UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549 

 

FORM 10-K 

 

(Mark One) 

| ☒ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021

or 

 

| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the transition period from                      to                     

333-189017-05 

(Commission File Number of issuing entity) 

0001612518 

(Central Index Key Number of issuing entity) 

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 

(Exact name of issuing entity as specified in its charter) 

333-189017 

(Commission File Number of depositor) 

0001258361 

(Central Index Key Number of depositor) 

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 

(Exact name of depositor as specified in its charter) 

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company 

(Central Index Key Number: 0001541502) 

Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. 

(Central Index Key Number: 0001541001) 

LMF Commercial, LLC (f/k/a Rialto Mortgage Finance, LLC) 

(Central Index Key Number: 0001592182) 

MC-Five Mile Commercial Mortgage Finance LLC 

(Central Index Key Number: 0001576832) 

Redwood Commercial Mortgage Corporation 

(Central Index Key Number: 0001567746) 

(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter) 

 

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| New York                                                             |   | 47-1561881                            |
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organization of the issuing entity) |   | (I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.) |

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c/o Citibank, N.A. 

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor 

New York, New York 10013 

(Address of principal executive offices of issuing entity) 

(212) 816-5614 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 

 

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

 

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

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

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.     ☐  Yes    ☒  No 

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    ☒  Yes    ☐  No 

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

Not Applicable 

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

 

| Large accelerated filer |   | ☐ |   |   | Accelerated filer                   |    | ☐ |
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| Non-accelerated filer             |   | ☒ |   |   | Smaller reporting company |    | ☐ |
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|                              |   |    |   |   | Emerging growth company   |    | ☐ |

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section l3(a) of the Exchange Act.     ☐

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    ☐  Yes    ☒  No 

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

Not Applicable 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. 

Not Applicable 

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

Not Applicable 

 

 

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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 

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

Not Applicable 

PART I 

Item 1. Business. 

Omitted. 

Item 1A. Risk Factors. 

Omitted.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments. 

None. 

Item 2. Properties. 

Omitted. 

Item 3. Legal Proceedings. 

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] 

Omitted. 

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

Omitted.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. 

Omitted. 

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. 

Omitted. 

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. 

Omitted. 

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

Omitted. 

Item 9B. Other Information. 

None. 

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections. 

Not Applicable. 

PART III 

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance. 

Omitted. 

Item 11. Executive Compensation. 

Omitted. 

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters. 

Omitted. 

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence. 

Omitted. 

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services. 

Omitted. 

ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE ITEMS REQUIRED BY GENERAL INSTRUCTION J(2) 

Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB 

The property securing the 28-40 West 23rd Street mortgage loan constitutes a significant obligor within the meaning of Item 1101(k)(2) of Regulation AB and as disclosed in the prospectus supplement for Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 filed on August 7, 2014. With respect to the property securing the 28-40 West 23rd Street mortgage loan, the most recent unaudited net operating income was $32,277,365 for the period from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.

Item 1114(b)(2) and Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB 

No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any external credit enhancement, uses any derivative instruments or other support for the certificates within this transaction. 

Item 1117 of Regulation AB 

Disclosure from Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee:

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

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

On September 27, 2017, DBTCA was added as a defendant to a case brought by certain special purpose entities including Phoenix Light SF Limited in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which the plaintiffs previously alleged incorrectly that DBNTC served as trustee for all 43 of the trusts at issue.  On September 27, 2017, plaintiffs filed a third amended complaint that names DBTCA as a defendant in addition to DBNTC.  DBTCA serves as trustee for one of the 43 trusts at issue.  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 fiduciary duty; negligence and gross negligence; violation of the New York Streit Act (“Streit Act”); and breach of the covenant of good faith.  However, in the third amended complaint, plaintiffs acknowledge that, before DBTCA was added to the case, the court dismissed plaintiffs’ TIA claims, negligence and gross negligence claims, Streit Act claims, claims for breach of the covenant of good faith, and certain theories of plaintiffs’ breach of contract claims, and plaintiffs only include these claims to preserve any rights on appeal.  Plaintiffs allege damages of “hundreds of millions of dollars.”  On November 13, 2017, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the third amended complaint.  On December 7, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion for summary judgment.  Also on December 7, 2018, plaintiffs, jointly with Commerzbank AG (see description of Commerzbank case below), filed a motion for partial summary judgment.  On October 27, 2021, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a supplemental motion for summary judgment relating to plaintiffs’ standing.  On February 8, 2022, the court issued an order in which it granted DBNTC and DBTCA’s supplemental motion for summary judgment, granted in part DBNTC and DBTCA’s initial motion for summary judgment, and denied plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment.  As a result of that order, all of plaintiffs’ claims were dismissed with prejudice.  On March 10, 2022, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit with respect to the court’s orders on the motions to dismiss and for summary judgment.

