424H 1 n2231-x5_424h.htm PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

		FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(h)
		REGISTRATION FILE NO.: 333-228375-04

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

This preliminary prospectus, dated June 15, 2020, may be amended or completed prior to the time of sale.

$525,333,000 (Approximate)

BANK 2020-BNK27
(Central Index Key Number 0001806944)

as Issuing Entity

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.
(Central Index Key Number 0001005007)

as Depositor

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
(Central Index Key Number 0000740906)

Bank of America, National Association
(Central Index Key Number 0001102113)

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC
(Central Index Key Number 0001541557)

as Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-BNK27

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc. is offering certain classes of the Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-BNK27 consisting of the certificate classes identified in the table below. The certificates being offered by this prospectus (and the non-offered Class D, Class X-D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class V and Class R certificates and the RR Interest) represent the beneficial ownership interests in the issuing entity, which will be a New York common law trust named BANK 2020-BNK27. The assets of the issuing entity will primarily consist of a pool of fixed rate commercial mortgage loans, which are generally the sole source of payments on the certificates. Credit enhancement will be provided solely by certain classes of subordinate certificates that will be subordinate to certain classes of senior certificates as described under “Description of the Certificates—Subordination; Allocation of Realized Losses”. Each class of certificates will be entitled to receive monthly distributions of interest and/or principal on the 4th business day following the 11th day of each month (or if the 11th day is not a business day, the next business day), commencing in July 2020. The rated final distribution date for the certificates is the distribution date in April 2063.

Class	Approximate Initial Certificate Balance or Notional Amount⁽¹⁾			Approximate Initial Pass-Through Rate	Pass-Through Rate Description
Class A-1	$	2,528,000		%	⁽⁵⁾
Class A-SB	$	4,339,000		%	⁽⁵⁾
Class A-4⁽⁶⁾		⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾		%	⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾
Class A-4-1⁽⁶⁾	$	0	⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾	%	⁽⁶⁾
Class A-4-2⁽⁶⁾	$	0	⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾	%	⁽⁶⁾
Class A-4-X1⁽⁶⁾	$	0	⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾	%	⁽⁶⁾
Class A-4-X2⁽⁶⁾	$	0	⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾	%	⁽⁶⁾
Class A-5⁽⁶⁾		⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾		%	⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾
Class A-5-1⁽⁶⁾	$	0	⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾	%	⁽⁶⁾
Class A-5-2⁽⁶⁾	$	0	⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾	%	⁽⁶⁾
Class A-5-X1⁽⁶⁾	$	0	⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾	%	⁽⁶⁾
Class A-5-X2⁽⁶⁾	$	0	⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾	%	⁽⁶⁾
Class X-A	$	410,875,000	⁽⁸⁾	%	Variable⁽⁹⁾
Class X-B	$	114,458,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	%	Variable⁽¹¹⁾
Class A-S⁽⁶⁾	$	68,968,000	⁽⁶⁾	%	⁽⁵⁾
Class A-S-1⁽⁶⁾	$	0	⁽⁶⁾	%	⁽⁶⁾
Class A-S-2⁽⁶⁾	$	0	⁽⁶⁾	%	⁽⁶⁾
Class A-S-X1⁽⁶⁾	$	0	⁽⁶⁾	%	⁽⁶⁾
Class A-S-X2⁽⁶⁾	$	0	⁽⁶⁾	%	⁽⁶⁾
Class B	$	24,213,000		%	⁽⁵⁾
Class C	$	21,277,000		%	⁽⁵⁾

(Footnotes to this table begin on page 3)

You should carefully consider the risk factors beginning on page 65 of this prospectus.

Neither the certificates nor the mortgage loans are insured or guaranteed by any governmental agency, instrumentality or private issuer or any other person or entity.

The certificates will represent interests in the issuing entity only. They will not represent interests in or obligations of the sponsors, depositor, any of their affiliates or any other entity.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission and state regulators have not approved or disapproved of the offered certificates or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc. will not list the offered certificates on any securities exchange or on any automated quotation system of any securities association.

The issuing entity will be relying on an exclusion or exemption from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, contained in Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act or Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available to the issuing entity. The issuing entity is being structured so as not to constitute a “covered fund” for purposes of the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act (both as defined in this prospectus).

The underwriters, BofA Securities, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Academy Securities, Inc. and Drexel Hamilton, LLC, will purchase the offered certificates from Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc. and will offer them to the public at negotiated prices, plus, in certain cases, accrued interest, determined at the time of sale. BofA Securities, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and are acting as co-lead managers and joint bookrunners in the following manner: BofA Securities, Inc. is acting as sole bookrunning manager with respect to 32.7% of each class of offered certificates, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC is acting as sole bookrunning manager with respect to 36.3% of each class of offered certificates, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is acting as sole bookrunning manager with respect to 31.0% of each class of offered certificates. Academy Securities, Inc. and Drexel Hamilton, LLC are acting as co-managers.

The underwriters expect to deliver the offered certificates to purchasers in book-entry form only through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company in the United States and Clearstream Banking, S.A. and Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System, in Europe, against payment in New York, New York on or about June 26, 2020. Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc. expects to receive from this offering approximately % of the aggregate certificate balance of the offered certificates, plus accrued interest from June 1, 2020, before deducting expenses payable by the depositor.

BofA Securities	Morgan Stanley	Wells Fargo Securities
Co-Lead Manager and Joint Bookrunner	Co-Lead Manager and Joint Bookrunner	Co-Lead Manager and Joint Bookrunner

Academy Securities, Inc. Co-Manager		Drexel Hamilton Co-Manager

June , 2020

Summary of Certificates

Class or Interest	Approx. Initial Certificate Balance or Notional Amount⁽¹⁾			Approx. Initial Credit Support⁽²⁾	Approx. Initial Pass-Through Rate	Pass-Through Rate Description	Assumed Final Distribution Date⁽³⁾	Weighted Average Life (Years)⁽⁴⁾	Expected Principal Window (Months)⁽⁴⁾
Offered Certificates
Class A-1	$	2,528,000		30.000%	%	⁽⁵⁾	June 2025	3.00	1-60
Class A-SB	$	4,339,000		30.000%	%	⁽⁵⁾	December 2029	7.32	60-114
Class A-4⁽⁶⁾		⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾		30.000%	%	⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁷⁾	⁽⁷⁾	⁽⁷⁾
Class A-5⁽⁶⁾		⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾		30.000%	%	⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁷⁾	⁽⁷⁾	⁽⁷⁾
Class X-A	$	410,875,000	⁽⁸⁾	NAP	%	Variable⁽⁹⁾	NAP	NAP	NAP
Class X-B	$	114,458,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	NAP	%	Variable⁽¹¹⁾	NAP	NAP	NAP
Class A-S⁽⁶⁾	$	68,968,000	⁽⁶⁾	18.250%	%	⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	March 2030	9.72	117-117
Class B	$	24,213,000		14.125%	%	⁽⁵⁾	April 2030	9.74	117-118
Class C	$	21,277,000		10.500%	%	⁽⁵⁾	April 2030	9.80	118-118
Non-Offered Certificates
Class D	$	16,875,000		7.625%	%	⁽⁵⁾	April 2030	9.80	118-118
Class X-D	$	16,875,000	⁽¹²⁾	NAP	%	Variable⁽¹³⁾	NAP	NAP	NAP
Class E	$	5,870,000		6.625%	%	⁽⁵⁾	April 2030	9.80	118-118
Class F	$	10,272,000		4.875%	%	⁽⁵⁾	April 2030	9.80	118-118
Class G	$	5,869,000		3.875%	%	⁽⁵⁾	April 2030	9.80	118-118
Class H	$	22,745,784		0.000%	%	⁽⁵⁾	April 2030	9.80	118-118
Class V⁽¹⁴⁾		NAP		NAP	NAP	NAP	NAP	NAP	NAP
Class R⁽¹⁵⁾		NAP		NAP	NAP	NAP	NAP	NAP	NAP
Non-Offered Eligible Vertical Interest
RR Interest	$	30,892,883.40		NAP	%	⁽¹⁶⁾	April 2030	9.58	1-118

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Approximate, subject to a permitted variance of plus or minus 5% and further subject to the discussion in footnote (7) below. In addition, the notional amounts of the Class X-A, Class X-B and Class X-D certificates may vary depending upon the final pricing of the classes of principal balance certificates or trust components whose certificate balances comprise such notional amounts, and, if as a result of such pricing the pass-through rate of any class of the Class X-A, Class X-B and Class X-D, as applicable, would be equal to zero at all times, such class of certificates will not be issued on the closing date of this securitization.

⁽²⁾

The approximate initial credit support percentages set forth for the certificates are approximate and, for the Class A-1, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 certificates, are presented in the aggregate, taking into account the certificate balances of the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components. The approximate initial credit support percentage set forth for the Class A-S certificates represents the approximate credit support for the underlying Class A-S trust component. The RR Interest provides credit support only to the limited extent that it is allocated a portion of any losses incurred on the underlying mortgage loans, which such losses are allocated between it, on the one hand, and the non-retained certificates, on the other hand, pro rata in accordance with their respective percentage allocation entitlements. See “Credit Risk Retention”.

⁽³⁾

The assumed final distribution dates set forth in this prospectus have been determined on the basis of the assumptions described in “Description of the Certificates—Assumed Final Distribution Date; Rated Final Distribution Date”.

⁽⁴⁾

The weighted average life and expected principal window during which distributions of principal would be received as set forth in the foregoing table with respect to each class of certificates having a certificate balance are based on the assumptions set forth under “Yield and Maturity Considerations—Weighted Average Life” and on the assumptions that there are no prepayments, modifications or losses in respect of the mortgage loans and that there are no extensions or forbearances of maturity dates or anticipated repayment dates of the mortgage loans.

⁽⁵⁾

The pass-through rate for each class of the Class A-1, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates will be one of the following: (i) a fixed rate per annum, (ii) a variable rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for the related distribution date, (iii) a variable rate per annum equal to the lesser of (a) a fixed rate and (b) the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for the related distribution date or (iv) a variable rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for the related distribution date minus a specified percentage. For purposes of the calculation of the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for each distribution date, the mortgage interest rates will be adjusted as necessary to a 30/360 basis.

⁽⁶⁾

The Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5-1, Class A-5-2, Class A-5-X1, Class A-5-X2, Class A-S-1, Class A-S-2, Class A-S-X1 and Class A-S-X2 certificates are also offered certificates. Such classes of certificates, together with the Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-S certificates, constitute the “Exchangeable Certificates”. The Class A-1, Class A-SB, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates, together with the RR Interest and the Exchangeable Certificates with a certificate balance, are referred to as the “principal balance certificates.” Each class of Exchangeable Certificates will have the certificate balance or notional amount and pass-through rate described under “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Exchangeable Certificates.”

⁽⁷⁾

The exact initial certificate balances or notional amounts of the Class A-4, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5, Class A-5-X1 and Class A-5-X2 trust components (and consequently, the exact initial certificate balance or notional amount of each class of Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates and Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates) are unknown and will be determined based on the final pricing of the certificates. However, the initial certificate balances, assumed final distribution dates, weighted average lives and principal windows of the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components are expected to be within the applicable ranges reflected in the following chart. The aggregate initial certificate balance of the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components is expected to be approximately $404,008,000, subject to a variance of plus or minus 5%. In the event that the Class A-5 trust component is issued with an initial certificate balance of $404,008,000, the Class A-4 trust component will not be issued and the Class A-5 trust component and related certificates will be renamed Class A-4. The Class A-4-X1 and Class A-4-X2 trust components will have initial notional amounts equal to the initial certificate balance of the Class A-4 trust component. The Class A-5-X1 and Class A-5-X2 trust components will have initial notional amounts equal to the initial certificate balance of the Class A-5 trust component.

Trust Components	Expected Range of Initial Certificate Balance	Expected Range of Assumed Final Distribution Dates	Expected Range of Weighted Average Life (Years)	Expected Range of Principal Window (Months)
Class A-4	$0 - $250,000,000	NAP – February 2030	NAP-9.49	NAP / 114-116
Class A-5	$154,008,000 - $404,008,000	March 2030 – March 2030	9.57-9.68	114-117 / 116-117

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The Class X-A certificates are notional amount certificates. The notional amount of the Class X-A certificates will be equal to the aggregate certificate balance of the Class A-1 and Class A-SB certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components outstanding from time to time. The Class X-A certificates will not be entitled to distributions of principal.

⁽⁹⁾

The pass-through rate for the Class X-A certificates for any distribution date will be a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for the related distribution date, over (b) the weighted average of the pass-through rates on the Class A-1 and Class A-SB certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5, Class A-5-X1 and Class A-5-X2 trust components for the related distribution date, weighted on the basis of their respective aggregate certificate balances or notional amounts outstanding immediately prior to that distribution date (but excluding trust components with a notional amount in the denominator of such weighted average calculation). For purposes of the calculation of the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for each distribution date, the mortgage interest rates will be adjusted as necessary to a 30/360 basis.

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The Class X-B certificates are notional amount certificates. The notional amount of the Class X-B certificates will be equal to the aggregate certificate balance of the Class A-S trust component and the Class B and Class C certificates outstanding from time to time. The Class X-B certificates will not be entitled to distributions of principal.

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The pass-through rate for the Class X-B certificates for any distribution date will be a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for the related distribution date, over (b) the weighted average of the pass-through rates on the Class A-S, Class A-S-X1 and Class A-S-X2 trust components and the Class B and Class C certificates for the related distribution date, weighted on the basis of their respective aggregate certificate balances or notional amounts outstanding immediately prior to that distribution date (but excluding trust components with a notional amount in the denominator of such weighted average calculation). For purposes of the calculation of the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for each distribution date, the mortgage interest rates will be adjusted as necessary to a 30/360 basis.

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The Class X-D certificates are notional amount certificates and will not be entitled to distributions of principal. The notional amount of the Class X-D certificates will be equal to the certificate balance of the Class D certificates.

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The pass-through rate for the Class X-D certificates will be a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for the related distribution date, over (b) the pass-through rate for the related distribution date on the class D certificates. For purposes of the calculation of the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for each distribution date, the mortgage interest rates will be adjusted as necessary to a 30/360 basis.

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The Class V certificates will not have a certificate balance, notional amount, credit support, pass-through rate, assumed final distribution date, rated final distribution date or rating. The Class V certificates will only be entitled to a specified portion of distributions of excess interest accrued on the mortgage loans with an anticipated repayment date. As of the closing date, there are no mortgage loans with an anticipated repayment date included in the trust, and consequently there will be no excess interest payable on the Class V certificates. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—ARD Loans” in this prospectus.

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The Class R certificates will not have a certificate balance, notional amount, credit support, pass-through rate, assumed final distribution date, rated final distribution date or rating. The Class R certificates represent the residual interest in each Trust REMIC as further described in this prospectus. The Class R certificates will not be entitled to distributions of principal or interest.

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Although it does not have a specified pass-through rate (other than for tax reporting purposes), the effective RR Interest rate will be a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for the related distribution date, which mortgage interest rates will be adjusted as necessary to a 30/360 basis.

The Class D, Class X-D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class V and Class R certificates and the RR Interest are not offered by this prospectus. Any information in this prospectus concerning these certificates or the RR Interest is presented solely to enhance your understanding of the offered certificates.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Summary of Certificates		3
Important Notice Regarding the Offered Certificates		15
Important Notice About Information Presented in this Prospectus		16
Summary of Terms		25
Risk Factors		65
The Certificates May Not Be a Suitable Investment for You		65
Combination or “Layering” of Multiple Risks May Significantly Increase Risk of Loss		65
Risks Related to Market Conditions and Other External Factors		65
Current Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans		65
The Volatile Economy, Credit Crisis and Downturn in the Real Estate Market Have Adversely Affected and May Continue To Adversely Affect the Value of CMBS		69
Other Events May Affect the Value and Liquidity of Your Investment		69
Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans		70
Mortgage Loans Are Non-Recourse and Are Not Insured or Guaranteed		70
Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally		71
Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases		72
Office Properties Have Special Risks		78
Self Storage Properties Have Special Risks		79
Retail Properties Have Special Risks		80
Hospitality Properties Have Special Risks		83
Risks Relating to the Bellagio Hotel and Casino Mortgage Loan		84
Mixed Use Properties Have Special Risks		88
Multifamily Properties Have Special Risks		88
Mortgaged Properties Leased to Startup Companies Have Special Risks		90
Operation of a Mortgaged Property Depends on the Property Manager’s Performance		91
Concentrations Based on Property Type, Geography, Related Borrowers and Other Factors May Disproportionately Increase Losses		91
Adverse Environmental Conditions at or Near Mortgaged Properties May Result in Losses		93
Risks Related to Redevelopment, Expansion and Renovation at Mortgaged Properties		94
Some Mortgaged Properties May Not Be Readily Convertible to Alternative Uses		95
Risks Related to Zoning Non-Compliance and Use Restrictions		98
Risks Relating to Inspections of Properties		99
Risks Relating to Costs of Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations		99
Insurance May Not Be Available or Adequate		100
Inadequacy of Title Insurers May Adversely Affect Distributions on Your Certificates		101
Terrorism Insurance May Not Be Available for All Mortgaged Properties		101
Risks Associated with Blanket Insurance Policies or Self-Insurance		103
Condemnation of a Mortgaged Property May Adversely Affect Distributions on Certificates		103
Limited Information Causes Uncertainty		103
Underwritten Net Cash Flow Could Be Based On Incorrect or Flawed Assumptions		104

Frequent and Early Occurrence of Borrower Delinquencies and Defaults May Adversely Affect Your Investment		105
The Mortgage Loans Have Not Been Reviewed or Re-Underwritten by Us; Some Mortgage Loans May Not Have Complied With Another Originator’s Underwriting Criteria		106
Static Pool Data Would Not Be Indicative of the Performance of this Pool		107
Appraisals May Not Reflect Current or Future Market Value of Each Property		107
The Performance of a Mortgage Loan and Its Related Mortgaged Property Depends in Part on Who Controls the Borrower and Mortgaged Property		109
The Borrower’s Form of Entity May Cause Special Risks		109
A Bankruptcy Proceeding May Result in Losses and Delays in Realizing on the Mortgage Loans		112
Litigation Regarding the Mortgaged Properties or Borrowers May Impair Your Distributions		112
Other Financings or Ability to Incur Other Indebtedness Entails Risk		113
Tenancies-in-Common May Hinder Recovery		115
Risks Relating to Enforceability of Cross-Collateralization		115
Risks Relating to Enforceability of Yield Maintenance Charges, Prepayment Premiums or Defeasance Provisions		116
Risks Associated with One Action Rules		116
State Law Limitations on Assignments of Leases and Rents May Entail Risks		117
Various Other Laws Could Affect the Exercise of Lender’s Rights		117
The Absence of Lockboxes Entails Risks That Could Adversely Affect Distributions on Your Certificates		118
Borrower May Be Unable To Repay Remaining Principal Balance on Maturity Date or Anticipated Repayment Date; Longer Amortization Schedules and Interest-Only Provisions Increase Risk		118
Risks Related to Ground Leases and Other Leasehold Interests		119
Increases in Real Estate Taxes May Reduce Available Funds		121
State and Local Mortgage Recording Taxes May Apply Upon a Foreclosure or Deed-in-Lieu of Foreclosure and Reduce Net Proceeds		121
Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest		122
Interests and Incentives of the Originators, the Sponsors and Their Affiliates May Not Be Aligned With Your Interests		122
Interests and Incentives of the Underwriter Entities May Not Be Aligned With Your Interests		124
Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer		126
Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Operating Advisor		128
Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Asset Representations Reviewer		129
Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Directing Certificateholder and the Companion Holders		130
Potential Conflicts of Interest in the Selection of the Underlying Mortgage Loans		133
Conflicts of Interest May Occur as a Result of the Rights of the Applicable Directing Certificateholder To Terminate the Special Servicer of the Applicable Whole Loan		134
Other Potential Conflicts of Interest May Affect Your Investment		134
Other Risks Relating to the Certificates		135
The Certificates Are Limited Obligations		135
The Certificates May Have Limited Liquidity and the Market Value of the Certificates May Decline		135
Legal and Regulatory Provisions Affecting Investors Could Adversely Affect the Liquidity of the Offered Certificates		136

