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

 

I,Thomas Conway, certify that:

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| 1.     | I have reviewed this report  on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of  the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of the WFRBS Commercial Mortgage  Trust 2014-C23 (the "Exchange Act periodic reports");                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| 2.     | Based on my knowledge, the  Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue  statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to  make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such  statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by  this report;                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| 3.     | Based on my knowledge, all  of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided  under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the  Exchange Act periodic reports;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| 4.     | Based on my knowledge and  the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of  Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports,  the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements  in all material respects; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| 5.     | All of the reports on  assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities  and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with  servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in  this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act  Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report,  except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of  noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on  Form 10-K. |
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Ingiving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on informationprovided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as General Master Servicer, NationalCooperative Bank, N.A. (as successor to NCB, FSB), as NCB Master Servicer,CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as General Special Servicer, NationalCooperative Bank, N.A. (as successor to NCB, FSB), as Co-op Special Servicer,Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Certificate Administrator, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Custodian, TriMont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., as TrustAdvisor, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing FunctionParticipant, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant,Prudential Asset Resources, Inc., as Primary Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Bank of America PlazaMortgage Loan, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Special Servicer for the Bankof America Plaza Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, asTrustee for the Bank of America Plaza Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Certificate Administrator for the Bank of America PlazaMortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for theBank of America Plaza Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as TrustAdvisor for the Bank of America Plaza Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial RealEstate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for the Bank ofAmerica Plaza Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Bank of America Plaza Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Columbus Square PortfolioMortgage Loan, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Special Servicer for theColumbus Square Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee for the Columbus Square Portfolio Mortgage Loan, WellsFargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the ColumbusSquare Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian for the Columbus Square Portfolio Mortgage Loan, PentalphaSurveillance LLC, as Trust Advisor for the Columbus Square Portfolio MortgageLoan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Columbus Square Portfolio Mortgage Loan, and National TaxSearch, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Columbus SquarePortfolio Mortgage Loan.

 

Dated:  March 22, 2017

 

/s/Thomas Conway

President

(senior officer in charge ofsecuritization of the depositor)