On November 30, 2017, DBTCA was added as a defendant to a case brought by Commerzbank AG (“Commerzbank”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which Commerzbank previously alleged incorrectly that DBNTC served as trustee for all 50 of the trusts at issue.  On November 30, 2017, Commerzbank filed a second amended complaint that names DBTCA as a defendant in addition to DBNTC.  DBTCA serves as trustee for 1 of the 50 trusts at issue.  DBNTC serves as trustee for the other 49 trusts at issue.  Commerzbank’s second amended complaint brings claims for violation of the TIA; breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty; negligence; violation of the Streit Act; and breach of the covenant of good faith.  However, in the second amended complaint, Commerzbank acknowledges that, before DBTCA was added to the case, the court dismissed Commerzbank’s TIA claims for the trusts governed by pooling and servicing agreements, as well as its Streit Act claims and claims for breach of the covenant of good faith, and Commerzbank only includes these claims to preserve any rights on appeal.  The second amended complaint alleges that DBNTC and DBTCA caused Commerzbank to suffer “hundreds of millions of dollars in losses,” but the complaint does not include a demand for money damages in a sum certain.  On January 29, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the second amended complaint.  On December 7, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion for summary judgment.  Also on December 7, 2018, Commerzbank, jointly with the Phoenix Light plaintiffs, 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’s motion for summary judgment and denied plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment.  As a result of that order, many of plaintiffs’ claims and theories were dismissed with prejudice.  Discovery is ongoing.

On December 30, 2015, IKB International, S.A. in Liquidation and IKB Deutsche Industriebank A.G. (collectively, “IKB”), as an investor in 37 RMBS trusts, filed a summons with notice in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, against DBNTC and DBTCA as trustees of the trusts. On May 27, 2016, IKB served its complaint asserting claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty to avoid conflicts of interest, violation of the Streit Act, violation of the TIA, violation of Regulation 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 in damages. On October 5, 2016, DBNTC and DBTCA, together with several other trustees defending lawsuits by IKB, filed a joint motion to dismiss. On January 6, 2017, IKB filed a notice of discontinuance, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to three trusts. On June 20, 2017, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to four additional trusts. On January 27, 2021, the court granted in part and denied in part DBNTC and DBTCA’s motion to dismiss. The court granted the motion to dismiss with respect to IKB’s claims for violations of the Streit Act, Regulation AB, and Section 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, as well as certain aspects of IKB’s claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and violation of the TIA. The court denied the remainder of the motion to dismiss. IKB’s remaining claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty to avoid conflicts of interest, and violation of the TIA will proceed. On May 10, 2021, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a notice of 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 other aspects of that order. Both appeals have been fully briefed.  On June 2, 2021, IKB filed a motion for re-argument regarding certain aspects of the court’s order 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.  On October 28, 

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2021, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to seven additional trusts.  On December 29, 2021, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to one additional trust.  Discovery is ongoing.

It is DBTCA’s belief that it has no pending legal proceedings (including, based on DBTCA’s present evaluation, the litigation disclosed in the foregoing paragraphs) that would materially affect its ability to perform its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for this transaction.