EU Risk Retention and Due Diligence Requirements		138
Recent Developments Concerning the Proposed Japanese Retention Requirements		141
Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations May Assign Different Ratings to the Certificates; Ratings of the Certificates Reflect Only the Views of the Applicable Rating Agencies as of the Dates Such Ratings Were Issued; Ratings May Affect ERISA Eligibility; Ratings May Be Downgraded		142
Your Yield May Be Affected by Defaults, Prepayments and Other Factors		144
Subordination of the Subordinated Certificates Will Affect the Timing of Distributions and the Application of Losses on the Subordinated Certificates		149
Payments Allocated to the RR Interest or the Non-Retained Certificates Will Not Be Available to the Non-Retained Certificates or the RR Interest, Respectively		149
Your Lack of Control Over the Issuing Entity and the Mortgage Loans Can Impact Your Investment		149
Risks Relating to Modifications of the Mortgage Loans		155
Sponsors May Not Make Required Repurchases or Substitutions of Defective Mortgage Loans or Pay Any Loss of Value Payment Sufficient to Cover All Losses on a Defective Mortgage Loan		157
Risks Relating to Interest on Advances and Special Servicing Compensation		157
Bankruptcy of a Servicer May Adversely Affect Collections on the Mortgage Loans and the Ability to Replace the Servicer		158
The Sponsors, the Depositor and the Issuing Entity Are Subject to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Laws That May Affect the Issuing Entity’s Ownership of the Mortgage Loans		158
The Requirement of the Special Servicer to Obtain FIRREA-Compliant Appraisals May Result in an Increased Cost to the Issuing Entity		159
The Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Special Servicer May Have Difficulty Performing Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or a Related Sub-Servicing Agreement		159
Tax Matters and Changes in Tax Law May Adversely Impact the Mortgage Loans or Your Investment		160
Description of the Mortgage Pool		163
General		163
Co-Originated and Third-Party Originated Mortgage Loans		164
Certain Calculations and Definitions		164
Definitions		165
Mortgage Pool Characteristics		181
Overview		181
Property Types		183
Significant Obligors		185
Mortgage Loan Concentrations		186
Multi-Property Mortgage Loans and Related Borrower Mortgage Loans		187
Geographic Concentrations		188
Mortgaged Properties With Limited Prior Operating History		189
Tenancies-in-Common		189
Fee & Leasehold Estates; Ground Leases		189
COVID Considerations		190
Environmental Considerations		195
Redevelopment, Renovation and Expansion		197
Assessment of Property Value and Condition		198

Litigation and Other Considerations		199
Condemnations		199
Loan Purpose; Default History, Bankruptcy Issues and Other Proceedings		200
Tenant Issues		201
Tenant Concentrations		201
Lease Expirations and Terminations		201
Purchase Options and Rights of First Refusal		206
Competition from Certain Nearby Properties		207
Insurance Considerations		208
Use Restrictions		210
Appraised Value		211
Non-Recourse Carveout Limitations		211
Real Estate and Other Tax Considerations		213
Delinquency Information		214
Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans		214
Amortization of Principal		214
Due Dates; Mortgage Rates; Calculations of Interest		215
ARD Loans		216
Single-Purpose Entity Covenants		216
Prepayment Protections and Certain Involuntary Prepayments and Voluntary Prepayments		216
“Due-On-Sale” and “Due-On-Encumbrance” Provisions		219
Defeasance		220
Releases; Partial Releases; Property Additions		221
Escrows		222
Mortgaged Property Accounts		223
Exceptions to Underwriting Guidelines		225
Additional Indebtedness		226
General		226
Whole Loans		226
Mezzanine Indebtedness		227
Other Secured Indebtedness		229
Preferred Equity		229
Other Unsecured Indebtedness		229
The Whole Loans		230
General		230
The Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans		239
The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans		241
The Bellagio Hotel and Casino Pari Passu-A/B Whole Loan		245
The 55 Hudson Yards Pari Passu-A/B Whole Loan		255
The 525 Market Pari Passu-A/B Whole Loan		265
The 1633 Broadway Pari Passu-A/B Whole Loan		272
Additional Information		277
Transaction Parties		277
The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers		277
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association		277
Bank of America, National Association		290
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC		307
The Depositor		320
The Issuing Entity		321
The Trustee		321
The Certificate Administrator		323
The Master Servicer		325

The Special Servicer		330
The BX 2019-OC11 Special Servicer, the MKT 2020-525M Special Servicer and the BWAY 2020-1633 Special Servicer		334
The BX 2019-OC11 Master Servicer, the GSMS 2020-GC47 Special Servicer, the BWAY 2019-1633 Master Servicer and the Benchmark 2020-B16 Special Servicer		337
The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer		341
Credit Risk Retention		342
General		342
RR Interest		343
Qualifying CRE Loans		345
EU Credit Risk Retention Agreement		346
Description of the Certificates		348
General		348
Distributions		351
Method, Timing and Amount		351
Available Funds		352
Priority of Distributions		353
Pass-Through Rates		357
Exchangeable Certificates		358
Interest Distribution Amount		362
Principal Distribution Amount		362
Certain Calculations with Respect to Individual Mortgage Loans		364
Excess Interest		366
Application Priority of Mortgage Loan Collections or Whole Loan Collections		366
Allocation of Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums		369
Assumed Final Distribution Date; Rated Final Distribution Date		373
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls		373
Subordination; Allocation of Realized Losses		375
Reports to Certificateholders; Certain Available Information		378
Certificate Administrator Reports		378
Information Available Electronically		385
Voting Rights		390
Delivery, Form, Transfer and Denomination		391
Book-Entry Registration		391
Definitive Certificates		394
Certificateholder Communication		394
Access to Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses		394
Requests to Communicate		395
List of Certificateholders		395
Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements		396
General		396
Dispute Resolution Provisions		407
Asset Review Obligations		407
Pooling and Servicing Agreement		408
General		408
Assignment of the Mortgage Loans		408
Servicing Standard		409
Subservicing		410
Advances		411
P&I Advances		411
Servicing Advances		412
Nonrecoverable Advances		413

Recovery of Advances		414
Accounts		416
Withdrawals from the Collection Account		419
Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses		421
General		421
Master Servicing Compensation		427
Special Servicing Compensation		430
Disclosable Special Servicer Fees		435
Certificate Administrator and Trustee Compensation		436
Operating Advisor Compensation		436
Asset Representations Reviewer Compensation		437
CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee		438
Appraisal Reduction Amounts		438
Maintenance of Insurance		446
Modifications, Waivers and Amendments		450
Enforcement of “Due-on-Sale” and “Due-on-Encumbrance” Provisions		456
Inspections		458
Collection of Operating Information		459
Special Servicing Transfer Event		459
Asset Status Report		463
Realization Upon Mortgage Loans		466
Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties		469
The Directing Certificateholder		472
General		472
Major Decisions		475
Asset Status Report		480
Replacement of the Special Servicer		480
Control Termination Event and Consultation Termination Event		480
Servicing Override		483
Rights of the Directing Certificateholder with respect to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans or Servicing Shift Whole Loans		484
Rights of the Holders of Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans		485
Limitation on Liability of Directing Certificateholder		485
The Operating Advisor		486
General		486
Duties of Operating Advisor While No Control Termination Event Has Occurred and Is Continuing		486
Duties of Operating Advisor While a Control Termination Event Has Occurred and Is Continuing		487
Recommendation of the Replacement of the Special Servicer		490
Eligibility of Operating Advisor		490
Other Obligations of Operating Advisor		491
Delegation of Operating Advisor’s Duties		492
Termination of the Operating Advisor With Cause		492
Rights Upon Operating Advisor Termination Event		493
Waiver of Operating Advisor Termination Event		493
Termination of the Operating Advisor Without Cause		494
Resignation of the Operating Advisor		494
Operating Advisor Compensation		495
The Asset Representations Reviewer		495
Asset Review		495
Eligibility of Asset Representations Reviewer		500
Other Obligations of Asset Representations Reviewer		501

Delegation of Asset Representations Reviewer’s Duties		502
Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Events		502
Rights Upon Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event		503
Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer Without Cause		503
Resignation of Asset Representations Reviewer		504
Asset Representations Reviewer Compensation		504
Limitation on Liability of Risk Retention Consultation Party		504
Replacement of the Special Servicer Without Cause		505
Replacement of the Special Servicer After Operating Advisor Recommendation and Certificateholder Vote		508
Termination of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer for Cause		509
Servicer Termination Events		509
Rights Upon Servicer Termination Event		510
Waiver of Servicer Termination Event		512
Resignation of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer		512
Limitation on Liability; Indemnification		513
Enforcement of Mortgage Loan Seller’s Obligations Under the MLPA		517
Dispute Resolution Provisions		517
Certificateholder’s Rights When a Repurchase Request Is Initially Delivered by a Certificateholder		517
Repurchase Request Delivered by a Party to the PSA		518
Resolution of a Repurchase Request		518
Mediation and Arbitration Provisions		521
Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans		523
General		523
Servicing of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino Mortgage Loan		526
Servicing of the 55 Hudson Yards Mortgage Loan		527
Servicing of the 525 Market Mortgage Loan		528
Servicing of the 200 West 57th Street Mortgage Loan		529
Servicing of the 711 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan		530
Servicing of the 1633 Broadway Mortgage Loan		530
Servicing of the 560 Mission Street Mortgage Loan		531
Rating Agency Confirmations		532
Evidence as to Compliance		534
Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders to Institute a Proceeding		535
Termination; Retirement of Certificates		536
Amendment		537
Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator		540
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; and Consent to Jurisdiction		541
Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans		541
General		543
Types of Mortgage Instruments		543
Leases and Rents		544
Personalty		544
Foreclosure		545
General		545
Foreclosure Procedures Vary from State to State		545
Judicial Foreclosure		545
Equitable and Other Limitations on Enforceability of Certain Provisions		545
Nonjudicial Foreclosure/Power of Sale		546
Public Sale		546
Rights of Redemption		548
Anti-Deficiency Legislation		548

Leasehold Considerations		549
Cooperative Shares		549
Bankruptcy Laws		549
Environmental Considerations		557
General		557
Superlien Laws		557
CERCLA		557
Certain Other Federal and State Laws		558
Additional Considerations		558
Due-on-Sale and Due-on-Encumbrance Provisions		559
Subordinate Financing		559
Default Interest and Limitations on Prepayments		559
Applicability of Usury Laws		560
Americans with Disabilities Act		560
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act		560
Anti-Money Laundering, Economic Sanctions and Bribery		561
Potential Forfeiture of Assets		561
Certain Affiliations, Relationships and Related Transactions Involving Transaction Parties		562
Pending Legal Proceedings Involving Transaction Parties		563
Use of Proceeds		564
Yield and Maturity Considerations		564
Yield Considerations		564
General		564
Rate and Timing of Principal Payments		564
Losses and Shortfalls		566
Certain Relevant Factors Affecting Loan Payments and Defaults		566
Delay in Payment of Distributions		567
Yield on the Certificates with Notional Amounts		568
Weighted Average Life		568
Pre-Tax Yield to Maturity Tables		575
Material Federal Income Tax Considerations		577
General		577
Qualification as a REMIC		578
Exchangeable Certificates		580
Taxation of Regular Interests Underlying an Exchangeable Certificate		580
Status of Offered Certificates		580
Taxation of Regular Interests		581
General		581
Original Issue Discount		581
Acquisition Premium		584
Market Discount		584
Premium		585
Election To Treat All Interest Under the Constant Yield Method		585
Treatment of Losses		586
Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums		587
Sale or Exchange of Regular Interests		587
Taxes That May Be Imposed on a REMIC		588
Prohibited Transactions		588
Contributions to a REMIC After the Startup Day		588
Net Income from Foreclosure Property		588
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015		589
Administrative Matters		589

Taxation of Certain Foreign Investors		590
FATCA		591
Backup Withholding		591
Information Reporting		591
3.8% Medicare Tax on “Net Investment Income”		591
Reporting Requirements		592
Certain State and Local Tax Considerations		592
Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)		593
Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference		597
Where You Can Find More Information		597
Financial Information		598
Certain ERISA Considerations		598
General		598
Plan Asset Regulations		599
Administrative Exemptions		599
Insurance Company General Accounts		602
Legal Investment		603
Legal Matters		603
Ratings		603
Index of Defined Terms		606

Annex A-1:	Certain Characteristics of the Mortgage Loans and Mortgaged Properties	A-1-1
Annex A-2:	Mortgage Pool Information (Tables)	A-2-1
Annex A-3:	Summaries of the Fifteen Largest Mortgage Loans	A-3-1
Annex B:	Form of Distribution Date Statement	B-1
Annex C:	Form of Operating Advisor Annual Report	C-1
Annex D-1:	Mortgage Loan Representations and Warranties	D-1-1
Annex D-2:	Exceptions to Mortgage Loan Representations and Warranties	D-2-1
Annex E:	Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance Schedule	E-1

Important Notice Regarding the Offered Certificates

WE HAVE FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, WITH RESPECT TO THE CERTIFICATES OFFERED IN THIS PROSPECTUS; HOWEVER, THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONTAIN ALL OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OUR REGISTRATION STATEMENT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS PROSPECTUS, YOU SHOULD REFER TO OUR REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE EXHIBITS TO IT. OUR REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE EXHIBITS TO IT CAN BE OBTAINED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION’S INTERNET WEBSITE (HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV).

THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.

THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS PRELIMINARY AND MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED OR AMENDED PRIOR TO THE TIME OF SALE. IN ADDITION, THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THIS PROSPECTUS, AND THE ASSET POOL BACKING THEM, ARE SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION OR REVISION (INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY THAT ONE OR MORE CLASSES OF OFFERED CERTIFICATES MAY BE SPLIT, COMBINED OR ELIMINATED) AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ISSUANCE, AND ARE OFFERED ON A “WHEN, AS AND IF ISSUED” BASIS.

THE UNDERWRITERS DESCRIBED IN THESE MATERIALS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME PERFORM INVESTMENT BANKING SERVICES FOR, OR SOLICIT INVESTMENT BANKING BUSINESS FROM, ANY COMPANY NAMED IN THESE MATERIALS. THE UNDERWRITERS AND/OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME HAVE A LONG OR SHORT POSITION IN ANY CONTRACT OR CERTIFICATE DISCUSSED IN THESE MATERIALS.

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPERSEDES ANY PREVIOUS SUCH INFORMATION DELIVERED TO ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR AND MAY BE SUPERSEDED BY INFORMATION DELIVERED TO SUCH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR PRIOR TO THE TIME OF SALE.

THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES DO NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSORS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SECONDARY MARKET FOR THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES. WE CANNOT ASSURE YOU THAT A SECONDARY MARKET WILL DEVELOP OR, IF A SECONDARY MARKET DOES DEVELOP, THAT IT WILL PROVIDE HOLDERS OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES WITH LIQUIDITY OF INVESTMENT OR THAT IT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE TERM OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES. THE UNDERWRITERS CURRENTLY INTEND TO MAKE A MARKET IN THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES BUT ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO DO SO. ACCORDINGLY, PURCHASERS MUST BE PREPARED TO BEAR THE RISKS OF THEIR INVESTMENTS FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD. SEE “RISK FACTORS—Other Risks Relating to the Certificates—The Certificates May Have Limited Liquidity and the Market Value of the Certificates May Decline” IN THIS PROSPECTUS.

Important Notice About Information Presented in this Prospectus

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different from that contained in this prospectus. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus.

This prospectus begins with several introductory sections describing the certificates and the issuing entity in abbreviated form:

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Summary of Certificates, which sets forth important statistical information relating to the certificates;

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Summary of Terms, which gives a brief introduction of the key features of the certificates and a description of the mortgage loans; and

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Risk Factors, which describes risks that apply to the certificates.

This prospectus includes cross references to sections in this prospectus where you can find further related discussions. The table of contents in this prospectus identifies the pages where these sections are located.

Certain capitalized terms are defined and used in this prospectus to assist you in understanding the terms of the offered certificates and this offering. The capitalized terms used in this prospectus are defined on the pages indicated under the caption “Index of Defined Terms”.

All annexes and schedules attached to this prospectus are a part of this prospectus.

In this prospectus:

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the terms “depositor”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.;

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references to any specified mortgaged property (or portfolio of mortgaged properties) refer to the mortgaged property (or portfolio of mortgaged properties) with the same name identified on Annex A-1;

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references to any specified mortgage loan should be construed to refer to the mortgage loan secured by the mortgaged property (or portfolio of mortgaged properties) with the same name identified on Annex A-1, representing the approximate percentage of the initial pool balance set forth on Annex A-1;

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any parenthetical with a percentage next to a mortgage loan name or a group of mortgage loans indicates the approximate percentage (or approximate aggregate percentage) of the initial pool balance that the outstanding principal balance of such mortgage loan (or the aggregate outstanding principal balance of such group of mortgage loans) represents, as set forth on Annex A-1;

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any parenthetical with a percentage next to a mortgaged property (or portfolio of mortgaged properties) indicates the approximate percentage (or approximate aggregate percentage) of the initial pool balance that the outstanding principal balance of the related mortgage loan (or, if applicable, the allocated loan amount or aggregate allocated loan amount with respect to such mortgaged property or mortgaged properties) represents, as set forth on Annex A-1;

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references to a “pooling and servicing agreement” (other than the BANK 2020-BNK27 pooling and servicing agreement) governing the servicing of any mortgage loan should be construed to refer to any relevant pooling and servicing agreement, trust and servicing agreement or other primary transaction agreement governing the servicing of such mortgage loan; and

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references to “lender” or “mortgage lender” with respect to a mortgage loan generally should be construed to mean, from and after the date of initial issuance of the offered certificates, the trustee on behalf of the issuing entity as the holder of record title to the mortgage loans or the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, with respect to the obligations and rights of the lender as described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”.

Until ninety days after the date of this prospectus, all dealers that buy, sell or trade the offered certificates, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

NOTICE TO INVESTORS IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT A PROSPECTUS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION (AS DEFINED BELOW).

THE CERTIFICATES ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO AND SHOULD NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY RETAIL INVESTOR IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (THE “EEA”) OR IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (THE “UK”). FOR THESE PURPOSES, A RETAIL INVESTOR MEANS A PERSON WHO IS ONE (OR MORE) OF: (I) A RETAIL CLIENT AS DEFINED IN POINT (11) OF ARTICLE 4(1) OF DIRECTIVE 2014/65/EU (AS AMENDED, “MIFID II”); OR (II) A CUSTOMER WITHIN THE MEANING OF DIRECTIVE 2016/97/EU (AS AMENDED), WHERE THAT CUSTOMER WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS A PROFESSIONAL CLIENT AS DEFINED IN POINT (10) OF ARTICLE 4(1) OF MIFID II; OR (III) NOT A QUALIFIED INVESTOR AS DEFINED IN REGULATION 2017/1129/EU (AS AMENDED OR SUPERSEDED, THE “PROSPECTUS REGULATION”).

CONSEQUENTLY NO KEY INFORMATION DOCUMENT REQUIRED BY REGULATION (EU) NO 1286/2014 (AS AMENDED, THE “PRIIPS REGULATION” ) FOR OFFERING OR SELLING THE CERTIFICATES OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO RETAIL INVESTORS IN THE EEA OR IN THE UK HAS BEEN PREPARED AND THEREFORE OFFERING OR SELLING THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO ANY RETAIL INVESTOR IN THE EEA OR IN THE UK MAY BE UNLAWFUL UNDER THE PRIIPS REGULATION.

