EDGAR 10-K Filing

Company CIK: 1629716
Filing Year: 2021
Filename: 1629716_10-K_2021_0001564590-21-015993.json

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Item 1. Business.
Omitted.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Omitted.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
None.

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Item 2. Properties.
Omitted.

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
Omitted.

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
PART II

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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Omitted.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Omitted.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Omitted.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Omitted.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Omitted.

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
Omitted.

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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Omitted.

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
PART III

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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Omitted.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
Omitted.

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
Omitted.

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Omitted.

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Omitted.
ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE ITEMS REQUIRED BY GENERAL INSTRUCTION J(2)
Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB
With respect to the pool assets for Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC27, there are no significant obligors within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB.
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.
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 New York’s 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 Act 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. As of March 1, 2021, both motions for summary judgment have been briefed and are awaiting decision by the court.
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. As of March 1, 2021, both motions for summary judgment have been briefed and are awaiting decision by the court.
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 and June 20, 2017, IKB voluntarily dismissed with prejudice all claims as to seven 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.
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 related servicing agreement for this transaction.
Item 1119 of Regulation AB
Provided previously in (i) the prospectus supplement of the Registrant relating to the issuing entity and filed on February 9, 2015 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and (ii) the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the registrant on July 5, 2018 under Commission File No. 333-189017-07.
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

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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
(a)
List the following documents filed as a part of the report:
(1)
Not Applicable
(2)
Not Applicable
(3)
Exhibits listed below are either included or incorporated by reference as indicated below:
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015 (the “CGCMT 2015-GC27 PSA”), by and among Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC (as successor to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association), as special servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, 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 February 9, 2015, and filed by the registrant on February 9, 2015 under Commission File No. 333-189017-07, and is incorporated by reference herein)1.
4.2
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2014 (the “GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA”), by and among GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Cypresswood Court Shopping Center special servicer, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and certificate administrator (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 9, 2015, and filed by the registrant on February 9, 2015 under Commission File No. 333-189017-07, and is incorporated by reference herein)2.
10.1
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015, 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 February 9, 2015, and filed by the registrant on February 9, 2015 under Commission File No. 333-189017-07, and is incorporated by reference herein).
Effective as of July 5, 2018, the controlling class representative under the CGCMT 2015-GC27 PSA removed Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association as special servicer under the CGCMT 2015-GC27 PSA and appointed Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC as the replacement special servicer under the CGCMT 2015-GC27 PSA (excluding with respect to the Boca Hamptons Plaza Portfolio mortgage loan and the related companion loan, for which Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC was appointed as special servicer prior to July 5, 2018), as disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the registrant on July 5, 2018 under Commission File No. 333-189017-07. The Boca Hamptons Plaza Portfolio mortgage loan, which represented approximately 0.7% 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 one pari passu companion loan that is held outside the issuing entity. The Boca Hamptons Plaza Portfolio mortgage loan and the related companion loan (together, the “Boca Hamptons Plaza Loan Combination”) are serviced pursuant to the CGCMT 2015-GC27 PSA. On July 1, 2015, the holder of the related companion loan removed Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association as the special servicer with respect to the Boca Hamptons Plaza Loan Combination, and appointed Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC as the successor special servicer with respect to the Boca Hamptons Plaza Loan Combination, as disclosed in the current report on Form 8-K with respect to the issuing entity filed on July 1, 2015 under Commission File No. 333-189017-07.
The Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan, which represented approximately 4.2% 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 one pari passu companion loan that is held outside the issuing entity. The Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan and the related companion loan is serviced pursuant to the GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA.
10.2
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015, 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 February 9, 2015, and filed by the registrant on February 9, 2015 under Commission File No. 333-189017-07, and is incorporated by reference herein).
10.3
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015, 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 February 9, 2015, and filed by the registrant on February 9, 2015 under Commission File No. 333-189017-07, and is incorporated by reference herein).
10.4
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015, 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 10.4 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 9, 2015, and filed by the registrant on February 9, 2015 under Commission File No. 333-189017-07, and is incorporated by reference herein).
10.5
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015, between RAIT Funding, LLC and Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., pursuant to which RAIT Funding, LLC 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 February 9, 2015, and filed by the registrant on February 9, 2015 under Commission File No. 333-189017-07, and is incorporated by reference herein).
Rule 15d-14(d) Certification
Reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.3
33.1
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Wells Fargo 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, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, 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, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as servicing function participant
Pursuant to Instruction 3 to Item 1122 of Regulation AB, the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria and attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria of (i) LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer for the Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA, (ii) U.S. Bank National Association, as custodian for the Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA and (iii) Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor for the Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA, are not included in this report on Form 10-K because each of LNR Partners, LLC, U.S. Bank National Association and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC performed activities that address the servicing criteria specified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to 5% or less of the pool assets of the issuing entity. 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 U.S. Bank National Association, as certificate administrator under the GSMS 2014-GC26 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.
33.7
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, National Tax Search, LLC, as servicing function participant
33.8
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Northmarq Capital, LLC, as servicing function participant
33.9
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer for the Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA (see Exhibit 33.1)
33.10
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as servicing function participant for the Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA (see Exhibit 33.6)
33.11
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, National Tax Search, LLC, as servicing function participant for the Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA (see exhibit 33.7)
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, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer
34.2
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer
34.3
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, 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, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as servicing function participant
34.7
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, National Tax Search, LLC, as servicing function participant
34.8
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Northmarq Capital, LLC, as servicing function participant
34.9
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer for the Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA (see Exhibit 34.1)
34.10
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as servicing function participant for the Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA (see Exhibit 34.6)
34.11
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, National Tax Search, LLC, as servicing function participant for the Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA (see Exhibit 34.7)
Servicer compliance statements.4
35.1
Servicer compliance statement, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer
35.2
Servicer compliance statement, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer
35.3
Servicer compliance statement, Citibank, N.A., as certificate administrator
35.4
Servicer compliance statement, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer for the Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA (see Exhibit 35.1)
This annual report on Form 10-K does not include the servicer compliance statement of LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer for the Twin Cities Premium Outlets mortgage loan under the GSMS 2014-GC26 PSA, because LNR Partners, 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 U.S. Bank National Association, as certificate administrator under the GSMS 2014-GC26 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.
(b)The exhibits required to be filed by Registrant pursuant to Item 601of Regulation S-K are listed above.
(c)Not Applicable