Disclosure from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as custodian for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the WFRBS 2014-C22 PSA:

In December 2014, Phoenix Light SF Limited and certain related entities and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) filed complaints in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Wells Fargo Bank, alleging claims against Wells Fargo Bank in its capacity as trustee for a number of residential mortgage-backed securities trusts. Complaints raising similar allegations have been filed by Commerzbank AG in the Southern District of New York and by IKB International and IKB Deutsche Industriebank in New York state court. In each case, the plaintiffs allege that Wells Fargo Bank, as trustee, caused losses to investors, and plaintiffs assert causes of action based upon, among other things, the trustee’s alleged failure to notify and enforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loan sellers for purported breaches of representations and warranties, notify investors of alleged events of default, and abide by appropriate standards of care following alleged events of default. Wells Fargo Bank previously settled two class action lawsuits with similar allegations that were filed in November 2014 and December 2016 by institutional investors in the Southern District of New York and New York state court, respectively. In addition, Park Royal I LLC and Park Royal II LLC have filed complaints in New York state court alleging Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, failed to take appropriate actions upon learning of defective mortgage loan documentation. In March 2021, the Company entered into an agreement to resolve the case filed by the NCUA.

 

In addition to the foregoing cases, in August 2014 and August 2015 Nomura Credit & Capital Inc. (“Nomura”) and Natixis Real Estate Holdings, LLC (“Natixis”) filed a total of seven third-party complaints against Wells Fargo Bank in New York state court. In the underlying first-party actions, Nomura and Natixis have been sued for alleged breaches of representations and warranties made in connection with residential mortgage-backed securities sponsored by them. In the third-party actions, Nomura and Natixis allege that Wells Fargo Bank, as master servicer, primary servicer or securities administrator, failed to notify Nomura and Natixis of their own breaches, failed to properly oversee the primary servicers, and failed to adhere to accepted servicing practices. Natixis additionally alleges that Wells Fargo Bank failed to perform default oversight duties. Wells Fargo Bank has asserted counterclaims alleging that Nomura and Natixis failed to provide Wells Fargo Bank notice of their representation and warranty breaches.

With respect to each of the foregoing litigations, Wells Fargo Bank believes plaintiffs' claims are without merit and intends to contest the claims vigorously, but there can be no assurances as to the outcome of the litigations or the possible impact of the litigations on Wells Fargo Bank or the related RMBS trusts.

Disclosure from CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as special servicer under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA pursuant to which the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan is serviced:

From time to time, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CWCAM”), is a party to lawsuits and other legal proceedings as part of its duties as a special servicer (e.g., enforcement of loan obligations) and/or arising in the ordinary course of business.  Other than as set forth in the following paragraphs, there are currently no legal proceedings pending, and no legal proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities, against CWCAM or of which any of its property is the subject, that are material to the certificateholders.

On December 17, 2015, U.S. Bank National Association, the trustee under five pooling and servicing agreements for (i) Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C30, (ii) COBALT CMBS Commercial Trust 2007-C2, (iii) Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C31, (iv) ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5 and (v) ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-6 commenced a proceeding with the Second Judicial District Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota (the “State Court”) for a declaratory judgment as to the proper allocation of certain proceeds (“Disputed Proceeds”) received by CWCAM in connection with the sale of the Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town property in New York, New York securing loans held by those trusts.  CWCAM was the special servicer of such property.  The petition requests the State Court to instruct the trustee, the trust beneficiaries, and any other interested parties as to the amount of the Disputed Proceeds, if any, that constitute penalty interest and/or the amount of the Disputed Proceeds, if any, that constitute gain-on-sale proceeds, with respect to each trust.  On February 24, 2016, CWCAM made a limited appearance with the State Court to file a motion to dismiss this proceeding based on lack of jurisdiction, mootness, standing and forum non conveniens.  On July 19, 2016, the State Court denied CWCAM’s motion to dismiss.  On July 22, 2016, the action was removed to federal court in Minnesota (“Federal Court”).  On October 21, 2016, the Federal Court held a hearing on the motion to transfer the action to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY Court”), a motion to remand to state court and a motion to hear CWCAM’s request for reconsideration of the motion to dismiss.  On March 14, 2017, the Federal Court reserved the determination on the motion to hear CWCAM’s request for reconsideration of the motion to dismiss, denied the motion to remand the matter to state court and 