APPLICABILITY OF EU LAW IN THE UK

THE UK WITHDREW FROM AND CEASED TO BE A MEMBER STATE OF THE EU AT 11:00 P.M. GMT ON 31 JANUARY 2020. THE NEGOTIATED WITHDRAWAL AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE UK AND THE EU PROVIDES FOR A TRANSITION PERIOD, COMMENCING ON 31 JANUARY 2020 AND ENDING AT 11:00 P.M. GMT ON 31 DECEMBER 2020, UNLESS EXTENDED BY A SINGLE DECISION FOR UP TO ONE OR TWO YEARS (SUCH PERIOD, THE “TRANSITION PERIOD”). UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE NEGOTIATED WITHDRAWAL AGREEMENT, EU LAW (INCLUDING THE EU SECURITIZATION REGULATION) WILL BE APPLICABLE TO AND IN THE UK DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD.

EU RISK RETENTION AND DUE DILIGENCE REQUIREMENTS

EACH OF BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. AND WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION WILL MAKE CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS AS DESCRIBED UNDER “CREDIT RISK RETENTION—EU CREDIT RISK RETENTION AGREEMENT” IN THIS PROSPECTUS, ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS AN “ORIGINATOR” (FOR PURPOSES OF THE EU RISK RETENTION AND DUE DILIGENCE REQUIREMENTS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROSPECTUS) IN RESPECT OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT IT IS SELLING (IN THE CASE OF MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., THROUGH ITS AFFILIATE MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC) TO THE DEPOSITOR. HOWEVER, EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IN THE CERTIFICATES THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE EU RISK RETENTION AND DUE DILIGENCE REQUIREMENTS OR TO ANY EQUIVALENT OR SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS SHOULD CONSULT WITH ITS OWN LEGAL, ACCOUNTING, REGULATORY AND OTHER ADVISORS AND/OR ANY RELEVANT REGULATOR TO DETERMINE WHETHER, AND TO WHAT EXTENT, SUCH REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION SET OUT IN THIS PROSPECTUS GENERALLY AND, AFTER THE CLOSING DATE, IN ANY STATEMENT OR REPORT THAT MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE TO HOLDERS OF THE CERTIFICATES, ARE OR IS, OR WILL BE, SUFFICIENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING SUCH INVESTOR TO COMPLY WITH THE EU RISK RETENTION AND DUE DILIGENCE REQUIREMENTS OR ANY EQUIVALENT OR SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS. ANY SUCH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IS REQUIRED TO INDEPENDENTLY ASSESS AND DETERMINE THE SUFFICIENCY OF SUCH REPRESENTATIONS, AGREEMENTS AND INFORMATION. NONE OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE ISSUING ENTITY, ANY MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE BORROWERS, THE UNDERWRITERS, ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS PROSPECTUS, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES (I) MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE THAT SUCH REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS, OR SUCH INFORMATION, ARE OR IS, OR WILL BE, SUFFICIENT IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING AN INVESTOR TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE EU RISK RETENTION AND DUE DILIGENCE REQUIREMENTS, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LEGAL, REGULATORY OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS; (II) SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR OR ANY OTHER PERSON WITH RESPECT TO ANY INSUFFICIENCY OF SUCH REPRESENTATIONS, AGREEMENTS OR INFORMATION, OR ANY FAILURE OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY TO COMPLY WITH OR OTHERWISE SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE EU RISK RETENTION AND DUE DILIGENCE REQUIREMENTS, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LEGAL, REGULATORY OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS; OR (III) SHALL HAVE ANY OBLIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THE EU RISK RETENTION AND DUE DILIGENCE REQUIREMENTS, OTHER THAN THE SPECIFIC OBLIGATIONS UNDERTAKEN AND/OR REPRESENTATIONS MADE, BY EACH OF BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. AND WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION UNDER THE EU CREDIT RISK RETENTION AGREEMENT. IN PARTICULAR, NONE OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE ISSUING ENTITY, ANY MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER, ANY ORIGINATOR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER OR THE SPECIAL SERVICER NOR ANY OTHER PERSON EXPECTS TO COMPLY OR WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH ARTICLE 7 OF THE EU SECURITIZATION REGULATION DESCRIBED IN THIS PROSPECTUS. SEE “RISK FACTORS—OTHER RISKS RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATES—EU RISK RETENTION AND DUE DILIGENCE REQUIREMENTS” AND “CREDIT RISK RETENTION—EU CREDIT RISK RETENTION AGREEMENT” IN THIS PROSPECTUS.

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

THE ISSUING ENTITY MAY CONSTITUTE A “COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEME” AS DEFINED BY SECTION 235 OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (AS AMENDED, “FSMA”) THAT IS NOT A “RECOGNIZED COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEME” FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FSMA AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED, REGULATED OR OTHERWISE RECOGNIZED OR APPROVED. AS AN UNREGULATED SCHEME, THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES CANNOT BE MARKETED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FSMA.

THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PROSPECTUS (A) IF MADE BY A PERSON WHO IS NOT AN AUTHORIZED PERSON UNDER THE FSMA, IS BEING MADE ONLY TO, OR DIRECTED ONLY AT, PERSONS WHO (I) ARE OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM, OR (II) HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS AND QUALIFY AS INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (AS AMENDED, THE “FINANCIAL PROMOTION ORDER”), OR (III) ARE PERSONS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) THROUGH (D) (“HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC.”) OF THE FINANCIAL PROMOTION ORDER (ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS “FPO PERSONS”); AND (B) IF MADE BY A PERSON WHO IS AN AUTHORIZED PERSON UNDER THE FSMA, IS BEING MADE ONLY TO, OR DIRECTED ONLY AT, PERSONS WHO (I) ARE OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM, OR (II) HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OF PARTICIPATING IN UNREGULATED SCHEMES (AS DEFINED FOR PURPOSES OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (PROMOTION OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES) (EXEMPTIONS) ORDER 2001 (AS AMENDED, THE “PROMOTION OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES EXEMPTIONS ORDER”)) AND QUALIFY AS INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 14(5) OF THE PROMOTION OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES EXEMPTIONS ORDER, OR (III) ARE PERSONS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 22(2)(A) THROUGH (D) (“HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC.”) OF THE PROMOTION OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES EXEMPTIONS ORDER, OR (IV) ARE PERSONS TO WHOM THE ISSUING ENTITY MAY LAWFULLY BE PROMOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 4.12 OF THE UK FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY’S CONDUCT OF BUSINESS SOURCEBOOK (ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS “PCIS PERSONS” AND, TOGETHER WITH THE FPO PERSONS, THE “RELEVANT PERSONS”).

THIS PROSPECTUS MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS PROSPECTUS RELATES, INCLUDING THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES, IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS.

POTENTIAL INVESTORS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE ADVISED THAT ALL, OR MOST, OF THE PROTECTIONS AFFORDED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM REGULATORY SYSTEM WILL NOT APPLY TO AN INVESTMENT IN THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES AND THAT COMPENSATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNDER THE UNITED KINGDOM FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME.

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES WILL NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (EXCLUDING HONG KONG, MACAU AND TAIWAN, THE “PRC”) AS PART OF THE INITIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES BUT MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE BY INVESTORS RESIDENT IN THE PRC FROM OUTSIDE THE PRC.

THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES IN THE PRC TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE THE OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN THE PRC.

THE DEPOSITOR DOES NOT REPRESENT THAT THIS PROSPECTUS MAY BE LAWFULLY DISTRIBUTED, OR THAT ANY OFFERED CERTIFICATES MAY BE LAWFULLY OFFERED, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE REGISTRATION OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN THE PRC, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION AVAILABLE THEREUNDER, OR ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR FACILITATING ANY SUCH DISTRIBUTION OR OFFERING. IN PARTICULAR, NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE DEPOSITOR WHICH WOULD PERMIT AN OFFERING OF ANY OFFERED CERTIFICATES OR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PROSPECTUS IN THE PRC. ACCORDINGLY, THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES ARE NOT BEING OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE PRC BY MEANS OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT. NEITHER THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY ADVERTISEMENT OR OTHER OFFERING MATERIAL MAY BE DISTRIBUTED OR PUBLISHED IN THE PRC, EXCEPT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL RESULT IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

HONG KONG

THIS PROSPECTUS HAS NOT BEEN DELIVERED FOR REGISTRATION TO THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES IN HONG KONG AND THE CONTENTS OF THIS PROSPECTUS HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED OR APPROVED BY ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITY IN HONG KONG. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE NOR INTEND TO BE AN OFFER OR INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC IN HONG KONG TO ACQUIRE THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES.

EACH UNDERWRITER HAS REPRESENTED, WARRANTED AND AGREED THAT: (1) IT HAS NOT OFFERED OR SOLD AND WILL NOT OFFER OR SELL IN HONG KONG, BY MEANS OF ANY DOCUMENT, ANY OFFERED CERTIFICATES (EXCEPT FOR CERTIFICATES WHICH ARE A “STRUCTURED PRODUCT” AS DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ORDINANCE (CAP. 571) (THE “SFO”) OF HONG KONG) OTHER THAN (A) TO “PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS” AS DEFINED IN THE SFO AND ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE SFO; OR (B) IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH DO NOT RESULT IN THE DOCUMENT BEING A “PROSPECTUS” AS DEFINED IN THE COMPANIES (WINDING UP AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE (CAP. 32) (THE “C(WUMP)O”) OF HONG KONG OR WHICH DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE C(WUMP)O; AND (2) IT HAS NOT ISSUED OR HAD IN ITS POSSESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ISSUE, AND WILL NOT ISSUE OR HAVE IN ITS POSSESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ISSUE, WHETHER IN HONG KONG OR ELSEWHERE, ANY ADVERTISEMENT, INVITATION OR DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES, WHICH IS DIRECTED AT, OR THE CONTENTS OF WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BE ACCESSED OR READ BY, THE PUBLIC OF HONG KONG (EXCEPT IF PERMITTED TO DO SO UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF HONG KONG) OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO OFFERED CERTIFICATES WHICH ARE OR ARE INTENDED TO BE DISPOSED OF ONLY TO PERSONS OUTSIDE HONG KONG OR ONLY TO “PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS” AS DEFINED IN THE SFO AND ANY RULES MADE UNDER THE SFO.

W A R N I N G

THE CONTENTS OF THIS PROSPECTUS HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED OR APPROVED BY ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITY IN HONG KONG. YOU ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN RELATION TO THE OFFER. IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT ABOUT ANY OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS PROSPECTUS, YOU SHOULD OBTAIN INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVICE.

SINGAPORE

NEITHER THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR MATERIAL IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OFFER OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES HAS BEEN REGISTERED AS A PROSPECTUS WITH THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE (“MAS”) UNDER THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ACT (CAP. 289) OF SINGAPORE (THE “SFA”). ACCORDINGLY, MAS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENTS OF THIS PROSPECTUS. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT A PROSPECTUS AS DEFINED IN THE SFA AND STATUTORY LIABILITY UNDER THE SFA IN RELATION TO THE CONTENTS OF PROSPECTUSES WOULD NOT APPLY. ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR SHOULD CONSIDER CAREFULLY WHETHER THE INVESTMENT IS SUITABLE FOR IT. THIS PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR MATERIAL IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER OR SALE, OR INVITATION FOR SUBSCRIPTION OR PURCHASE, OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES MAY NOT BE CIRCULATED OR DISTRIBUTED, NOR MAY THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES BE OFFERED OR SOLD, OR BE MADE THE SUBJECT OF AN INVITATION FOR SUBSCRIPTION OR PURCHASE, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO PERSONS IN SINGAPORE OTHER THAN (I) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4A(1)(c) OF THE SFA) PURSUANT TO SECTION 274 OF THE SFA (EACH AN “INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR”), (II) TO A RELEVANT PERSON (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 275(2) OF THE SFA) PURSUANT TO SECTION 275(1), OR ANY PERSON PURSUANT TO SECTION 275(1A) OF THE SFA, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 275 OF THE SFA, PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT NONE OF SUCH PERSON SHALL BE AN INDIVIDUAL OTHER THAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4A(1)(a) OF THE SFA) (EACH, A “RELEVANT INVESTOR”).

NO CERTIFICATES ACQUIRED BY (I) AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR; OR (II) A RELEVANT INVESTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 275 OF THE SFA MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD, MADE THE SUBJECT OF AN INVITATION FOR SUBSCRIPTION OR PURCHASE, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO PERSONS IN SINGAPORE, OTHER THAN TO (I) AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR; OR (II) A RELEVANT INVESTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 275 OF THE SFA.

WHERE THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES ARE SUBSCRIBED OR PURCHASED UNDER SECTION 275 OF THE SFA BY A RELEVANT PERSON WHICH IS: (A) A CORPORATION (WHICH IS NOT AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4A OF THE SFA)) THE SOLE BUSINESS OF WHICH IS TO HOLD INVESTMENTS AND THE ENTIRE SHARE CAPITAL OF WHICH IS OWNED BY ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS, EACH OF WHOM IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR; OR (B) A TRUST (WHERE THE TRUSTEE IS NOT AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR) WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO HOLD INVESTMENTS AND EACH BENEFICIARY IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, SECURITIES (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 239(1) OF THE SFA) OF THAT CORPORATION OR THE BENEFICIARIES’ RIGHTS AND INTEREST (HOWSOEVER DESCRIBED) IN THAT TRUST SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERABLE FOR 6 MONTHS AFTER THAT CORPORATION OR THAT TRUST HAS ACQUIRED THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES UNDER SECTION 275 OF THE SFA EXCEPT: (1) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR UNDER SECTION 274 OF THE SFA OR TO A RELEVANT PERSON (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 275(2) OF THE SFA), OR TO ANY PERSON PURSUANT TO AN OFFER THAT IS MADE ON TERMS THAT SUCH SHARES, DEBENTURES AND UNITS OF SHARES AND DEBENTURES OF THAT CORPORATION OR SUCH RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THAT TRUST ARE ACQUIRED AT A CONSIDERATION OF NOT LESS THAN 200,000 SINGAPORE DOLLARS (OR ITS EQUIVALENT IN A FOREIGN CURRENCY) FOR EACH TRANSACTION, WHETHER SUCH AMOUNT IS TO BE PAID FOR IN CASH OR BY EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES OR OTHER ASSETS, AND FURTHER FOR CORPORATIONS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 275(1A) OF THE SFA; (2) WHERE NO CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN FOR THE

TRANSFER; (3) WHERE THE TRANSFER IS BY OPERATION OF LAW; OR (4) AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 276(7) OF THE SFA.

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

THESE CERTIFICATES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOR A PUBLIC OFFERING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. THE UNDERWRITERS HAVE THEREFORE REPRESENTED AND AGREED THAT THE CERTIFICATES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED TO ANY PERSON FOR RE-OFFERING OR RESALE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA OR TO ANY RESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, INCLUDING THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT SERVICES AND CAPITAL MARKETS ACT AND THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS LAW AND THE DECREES AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER.

JAPAN

THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND EXCHANGE LAW OF JAPAN, AS AMENDED (THE “FIEL”), AND DISCLOSURE UNDER THE FIEL HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH UNDERWRITER HAS REPRESENTED AND AGREED THAT IT HAS NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OFFERED OR SOLD AND WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OFFER OR SELL ANY OFFERED CERTIFICATES IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, ANY RESIDENT OF JAPAN (WHICH TERM AS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS MEANS ANY PERSON RESIDENT IN JAPAN, INCLUDING ANY CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF JAPAN) OR TO OTHERS FOR REOFFERING OR RE-SALE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, ANY RESIDENT OF JAPAN EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF, AND OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, THE FIEL AND OTHER RELEVANT LAWS, REGULATIONS AND MINISTERIAL GUIDELINES OF JAPAN. AS PART OF THIS OFFERING OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OFFER THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES IN JAPAN TO UP TO 49 OFFEREES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE PROVISIONS.

JAPANESE RETENTION REQUIREMENT

THE JAPANESE FINANCIAL SERVICES AGENCY (“JFSA”) PUBLISHED A RISK RETENTION RULE AS PART OF THE REGULATORY CAPITAL REGULATION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF JAPANESE INVESTORS SEEKING TO INVEST IN SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS (THE “JRR RULE”). THE JRR RULE MANDATES AN “INDIRECT” COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT, MEANING THAT CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF JAPANESE INVESTORS WILL BE REQUIRED TO APPLY HIGHER RISK WEIGHTING TO SECURITIZATION EXPOSURES THEY HOLD UNLESS THE RELEVANT ORIGINATOR COMMITS TO HOLD A RETENTION INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES ISSUED IN THE SECURITIZATION TRANSACTION EQUAL TO AT LEAST 5% OF THE EXPOSURE OF THE TOTAL UNDERLYING ASSETS IN THE SECURITIZATION TRANSACTION (THE “JAPANESE RETENTION REQUIREMENT”), OR SUCH INVESTORS DETERMINE THAT THE UNDERLYING ASSETS WERE NOT “INAPPROPRIATELY ORIGINATED.” IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH A DETERMINATION BY SUCH INVESTORS THAT SUCH UNDERLYING ASSETS WERE NOT “INAPPROPRIATELY ORIGINATED”, THE JAPANESE RETENTION REQUIREMENT WOULD APPLY TO AN INVESTMENT BY SUCH INVESTORS IN SUCH SECURITIES.

NO PARTY TO THE TRANSACTION DESCRIBED IN THIS PROSPECTUS HAS COMMITTED TO HOLD A RISK RETENTION INTEREST IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE JAPANESE RETENTION REQUIREMENT, AND WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION AS TO WHETHER THE TRANSACTION DESCRIBED IN THIS PROSPECTUS WOULD OTHERWISE COMPLY WITH THE JRR RULE.

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF CANADA

THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES MAY BE SOLD IN CANADA ONLY TO PURCHASERS PURCHASING, OR DEEMED TO BE PURCHASING, AS PRINCIPAL THAT ARE ACCREDITED INVESTORS, AS DEFINED IN NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 45-106 PROSPECTUS EXEMPTIONS OR SUBSECTION 73.3(1) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (ONTARIO), AND ARE PERMITTED CLIENTS, AS DEFINED IN NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 31-103 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, EXEMPTIONS AND ONGOING REGISTRANT OBLIGATIONS. ANY RESALE OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES MUST BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE PROSPECTUS REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.

SECURITIES LEGISLATION IN CERTAIN PROVINCES OR TERRITORIES OF CANADA MAY PROVIDE A PURCHASER WITH REMEDIES FOR RESCISSION OR DAMAGES IF THIS PROSPECTUS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENT HERETO) CONTAINS A MISREPRESENTATION, PROVIDED THAT THE REMEDIES FOR RESCISSION OR DAMAGES ARE EXERCISED BY THE PURCHASER WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT PRESCRIBED BY THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF THE PURCHASER’S PROVINCE OR TERRITORY. THE PURCHASER SHOULD REFER TO ANY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF THE PURCHASER’S PROVINCE OR TERRITORY FOR PARTICULARS OF THESE RIGHTS OR CONSULT WITH A LEGAL ADVISOR.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 3A.3 OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 33-105 UNDERWRITING CONFLICTS (“NI 33-105”), THE UNDERWRITERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS OF NI 33-105 REGARDING UNDERWRITER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING.

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Summary of Terms

This summary highlights selected information from this prospectus. It does not contain all of the information you need to consider in making your investment decision. To understand all of the terms of the offering of the offered certificates, read this entire document carefully.

Relevant Parties

Title of Certificates

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-BNK27.

Depositor

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., a Delaware corporation, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America, National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America, which is a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation. The depositor’s address is One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036 and its telephone number is (980) 388-7451. See “Transaction Parties—The Depositor”.

Issuing Entity

BANK 2020-BNK27, a New York common law trust, to be established on the closing date under the pooling and servicing agreement. For more detailed information, see “Transaction Parties—The Issuing Entity”.

Sponsors and Originators

The sponsors of this transaction are:

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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association

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Bank of America, National Association, a national banking association

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Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, a New York limited liability company

These entities are sometimes also referred to in this prospectus as the “mortgage loan sellers”.

