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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

February 26, 2025
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity:  0001863688
BANK 2021-BNK34
(Exact name of issuing entity)

Central Index Key Number of the registrant:  0000850779
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0000740906
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0001541557
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0001102113
Bank of America, National Association
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0001577313
National Cooperative Bank, N.A.
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

New York

 

333-226486-20

 

35-7287154
38-4178150
38-4178151

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of issuing entity)

 

(Commission File Number of issuing entity)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers)

 

c/o Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as agent for
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, MD 21045
(Address of principal executive offices of the issuing entity) (Zip Code)

(212) 214-5600
Registrant's Telephone number, including area code

Former name or former address, if changed since last report:  Not Applicable

 

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Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

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Item 6.02 Change of Servicer or Trustee.

Pursuant to Section 7.01(d) of the pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of June 1, 2021 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,, as general master servicer, Greystone Servicing Company LLC (“Greystone”), as general special servicer, National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB master servicer and as NCB special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, acting as an agent for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of November 9, 2023, relating to the issuing entity known as BANK 2021-BNK34 (the “Issuing Entity”), effective as of February 26, 2025, Greystone was removed as general special servicer and Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association (“Midland”), a national banking association, was appointed as the successor general special servicer (except with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any NCB Mortgage Loan, any Excluded Loan and the U.S. Steel Tower Mortgage Loan). In its capacity as general special servicer, Midland will be responsible for the servicing and administration of the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (except with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any NCB Mortgage Loan, any Excluded Loan and the U.S. Steel Tower Mortgage Loan), a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed by the Issuing Entity with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2021.

 

Capitalized terms used, but not defined, in this Current Report on Form 8‑K have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association

 

Midland is being appointed as successor general special servicer (except with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any NCB Mortgage Loan, any Excluded Loan and the U.S. Steel Tower Mortgage Loan) under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and in this capacity will be responsible for the servicing and administration of the specially serviced mortgage loans and REO properties (except with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any NCB Mortgage Loan, any Excluded Loan and the U.S. Steel Tower Mortgage Loan) pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

 

Midland’s principal servicing office is located at 10851 Mastin Street, Building 82, Suite 300, Overland Park, Kansas 66210.

 

Midland is a commercial financial services company that provides loan servicing, asset management and technology solutions for large pools of commercial and multifamily real estate assets.  Midland is approved as a master servicer, special servicer and primary servicer for investment-grade commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., Fitch Ratings, Inc., DBRS, Inc. (“DBRS Morningstar”) and Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC.  Midland has received rankings as a master, primary and special servicer of real estate assets under U.S. CMBS transactions from S&P, Fitch and DBRS Morningstar. For each category, S&P ranks Midland as “Strong”. DBRS Morningstar ranks Midland as “MOR CS2” for master servicer, “MOR CS1” for primary servicer, and “MOR CS1” for special servicer. Fitch ranks Midland as “CMS2+” for master servicer, “CPS2+” for primary servicer, and “CSS2+” for special servicer. Midland is also a HUD/FHA-approved mortgagee and a Fannie Mae-approved multifamily loan servicer.

 

Midland has detailed operating procedures across the various servicing functions to maintain compliance with its servicing obligations and the servicing standards under Midland’s servicing agreements, including procedures for managing delinquent and specially serviced loans. The policies and procedures are reviewed annually and centrally managed.  Furthermore, Midland’s business continuity and disaster recovery plans are reviewed and tested annually.  Midland's policies, operating procedures and business continuity plan anticipate and provide the mechanism for some or all of Midland's personnel to work remotely as determined by management to comply with changes in federal, state or local laws, regulations, executive orders, other requirements and/or guidance, to address health and/or other concerns related to a pandemic or other significant event or to address market or other business purposes.

 

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Midland has engaged (or may in the future engage) one or more third-party vendors and/or affiliates to support Midland’s performance of certain duties and/or obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, but not limited to, with respect to one or more of the following tasks, if applicable:

 

  • converting and de-converting loans to or from the servicing system and setting up any applicable cash management waterfall;
  • calculating certain amounts such as principal and interest payments, default interest, deferred interest, rent escalations, financial statement penalty fees, payoff amounts and other ad hoc items;

 

  • calculating remittances and allocated loan and appraisal reduction amounts and preparing remittance reports and other related reports, including Schedule AL;

 

  • administering certain aspects relating to reserve account disbursement requests;

 

  • assisting with the collection of financial/operating statements and rent rolls and performing operating statement and rent roll spreading activities;

 

  • monitoring covenant compliance and occupancy and tenant-related triggers, completing certain covenant calculations, tests and related analyses and identifying loans for Midland to proceed with cash management implementation;

 

  • UCC, tax and insurance-related researching, monitoring, filing, reporting, collecting and tracking, and lien release filing and tracking;

 

  • performing property inspections and preparing the related property inspection reports;