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granted the motion to transfer the proceeding to the SDNY Court.  Cross motions for judgment on the pleadings were filed but the SDNY Court was unable to decide the case based on the pleadings and the SDNY Court ordered discovery.  All fact discovery was completed in December, 2018 and expert discovery was completed on March 15, 2019.  The parties submitted cross motions for summary judgment, and on March 19, 2020, the SDNY Court entered an opinion and order in which it granted summary judgment in CWCAM’s favor and held that CWCAM was entitled to the entire amount of penalty interest and that CWCAM’s determination of Yield Maintenance was correct.  In the 127-page opinion, the SDNY Court found for CWCAM on every issue presented by the trustee’s petition, namely, that the funds in dispute constitute penalty interest and yield maintenance, not gain-on-sale proceeds, and that the amount of penalty interest and yield maintenance was correctly calculated. An appeal of the SDNY Court’s decision was taken on April 29, 2020.  Oral argument on the appeal occurred on June 21, 2021. The parties await the decision of the appeals court.  

On December 1, 2017, a complaint against CWCAM and others was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York styled as CWCapital Cobalt Vr Ltd. v. CWCapital Investments LLC, et al., No. 17-cv-9463 (the “Original Complaint”). The gravamen of the Original  Complaint alleged breaches of a contract and fiduciary duties by CWCAM’s affiliate, CWCapital Investments LLC in its capacity as collateral manager for the collateralized debt obligation transaction involving CWCapital Cobalt Vr, Ltd. In total, there are 14 counts pled in the Original Complaint. Of those 14, 5 claims were asserted against CWCAM for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, conversion and unjust enrichment. On May 23, 2018, the Original Complaint was dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.   On June 28, 2018, CWCapital Cobalt Vr Ltd. filed a substantially similar complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York styled as CWCapital Cobalt Vr Ltd. v. CWCapital Investments LLC, et al., Index No. 653277/2018 (the “New Complaint”).  The gravamen of the New Complaint is the same as the previous complaint filed in the United State District Court for the Southern District of New York.  In total there are 16 counts pled in the New Complaint. Of those 16 counts, 5 claims were asserted against CWCAM for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, conversion and unjust enrichment, 1 count seeks a declaratory judgement that the plaintiff has the right to enforce the contracts in question and 1 count seeks an injunction requiring the defendants to recognize the plaintiff as the directing holder for the trusts in question. On January 11, 2019, the plaintiff dismissed with prejudice the declaratory judgment and injunction counts.  The New Complaint and related summons was not served on the defendants until July 13, 2018 and July 16, 2018.  The plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction was denied by the court on July 31, 2018.  On August 3, 2018, the defendants, including CWCAM, filed a motion to dismiss the New Complaint in its entirety. On August 20, 2019, the court entered an order granting defendants’ motion almost in its entirety, dismissing 11 of the 16 counts and partially dismissing 2 additional counts.  Of the remaining counts, 2 are asserted against CWCAM for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment.  On September 19, 2019, CWCapital Cobalt Vr Ltd. filed a notice of appeal relating to the August 20, 2019 dismissal order and on September 26, 2019, filed an amended complaint against CWCI and CWCAM attempting to address deficiencies relating to certain of the claims dismissed by the August, 20, 2019 order.  CWCI and CWCAM filed its Motion to Dismiss the amended complaint on October 28, 2019.  The court heard argument on the Motion to Dismiss the amended complaint on January 22, 2020 and on October 23, 2020, the court granted the motion dismissing the amended claims.  On November 30, 2020, CWCapital Cobalt Vr Ltd filed a notice of appeal relating to the October 23, 2020 dismissal order.  On April 27, 2021, the First Department affirmed the dismissal as to claims against CWCAM that were part of the August 20, 2019 dismissal, but reversed the dismissal of two counts for breach of the Collateral Management Agreement against CWCI.  CWCI has sought leave to file an appeal of the decision.  Both requests for leave were denied by the First Department.  The plaintiff has also sought leave to appeal the dismissal of the claims against CWCAM.  CWCAM believes that it has performed its obligations under the related pooling and servicing agreements in good faith and the remaining allegations in the New Complaint are without merit.  