The originators of this transaction are:

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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association

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Bank of America, National Association, a national banking association

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Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., a national banking association

The sponsors originated, co-originated or acquired and will transfer to the depositor the mortgage loans set forth in the following chart:

Sellers of the Mortgage Loans

Mortgage Loan Seller	Originator⁽¹⁾	Number of Mortgage Loans	Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of Mortgage Loans	Approx. % of Initial Pool Balance

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	12	$224,528,000	36.3%

Bank of America, National Association	Bank of America, National Association	16	202,088,872	32.7

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC	Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.	8	191,240,796	31.0
Total		36	$617,857,668	100.0%

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Certain of the mortgage loans are part of whole loans that were co-originated by the related mortgage loan seller (or one of its affiliates) and another entity. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Co-Originated and Third-Party Originated Mortgage Loans”.

See “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers”.

Master Servicer

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is expected to be the master servicer. The master servicer will be responsible for the master servicing and administration of the applicable mortgage loans and any related companion loan serviced pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement. The principal west coast commercial mortgage master servicing offices of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association are located at MAC A0293-080, 2001 Clayton Rd, Concord, California 94520. The principal east coast commercial mortgage master servicing offices of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association are located at Three Wells Fargo, MAC D1050-084, 401 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202. See “Transaction Parties—The Master Servicer” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”.

Prior to the applicable servicing shift securitization date, any servicing shift whole loan will be serviced by the master servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement. From and after the related servicing shift securitization date, any such servicing shift whole loan will be serviced under, and by the master servicer designated in, the related servicing shift pooling and servicing agreement. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” and “Pooling and Servicing

Agreement—Servicing of the Servicing Shift Mortgage Loans”.

Certain mortgage loans will be serviced by the master servicer under another pooling and servicing agreement as set forth in the table below under the heading “Non-Serviced Whole Loans” under “—The Mortgage Pool—Whole Loans”. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

Special Servicer

CWCapital Asset Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is expected to act as the initial special servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement. The special servicer will be primarily responsible for (i) making decisions and performing certain servicing functions with respect to such mortgage loans and related companion loans as to which a special servicing transfer event (such as a default or an imminent default) has occurred and (ii) in certain circumstances, reviewing, evaluating and processing and/or providing or withholding consent as to certain major decisions relating to such mortgage loans and related companion loans as to which a special servicing transfer event has not occurred, in each case pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction. The principal servicing offices of CWCapital Asset Management LLC are located at 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 500 West, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. See “Transaction Parties—The Special Servicer” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”.

If the special servicer obtains knowledge that it has become a borrower party with respect to any mortgage loan (such mortgage loan referred to herein as an “excluded special servicer loan”), the special servicer will be required to resign as special servicer of that excluded special servicer loan. Prior to the occurrence of a control termination event under the pooling and servicing agreement, the directing certificateholder will be required to select a separate special servicer that is not a borrower party (referred to herein as an “excluded special servicer”) with respect to any excluded special servicer loan, unless such excluded special servicer loan is also an excluded loan (as to the directing certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the controlling class of certificates). After the occurrence and during the continuance of a control termination event, if at any time any excluded special servicer loan is also an excluded loan (as to the directing certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the controlling class of certificates) or if the directing certificateholder is entitled to appoint the excluded special servicer but does not so appoint within 30 days

of notice of resignation, the resigning special servicer will be required to use reasonable efforts to select the related excluded special servicer. See “—Directing Certificateholder” below and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Termination of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer for Cause”. Any excluded special servicer will be required to perform all of the obligations of the special servicer and will be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such excluded special servicer loan earned during such time as the related mortgage loan is an excluded special servicer loan.

CWCapital Asset Management LLC is expected to be appointed the special servicer by LD II Holdco XI LLC, which, on the closing date, is expected to be appointed (or to appoint an affiliate) as the initial directing certificateholder. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Directing Certificateholder”.

Prior to the applicable servicing shift securitization date, any servicing shift whole loan, if necessary, will be specially serviced by the special servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement. From and after the related servicing shift securitization date, any such servicing shift whole loan will be specially serviced, if necessary, under, and by the special servicer designated in, the related servicing shift pooling and servicing agreement. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Servicing Shift Mortgage Loans”.

Certain mortgage loans will be specially serviced, if necessary, by the special servicer under another pooling and servicing agreement as set forth in the table below entitled “Non-Serviced Whole Loans” under “—The Mortgage Pool—Whole Loans”. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

The BX 2019-OC11
Special Servicer, the
MKT 2020-525M
Special Servicer and
the BWAY 2019-1633

Special Servicer

Situs Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, will be the special servicer of certain of the non-serviced mortgage loans and the related companion loans pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreements identified in the table below titled “Non-Serviced Whole Loans” under “—The Mortgage Pool—Whole Loans”. The principal servicing office of Situs Holdings, LLC is 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 2250, San Francisco, California 94104. See “Transaction Parties—The BX

2019-OC11 Special Servicer, the MKT 2020-525M Special Servicer and the BWAY 2019-1633 Special Servicer” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

The BX 2019-OC11
Master Servicer, the
GSMS 2020-GC47
Special Servicer, the
BWAY 2019-1633
Master Servicer and the
Benchmark 2020-B16

Special Servicer

KeyBank National Association is the primary servicer with respect to certain of the non-serviced mortgage loans and the related companion loans as to which it is the master servicer, and KeyBank National Association is also the special servicer with respect to certain other non-serviced mortgage loans and the related companion loans, in each case pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreements identified in the table below titled “Non-Serviced Whole Loans” under “—Mortgage Pool--Whole Loans”. The principal servicing office of KeyBank National Association is 11501 Outlook Street, Suite 300, Overland Park, Kansas 66211. See “Transaction Parties—The BX 2019-OC11 Master Servicer, the GSMS 2020-GC47 Special Servicer, the BWAY 2019-1633 Master Servicer and the Benchmark 2020-B16 Special Servicer” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

Trustee

Wilmington Trust, National Association will act as trustee. The corporate trust office of the trustee is located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: CMBS Trustee BANK 2020-BNK27. Following the transfer of the mortgage loans, the trustee, on behalf of the issuing entity, will become the mortgagee of record for each mortgage loan (other than a non-serviced mortgage loan) and any related companion loan. See “Transaction Parties—The Trustee” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”.

The trustee under the pooling and servicing agreement will become the mortgagee of record with respect to any servicing shift mortgage loans if the related whole loan becomes a specially serviced loan prior to the related servicing shift securitization date. From and after the related servicing shift securitization date, the mortgagee of record with respect to any servicing shift mortgage loan will be the trustee designated in the related servicing shift pooling and servicing agreement.

With respect to each non-serviced mortgage loan, the entity set forth in the table entitled “Non-Serviced Whole Loans” under “—The Mortgage Pool—Whole Loans”

below, in its capacity as trustee under the pooling and servicing agreement for the indicated transaction, is the mortgagee of record for that non-serviced mortgage loan and any related companion loan. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

Certificate Administrator

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as certificate administrator. The certificate administrator will also be required to act as custodian, certificate registrar, REMIC administrator, 17g-5 information provider and authenticating agent. The corporate trust offices of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association are located at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, and for certificate transfer purposes are located at 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor, MAC N9300-070, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479. See “Transaction Parties—The Certificate Administrator” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”.

The custodian with respect to any servicing shift mortgage loans will be the certificate administrator, in its capacity as custodian under the pooling and servicing agreement. After the related servicing shift securitization date, the custodian of the mortgage file for a servicing shift mortgage loan (other than the promissory note evidencing the related servicing shift mortgage loan) will be the custodian under the related servicing shift pooling and servicing agreement. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Whole Loans” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

The custodian with respect to any non-serviced mortgage loan will be the entity set forth in the table below entitled “Non-Serviced Whole Loans” under “—The Mortgage Pool—Whole Loans”. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

Operating Advisor

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, a New York limited liability company and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Park Bridge Financial LLC, will be the operating advisor. The operating advisor will have certain review and reporting responsibilities with respect to the performance of the special servicer, and in certain circumstances may recommend to the certificateholders that the special servicer be replaced. The operating advisor will generally have no obligations or consultation rights as operating advisor under the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction with respect to a non-serviced whole loan or servicing shift whole loan or any related REO property. See “Transaction Parties—The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations

Reviewer” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Operating Advisor”.

Asset Representations

Reviewer

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, a New York limited liability company and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Park Bridge Financial LLC, will also be serving as the asset representations reviewer. The asset representations reviewer will be required to review certain delinquent mortgage loans after a specified delinquency threshold has been exceeded and the required percentage of certificateholders vote to direct a review of such delinquent mortgage loans. See “Transaction Parties—The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Asset Representations Reviewer”.

Directing Certificateholder

Subject to the rights of the applicable subordinate companion loan holder solely with respect to any serviced A/B whole loan, described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”, the directing certificateholder will have certain consent and consultation rights in certain circumstances with respect to the mortgage loans (other than certain excluded loans as described in the next paragraph), as further described in this prospectus. The directing certificateholder will generally be the controlling class certificateholder (or its representative) selected by more than a specified percentage (by certificate balance) of the controlling class certificateholders. In certain circumstances (such as when no directing certificateholder has been appointed and no one holder owns the largest aggregate certificate balance of the controlling class) there may be no directing certificateholder even though there is a controlling class. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Directing Certificateholder”.

With respect to the directing certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the controlling class certificates, an “excluded loan” is a mortgage loan or whole loan with respect to which such party is a borrower, a mortgagor, a manager of a mortgaged property, the holder of a mezzanine loan that has been accelerated or as to which foreclosure or enforcement proceedings have been commenced against the equity collateral pledged to secure the related mezzanine loan, or certain affiliates thereof.

The controlling class will be the most subordinate class of the Class F, Class G and Class H certificates then-outstanding that has an aggregate certificate balance, as notionally reduced by any cumulative appraisal reduction amounts allocable to such class, at

least equal to 25% of the initial certificate balance of that class; provided, however, that if at any time the certificate balances of the principal balance certificates other than the control eligible certificates and the RR Interest have been reduced to zero as a result of principal payments on the mortgage loans, then the controlling class will be the most subordinate class of control eligible certificates that has a certificate balance greater than zero without regard to any cumulative appraisal reduction amounts. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, during such time as the Class F certificates would be the controlling class, the holders of such certificates will have the right to irrevocably waive their right to appoint a directing certificateholder or to exercise any of the rights of the controlling class certificateholder. No class of certificates, other than as described above, will be eligible to act as the controlling class or appoint a directing certificateholder. As of the closing date, the controlling class will be the Class H certificates.

It is anticipated that on the closing date, LD II Holdco XI LLC, or its affiliate, on behalf of one or more of its managed funds, will purchase the Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H and Class V certificates, and that LD II Holdco XI LLC is expected to be appointed as the initial directing certificateholder.

With respect to a servicing shift whole loan, the holder of the related companion loan identified in the related intercreditor agreement as the controlling note will be the controlling noteholder with respect to such servicing shift whole loan, and will be entitled to certain consent and consultation rights with respect to such servicing shift whole loan, which are substantially similar, but not identical, to those of the directing certificateholder under the pooling and servicing agreement for this securitization. From and after the servicing shift securitization date, the rights of the controlling noteholder of the related servicing shift whole loan (if the related control note is included in the related future securitization) are expected to be exercisable by the directing certificateholder under the related servicing shift pooling and servicing agreement. The directing certificateholder of this securitization will generally only have limited consultation rights with respect to certain servicing matters or mortgage loan modifications affecting a servicing shift mortgage loan. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”.

With respect to any serviced subordinate companion loan described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”, during such time as the holder of

such subordinate companion loan is no longer permitted to exercise control or consultation rights under the related intercreditor agreement, the directing certificateholder will have generally similar (although not necessarily identical) consent and consultation rights with respect to the related mortgage loan as it does for the other mortgage loans in the pool. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”.

With respect to any non-serviced whole loan, the entity identified in the table entitled “Non-Serviced Whole Loans” under “—The Mortgage Pool—Whole Loans” below is the initial directing certificateholder (or the equivalent) under the pooling and servicing agreement for the indicated transaction (or other indicated party) and will have certain consent and consultation rights with respect to such whole loan, which are substantially similar, but not identical, to those of the directing certificateholder under the pooling and servicing agreement for this securitization, subject to similar appraisal mechanics. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

As of the closing date, there will be no servicing shift whole loans or serviced A/B whole loans. Accordingly, all references in this prospectus to any servicing shift whole loan, servicing shift mortgage loan, serviced A/B whole loan and any related terms should be disregarded.

Risk Retention

Consultation Party

The risk retention consultation party will have certain non-binding consultation rights in certain circumstances with respect to the mortgage loans (other than certain excluded loans as described in the next paragraph), as further described in this prospectus. The risk retention consultation party will generally be the party selected by the holder or holders of more than 50% of the RR Interest (by certificate balance). Bank of America, National Association is expected to be appointed as the initial risk retention consultation party.

With respect to the risk retention consultation party or the holder of the majority of the RR Interest, an “excluded loan” is a mortgage loan or whole loan with respect to which such party is a borrower, a mortgagor, a manager of a mortgaged property, the holder of a mezzanine loan that has been accelerated or as to which foreclosure or enforcement proceedings have been commenced against the equity collateral pledged to secure the related mezzanine loan, or certain affiliates thereof.

Certain Affiliations

and Relationships

The originators, the sponsors, the underwriters, and parties to the pooling and servicing agreement have various roles in this transaction as well as certain relationships with parties to this transaction and certain of their affiliates. These roles and other potential relationships may give rise to conflicts of interest as further described in this prospectus under “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest” and “Certain Affiliations, Relationships and Related Transactions Involving Transaction Parties”.

Significant Obligor

There are no significant obligors related to the issuing entity.

Relevant Dates And Periods

Cut-off Date

The mortgage loans will be considered part of the trust fund as of their respective cut-off dates. The cut-off date with respect to each mortgage loan is the respective due date for the monthly debt service payment that is due in June 2020 (or, in the case of any mortgage loan that has its first due date after June 2020, the date that would have been its due date in June 2020 under the terms of that mortgage loan if a monthly debt service payment were scheduled to be due in that month).

Closing Date

On or about June 26, 2020.

Distribution Date

The 4th business day following each determination date. The first distribution date will be in July 2020.

Determination Date

The 11th day of each month or, if the 11th day is not a business day, then the business day immediately following such 11th day.

Record Date

With respect to any distribution date, the last business day of the month preceding the month in which that distribution date occurs.

Business Day

Under the pooling and servicing agreement, a business day will be any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in California, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, or any of the jurisdictions in which the respective primary servicing offices of the master servicer or the special servicer or the corporate trust offices of either the certificate administrator or the trustee are located, or the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed.

Interest Accrual Period

The interest accrual period for each class of offered certificates for each distribution date will be the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which that distribution date occurs.

Collection Period

For any mortgage loan and any distribution date, the collection period will be the period beginning with the day after the determination date in the month preceding the month in which such distribution date occurs (or, in the case of the first distribution date, commencing immediately following the cut-off date) and ending with the determination date occurring in the month in which such distribution date occurs.

Assumed Final
Distribution Date; Rated

Final Distribution Date

The assumed final distribution dates set forth below for each class have been determined on the basis of the assumptions described in “Description of the Certificates—Assumed Final Distribution Date; Rated Final Distribution Date” :

	Class		Assumed Final Distribution Date
	Class A-1		June 2025
	Class A-SB		December 2029
	Class A-4		NAP – February 2030⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾
	Class A-5		March 2030 – March 2030⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾
	Class X-A		NAP
	Class X-B		NAP
	Class A-S		March 2030⁽²⁾
	Class B		April 2030
	Class C		April 2030

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The range of assumed final distribution dates is based on the initial certificate balance of the Class A-4 trust component ranging from $0 to $250,000,000 and the initial certificate balance of the Class A-5 trust component ranging from $154,008,000 to $404,008,000. In the event that the Class A-5 trust component is issued with an initial certificate balance of $404,008,000, the Class A-4 trust component will not be issued and the Class A-5 trust component and related certificates will be renamed Class A-4.

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Each class of Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates and Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates that are principal balance certificates will have the same assumed final distribution date as the Class A-4, Class A-5 or Class A-S certificates, respectively, shown in the table.

The rated final distribution date will be the distribution date in April 2063.

Transaction Overview

On the closing date, each sponsor will sell its respective mortgage loans to the depositor, which will in turn deposit the mortgage loans into the issuing entity, a common law trust created on the closing date. The issuing entity will be formed by a pooling and servicing agreement to be entered into by the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer, the certificate administrator, the trustee, the operating advisor and the asset representations reviewer.

The transfers of the mortgage loans from the sponsors to the depositor and from the depositor to the issuing entity in exchange for the offered certificates are illustrated below:

Offered Certificates

General

We are offering the following classes of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates as part of Series 2020-BNK27: Class A-1, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5, Class A-5-1, Class A-5-2, Class A-5-X1, Class A-5-X2, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class A-S, Class A-S-1, Class A-S-2, Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2, Class B and Class C.

The certificates of this Series will consist of the above classes and the RR Interest and the following classes that are not being offered by this prospectus: Class D, Class X-D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class V and Class R. The RR Interest is not being offered by this prospectus.

Certificate Balances and

Notional Amounts

Your certificates will have the approximate aggregate initial certificate balance or notional amount set forth below, subject to a variance of plus or minus 5%:

Class	Approx. Initial Aggregate Certificate Balance or Notional Amount			Approx. % of Initial Pool Balance	Approx. Initial Credit Support⁽¹⁾
Class A-1	$	2,528,000		0.41%	30.000%
Class A-SB	$	4,339,000		0.70%	30.000%
Class A-4	$		⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	30.000%
Class A-5	$		⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	30.000%
Class X-A	$	410,875,000		NAP	NAP
Class X-B	$	114,458,000		NAP	NAP
Class A-S	$	68,968,000	⁽²⁾	11.16%⁽²⁾	18.250%
Class B	$	24,213,000		3.92%	14.125%
Class C	$	21,277,000		3.44%	10.500%

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The approximate initial credit support percentages with respect to the Class A-1, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 certificates are represented in the aggregate, taking into account the certificate balances of the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components. The approximate initial credit support percentage set forth for the
Class A-S certificates represents the approximate credit support for the underlying Class A-S trust component. The RR Interest provides credit support only to the limited extent that it is allocated a portion of any losses incurred on the underlying mortgage loans, which such losses are allocated between it, on the one hand, and the non-retained certificates, on the other hand, pro rata in accordance with their respective percentage allocation entitlements. See “Credit Risk Retention”.

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Each class of Exchangeable Certificates will have the certificate balance or notional amount described under “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Exchangeable Certificates.”

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The exact initial certificate balances or notional amounts of the Class A-4, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5, Class A-5-X1 and Class A-5-X2 trust components (and consequently, the exact initial certificate balance or notional amount of each class of Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates and Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates) are unknown and will be determined based on the final pricing of the certificates. However, the initial certificate balance of the Class A-4 trust component is expected to be within the range of $0 to $250,000,000 (0.00%-40.46% of the Initial Pool Balance), and the initial certificate balance of the Class A-5 trust component is expected to be within the range of $154,008,000 to $404,008,000 (24.93%-65.39% of the Initial Pool Balance). The aggregate initial certificate balance of the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components is expected to be approximately $404,008,000, subject to a variance of plus or minus 5%. In the event that the Class A-5 trust component is issued with an initial certificate balance of $404,008,000, the Class A-4 trust component will not be issued and the Class A-5 trust component and related certificates will be renamed Class A-4. The Class A-4-X1 and Class A-4-X2 trust components will have initial notional amounts equal to the initial certificate balance of the Class A-4 trust component. The Class A-5-X1 and Class A-5-X2 trust components will have initial notional amounts equal to the initial certificate balance of the Class A-5 trust component.