 

·         updating of the servicing system periodically with certain information, such as with respect to borrower, collateral, loan terms, escrows, reserves, covenants, loan-level transactions (i.e., amendments, assumptions, defeasances, etc.) and servicing fees;

 

  • processing loan and bring current statements and updating receivables;

 

  • per Midland’s requirements, generating certain correspondence including hello letters, missed payment letters, financial statement demand letters and event of default letters; and

 

  • one or more additional tasks assigned by Midland; provided, however, such tasks will not include holding or collecting funds or performing asset management (other than document review and preparation in support of Midland’s asset managers’ processing of certain asset management transactions).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Midland will remain responsible for Midland’s duties and/or obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Midland monitors and oversees its third-party vendors in compliance with its internal procedures, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and applicable law.

 

Midland will not have primary responsibility for custody services of original documents evidencing the underlying mortgage loans. Midland may from time to time have custody of certain of such documents as necessary for enforcement actions involving particular mortgage loans or otherwise. To the extent that Midland has custody of any such documents for any such servicing purposes, such documents will be maintained in a manner consistent with the servicing standard.

 

No securitization transaction involving commercial or multifamily mortgage loans in which Midland was acting as master servicer, primary servicer or special servicer has experienced a servicer event of default as a result of any action or inaction of Midland as master servicer, primary servicer or special servicer, as applicable, including as a result of Midland's failure to comply with the applicable servicing criteria in connection with any securitization transaction. Midland has made all advances required to be made by it under the servicing agreements on the commercial and multifamily mortgage loans serviced by Midland in securitization transactions.

 

From time-to-time Midland is a party to lawsuits and other legal proceedings as part of its duties as a loan servicer (e.g., enforcement of loan obligations) and/or arising in the ordinary course of business. Midland does not believe that any such lawsuits or legal proceedings would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its business or its ability to service loans pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Midland currently maintains an Internet-based investor reporting system, CMBS Investor Insight®, that contains performance information at the portfolio, loan and property levels on the various commercial mortgage-backed securities transactions that it services. Certificateholders, prospective transferees of the certificates and other appropriate parties may obtain access to CMBS Investor Insight® through Midland's website at www.pnc.com/midland. Midland may require registration and execution of an access agreement in connection with providing access to CMBS Investor Insight®.

 

As of December 31, 2024, Midland was named the special servicer in approximately 302 commercial mortgage-backed securities transactions with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of approximately $118 billion.  With respect to such commercial mortgage-backed securities transactions as of such date, Midland was administering approximately 159 assets with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $4.3 billion.

 

From time to time, Midland and/or its affiliates may purchase or sell securities, including, CMBS certificates. Midland and/or its affiliates may purchase or sell certificates issued in the offering for this securitization pursuant to secondary market transactions.

 

                Midland has acted as a special servicer for commercial and multifamily mortgage loans in CMBS transactions since 1992.  The table below contains information on the size of the portfolio of specially serviced commercial and multifamily loans, leases and REO properties that have been referred to Midland as special servicer in CMBS transactions from 2022 to 2024.

 

Portfolio Size –Special Servicing

Calendar Year End

(Approximate amounts in billions)

 

 

2022

2023

2024

Total

$162

$119

$118

         

 

 

Midland may enter into one or more arrangements with the Directing Certificateholder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, any directing certificateholder, any Companion Holder, the other Certificateholders (or an affiliate or a third-party representative of one or more of the preceding) or any other person with the right to appoint or remove and replace the general special servicer to provide for (i) a discount, waiver and/or revenue sharing with respect to certain of the special servicer compensation and/or (ii) certain services, in each case, in consideration of, among other things, Midland’s appointment (or continuance) as general special servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any related co-lender agreement and limitations on the right of such person to remove the general special servicer.

 

PNC Bank and its affiliates may use some of the same service providers (e.g., legal counsel, accountants and appraisal firms) as are retained on behalf of the Issuing Entity.  In some cases, fee rates, amounts or discounts may be offered to PNC Bank and its affiliates by a third party vendor which differ from those offered to the trust fund as a result of scheduled or ad hoc rate changes, differences in the scope, type or nature of the service or transaction, alternative fee arrangements, and negotiation by PNC Bank or its affiliates other than Midland.  

 

The foregoing information concerning the successor general special servicer (except with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any NCB Mortgage Loan, any Excluded Loan and the U.S. Steel Tower Mortgage Loan) under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement has been provided by Midland.  Midland does not make any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (other than as to it being a valid obligation of Midland as successor general special servicer (except with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any NCB Mortgage Loan, any Excluded Loan and the U.S. Steel Tower Mortgage Loan)), the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans, the free writing prospectus or any related documents.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
(Depositor)

 

/s/ Anthony J. Sfarra
Anthony J. Sfarra, President

Date:  February 26, 2025