On January 24, 2016 PSW NYC LLC commenced a complaint (the “PSW Complaint”) with the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York (the “PSW Court”) against Bank of America, N.A. as trustee under the pooling and servicing agreements for Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C30 and COBALT CMBS Commercial Trust 2007-C2, U.S. Bank National Association as trustee under the pooling and servicing agreements for Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C31, ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5 and ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-6 (collectively, the “PSW Trusts”), PCV-M Holdings LLC and CWCapital Asset Management LLC, individually and as special servicer for the PSW Trusts (collectively, the “Defendants”) seeking either (a) damages in an amount to be determined by the PSW Court but alleged by the plaintiffs to be approximately $500,000,000 – such amount being the amount PSW NYC LLC alleges would have been recovered on certain mezzanine loans (the “PCVST Mezzanine Loans”) related to the Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town property (the “PCVST Property”) in New York City which PSW NYC LLC sold to an entity related to the Defendants pursuant to a settlement agreement related to certain prior litigation (the “2010 Settlement Agreement”) or (b) the rescission of the 2010 Settlement Agreement which would result in, among other things, the rescission of the sale of the PCVST Mezzanine Loans and a claim for certain proceeds from the sale of the PCVST Property. PSW NYC LLC alleges that the Defendants procured the 2010 Settlement Agreement by fraud and further that the terms of the 2010 Settlement Agreement were breached by the Defendants. On February 26, 2016, CWCAM on behalf of itself and the other Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the PSW Complaint (the “CWCAM Motion to Dismiss”). On April 11, 2016, PSW NYC LLC opposed the CWCAM Motion to Dismiss and cross-moved for a partial summary judgment on liability regarding allegations of breach of the 2010 Settlement Agreement (the “PSW Cross-Motion”). On May 5, 2016, the Defendants subsequently filed its reply and opposition to the PSW Cross-Motion. On August 23, 2016, oral arguments were provided to the PSW Court regarding the PSW Complaint, the CWCAM Motion to Dismiss and the PSW Cross-Motion and the PSW Court took such arguments under advisement. On October 31, 2016, the PSW Court issued an order granting the CWCAM Motion to Dismiss, denying the PSW Cross-Motion and 

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dismissing the PSW Complaint with prejudice. Subsequently, PSW NYC LLC filed a notice of appeal relating to such order. On February 21, 2017, PSW NYC LLC filed its appeal and supporting brief arguing that the PSW Court erred by finding no breach of the assignment agreement and no fraudulent inducement. Oral argument was heard on May 4, 2017 at which point the court took the arguments under advisement. On May 25, 2017, the New York 1st Department appellate court affirmed the dismissal of all PSW claims and denied a request for leave to appeal to the New York Court of Appeals on September 12, 2017.  