Pass-Through Rates

A. Offered Certificates

Your certificates will accrue interest at an annual rate called a pass-through rate. The initial approximate pass-through rate is set forth below for each class of certificates:

	Class		Approx. Initial Pass-Through Rate⁽¹⁾
	Class A-1		%
	Class A-SB		%
	Class A-4⁽²⁾		%
	Class A-5⁽²⁾		%
	Class X-A		%
	Class X-B		%
	Class A-S⁽²⁾		%
	Class B		%
	Class C		%

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The pass-through rate for each class of the Class A-1, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C certificates will be a per annum rate equal to one of the following: (i) a fixed rate, (ii) a variable rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for the related distribution date, (iii) a variable rate per annum equal to the lesser of (a) a fixed rate and (b) the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for the related distribution date or (iv) a variable rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates for the related distribution date minus a specified percentage. The pass-through rate for the Class X-A certificates for any distribution date will be a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for the related distribution date, over (b) the weighted average of the pass-through rates on the Class A-1 and Class A-SB certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5, Class A-5-X1 and Class A-5-X2 trust components for the related distribution date, weighted on the basis of their respective aggregate certificate balances or notional amounts outstanding immediately prior to that distribution date (but excluding trust components with a notional amount in the denominator of such weighted average calculation). The pass-through rate for the Class X-B certificates for any distribution date will be a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for the related distribution date, over (b) the weighted average of the pass-through rates on the Class A-S, Class A-S-X1 and Class A-S-X2 trust components and the Class B and Class C certificates for the related distribution date, weighted on the basis of their respective aggregate certificate balances or notional amounts outstanding immediately prior to that distribution date (but excluding trust components with a notional amount in the denominator of such weighted average calculation). For purposes of the calculation of the weighted average of the net mortgage interest rates on the mortgage loans for each distribution date, the mortgage interest rates will be adjusted as necessary to a 30/360 basis.

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Each class of Exchangeable Certificates will have the pass-through rate described under “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Exchangeable Certificates.”

B. Interest Rate

Calculation Convention

Interest on the offered certificates at their applicable pass-through rates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, or a “30/360 basis”.

For purposes of calculating the pass-through rates on the Class X-A and Class X-B certificates and any other class of certificates that has a pass-through rate limited by, equal to or based on the weighted average net mortgage interest rate, the mortgage loan interest rates will not reflect any default interest rate, any loan term modifications agreed to by the special servicer or any modifications resulting from a borrower’s bankruptcy or insolvency.

For purposes of calculating the pass-through rates on the offered certificates, the interest rate for each mortgage loan that accrues interest based on the actual number of days in each month and assuming a 360-day year, or an “actual/360 basis”, will be recalculated, if necessary, so that the amount of interest that would accrue at that recalculated rate in the applicable month, calculated on a 30/360 basis, will equal the amount of interest that is required to be paid on that mortgage loan in that month, subject to certain adjustments as described in “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Pass-Through Rates” and “—Interest Distribution Amount”.

C. Servicing and

Administration Fees

Each of the master servicer and the special servicer is entitled to a servicing fee or special servicing fee, as the case may be, from the interest payments on each mortgage loan (other than any non-serviced mortgage loan with respect to the special servicing fee only), any related serviced companion loan and any related REO loans and, with respect to the special servicing fees, if the related mortgage loan interest payments (or other collections in respect of the related mortgage loan or mortgaged property) are insufficient, then from general collections on all mortgage loans.

The servicing fee for each distribution date, including the master servicing fee and the portion of the servicing fee payable to any primary servicer or subservicer, is calculated on the outstanding principal amount of each mortgage loan (including any non-serviced mortgage loan) at a servicing fee rate equal to a per annum rate ranging from 0.00375% to 0.06250%.

The special servicing fee for each distribution date is calculated based on the outstanding principal amount of each mortgage loan (other than any non-serviced

mortgage loan) and any related serviced companion loan as to which a special servicing transfer event has occurred (including any REO loans), on a loan-by-loan basis at the special servicing fee rate equal to the greater of (i) a per annum rate of 0.25000% and (ii) the per annum rate that would result in a special servicing fee for the related month of $3,500. The special servicer will be entitled to a special servicing fee with respect to any non-serviced mortgage loan.

Any primary servicing fees or sub-servicing fees with respect to each serviced mortgage loan and any related serviced companion loan will be paid by the master servicer or special servicer, respectively, out of the fees described above.

The master servicer and special servicer are also entitled to additional fees and amounts, including income on the amounts held in certain accounts and certain permitted investments, liquidation fees and workout fees. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses”.

The certificate administrator fee for each distribution date is calculated on the outstanding principal amount of each mortgage loan (including any REO loan and any non-serviced mortgage loan) at a per annum rate equal to 0.01246%. The trustee fee is payable by the certificate administrator from the certificate administrator fee and is equal to $290 per month.

The operating advisor will be entitled to an upfront fee of $5,000 on the closing date. As compensation for the performance of its routine duties, the operating advisor will be entitled to a fee on each distribution date calculated on the outstanding principal amount of each mortgage loan and successor REO loan (excluding any related companion loan) at a per annum rate equal to 0.00200%. The operating advisor will also be entitled under certain circumstances to a consulting fee.

The asset representations reviewer will be entitled to an upfront fee of $5,000 on the closing date. As compensation for the performance of its routine duties, the asset representations reviewer will be entitled to a fee on each distribution date calculated on the outstanding principal amount of each mortgage loan and successor REO loan at a per annum rate equal to 0.00040%. Upon the completion of any asset review with respect to each delinquent loan, the asset representations reviewer will be entitled to a per loan fee in an amount described in “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing and Other Compensation and

Payment of Expenses—Asset Representations Reviewer Compensation”.

Each party to the pooling and servicing agreement will also be entitled to be reimbursed by the issuing entity for costs, expenses and liabilities borne by them in certain circumstances.

Additionally, with respect to each distribution date, an amount equal to the product of 0.00050% per annum multiplied by the outstanding principal amount of each mortgage loan and any successor REO loan will be payable to CRE Finance Council^®as a license fee for use of their names and trademarks, including an investor reporting package.

Payment of the fees and reimbursement of the costs and expenses described above will generally have priority over the distribution of amounts payable to the certificateholders. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses” and “—Limitation on Liability; Indemnification”.

With respect to each non-serviced mortgage loan set forth in the table below, the master servicer under the related pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of that mortgage loan will be entitled to a primary servicing fee at a per annum rate set forth in the table below, and the special servicer under the related pooling and servicing agreement will be entitled to a special servicing fee at the per annum rate set forth below. In addition, each party to the pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of a non-serviced mortgage loan will be entitled to receive other fees and reimbursements with respect to such non-serviced mortgage loan in amounts, from sources, and at frequencies, that are similar, but not necessarily identical, to those described above and, in certain cases (for example, with respect to unreimbursed special servicing fees and servicing advances with respect to the related non-serviced whole loan), such amounts will be reimbursable from general collections on the mortgage loans to the extent not recoverable from the related non-serviced whole loan and to the extent allocable to such non-serviced mortgage loan pursuant to the related intercreditor agreement. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”, “—The Bellagio Hotel and Casino Pari Passu-A/B Whole Loan”, “—The 55 Hudson Yards Pari Passu-A/B Whole Loan”, “—The 525 Market Pari Passu-A/B Whole Loan”, “—The 1633 Broadway Pari Passu-A/B Whole Loan” and “Pooling and Servicing

Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

NON-SERVICED MORTGAGE LOANS

Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan	Primary Servicing Fee Rate	Special Servicing Fee Rate
Bellagio Hotel and Casino	0.00125%	0.25000%⁽¹⁾
55 Hudson Yards	0.00125%	0.15000%
525 Market	0.00125%	0.12500%
200 West 57th Street	0.00250%	0.25000%⁽²⁾
711 Fifth Avenue	0.00250%	0.25000%⁽³⁾
1633 Broadway	0.00125%	0.12500%
560 Mission Street	0.00125%	0.25000%⁽³⁾

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Subject to a maximum amount of $250,000 payable in respect of the whole loan.

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Subject to a monthly minimum of $3,500 (or $5,000 if the related risk retention consultation party consulted with the special servicer under the related non-serviced pooling and servicing agreement during the occurrence and continuance of a consultation termination event under the related non-serviced pooling and servicing agreement).

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Such fee rate is subject to a minimum amount equal to $3,500 for any month in which such fee is payable.

Distributions

A. Allocation between
RR Interest and

Non-Retained Certificates

The aggregate amount available for distributions to holders of the certificates (including the RR Interest) on each distribution date (net of specified expenses of the issuing entity, including fees payable to, and costs and expenses reimbursable to, the master servicer, the special servicer, the certificate administrator, the trustee, the operating advisor and the asset representations reviewer) will be allocated between amounts available for distribution to the holders of the RR Interest, on the one hand, and for distribution to all other certificates, on the other hand. The certificates other than the Class V and Class R certificates and other than the RR Interest are referred to in this prospectus as the “non-retained certificates”. The portion of such amount allocable to (a) the RR Interest will at all times be the product of such amount multiplied by 5% and (b) the non-retained certificates will at all times be the product of such amount multiplied by the difference between 100% and the percentage referenced in clause (a), in each case such percentages being referred to in this prospectus as the respective “percentage allocation entitlements”.

B. Amount and Order
of Distributions
on Non-Retained
Certificates	On each distribution date, funds available for distribution to the non-retained certificates (other than (i) any yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums and (ii) any excess interest) will be distributed in the following amounts and order of priority:

First, to the Class A-1, Class A-SB, Class X-A and Class X-B certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5, Class A-5-X1 and Class A-5-X2 trust components, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the interest entitlements for those classes of certificates and trust components;

Second, to the Class A-1 and Class A-SB certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components as follows: (i) to the extent of funds allocated to principal and available for distribution: (a) first, to principal on the Class A-SB certificates, until the certificate balance of the Class A-SB certificates is reduced to the planned principal balance for the related distribution date set forth in Annex E, (b) second, to principal on the Class A-1 certificates, until the certificate balance of the Class A-1 certificates has been reduced to zero, (c) third, to principal on the Class A-4 trust component, until the certificate balance of the Class A-4 trust component has been reduced to zero, (d) fourth, to principal on the Class A-5 trust component, until the certificate balance of the Class A-5 trust component has been reduced to zero, and (e) fifth, to principal on the Class A-SB certificates, until the certificate balance of the Class A-SB certificates has been reduced to zero, or (ii) if the certificate balance of each class of certificates and trust components other than the Class A-1 and Class A-SB certificates, the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components and the RR Interest has been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of mortgage loan losses to those certificates or trust components, funds available for distributions of principal will be distributed to the Class A-1 and Class A-SB certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components, pro rata, without regard to the distribution priorities described above or the planned principal balance of the Class A-SB certificates;

Third, to the Class A-1 and Class A-SB certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components, to reimburse the Class A-1 and Class A-SB certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components, pro rata, based upon the aggregate unreimbursed losses

previously allocated to each such class or trust component, first, in an amount equal to any previously unreimbursed losses on the mortgage loans allocable to principal that were previously borne by those classes or trust components, and then in an amount equal to interest on that amount at the pass-through rate for such class or trust component;

Fourth, to the Class A-S, Class A-S-X1 and Class A-S-X2 trust components, as follows: (a) to each such trust component in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the interest entitlements for those trust components; (b) to the extent of funds allocable to principal remaining after distributions in respect of principal to each class of certificates or trust component with a higher priority (as set forth in prior enumerated clauses set forth above), to principal on the Class A-S trust component until its certificate balance has been reduced to zero; and (c) to reimburse the Class A-S trust component, first in an amount equal to any previously unreimbursed losses on the mortgage loans that were previously allocated thereto, and then in an amount equal to interest on that amount at the related pass-through rate for such trust component;

Fifth, to the Class B certificates as follows: (a) to interest on the Class B certificates in the amount of its interest entitlement; (b) to the extent of funds allocable to principal remaining after distributions in respect of principal to each class of certificates or trust component with a higher priority (as set forth in prior enumerated clauses set forth above), to principal on the Class B certificates until its certificate balance has been reduced to zero; and (c) to reimburse the Class B certificates, first in an amount equal to any previously unreimbursed losses on the mortgage loans that were previously allocated to those certificates, and then in an amount equal to interest on that amount at the pass-through rate for such class;

Sixth, to the Class C certificates as follows: (a) to interest on the Class C certificates in the amount of its interest entitlement; (b) to the extent of funds allocable to principal remaining after distributions in respect of principal to each class of certificates or trust component with a higher priority (as set forth in prior enumerated clauses set forth above), to principal on the Class C certificates until its certificate balance has been reduced to zero; and (c) to reimburse the Class C certificates, first in an amount equal to any previously unreimbursed losses on the mortgage loans that were previously allocated to those certificates, and then in an amount

equal to interest on that amount at the pass-through rate for such class;

Seventh, to the non-offered certificates (other than the Class V and Class R certificates and the RR Interest) in the amounts and order of priority described in “Description of the Certificates—Distributions”; and

Eighth, to the Class R certificates, any remaining amounts.

Principal and interest payable to the trust components will be distributed pro rata to the corresponding classes of exchangeable certificates representing interests therein in accordance with their class percentage interests therein as described under “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Exchangeable Certificates”.

For more detailed information regarding distributions on the non-retained certificates, see “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Priority of Distributions”.

C. Interest and Principal

Entitlements

A description of the interest entitlement of each class of certificates (other than the Class V and Class R certificates) and the RR Interest can be found in “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Interest Distribution Amount” and “Credit Risk Retention—RR Interest—Priority of Distributions”. As described in that section, there are circumstances in which your interest entitlement for a distribution date could be less than one full month’s interest at the pass-through rate on your certificate’s balance or notional amount.

A description of the amount of principal required to be distributed to each class of the non-retained certificates entitled to principal on a particular distribution date and the RR Interest can be found in “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Principal Distribution Amount” and “Credit Risk Retention—RR Interest—Priority of Distributions”, respectively.

D. Yield Maintenance
Charges, Prepayment

Premiums

Yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums with respect to the mortgage loans will be allocated to the RR Interest, on the one hand, and the non-retained certificates, on the other hand, in accordance with their respective percentage allocation entitlements. Yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums with respect to the mortgage loans allocated to the non-retained certificates will be further allocated as described in “Description of the Certificates—Allocation

of Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums”.

For an explanation of the calculation of yield maintenance charges, see “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans”.

E. Subordination,
Allocation of Losses
and Certain Expenses		The chart below describes the manner in which the payment rights of certain classes of non-retained certificates will be senior or subordinate, as the case may be, to the payment rights of other classes of non-retained certificates. The chart also shows the allocation between the RR Interest and the non-retained certificates and the corresponding entitlement to receive principal and/or interest of certain classes of non-retained certificates (other than excess interest that accrues on each mortgage loan that has an anticipated repayment date) on any distribution date in descending order. It also shows the manner in which mortgage loan losses are allocated between the RR Interest and non-retained certificates and the manner in which the non-retained certificate allocations are further allocated to certain classes of those certificates in ascending order (beginning with the non-offered certificates, other than the Class V and Class R certificates and the RR Interest) to reduce the balance of each such class to zero; provided that no principal payments or mortgage loan losses will be allocated to the Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class V or Class R certificates or any class of Exchangeable Certificates with an “X” suffix, although principal payments and mortgage loan losses may reduce the notional amounts of the Class X-A, Class X-B and Class X-D certificates and any class of Exchangeable Certificates with an “X” suffix and, therefore, the amount of interest they accrue.

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The Class X-A and Class X-B certificates are interest-only certificates.

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The maximum certificate balances of Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-S certificates (subject to the constraint on the aggregate initial principal balance of the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components discussed above under “—Certificate Balances and Notional Amounts”) will be issued on the closing date, and the certificate balance or notional amount of each other class of Exchangeable Certificates will be equal to zero on the closing date. The relative priorities of the Exchangeable Certificates are described more fully under “Description of the Certificates—Distribution.”

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The RR Interest is a non-offered certificate.

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Other than the Class V and Class R certificates and the RR Interest.

Other than the subordination of certain classes of non-retained certificates, as described above, no other form of credit enhancement will be available for the benefit of the holders of the offered certificates. The right to payment of holders of the RR Interest is pro rata and pari passu with the right to payment of holders of the non-retained certificates (as a collective whole), and as described above any losses incurred on the mortgage loans will be allocated between the RR Interest, on the one hand, and the non-retained certificates, on the other hand, pro rata in accordance with their respective percentage allocation entitlements.

The notional amount of the Class X-A certificates will be reduced by the amount of principal losses or principal payments, if any, allocated to the Class A-1 and Class A-

SB certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 trust components. The notional amount of the Class X-B certificates will be reduced by the amount of principal losses or principal payments, if any, allocated to the Class A-S trust component and the Class B and Class C certificates.

To the extent funds are available on a subsequent distribution date for distribution on your offered certificates, you will be reimbursed for any losses allocated to your offered certificates with interest at the pass-through rate on those offered certificates in accordance with the distribution priorities.

See “Description of the Certificates—Subordination; Allocation of Realized Losses” and “Credit Risk Retention—RR Interest—Allocation of Retained Certificate Realized Losses” for more detailed information regarding the subordination provisions applicable to the certificates and the allocation of losses to the certificates.

F. Shortfalls in Available

Funds

Shortfalls will reduce the aggregate available funds and will correspondingly reduce the amount allocated to the RR Interest and non-retained certificates. The reduction in amounts available for distribution to the non-retained certificates will reduce distributions to the classes of certificates with the lowest payment priorities. Shortfalls may occur as a result of:

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the payment of special servicing fees and other additional compensation that the special servicer is entitled to receive;

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interest on advances made by the master servicer, the special servicer or the trustee (to the extent not covered by late payment charges or default interest paid by the related borrower);

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the application of appraisal reductions to reduce interest advances;

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extraordinary expenses of the issuing entity including indemnification payments payable to the parties to the pooling and servicing agreement;

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a modification of a mortgage loan’s interest rate or principal balance; and

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other unanticipated or default-related expenses of the issuing entity.

In addition, prepayment interest shortfalls on the mortgage loans that are not covered by certain

compensating interest payments made by the master servicer will be allocated between the RR Interest, on the one hand, and the non-retained certificates, on the other hand, in accordance with their respective percentage allocation entitlements. The prepayment interest shortfalls allocated to the non-retained certificates are required to be further allocated among the classes of non-retained certificates entitled to interest, on a pro rata basis, to reduce the amount of interest payable on each such class of certificates to the extent described in this prospectus. See “Description of the Certificates—Prepayment Interest Shortfalls”.

G. Excess Interest

On each distribution date, any excess interest in respect of the increase in the interest rate on any mortgage loan with an anticipated repayment date after the related anticipated repayment date to the extent actually collected and applied as interest during a collection period will be distributed to the holders of the Class V certificates and the RR Interest on the related distribution date as set forth in “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Excess Interest”. This excess interest will not be available to make distributions to any other class of certificates or to provide credit support for other classes of certificates or offset any interest shortfalls or to pay any other amounts to any other party under the pooling and servicing agreement.

Advances

A. P&I Advances

The master servicer is required to advance a delinquent periodic payment on each mortgage loan (including any non-serviced mortgage loan) or any successor REO loan (other than any portion of an REO loan related to a companion loan) serviced by the master servicer, unless in each case, the master servicer or the special servicer determines that the advance would be non-recoverable. None of the master servicer or the trustee will be required to advance balloon payments due at maturity or outstanding on the related anticipated repayment date in excess of the regular periodic payment, interest in excess of a mortgage loan’s regular interest rate, default interest, late payment charges, prepayment premiums or yield maintenance charges.

The amount of the interest portion of any advance will be subject to reduction to the extent that an appraisal reduction of the related mortgage loan has occurred (and with respect to any mortgage loan that is part of a whole loan, to the extent such appraisal reduction amount is allocated to the related mortgage loan). There may be other circumstances in which the master

servicer will not be required to advance a full month of principal and/or interest. If the master servicer fails to make a required advance, the trustee will be required to make the advance, unless the trustee or the special servicer determines that the advance would be non-recoverable. If an interest advance is made by the master servicer, the master servicer will not advance the portion of interest that constitutes its servicing fee, but will advance the portion of interest that constitutes the monthly fees payable to the certificate administrator, the trustee, the operating advisor and the asset representations reviewer and the CREFC^® license fee.

