor)

/s/ HelaineM. Kaplan

Helaine M.Kaplan, President

(senior officer in charge ofsecuritization of the depositor)

Date: March 27, 2024

/s/ MattSmith

Matt Smith, Director

Date: March 27, 2024