On March 31, 2016, RAIT Preferred Funding II LTD. (“RAIT Preferred Funding”) commenced a complaint (“RAIT Complaint”) with the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York (the “RAIT Court”), claiming it owns $18,500,000 of a mortgage loan secured by the development of the One Congress Street Property in Boston, Massachusetts (the “Loan”) and seeking (a) a declaratory judgment stating that RAIT Preferred Funding is the directing lender under a co-lender agreement dated March 28, 2007 and a pooling and servicing agreement dated March 1, 2007 (collectively, the “Operative Agreements”) and was the directing lender at the time of the improper modification of the Loan, (b) a declaratory judgment stating that RAIT Preferred Funding has the right to terminate the special servicer, (c) monetary damages for the value of the bonds and fees paid to CWCAM as the special servicer of the Loan and (d) other things.  On May 17, 2016, CWCAM filed a motion to dismiss the RAIT Complaint (“Motion to Dismiss”) stating that the RAIT Complaint did not state a claim and the essential facts of the RAIT Complaint are negated by affidavits and evidentiary materials submitted with the RAIT Complaint.  On June 14, 2016, RAIT Preferred Funding filed a Memorandum of Law in Opposition to the Motion to Dismiss (“Opposition”) stating that the claims in the RAIT Complaint were properly stated.  On June 30, 2016, CWCAM filed a reply in support of the Motion to Dismiss and in response to the Opposition, stating that each of CWCAM’s arguments is supported by the express language of the agreements between the parties, the documentary evidence and New York case law.  On September 30, 2016, RAIT Preferred Funding and CWCAM entered into a confidential Settlement Agreement (the “2016 Settlement”), which provides for a stay of the RAIT Preferred Funding litigation (the “Litigation Stay”) through August 25, 2017.  Pursuant to the terms of the 2016 Settlement, upon satisfaction of a term of the 2016 Settlement by August 25, 2017 (or such later date agreed to by the parties), the RAIT Preferred Funding litigation will be dismissed, with prejudice.  On May 19, 2017 the Borrower repaid the Loan in accordance with the terms of the notes and satisfied the condition to dismissal with prejudice.  RAIT has refused to dismiss the case and is claiming that the B Note should be paid in full.  CWCAM believes that it has performed its obligations under the Operative Agreements in good faith, and that the action should be dismissed with prejudice.  On August 29, 2017, the RAIT Court granted leave to RAIT Preferred Funding to amend its complaint.  On September 20, 2017, RAIT Preferred Funding filed an Amended Complaint (the “RAIT Amended Complaint”), which omits its original claims, adds Wells Fargo Bank as a defendant, and seeks (a) specific performance requiring repayment of the $18,500,000 principal amount of the B Note or, in the alternative, monetary damages, including the $18,500,000 principal amount of the B Note, in an amount to be determined at trial, (b) monetary damages on any fees paid to CWCAM as special servicer or Wells Fargo Bank as master servicer in connection with the borrower’s repayment of the Loan, (c) a declaratory judgment that RAIT Preferred Funding is entitled to recover the full $18,500,000 principal amount of the B Note, (d) punitive damages against CWCAM, and (e) other things.  On October 11, 2017, CWCAM filed a motion to dismiss the RAIT Amended Complaint (“CWCAM Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint”) stating that the RAIT Amended Complaint did not state a claim and the essential facts of the RAIT Amended Complaint are negated by the Operative Agreements and other admissible evidentiary materials.  On November 13, 2017, Wells Fargo Bank filed a motion to dismiss the RAIT Amended Complaint (the “Wells Fargo Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint”) and joined the CWCAM Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint.  On January 29, 2018, the court dismissed all claims but for breach of contract and discovery has commenced.  CWCAM filed a Motion for Summary Judgement on March 18, 2019.   This matter was settled and the case dismissed on May 15, 2019.

Item 1119 of Regulation AB 

Provided previously in the prospectus supplement of the Registrant relating to the issuing entity and filed on August 7, 2014 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

Item 1122 of Regulation AB 

The reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and related attestation reports are attached hereto under Item 15. 

Item 1123 of Regulation AB 

The servicer compliance statements are attached hereto under Item 15. 

PART IV 

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules. 

 

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|   | (2) | Not Applicable |
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|   | (3) | Exhibits listed below are either included or incorporated by reference as indicated below: |
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| Exhibit Number |   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|---------------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                |   |
| 4.1                 |   | Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, by and among Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., as operating advisor, Citibank, N.A., as certificate administrator, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2014, and filed by the registrant on August 7, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-189017-05, and is incorporated by reference herein).              |
|                |   |
| 4.2                 |   | Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2014 (the “GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA”), between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as special servicer, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2014, and filed by the registrant on August 7, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-189017-05, and is incorporated by reference herein)1. |
|                |   |
| 10.1                |   | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, between Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. and Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., pursuant to which Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. sold certain mortgage loans to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2014, and filed by the registrant on August 7, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-189017-05, and is incorporated by reference herein).                                                                                                                                                         |
|                |   |
| 10.2                |   | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, between Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company and Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., pursuant to which Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company sold certain mortgage loans to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2014, and filed by the registrant on August 7, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-189017-05, and is incorporated by reference herein).                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                |   |
| 10.3                |   | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, between LMF Commercial, LLC (f/k/a Rialto Mortgage Finance, LLC) and Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., pursuant to which LMF Commercial, LLC (f/k/a Rialto Mortgage Finance, LLC) sold certain mortgage loans to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2014, and filed by the registrant on August 7, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-189017-05, and is incorporated by reference herein).                                                                                                                   |
|                |   |
| 10.4                |   | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, between MC-Five Mile Commercial Mortgage Finance LLC and Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., pursuant to which MC-Five Mile Commercial Mortgage Finance LLC sold certain mortgage loans to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2014, and filed by the registrant on August 7, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-189017-05, and is incorporated by reference herein).                                                                                                                                           |
|                |   |
| 10.5                |   | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, between Redwood Commercial Mortgage Corporation and Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., pursuant to which Redwood Commercial Mortgage Corporation sold certain mortgage loans to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2014, and filed by the registrant on August 7, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-189017-05, and is incorporated by reference herein).                                                                                                                                                     |
|                |   |

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| 1 | The Selig Portfolio mortgage loan, which represented approximately 7.9% of the initial pool balance of the issuing entity, is part of a loan combination comprised of the subject mortgage loan included in the issuing entity and a pari passu companion loan that is held outside the issuing entity. The Selig Portfolio mortgage loan and the related companion loan are serviced pursuant to the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA. |
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| 31     |   | Rule 15d-14(d) Certification                                                                                                                                                    |
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|   |   |
| 33     |   | Reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.2                                                                                       |
|   |   |
| 33.1   |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer |
|   |   |
| 33.2   |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer                                       |
|   |   |
| 33.3   |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., as operating advisor                                |
|   |   |

 

| 33.4           |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Citibank, N.A., as certificate administrator                                                                                                                                                                    |
|----------------|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |   |
| 33.5           |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as custodian                                                                                                                                                              |
|           |   |
| 33.6           |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA                                                                                   |
|           |   |
| 33.7           |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as special servicer for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA                                                                                          |
|           |   |
| 33.8           |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as servicing function participant for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA                                                                                  |
|           |   |
| 33.9           |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, as servicing function participant for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA                                                                          |
|           |   |
| 33.10a         |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as custodian for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA                                                                                         |
|           |   |
| 33.10b         |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as servicing function participant of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as custodian for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA |
|           |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 33.11          |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA                                                                                             |
|           |   |
| 33.12          |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (see Exhibit 33.5)                                                                                                                                             |
|           |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 33.13          |   | Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA (see Exhibit 33.5)                                                                          |
|           |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 34   |   | Attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|           |   |
| 34.1           |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer                                                                                                             |
|           |   |

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|   |

| 2  | This annual report on Form 10-K does not include the report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria and attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA, because the certificate administrator under such pooling and servicing agreement does not perform any activities that address the servicing criteria specified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to the issuing entity. |
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| 34.2           |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer                                                                                                                                                               |
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|           |   |
| 34.3           |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., as operating advisor                                                                                                                                                        |
|           |   |
| 34.4           |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Citibank, N.A., as certificate administrator                                                                                                                                                                    |
|           |   |
| 34.5           |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as custodian                                                                                                                                                              |
|           |   |
| 34.6           |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA                                                                                   |
|           |   |
| 34.7           |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as special servicer for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA                                                                                          |
|           |   |
| 34.8           |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as servicing function participant for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA                                                                                  |
|           |   |
| 34.9           |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, as servicing function participant for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA                                                                          |
|           |   |
| 34.10a         |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as custodian for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA                                                                                         |
|           |   |
| 34.10b         |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as servicing function participant of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as custodian for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA |
|           |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 34.11          |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA                                                                                             |
|           |   |
| 34.12          |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (see Exhibit 34.5)                                                                                                                                             |
|           |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 34.13          |   | Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA (see Exhibit 34.5)                                                                          |
|           |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 35   |   | Servicer compliance statements.3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|           |   |
| 35.1           |   | Servicer compliance statement, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|           |   |

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|   |

| 3 | This annual report on Form 10-K does not include the servicer compliance statements of (i) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA and (ii) CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as special servicer for the Selig Portfolio mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA,  because each of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and CWCapital Asset Management LLC is an unaffiliated party that services less than 10% of the pool assets of the issuing entity, and therefore is not a “servicer” that meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of Regulation AB. This annual report on Form 10-K does not include the servicer compliance statement of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as certificate administrator under the GSMS 2014-GC22 PSA, because the certificate administrator under such pooling and servicing agreement is not a “servicer” that meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of Regulation AB with respect to the issuing entity. |
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| 35.2   |   | Servicer compliance statement, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer |
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|   |   |
| 35.3   |   | Servicer compliance statement, Citibank, N.A., as certificate administrator      |

 

| (b) | The exhibits required to be filed by Registrant pursuant to Item 601of Regulation S-K are listed above. |
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| (c) | Not Applicable |
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SIGNATURES 

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

Date: March 31, 2022 

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 

(Depositor) 

 

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| /s/ Richard Simpson        |
| Richard Simpson, President |

 

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