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Report on Assessment of Compliance with SEC Regulation AB

Servicing Criteria as Primary Servicer

 

Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC (“Berkadia”) is responsible for assessing compliance, as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”), with the Servicing Criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for asset-backed securities transactions. This assertion includes all commercial mortgage loans sold in public securitizations from the period January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2018 for which Berkadia served as primary servicer (the “Platform”).

 

Berkadia has concluded that the criteria are applicable as shown below (indicated  by  “X”) to the primary servicing of the loans in the Platform:

 

 

 

Regulation AB Criteria 1122(d)

Applicability of Criteria as the Primary

Servicer

(1)     General servicing considerations.

 

(i)      Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of     

          default in accordance with the transaction agreements.

X

(ii)     If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted    

          to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.

 

X

(iii)    Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the pool assets are    

          maintained.

(1)

(iv)    A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing   

          function throughout the Reporting Period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in    

          accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.

 

X

(v)     Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed   

          accurately reflects the information.

X

(2)     Cash collection and administration.

 

(i)      Payments on pool assets are deposited into the custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing       

          accounts no more than two business days of receipt, or such other number of days specified in the     

          transaction agreements.

 

X

(ii)     Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by   

          authorized personnel.

X

(iii)    Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or   

          other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction     

          agreements.

 

X

(iv)    The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form    

          of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth     

          in the transaction agreements.

 

X

(v)     Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the   

          transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with    

          respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements     

         of § 240.13k-1(b)(1) of this chapter.

 

X

(vi)    Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.

X

(vii)   Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts,

          including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations:

 

(A)    Are mathematically accurate;

X

 (B)      Are prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days     

           specified in the transaction agreements;

X

(C)      Are reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and

X

(D)      Contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days   

            of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

 

X

(3)       Investor remittances and reporting.

 

(i)        Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with   

            the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports:

 

(A)      Are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements;

X

(B)      Provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements;

X

(C)      Are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and

(1)

(D)      Agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of pool 

            assets serviced by the servicer.

X

(ii)      Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority 

           and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.

X

(iii)      Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the servicer’s investor   

            records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

X

(iv)      Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of  

            payment, or custodial bank statements.

X

(4)       Pool asset administration.

 

(i)        Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related  

            pool asset documents.

X(2)

(ii)       Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements.

(1)

(iii)      Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in    

            accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.

 

X

(iv)      Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related  pool asset   

            documents are posted to the applicable servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business   

            days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to    

            principal, interest or other items (e.g.,escrow) in accordance with the related pool asset documents.

 

X

(v)       The servicer’s records regarding the pool assets agree with the servicer’s records with respect to an     

            obligor’s unpaid principal balance.

X

(vi)      Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s pool asset (e.g., loan modifications or re-   

            agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction   

            agreements and related pool asset documents.

 

X

(vii)     Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of  

            foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in     

            accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.

 

(1)

  (viii)    Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool asset is delinquent in     

            accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or   

            such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in    

            monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling     

            plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).

 

X

(ix)      Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on    

            the related pool asset documents.

X

(x)        Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts):

 

(A)       Such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s pool asset documents, on at least an annual     

             basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements;

X

(B)       Interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable pool asset     

            documents and state laws; and

X

(C)       Such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related pool    

             asset, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

X

(xi)       Payments made on behalf of an obligor  (such as tax or insurance payments) are made  on or before the   

             related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments,    

             provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these     

             dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

 

 

X(2)

(xii)      Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid     

             from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the            

            obligor’s  error or omission.

 

X(2)

(xiii)     Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s    

             records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

 

X(2)

(xiv)     Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with  

             the transaction agreements.

X

(xv)      Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a) (1) through (3) or Item 1115 of    

             this Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.

 

(1)

 

X    Servicer was responsible for this criteria in its role as Primary Servicer.

(1)  Per servicing and pooling agreements, the criteria does not apply to the role of Primary Servicer.

(2)  Vendor(s), for which Berkadia is the Responsible Party, contribute(s) to the servicing activities for this criteria.

 

The Servicing  Criteria , after  giving  effect  to  the  foregoing  exclusions,  are  referred  to  as  the "Applicable Servicing Criteria."

 

Berkadia utilizes vendors to support its servicing operations, including the use of a commercial tax service which supports its assertions under 1122(d)(4)(xi) through 1122(d)(4)(xiii) and the use of a lien filing firm to support its assertion under 1122(d)(4)(i). These vendors' activities contribute to the servicing activities to which Berkadia is asserting. In all cases, the vendors' activities are limited, and Berkadia assumes responsibility for the 1122 assessment for these vendors' activities. These vendors do not fit the definition of servicer under Item 1101(j), and Berkadia employs policies and procedures designed to provide assurance that the vendors' activities comply with the Applicable Servicing Criteria to such vendors.

 

For the Reporting Period, Berkadia has assessed its compliance with the Applicable Servicing Criteria for the Platform and has concluded that its servicing operation has complied, in all material respects, with the Applicable Servicing Criteria.

 

Grant Thornton LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report on management's assertion of compliance with the Applicable Servicing Criteria.

 

 

Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC

 

 

February 15, 2019

 

 

/s/ Mark E . McCool

Mark E . McCool

Executive Vice President

Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC