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

March 2, 2023
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity:  0001745529
Benchmark 2018-B5 Mortgage Trust
(Exact name of issuing entity)

Central Index Key Number of the registrant:  0001013611
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0000835271
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0001701238
Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0001541294
German American Capital Corporation
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

New York	333-206361-15	38-4088307 38-4088308 38-7206206
(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)

(212) 272-8363
Registrant's Telephone number, including area code

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

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

The eBay North First Commons Whole Loan, which constituted approximately 4.9% of the asset pool of the issuing entity as of its cut-off date, is an asset of the issuing entity and is part of a loan combination that is being serviced and administered under the pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of August 1, 2018, among J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“LNR”), successor to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association (“Midland”), as 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, relating to the Benchmark 2018-B5 Mortgage Trust filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on September 20, 2018 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”).  LNR was appointed as successor special servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement effective as of January 31, 2022, but such appointment specifically excluded the eBay North First Commons Whole Loan and, prior to the date hereof, Midland remained the special servicer with respect to the eBay North First Commons Whole Loan.  Pursuant to Section 7.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Midland was removed as special servicer of the eBay North First Commons Whole Loan and Situs Holdings, LLC (“Situs Holdings”), a Delaware limited liability company, was appointed as the successor special servicer of the eBay North First Commons Whole Loan under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

In the interest of transaction management, this Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to record that, effective as of March 2, 2023, the eBay North First Commons Whole Loan will be specially serviced, if necessary, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, by Situs Holdings.  The principal executive office of Situs Holdings is located at 5065 Westheimer, Suite 700E, Houston, Texas 77056 and its telephone number is (713) 328-4400.  Situs Holdings maintains its principal special servicing office at 2 Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor, San Francisco, California 94111.

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.

J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
(Depositor)

/s/ John Miller
John Miller, Executive Director

Date:  March 2, 2023