None of the master servicer, the special servicer or the trustee will make, or be permitted to make, any principal or interest advance with respect to any companion loan.

See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Advances”.

B. Property Protection

Advances

The master servicer may be required to make advances with respect to the mortgage loans (other than any non-serviced mortgage loan) and any related companion loan that it is required to service to pay delinquent real estate taxes, assessments and hazard insurance premiums and similar expenses necessary to:

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protect and maintain (and in the case of REO properties, lease and manage) the related mortgaged property;

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maintain the lien on the related mortgaged property; and/or

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enforce the related mortgage loan documents.

The special servicer will have no obligation to make any property protection advances (although it may elect to make them in an emergency circumstance in its sole discretion). If the special servicer makes a property protection advance, the master servicer will be required to reimburse the special servicer for that advance (unless the master servicer determines that the advance would be non-recoverable, in which case the advance will be reimbursed out of the collection account) and the master servicer will be deemed to have made that advance as of the date made by the special servicer.

If the master servicer fails to make a required advance of this type, the trustee will be required to make this advance. None of the master servicer, the special servicer or the trustee is required to advance amounts determined by such party to be non-recoverable.

See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Advances”.

With respect to any non-serviced mortgage loan, the applicable master servicer (and the trustee, as applicable) under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of that non-serviced whole loan will be required to make similar advances with respect to delinquent real estate taxes, assessments and hazard insurance premiums as described above.

C. Interest on Advances

The master servicer, the special servicer and the trustee, as applicable, will be entitled to interest on the above described advances at the “Prime Rate” as published in The Wall Street Journal, as described in this prospectus. Interest accrued on outstanding advances may result in reductions in amounts otherwise payable on the certificates. Neither the master servicer nor the trustee will be entitled to interest on advances made with respect to principal and interest due on a mortgage loan until the related due date has passed and any grace period for late payments applicable to the mortgage loan has expired. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Advances”.

With respect to any non-serviced mortgage loan, the applicable makers of advances under the related pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of the non-serviced whole loan will similarly be entitled to interest on advances, and any accrued and unpaid interest on property protection advances made in respect of such non-serviced mortgage loan may be reimbursed from general collections on the other mortgage loans included in the issuing entity to the extent not recoverable from such non-serviced whole loan and to the extent allocable to such non-serviced mortgage loan in accordance with the related intercreditor agreement.

The Mortgage Pool

The issuing entity’s primary assets will be 36 fixed rate commercial mortgage loans, each evidenced by one or more promissory notes secured by first mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or similar security instruments on the fee or leasehold estate of the related borrower in 46 commercial and multifamily properties. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—General”.

The aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date will be approximately $617,857,668.

Whole Loans

Unless otherwise expressly stated in this prospectus, the term “mortgage loan” refers to each of the commercial mortgage loans to be held by the issuing entity. Of the mortgage loans, each mortgage loan in the table below is part of a larger “whole loan”, which is comprised of the related mortgage loan and one or more loans that are pari passu in right of payment to the related mortgage loan (each referred to in this prospectus as a “pari passu companion loan” or a “companion loan”) and, in certain cases, one or more loans that are subordinate in right of payment to the related mortgage loan (each referred to in this prospectus as a “subordinate companion loan” or a “companion loan”). For further information regarding the whole loans, see “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”.

Whole Loan Summary

Mortgage Loan Name	Mortgage Loan Cut-off Date Balance	% of Initial Pool Balance	Pari Passu Companion Loan Cut-off Date Balance	Subordinate Companion Loan Cut-off Date Balance	Mortgage Loan Cut-off Date LTV Ratio⁽¹⁾	Whole Loan Cut-off Date LTV Ratio⁽²⁾	Mortgage Loan Underwritten NCF DSCR⁽¹⁾	Whole Loan Underwritten NCF DSCR⁽²⁾
Bellagio Hotel and Casino	$61,000,000	9.9%	$1,615,200,000	$1,333,800,000	39.3%	70.7%	8.42x	4.06x
55 Hudson Yards	$54,000,000	8.7%	$891,000,000	$300,000,000	39.4%	51.9%	3.54x	2.69x
525 Market	$50,000,000	8.1%	$420,000,000	$212,000,000	37.0%	53.7%	4.29x	2.96x
200 West 57th Street	$45,000,000	7.3%	$70,000,000	N/A	62.2%	62.2%	1.93x	1.93x
Ralph Lauren HQ New Jersey	$44,000,000	7.1%	$13,000,000	N/A	59.4%	59.4%	3.00x	3.00x
711 Fifth Avenue	$43,000,000	7.0%	$502,000,000	N/A	54.5%	54.5%	2.90x	2.90x
1633 Broadway	$40,000,000	6.5%	$961,000,000	$249,000,000	41.7%	52.1%	3.84x	3.08x
560 Mission Street	$30,000,000	4.9%	$270,000,000	N/A	35.6%	35.6%	5.23x	5.23x

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Calculated including any related pari passu companion loans but excluding any related subordinate companion loans or mezzanine debt.

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Calculated including any related pari passu companion loans and any related subordinate companion loans but excluding any mezzanine debt.

The Ralph Lauren HQ New Jersey whole loan will be serviced by the master servicer and the special servicer pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction and is referred to in this prospectus as a “serviced whole loan“, and each related companion loan is referred to in this prospectus as a “serviced companion loan“.

Each servicing shift whole loan (a “servicing shift whole loan“, and the related mortgage loan, a “servicing shift mortgage loan“) will initially be serviced by the master

servicer and the special servicer pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction. From and after the date on which the related controlling companion loan is securitized (each, a “servicing shift securitization date“), it is anticipated that each servicing shift whole loan will be serviced under, and by the master servicer (a “servicing shift master servicer“) and the special servicer (a “servicing shift special servicer“) designated in, the related pooling and servicing agreement entered into in connection with such securitization (a “servicing shift pooling and servicing agreement“). Prior to the applicable servicing shift securitization date, each servicing shift whole loan will be a “serviced whole loan“, the related mortgage loan will be a “serviced mortgage loan” and the related companion loans will be “serviced companion loans”. On and after the applicable servicing shift securitization date, each servicing shift whole loan will be a “non-serviced whole loan“, the related mortgage loan will be a “non-serviced mortgage loan“ and the related companion loans will be “non-serviced companion loans“. As of the Closing Date, there will be no servicing shift whole loans.

Each whole loan identified in the table below will not be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction and instead will be serviced under a separate pooling and servicing agreement identified in the table below entered into in connection with the securitization of one or more related companion loan(s) and is referred to in this prospectus as a “non-serviced whole loan“. The related mortgage loan is referred to as a “non-serviced mortgage loan“ and the related companion loans are each referred to in this prospectus as a “non-serviced companion loan“ or collectively, as the “non-serviced companion loans”. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

Non-Serviced Whole Loans⁽¹⁾

Whole Loan Name	Transaction/Pooling Agreement	% of Initial Pool Balance	Master Servicer	Special Servicer	Trustee
Bellagio Hotel and Casino	BX 2019-OC11	9.9%	KeyBank National Association	Situs Holdings, LLC	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
55 Hudson Yards	Hudson Yards 2019-55HY	8.7%	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	CWCapital Asset Management LLC	Wilmington Trust, National Association
525 Market	MKT 2020-525M	8.1%	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Situs Holdings, LLC	Wilmington Trust, National Association
200 West 57th Street	BANK 2020-BNK26	7.3%	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	LNR Partners, LLC	Wilmington Trust, National Association
711 Fifth Avenue	GSMS 2020-GC47	7.0%	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	KeyBank National Association	Wilmington Trust, National Association
1633 Broadway	BWAY 2019-1633	6.5%	KeyBank National Association	Situs Holdings, LLC	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
560 Mission Street	BMARK 2020-B16	4.9%	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association	KeyBank National Association	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Whole Loan Name	Certificate Administrator	Custodian	Operating Advisor	Directing Holder
Bellagio Hotel and Casino	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC	CPPIB Credit Structured North America III, Inc.
55 Hudson Yards	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	N/A	BREIT Debt Investments L.L.C.
525 Market	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	N/A	PGIM, Inc.
200 West 57th Street	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC	Seer Capital Commercial Real Estate Debt Fund II, LTD.
711 Fifth Avenue	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC	LD II Holdco X, LLC, or an affiliate
1633 Broadway	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Pentalpha Surveillance LLC	Prima Capital Advisors LLC⁽²⁾
560 Mission Street	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC	Ellington Management Group, LLC or an affiliate

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Information in this table is presented as of the closing date of the related securitization or, if such securitization has not yet closed, reflects information regarding the expected parties to such securitization.

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With respect to the 1633 Broadway whole loan, the initial controlling notes are Note B-1, Note B-2, Note B-3 and Note B-4, which were contributed to the BWAY 2019-1633 securitization transaction. During the continuance of a control shift event relating to the BWAY 2019-1633 securitization transaction, Note A-1-C-1 will be the controlling note and the holder thereof (or the directing certificateholder (or equivalent) of a securitization of Note A-1-C-1) will be the directing party.

Mortgage Loan Characteristics

The following tables set forth certain anticipated characteristics of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date (unless otherwise indicated). Except as specifically provided in this prospectus, various information presented in this prospectus (including loan-to-value ratios, debt service coverage ratios, debt yields and cut-off date balances per net rentable square foot, pad, room or unit, as applicable) with respect to any mortgage loan with a pari passu companion loan or

subordinate companion loan is calculated including the principal balance and debt service payment of the related pari passu companion loan(s), but is calculated excluding the principal balance and debt service payment of any related subordinate companion loan (or any subordinate debt encumbering the related mortgaged property or any related mezzanine debt or preferred equity).

The sum of the numerical data in any column may not equal the indicated total due to rounding. Unless otherwise indicated, all figures and percentages presented in this “Summary of Terms” are calculated as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Calculations and Definitions” and, unless otherwise indicated, such figures and percentages are approximate and in each case, represent the indicated figure or percentage of the aggregate principal balance of the pool of mortgage loans as of the cut-off date. The principal balance of each mortgage loan as of the cut-off date assumes the timely receipt of principal scheduled to be paid on or before the cut-off date and no defaults, delinquencies or prepayments on, or modifications of, any mortgage loan on or prior to the cut-off date. Whenever percentages and other information in this prospectus are presented on the mortgaged property level rather than the mortgage loan level, the information for mortgage loans secured by more than one mortgaged property (or part of a group of more than one cross-collateralized mortgage loan) is based on allocated loan amounts as stated in Annex A-1.

The mortgage loans will have the following approximate characteristics as of the cut-off date:

Cut-off Date Mortgage Loan Characteristics

		All Mortgage Loans
	Initial Pool Balance⁽¹⁾	$617,857,668
	Number of mortgage loans	36
	Number of mortgaged properties	46
	Range of Cut-off Date Balances	$1,600,000 to $61,000,000
	Average Cut-off Date Balance	$17,162,713
	Range of Mortgage Rates	2.5890% to 4.0200%
	Weighted average Mortgage Rate	3.2480%
	Range of original terms to maturity⁽²⁾	120 months to 120 months
	Weighted average original term to maturity⁽²⁾	120 months
	Range of remaining terms to maturity⁽²⁾	114 months to 118 months
	Weighted average remaining term to maturity⁽²⁾	116 months
	Range of original amortization terms⁽³⁾	360 months to 360 months
	Weighted average original amortization term⁽³⁾	360 months
	Range of remaining amortization terms⁽³⁾	358 months to 360 months
	Weighted average remaining amortization term⁽³⁾	360 months
	Range of Cut-off Date LTV Ratios⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	14.5% to 73.2%
	Weighted average Cut-off Date LTV Ratio⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	51.0%
	Range of LTV Ratios as of the maturity date^(2)(4)(5)	14.5% to 69.1%
	Weighted average LTV Ratio as of the maturity date^(2)(4)(5)	50.3%
	Range of U/W NCF DSCRs^(5)(6)(7)	1.56x to 11.47x
	Weighted average U/W NCF DSCR^(5)(6)(7)	3.80x
	Range of U/W NOI Debt Yields⁽⁵⁾⁽⁷⁾	7.5% to 42.2%
	Weighted average U/W NOI Debt Yield⁽⁵⁾⁽⁷⁾	13.0%
	Percentage of Initial Pool Balance consisting of:
	Interest-only	92.3%
	Partial Interest-only	5.9%
	Amortizing Balloon	1.7%

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Subject to a permitted variance of plus or minus 5%.

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With respect to any mortgage loan with an anticipated repayment date, if any, calculated as of the related anticipated repayment date.

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Excludes 29 mortgage loans (92.3%) identified on Annex A-1, which are interest-only for the entire term or until the anticipated repayment date, as applicable.

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Loan-to-value ratios (such as, for example, the loan-to-value ratios as of the cut-off date and the loan-to-value ratios at the maturity date) with respect to the mortgage loans were generally calculated using “as-is” values (or any equivalent term) as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Calculations

and Definitions”; provided, that with respect to certain mortgage loans, the related loan-to-value ratios have been calculated using “as-complete”, “as-stabilized” or similar hypothetical values. In addition, with respect to certain mortgage loans secured by multiple mortgaged properties, the appraised value may be an “as portfolio” value that assigns a premium to the value of the mortgaged properties as a whole, which value exceeds the sum of their individual appraised values. Such mortgage loans are identified under the definition of “Appraised Value” set forth under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Calculations and Definitions—Definitions”. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Appraisals May Not Reflect Current or Future Market Value of Each Property”.

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In the case of mortgage loans that have one or more pari passu companion loans and/or subordinate companion loans that are not included in the issuing entity, the debt service coverage ratio, loan-to-value ratio and debt yield have been calculated including the related pari passu companion loan(s) but excluding any related subordinate companion loan. With respect to the Bellagio Hotel and Casino mortgage loan (9.9%), the related cut-off date loan-to-value ratio, loan-to-value ratio at maturity, underwritten net cash flow debt service coverage ratio and underwritten net operating income debt yield calculated including the related subordinate companion loans are 70.7%, 70.7%, 4.06x and 15.7%, respectively. See footnote (7) below for more information regarding the Bellagio Hotel and Casino mortgage loan. With respect to the 55 Hudson Yards mortgage loan (8.7%), the related loan-to-value ratio as of the cut-off date, loan-to-value ratio as of the maturity date, underwritten net cash flow debt service coverage ratio and underwritten net operating income debt yield calculated including the related subordinate companion loans are 51.9%, 51.9%, 2.69x and 8.3%, respectively. With respect to the 525 Market mortgage loan (8.1%), the related loan-to-value ratio as of the cut-off date, loan-to-value ratio as of the maturity date, underwritten net cash flow debt service coverage ratio and underwritten net operating income debt yield calculated including the related subordinate companion loans are 53.7%, 53.7%, 2.96x and 9.0%, respectively. With respect to the 1633 Broadway mortgage loan (6.5%) the related loan-to-value ratio as of the cut-off date, loan-to-value ratio as of the maturity date, underwritten net cash flow debt service coverage ratio and underwritten net operating income debt yield calculated including the related subordinate companion loans are 52.1%, 52.1%, 3.08x and 9.5%, respectively.

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Debt service coverage ratios (such as, for example, underwritten net cash flow debt service coverage ratios or underwritten net operating income debt service coverage ratios) are calculated based on “Annual Debt Service”, as defined under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Calculations and Definitions—Definitions”.

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With respect to the Bellagio Hotel and Casino mortgage loan (9.9%), the related Mortgaged Property is master leased and for so long as the master lease is in effect, the borrower is entitled to receive only rents from the master lease, and not the underlying rents and other receipts from the Mortgaged Property. Debt service coverage ratios and debt yields for such Mortgage Loan set forth in this prospectus are calculated on a “look through” basis, based on the underlying rents and receipts of the Mortgaged Property before payment of the master lease rent. The debt service coverage ratio and debt yield calculated based only on the master lease rent, are 2.19x and 8.1%, respectively.

All of the mortgage loans accrue interest on an actual/360 basis.

For further information regarding the mortgage loans, see “Description of the Mortgage Pool”.

Modified and Refinanced

Loans

None of the mortgage loans were modified due to a delinquency or were refinancings of loans in default at the time of refinancing and/or otherwise involved discounted pay-offs in connection with the origination of the mortgage loan. See “Description of the Mortgage

Pool—Loan Purpose; Default History, Bankruptcy Issues and Other Proceedings”.

Properties with Limited
Operating History		6 of the mortgaged properties (19.9%) (i) were constructed or the subject of a major renovation that was completed within 12 calendar months prior to the cut-off date or are leased fee properties and, therefore, the related mortgaged property has no or limited prior operating history, (ii) have a borrower or an affiliate under the related mortgage loan that acquired the related mortgaged property within 12 calendar months prior to the cut-off date and such borrower or affiliate was unable to provide the related mortgage loan seller with historical financial information for such acquired mortgaged property or (iii) are single tenant properties subject to triple-net leases with the related tenant where the related borrower did not provide the related mortgage loan seller with historical financial information for the related mortgaged property.

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Calculations and Definitions” and “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Mortgaged Properties With Limited Prior Operating History”.

Certain Variances from
Underwriting Standards		Each sponsor maintains its own set of underwriting guidelines, which typically relate to credit and collateral analysis, loan approval, debt service coverage ratio and loan-to-value ratio analysis, assessment of property condition, escrow requirements and requirements regarding title insurance policy and property insurance. Certain of the mortgage loans may vary from the related mortgage loan seller’s underwriting guidelines described under “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers”.

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Exceptions to Underwriting Guidelines”.

Additional Aspects of Certificates

Denominations

The offered certificates with certificate balances and the exchangeable certificates with notional amounts that are initially offered and sold to purchasers will be issued in minimum denominations of $10,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess of $10,000. The certificates with notional amounts (other than any exchangeable certificates) will be issued, maintained and transferred only in minimum denominations of authorized initial

notional amounts of not less than $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1 in excess of $1,000,000.

Registration, Clearance
and Settlement		Each class of offered certificates will initially be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC.

You may hold offered certificates through: (1) DTC in the United States; or (2) Clearstream Banking, S.A. or Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System. Transfers within DTC, Clearstream Banking, S.A. or Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System, will be made in accordance with the usual rules and operating procedures of those systems.

We may elect to terminate the book-entry system through DTC (with the consent of the DTC participants), Clearstream Banking, S.A. or Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System, with respect to all or any portion of any class of the offered certificates.

See “Description of the Certificates—Delivery, Form, Transfer and Denomination—Book-Entry Registration”.

U.S. Credit Risk Retention

For a discussion of the manner in which the U.S. credit risk retention requirements will be satisfied by Bank of America, National Association, as retaining sponsor, see “Credit Risk Retention”.

E.U. Credit Risk Retention

For a summary of the covenants and representations that Bank of America, National Association, Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will make for the benefit of the issuing entity, the depositor and the trustee with respect to retaining a material net economic interest in the securitization described in this prospectus for the purposes of the EU Risk Retention and Due Diligence Requirements described in this prospectus, see “Risk Factors—Other Risks Relating to the Certificates—EU Risk Retention and Due Diligence Requirements” and “Credit Risk Retention—EU Credit Risk Retention Agreement”. None of the depositor, the issuing entity, any mortgage loan seller, any originator, the certificate administrator, the trustee, the master servicer or the special servicer or any other person expects to comply or will be required to comply with Article 7 of the EU Securitization Regulation described in this prospectus. The requirements of the EU Securitization Regulation, including the EU Risk Retention and Due Diligence Requirements, are also applicable in the UK until the end of the transition period put in place in connection with the departure of the UK from the EU (currently scheduled to end on December 31, 2020).

Information Available to
Certificateholders		On each distribution date, the certificate administrator will prepare and make available to each certificateholder of record, initially expected to be Cede & Co., a statement as to the distributions being made on that date. Additionally, under certain circumstances, certificateholders of record may be entitled to certain other information regarding the issuing entity. See “Description of the Certificates—Reports to Certificateholders; Certain Available Information”.

Deal Information/Analytics

Certain information concerning the mortgage loans and the certificates will be available to certificateholders through:

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the certificate administrator’s website initially located at www.ctslink.com; and

may be available to certificateholders through:

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the master servicer’s websites initially located at www.wellsfargo.com/com/comintro.

Optional Termination

On any distribution date on which the aggregate principal balance of the pool of mortgage loans is less than 1.0% of the aggregate principal balance of the pool of mortgage loans as of the cut-off date, certain entities specified in this prospectus will have the option to purchase all of the remaining mortgage loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any mortgage loan) at the price specified in this prospectus.

The issuing entity may also be terminated in connection with a voluntary exchange of all the then-outstanding certificates (other than the Class V and Class R certificates and the RR Interest) and deemed payment of a price specified in this prospectus for the mortgage loans then held by the issuing entity, provided that (i) the Class A-1, Class A-SB, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-S trust components are no longer outstanding, (ii) there is only one holder (or multiple holders acting unanimously) of the outstanding certificates (other than the Class V and Class R certificates and the RR Interest), (iii) such holder (or holders) pay an amount equal to the RR Interest’s proportionate share of the price specified in this prospectus and (iv) the master servicer consent to the exchange.

See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Termination; Retirement of Certificates”.

Required Repurchases or
Substitutions of Mortgage
Loans; Loss of Value

Payment

Under certain circumstances, the related mortgage loan seller may be obligated to (i) repurchase (without payment of any yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium) or substitute an affected mortgage loan from the issuing entity or (ii) make a cash payment that would be deemed sufficient to compensate the issuing entity in the event of a document defect or a breach of a representation and warranty made by the related mortgage loan seller with respect to the mortgage loan in the related mortgage loan purchase agreement that materially and adversely affects the value of the mortgage loan, the value of the related mortgaged property or the interests of any certificateholders in the mortgage loan or mortgaged property or causes the mortgage loan to be other than a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective loan to be treated as a “qualified mortgage”). See “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements—General”.

Sale of Defaulted Loans

Pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, under certain circumstances the special servicer is required to use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for defaulted serviced mortgage loans (or a defaulted serviced whole loan and/or related REO properties) and, in the absence of a cash offer at least equal to its outstanding principal balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest and outstanding costs and expenses and certain other amounts under the pooling and servicing agreement, may accept the first (and, if multiple offers are received, the highest) cash offer from any person that constitutes a fair price for the defaulted serviced mortgage loan (or defaulted serviced whole loan) or related REO property, determined as described in “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Realization Upon Mortgage Loans” and “—Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties”, unless the special servicer determines, in accordance with the servicing standard (and subject to the requirements of any related intercreditor agreement), that rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the certificateholders and any related companion loan holder (as a collective whole as if such certificateholders and such companion loan holder constituted a single lender).

With respect to any non-serviced mortgage loan, if a related pari passu companion loan becomes a defaulted mortgage loan under the pooling and servicing

agreement for the related pari passu companion loan and the special servicer under the related pooling and servicing agreement for the related pari passu companion loan(s) determines to sell such pari passu companion loan(s), then that special servicer will be required to sell such non-serviced mortgage loan together with the related pari passu companion loan(s) and, in certain cases, any related subordinate companion loan(s) in a manner similar to that described above. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”.

Tax Status

Elections will be made to treat designated portions of the issuing entity (exclusive of any entitlement to interest that is deferred after the anticipated repayment date of each mortgage loan with an anticipated repayment date and amounts in the excess interest distribution account) as two separate REMICs – the lower-tier REMIC and the upper-tier REMIC – for federal income tax purposes.

In addition, the portion of the issuing entity consisting of the excess interest accrued on any mortgage loan with an anticipated repayment date, beneficial ownership of which is represented by the Class V certificates and the RR Interest, will be treated as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes (a “grantor trust”). The upper-tier REMIC will issue several classes of uncertificated REMIC regular interests, all of which will be held by the grantor trust. The grantor trust will issue the Exchangeable Certificates, all of which will represent beneficial ownership of one or more of REMIC “regular interests” issued by the upper-tier REMIC.

Pertinent federal income tax consequences of an investment in the offered certificates include:

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Each class of offered certificates will constitute REMIC “regular interests”.

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The offered certificates will be treated as newly originated debt instruments for federal income tax purposes.

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You will be required to report income on your offered certificates using the accrual method of accounting.

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It is anticipated that the Class certificates will be issued with original issue discount and that the Class certificates will be issued at a premium for federal income tax purposes.

See “Material Federal Income Tax Considerations”.

Certain ERISA

Considerations

Subject to important considerations described under “Certain ERISA Considerations”, the offered certificates are eligible for purchase by persons investing assets of employee benefit plans or individual retirement accounts.

Legal Investment

None of the certificates will constitute “mortgage related securities” for purposes of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended.

If your investment activities are subject to legal investment laws and regulations, regulatory capital requirements, or review by regulatory authorities, then you may be subject to restrictions on investment in the certificates. You should consult your own legal advisors for assistance in determining the suitability of and consequences to you of the purchase, ownership, and sale of the certificates.

The issuing entity will not be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The issuing entity will be relying on an exclusion or exemption from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, contained in Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available to the issuing entity. The issuing entity is being structured so as not to constitute a “covered fund” for purposes of the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act (both as defined in this prospectus).

See “Legal Investment”.

Ratings

The offered certificates will not be issued unless each of the offered classes receives a credit rating from one or more of the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations engaged by the depositor to rate the offered certificates. The decision not to engage one or more other rating agencies in the rating of certain classes of certificates to be issued in connection with this transaction may negatively impact the liquidity, market value and regulatory characteristics of those classes of certificates. Neither the depositor nor any other person or entity will have any duty to notify you if any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization issues, or delivers notice of its intention to issue, unsolicited ratings on one or more classes of certificates after the date of this prospectus.

See “Risk Factors—Other Risks Relating to the Certificates—Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations May Assign Different Ratings to the Certificates; Ratings of the Certificates Reflect Only the Views of the Applicable Rating Agencies as of the Dates Such Ratings Were Issued; Ratings May Affect ERISA Eligibility; Ratings May Be Downgraded” and “Ratings”.

Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the following risks before making an investment decision. In particular, distributions on your certificates will depend on payments received on, and other recoveries with respect to the mortgage loans. Therefore, you should carefully consider the risk factors relating to the mortgage loans and the mortgaged properties.

If any of the following events or circumstances identified as risks actually occur or materialize, your investment could be materially and adversely affected. We note that additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us may also impair your investment.

This prospectus also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks described below and elsewhere in this prospectus.

If you are considering an investment in a class of exchangeable certificates, you should carefully consider the risks that are specifically applicable to the related class(es) of certificates exchangeable therefor, since they would generally apply to your certificates if you make an exchange.

The Certificates May Not Be a Suitable Investment for You

The certificates will not be suitable investments for all investors. In particular, you should not purchase any class of certificates unless you understand and are able to bear the risk that the yield to maturity and the aggregate amount and timing of distributions on the certificates will be subject to material variability from period to period and give rise to the potential for significant loss over the life of the certificates. The interaction of the foregoing factors and their effects are impossible to predict and are likely to change from time to time. As a result, an investment in the certificates involves substantial risks and uncertainties and should be considered only by sophisticated institutional investors with substantial investment experience with similar types of securities and who have conducted appropriate due diligence on the mortgage loans, the mortgaged properties and the certificates.

Combination or “Layering” of Multiple Risks May Significantly Increase Risk of Loss

Although the various risks discussed in this prospectus are generally described separately, you should consider the potential effects of the interplay of multiple risk factors. Where more than one significant risk factor is present, the risk of loss to an investor in the certificates may be significantly increased.

Risks Related to Market Conditions and Other External Factors

Current Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans

There has been a global outbreak of a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and a related respiratory disease (“COVID-19”) that has spread throughout the world, including the United States, causing a global pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has been declared to be a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization, and

the president of the United States has made a declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. A significant number of countries and the majority of state governments in the United States have also made emergency declarations and have attempted to slow the spread of the virus by providing social distancing guidelines, issuing stay-at-home orders and mandating the closure of certain non-essential businesses. There can be no assurance as to when states will permit full resumption of economic activity, whether or when people will feel comfortable in resuming economic activity, that containment or other measures will be successful in limiting the spread of the virus or that future regional or broader outbreaks of COVID-19 or other diseases will not result in resumed or additional countermeasures from governments.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the responses thereto have led, and will likely continue to lead, to disruptions in global financial markets, significant increases in unemployment, significant reductions in consumer demand and downturns in the economies of many nations, including the United States, and the global economy in general. The long-term effects of the social, economic and financial disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are unknown. While the United States government and other governments have implemented unprecedented financial support and relief measures (such as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act), the effectiveness of such measures cannot be predicted. The United States economy has begun to contract, and it is unclear how large the contraction will be, how long it will last, and when economic expansion will resume.

With respect to the mortgage pool, it is unclear how many borrowers have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is expected that many borrowers will be (or continue to be) adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, borrowers may not and/or may be unable to meet their payment obligations under the mortgage loans, which may result in shortfalls in distributions of interest and/or principal to the holders of the certificates, and ultimately losses on the certificates. Shortfalls and losses will be particularly pronounced to the extent that the related mortgaged properties are located in geographic areas with significant numbers of COVID-19 cases or relatively restrictive COVID-19 countermeasures. Some borrowers may seek forbearance arrangements at some point in the near future (if they have not already made such requests). See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—COVID Considerations”. You should be prepared for the possibility that a significant number of borrowers will not make timely payments on their mortgage loans at some point during the continuance of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, the master servicer and the special servicer may implement a range of actions with respect to affected borrowers and the related mortgage loans to forbear or extend or otherwise modify the loan terms consistent with the applicable servicer’s customary servicing practices. Such actions may also lead to shortfalls and losses on the certificates.

Certain geographic regions of the United States, such as New York City, have experienced a larger concentration of COVID-19 infections and deaths than other regions, which is expected to result in lengthier stay-at-home orders than in other less-impacted regions. However, as the COVID-19 emergency has continued, various regions of the United States have seen fluctuations in rates of COVID-19 cases. Therefore, we cannot assure you that any region will not experience an increase in such rates, and corresponding governmental countermeasures and economic distress.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has created personnel, supply-chain and other logistical issues that affect all property types, the effects are particularly severe for certain property types. For example:

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hospitality properties, due to travel limitations implemented by governments and businesses as well as reduced interest in travel generally;

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retail properties, due to store closures, either government-mandated or voluntary, tenants refusing to pay rent, and restrictions on and reduced interest in social gatherings, on which retail properties rely;

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self-storage properties, which have rental payment streams that are sensitive to increased unemployment and reductions in disposable income available for non-essential expenses, and which payment streams are more commonly subject to interruption because of the short-term nature of self-storage tenant leases;

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multifamily and manufactured housing community properties, which also have rental payment streams that are sensitive to unemployment and reductions in disposable income, as well as federal, state and local moratoria on eviction proceedings and other mandated tenant forbearance programs, and with respect to student housing properties, may be affected by closures of, or ongoing social distancing measures instituted at, colleges and universities;

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industrial properties, due to restrictions or shutdowns of tenant operations at such properties or as a result of general financial distress of such tenants;

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office properties, particularly those with significant tenants that operate co-working or office-sharing spaces, due to restrictions on and reduced interest in such spaces, which risk is enhanced by the fact that subtenants of such spaces typically operate under short term leases; and

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properties with significant tenants with executed leases that are not yet in place and whose leases are conditioned on tenant improvements being completed, the delivery of premises, or the vacancy of a current tenant by a date certain, due to lack of access to the mortgaged property and disruptions in labor and the global supply chain.

Investors should understand that the underwriting of the mortgage loans and the appraisals and property condition reports for each mortgaged property were conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and therefore may not reflect current conditions with respect to the mortgaged properties or the borrowers. When evaluating the financial information, occupancy percentages and mortgaged property valuations presented in this prospectus (including certain information set forth in “Summary of Certificates”, “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics”, “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Calculations and Definitions”, Annex A-1, Annex A-2 and Annex A-3), investors should take into consideration the dates as of which historical financial information and occupancy percentages are presented and appraisals and property condition reports were conducted and that the underwritten information may not reflect (or fully reflect) the events described in this risk factor or any potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because a pandemic of the scale and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic has not occurred in recent history, historical delinquency and loss experience is unlikely to accurately predict the performance of the mortgage loans in the mortgage pool. Investors should expect higher-than-average delinquencies and losses on the mortgage loans. The aggregate number and size of delinquent loans in a given collection period may be significant, and the master servicer may determine that advances of payments on such mortgage loans are not or would not be recoverable or may not be able to make such advances given the severity of delinquencies (in this transaction or other transactions), which would result in shortfalls and losses on the certificates. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Definitions”.

In addition, businesses are adjusting their business plans in response to government actions and new industry practices in order to change how, how many and from where staff members work. Such changes may lead to reduced or modified levels of service, including in the services provided by the master servicer, the certificate administrator and the other parties to this transaction. Such parties’ ability to perform their respective obligations under the transaction documents may be adversely affected by such changes. Furthermore, because the master servicer and special servicer operate according to a servicing standard that is in part based on accepted industry practices, the servicing actions taken by such parties may vary from historical norms to the extent that such accepted industry practices change.

We cannot assure you that declining economic conditions precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures implemented by governments to combat the pandemic will not result in downgrades to the ratings of the certificates.

The mortgage loan sellers will agree to make certain limited representations and warranties with respect to the mortgage loans as set forth on Annex D-1 hereto; however, absent a breach of such a representation or warranty, no mortgage loan seller will have any obligation to repurchase a mortgage loan with respect to which the related borrower was adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. See also “—Other Risks Relating to the Certificates—Sponsors May Not Make Required Repurchases or Substitutions of Defective Mortgage Loans or Pay Any Loss of Value Payment Sufficient to Cover All Losses on a Defective Mortgage Loan” below.

Tenants may be unable to meet their rent obligations as a result of extended periods of unemployment and business slowdowns and shutdowns. Accordingly, tenants at the mortgaged properties have sought and are expected to continue to seek rent relief at the mortgaged properties, and it would be expected that rent collections and/or occupancy rates may decline. Even as areas of the country reopen, there can be no assurance as to if and when the operations of commercial tenants and the income earning capacity of residential tenants will reach pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. Prospective investors should also consider as the country reopens the impact that a surge in COVID-19 cases could have on economic conditions.

Some borrowers may seek forbearance arrangements at some point in the near future, if they have not already sought such arrangements. We cannot assure you that the borrowers will be able to make debt service payments (including deferred amounts that were previously subject to forbearance) after the expiration of any such forbearance period. Some borrowers may also seek to use funds on deposit in reserve or escrow accounts to make debt service payments, rather than for the explicit purpose set forth in the mortgage loan documents. We cannot assure you that the cash flow at the mortgaged properties will be sufficient for the borrowers to replenish those reserves or escrows, which would then be unavailable for their original intended use.

In addition, servicers have reported an increase in borrower requests as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is likely that the volume of requests will continue to increase as the COVID-19 pandemic progresses. The increased volume of borrower requests and communication may result in delays in the servicers’ ability to respond to such requests and their ability to perform their respective obligations under the related transaction documents.

The borrowers have provided additional information regarding the status of the mortgage loans and mortgaged properties. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—COVID Considerations” and see also Annex A-3 for additional information at the mortgaged properties securing the 15 largest mortgage loans or groups of cross-collateralized

mortgage loans. We cannot assure you that the information in that section is indicative of future performance or that tenants or borrowers will not seek rent or debt service relief (including forbearance arrangements) or other lease or loan modifications in the future. Such actions may lead to shortfalls and losses on the certificates.

Although the borrowers and certain tenants may have made their May 2020 debt service and rent payments, we cannot assure you that they will be able to make future payments. While certain mortgage loans may provide for debt service or rent reserves, we cannot assure you that any such reserve will be sufficient to satisfy any or all debt service payments on the affected mortgage loans.

Furthermore, we cannot assure you that future failure to make rent or debt service payments or restrictions on occupancy or operations will not trigger cash sweeps or defaults under the mortgage loan documents.

The widespread and cascading effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including those described above, also heighten many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section, such as those related to timely payments by borrowers and tenants, mortgaged property values and the performance, market value, credit ratings and secondary market liquidity of your certificates.

The Volatile Economy, Credit Crisis and Downturn in the Real Estate Market Have Adversely Affected and May Continue To Adversely Affect the Value of CMBS

The real estate and securitization markets, including the market for commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), have from time to time experienced significant dislocations, illiquidity and volatility. We cannot assure you that another dislocation in CMBS will not occur.

Any economic downturn may adversely affect the financial resources of borrowers under commercial mortgage loans and may result in their inability to make payments on, or refinance, their outstanding mortgage debt when due or to sell their mortgaged properties for an aggregate amount sufficient to pay off the outstanding debt when due. As a result, distributions of principal and interest on your certificates, and the value of your certificates, could be adversely affected.

Other Events May Affect the Value and Liquidity of Your Investment

Moreover, other types of events, domestic or international, may affect general economic conditions and financial markets:

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Wars, revolts, terrorist attacks, armed conflicts, energy supply or price disruptions, political crises, pandemics, natural disasters and man-made disasters may have an adverse effect on the mortgaged properties and/or your certificates; and

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Trading activity associated with indices of CMBS may drive spreads on those indices wider than spreads on CMBS, thereby resulting in a decrease in value of such CMBS, including your certificates, and spreads on those indices may be affected by a variety of factors, and may or may not be affected for reasons involving the commercial and multifamily real estate markets and may be affected for reasons that are unknown and cannot be discerned.

You should consider that the foregoing factors may adversely affect the performance of the mortgage loans and accordingly the performance of the offered certificates.

Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans

Mortgage Loans Are Non-Recourse and Are Not Insured or Guaranteed

The mortgage loans are not insured or guaranteed by any person or entity, governmental or otherwise.

Investors should treat each mortgage loan as a non-recourse loan. If a default occurs on a non-recourse loan, recourse generally may be had only against the specific mortgaged properties and other assets that have been pledged to secure the mortgage loan. Consequently, payment prior to maturity is dependent primarily on the sufficiency of the net operating income of the mortgaged property. Payment at maturity or anticipated repayment date is primarily dependent upon the market value of the mortgaged property or the borrower’s ability to refinance or sell the mortgaged property.

Although the mortgage loans generally are non-recourse in nature, certain mortgage loans contain non-recourse carveouts for liabilities such as liabilities as a result of fraud by the borrower, certain voluntary insolvency proceedings or other matters. Certain mortgage loans set forth under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Non-Recourse Carveout Limitations” either do not contain non-recourse carveouts or contain material limitations to non-recourse carveouts. Often these obligations are guaranteed by an affiliate of the related borrower, although liability under any such guaranty may be capped or otherwise limited in amount or scope. Furthermore, certain guarantors may be foreign entities or individuals which, while subject to the domestic governing law provisions in the guaranty and related mortgage loan documents, could nevertheless require enforcement of any judgment in relation to a guaranty in a foreign jurisdiction, which could, in turn, cause a significant time delay or result in the inability to enforce the guaranty under foreign law. Additionally, the guarantor’s net worth and liquidity may be less (and in some cases, materially and substantially less) than amounts due under the related mortgage loan or the guarantor’s sole asset may be its interest in the related borrower. Moreover, certain mortgage loans may permit the replacement of the guarantor subject to the requirements set forth in the related mortgage loan documents. Certain mortgage loans may have the benefit of a general payment guaranty of a portion of the indebtedness under the mortgage loan.

With respect to certain of the mortgage loans the related guaranty and/or environmental indemnity contains provisions to the effect that, provided certain conditions are satisfied, the recourse liability of the guarantor will not apply to any action, event or condition arising after the foreclosure, delivery of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, or appointment of a receiver, of the mortgaged property, pursuant to such mortgage loan and/or after the foreclosure, acceptance of a transfer in lieu of foreclosure or appointment of a receiver by a mezzanine lender under any related mezzanine loan.

The non-recourse carveout provisions contained in certain of the mortgage loan documents may also limit the liability of the non-recourse carveout guarantor for certain monetary obligations or covenants related to the use and operation of the mortgaged property to the extent that there is sufficient cash flow generated by the mortgaged property and made available to the related borrower and/or non-recourse carveout guarantor to take or prevent such required action.

In all cases, the mortgage loans should be considered to be non-recourse obligations because neither the depositor nor the sponsors make any representation or warranty as to the obligation or ability of any borrower or guarantor to pay any deficiencies between any foreclosure proceeds and the mortgage loan indebtedness.

Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally

The mortgage loans will be secured by various income-producing commercial and multifamily properties. The repayment of a commercial or multifamily loan is typically dependent upon the ability of the related mortgaged property to produce cash flow through the collection of rents. Even the liquidation value of a commercial property is determined, in substantial part, by the capitalization of the property’s ability to produce cash flow. However, net operating income can be volatile and may be insufficient to cover debt service on the loan at any given time.

The net operating incomes and property values of the mortgaged properties may be adversely affected by a large number of factors. Some of these factors relate to the properties themselves, such as:

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the age, design and construction quality of the properties;

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perceptions regarding the safety, convenience and attractiveness of the properties, including perceptions as to crime, risk of terrorism or other factors;

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the characteristics and desirability of the area where the property is located;

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the strength and nature of the local economy, including labor costs and quality, tax environment and quality of life for employees;

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the proximity and attractiveness of competing properties;

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the adequacy of the property’s management and maintenance;

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increases in interest rates, real estate taxes and operating expenses at the property and in relation to competing properties;

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an increase in the capital expenditures needed to maintain the properties or make improvements;

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the dependence upon a single tenant or concentration of tenants in a particular business or industry;

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a decline in the businesses operated by tenants or in their financial condition;

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an increase in vacancy rates; and

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a decline in rental rates as leases are renewed or entered into with new tenants.

Other factors are more general in nature, such as:

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national or regional economic conditions, including plant closings, military base closings, industry slowdowns, oil and/or gas drilling facility slowdowns or closings and unemployment rates;

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local real estate conditions, such as an oversupply of competing properties, retail space, office space, multifamily housing or hotel capacity;

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demographic factors;

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consumer confidence;

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consumer tastes and preferences;

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political factors;

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environmental factors;

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seismic activity risk;

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retroactive changes in building codes;

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changes or continued weakness in specific industry segments;

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location of certain mortgaged properties in less densely populated or less affluent areas; and

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the public perception of safety for customers and clients.

The volatility of net operating income will be influenced by many of the foregoing factors, as well as by:

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the length of tenant leases (including that in certain cases, all or substantially all of the tenants, or one or more sole, anchor or other major tenants, at a particular mortgaged property may have leases that expire or permit the tenant(s) to terminate its lease during the term of the loan);

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the quality and creditworthiness of tenants;

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tenant defaults;

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in the case of rental properties, the rate at which new rentals occur; and

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the property’s “operating leverage”, which is generally the percentage of total property expenses in relation to revenue, the ratio of fixed operating expenses to those that vary with revenues, and the level of capital expenditures required to maintain the property and to retain or replace tenants.

A decline in the real estate market or in the financial condition of a major tenant will tend to have a more immediate effect on the net operating income of properties with relatively higher operating leverage or short term revenue sources, such as short term or month to month leases, and may lead to higher rates of delinquency or defaults.

Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases

General

Any tenant may, from time to time, experience a downturn in its business, which may weaken its financial condition and result in a reduction or failure to make rental payments when due. Tenants under certain leases included in the underwritten net cash flow, underwritten net operating income or occupancy may nonetheless be in financial distress. If tenants’ sales were to decline, percentage rents may decline and, further, tenants may be unable to pay their base rent or other occupancy costs. If a tenant defaults in its

obligations to a property owner, that property owner may experience delays in enforcing its rights as lessor and may incur substantial costs and experience significant delays associated with protecting its investment, including costs incurred in renovating and reletting the property.

Additionally, the income from, and market value of, the mortgaged properties leased to various tenants would be adversely affected if:

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space in the mortgaged properties could not be leased or re-leased or substantial re-leasing costs were required and/or the cost of performing landlord obligations under existing leases materially increased;

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leasing or re-leasing is restricted by exclusive rights of tenants to lease the mortgaged properties or other covenants not to lease space for certain uses or activities, or covenants limiting the types of tenants to which space may be leased;

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a significant tenant were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case;

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rental payments could not be collected for any other reason; or

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a borrower fails to perform its obligations under a lease resulting in the related tenant having a right to terminate such lease.

In addition, certain tenants may be part of a chain that is in financial distress as a whole, or the tenant’s parent company may have implemented or expressed an intent to implement a plan to consolidate or reorganize its operations, close a number of stores in the chain, reduce exposure, relocate stores or otherwise reorganize its business to cut costs.

There may be (and there may exist from time to time) pending or threatened legal proceedings against, or disputes with, certain tenants and/or their parent companies that may have a material adverse effect on the related tenant’s ability to pay rent or remain open for business. We cannot assure you that any such litigation or dispute will not result in a material decline in net operating income at the related mortgaged property.

Certain tenants currently may be in a rent abatement period. We cannot assure you that such tenants will be in a position to pay full rent when the abatement period expires. We cannot assure you that the net operating income contributed by the mortgaged properties will remain at its current or past levels.

A Tenant Concentration May Result in Increased Losses

Mortgaged properties that are owner-occupied or leased to a single tenant, or a tenant that makes up a significant portion of the rental income, also are more susceptible to interruptions of cash flow if that tenant’s business operations are negatively impacted or if such tenant fails to renew its lease. This is so because:

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the financial effect of the absence of rental income may be severe;

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more time may be required to re-lease the space; and

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substantial capital costs may be incurred to make the space appropriate for replacement tenants.

In the event of a default by that tenant, if the related lease expires prior to the mortgage loan maturity date and the related tenant fails to renew its lease or if such tenant

exercises an early termination option, there would likely be an interruption of rental payments under the lease and, accordingly, insufficient funds available to the borrower to pay the debt service on the mortgage loan. In certain cases where the tenant owns the improvements on the mortgaged property, the related borrower may be required to purchase such improvements in connection with the exercise of its remedies.

With respect to certain of these mortgaged properties that are leased to a single tenant, the related leases may expire prior to, or soon after, the maturity dates of the mortgage loans or the related tenant may have the right to terminate the lease prior to the maturity date of the mortgage loan. If the current tenant does not renew its lease on comparable economic terms to the expired lease, if a single tenant terminates its lease or if a suitable replacement tenant does not enter into a new lease on similar economic terms, there could be a negative impact on the payments on the related mortgage loan.

A deterioration in the financial condition of a tenant, the failure of a tenant to renew its lease or the exercise by a tenant of an early termination right can be particularly significant if a mortgaged property is owner-occupied, leased to a single tenant, or if any tenant makes up a significant portion of the rental income at the mortgaged property.

Concentrations of particular tenants among the mortgaged properties or within a particular business or industry at one or multiple mortgaged properties increase the possibility that financial problems with such tenants or such business or industry sectors could affect the mortgage loans. In addition, the mortgage loans may be adversely affected if a tenant at the mortgaged property is highly specialized, or dependent on a single industry or only a few customers for its revenue. See “—Tenant Bankruptcy Could Result in a Rejection of the Related Lease“ below, and “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Tenant Issues—Tenant Concentrations” for information on tenant concentrations in the mortgage pool.

Mortgaged Properties Leased to Multiple Tenants Also Have Risks

If a mortgaged property has multiple tenants, re-leasing expenditures may be more frequent than in the case of mortgaged properties with fewer tenants, thereby reducing the cash flow available for payments on the related mortgage loan. Multi-tenant mortgaged properties also may experience higher continuing vacancy rates and greater volatility in rental income and expenses. See Annex A-1 for tenant lease expiration dates for the 5 largest tenants at each mortgaged property.

Mortgaged Properties Leased to Borrowers or Borrower Affiliated Entities Also Have Risks

If a mortgaged property is leased in whole or substantial part to the borrower under the mortgage loan or to an affiliate of the borrower, there may be conflicts of interest. For instance, it is more likely a landlord will waive lease conditions for an affiliated tenant than it would for an unaffiliated tenant. We cannot assure you that the conflicts of interest arising where a borrower is affiliated with a tenant at a mortgaged property will not adversely impact the value of the related mortgage loan.

In certain cases, an affiliated lessee may be a tenant under a master lease with the related borrower, under which the tenant is obligated to make rent payments but does not occupy any space at the mortgaged property. Master leases in these circumstances may be used to bring occupancy to a “stabilized” level with the intent of finding additional tenants to occupy some or all of the master leased space, but may not provide additional economic support for the mortgage loan. If a mortgaged property is leased in whole or substantial

part to the borrower or to an affiliate of the borrower, a deterioration in the financial condition of the borrower or its affiliate could significantly affect the borrower’s ability to perform under the mortgage loan as it would directly interrupt the cash flow from the mortgaged property if the borrower’s or its affiliate’s financial condition worsens. We cannot assure you that any space leased by a borrower or an affiliate of the borrower will eventually be occupied by third party tenants.

Sale-Leaseback Transactions Have Special Risks

The Bellagio Hotel and Casino (9.9%) mortgaged property was the subject of a sale-leaseback transaction in connection with the acquisition of such property by the related borrower. Such mortgaged property is leased to the former owner of the mortgaged property. A bankruptcy with respect to a tenant in a sale-leaseback transaction could result in the related lease being recharacterized as a loan from the borrower to the tenant. If the lease were recharacterized as a loan, the lease would be a deemed loan and the tenant would gain a number of potential benefits in a bankruptcy case. The tenant could retain possession of the mortgaged property during the pendency of its bankruptcy case without having to comply with the ongoing post-petition rent requirements of section 365(d)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, which requires a tenant to start paying rent within 60 days following the commencement of its bankruptcy case, while deciding whether to assume or reject a lease of nonresidential real property. The tenant desiring to remain in possession of the mortgaged property would not have to assume the lease within 210 days following the commencement of its bankruptcy case pursuant to section 365(d)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code or comply with the conditions precedent to assumption, including curing all defaults compensating for damages and giving adequate assurance of future performance. To the extent the deemed loan is under-secured, the tenant would be able to limit the secured claim to the then-current value of the mortgaged property and treat the balance as a general unsecured claim. The tenant also might assert that the entire claim on the deemed loan is an unsecured claim. In Liona Corp., Inc. v. PCH Associates (In re PCH Associates), 949 F.2d 585 (2d Cir. 1991), the court considered the effect of recharacterizing a saleleaseback transaction as a financing rather than a true lease. The court held that the landlord’s record title to the leased property should be treated as an equitable mortgage securing the deemed loan. Under the reasoning of that case, if a lease were recharacterized as a loan, the related borrower would have a claim against the tenant secured by an equitable mortgage. That secured claim has been collaterally assigned to the mortgagee; however, the legal authority considering the effects of such a recharacterization is limited, and we cannot assure you that a bankruptcy court would follow the reasoning of the PCH Associates case. There is also a risk that a tenant that files for bankruptcy protection may reject the related lease. Pursuant to section 502(b)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, a lessor’s damages for lease rejection are limited to the amount owed for the unpaid rent reserved under the lease for the periods prior to the bankruptcy petition (or earlier surrender of the leased premises) which are unrelated to the rejection, plus the greater of one year’s rent or 15% of the remaining rent reserved under the lease (but not to exceed three years’ rent).

Tenant Bankruptcy Could Result in a Rejection of the Related Lease

The bankruptcy or insolvency of a major tenant or a number of smaller tenants, such as in retail properties, may have an adverse impact on the mortgaged properties affected and the income produced by such mortgaged properties. Under the federal bankruptcy code, a tenant has the option of assuming or rejecting or, subject to certain conditions, assuming and assigning to a third party, any unexpired lease. If the tenant rejects the lease, the landlord’s claim for breach of the lease would (absent collateral securing the claim) be treated as a general unsecured claim against the tenant and a lessor’s damages for lease

rejection are generally subject to certain limitations. We cannot assure you that tenants of the mortgaged properties will continue making payments under their leases or that tenants will not file for bankruptcy protection in the future or, if any tenants do file, that they will continue to make rental payments in a timely manner. See “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Bankruptcy Laws”. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Loan Purpose; Default History, Bankruptcy Issues and Other Proceedings” for information regarding bankruptcy issues with respect to certain mortgage loans.

In the case of certain mortgage loans included in the mortgage pool, it may be possible that the related master lease could be construed in a bankruptcy as a financing lease or other arrangement under which the related master lessee (and/or its affiliates) would be deemed as effectively the owner of the related mortgaged property, rather than a tenant, which could result in potentially adverse consequences for the trust, as the holder of such mortgage loan, including treatment of the mortgage loan as an unsecured obligation, a potentially greater risk of an unfavorable plan of reorganization and competing claims of creditors of the related master lessee and/or its affiliates.

Leases That Are Not Subordinated to the Lien of the Mortgage or Do Not Contain Attornment Provisions May Have an Adverse Impact at Foreclosure

In certain jurisdictions, if tenant leases are subordinated to the liens created by the mortgage but do not contain attornment provisions that require the tenant to recognize a successor owner, the tenants may terminate their leases upon the transfer of the property to a foreclosing lender or purchaser at foreclosure. Accordingly, if a mortgaged property is located in such a jurisdiction and is leased to one or more desirable tenants under leases that are subordinate to the mortgage and do not contain attornment provisions, such mortgaged property could experience a further decline in value if such tenants’ leases were terminated. This is particularly likely if those tenants were paying above-market rents or could not be replaced. If a lease is not subordinate to a mortgage, the issuing entity will not possess the right to dispossess the tenant upon foreclosure of the mortgaged property (unless otherwise agreed to with the tenant). Also, if the lease contains provisions inconsistent with the mortgage (e.g., provisions relating to application of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards) or which could affect the enforcement of the lender’s rights (e.g., a right of first refusal to purchase the property), the provisions of the lease will take precedence over the provisions of the mortgage. Not all leases were reviewed to ascertain the existence of attornment or subordination provisions.

With respect to certain of the mortgage loans, the related borrower may have given to certain tenants or others an option to purchase, a right of first refusal and/or a right of first offer to purchase all or a portion of the mortgaged property in the event a sale is contemplated, and such right is not subordinate to the related mortgage. This may impede the mortgagee’s ability to sell the related mortgaged property at foreclosure, or, upon foreclosure, this may affect the value and/or marketability of the related mortgaged property. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Tenant Issues—Purchase Options and Rights of First Refusal” for information regarding material purchase options and/or rights of first refusal, if any, with respect to mortgaged properties securing certain mortgage loans.

Early Lease Termination Options May Reduce Cash Flow

Leases often give tenants the right to terminate the related lease, abate or reduce the related rent, and/or exercise certain remedies against the related borrower for various reasons or upon various conditions, including:

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if the borrower for the applicable mortgaged property allows uses at the mortgaged property in violation of use restrictions in current tenant leases,

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if the borrower or any of its affiliates owns other properties within a certain radius of the mortgaged property and allows uses at those properties in violation of use restrictions,

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if the related borrower fails to provide a designated number of parking spaces,

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if there is construction at the related mortgaged property or an adjacent property (whether or not such adjacent property is owned or controlled by the borrower or any of its affiliates) that may interfere with visibility of, access to or a tenant’s use of the mortgaged property or otherwise violate the terms of a tenant’s lease,

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upon casualty or condemnation with respect to all or a portion of the mortgaged property that renders such mortgaged property unsuitable for a tenant’s use or if the borrower fails to rebuild such mortgaged property within a certain time,

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if a tenant’s use is not permitted by zoning or applicable law,

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if the tenant is unable to exercise an expansion right,

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if the landlord defaults on its obligations under the lease,

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if a landlord leases space at the mortgaged property or within a certain radius of the mortgaged property to a competitor,

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if the tenant fails to meet certain sales targets or other business objectives for a specified period of time,

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if significant tenants at the subject property go dark or terminate their leases, or if a specified percentage of the mortgaged property is unoccupied,

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if the landlord violates the tenant’s exclusive use rights for a specified period of time,

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if the related borrower violates covenants under the related lease or if third parties take certain actions that adversely affect such tenants’ business or operations,

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in the case of government sponsored tenants, at any time or for lack of appropriations, or

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if the related borrower violates covenants under the related lease or if third parties take certain actions that adversely affect such tenants’ business or operations.

In certain cases, compliance or satisfaction of landlord covenants may be the responsibility of a third party affiliated with the borrower or, in the event that partial releases of the applicable mortgaged property are permitted, an unaffiliated or affiliated third party.

Any exercise of a termination right by a tenant at a mortgaged property could result in vacant space at the related mortgaged property, renegotiation of the lease with the related tenant or re-letting of the space. Any such vacated space may not be re-let. Furthermore, such foregoing termination and/or abatement rights may arise in the future or materially adversely affect the related borrower’s ability to meet its obligations under the related mortgage loan documents. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Tenant Issues—Lease Expirations and Terminations” for information on material tenant lease expirations and early termination options.

Mortgaged Properties Leased to Not-for-Profit Tenants Also Have Risks

Certain mortgaged properties may have tenants that are charitable institutions that generally rely on contributions from individuals and government grants or other subsidies to pay rent on office space and other operating expenses. We cannot assure you that the rate, frequency and level of individual contributions or governmental grants and subsidies will continue with respect to any such institution. A reduction in contributions or grants may impact the ability of the related institution to pay rent, and we cannot assure you that the related borrower will be in a position to meet its obligations under the related mortgage loan documents if such tenant fails to pay its rent.

Office Properties Have Special Risks

In addition to the factors discussed in “—Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally“ and “—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases” above, other factors may adversely affect the financial performance and value of office properties, including:

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the physical attributes of the building in relation to competing buildings (e.g., age, condition, design, appearance, access to transportation and ability to offer certain amenities, such as sophisticated building systems and/or business wiring requirements);

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the adaptability of the building to changes in the technological needs of the tenants;

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an adverse change in population, patterns of telecommuting or sharing of office space, and employment growth (which creates demand for office space); and

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in the case of a medical office property, (a) the proximity of such property to a hospital or other healthcare establishment, (b) reimbursements for patient fees from private or government sponsored insurers, (c) its ability to attract doctors and nurses to be on staff, and (d) its ability to afford and acquire the latest medical equipment. Issues related to reimbursement (ranging from nonpayment to delays in payment) from such insurers could adversely impact cash flow at such mortgaged property.

Moreover, the cost of refitting office space for a new tenant is often higher than the cost of refitting other types of properties for new tenants.

In addition, in the case of tenants that offer co-working or office-sharing space designed for multiple, unaffiliated space users, licenses or subleases of space to users are generally of shorter-term duration, and user turnover is generally greater than with typical office leases. Co-working tenants may experience higher operating costs than typical office tenants, and revenues may lag expenses until the co-working space is filled out. Shorter-

term space leases and users may be more impacted by economic fluctuations compared to traditional long term office leases. Further, if office rents decrease, shorter-term space users may move to properties with lower rent, while co-working tenants would be left with longer-term lease obligations. Additionally, if there is a concentration of subleases of the co-working space to a single tenant or affiliated tenants, expiration or termination of such subleases may leave a large block of the co-working space unoccupied. The foregoing factors may subject the related mortgage loan to increased risk of default and loss.

If one or more major tenants at a particular office property were to close or remain vacant, we cannot assure you that such tenants would be replaced in a timely manner or without incurring material additional costs to the related borrower and resulting in an adverse effect on the financial performance of the property.

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Office Properties”.

Self Storage Properties Have Special Risks

In addition to the factors discussed in “—Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally” above, other factors may adversely affect the financial performance and value of self storage properties, including:

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decreased demand;

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lack of proximity to apartment complexes or commercial users;

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apartment tenants moving to single family homes;

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decline in services rendered, including security;

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dependence on business activity ancillary to renting units;

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security concerns;

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age of improvements; or

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competition or other factors.

Self storage properties are considered vulnerable to competition, because both acquisition costs and break-even occupancy are relatively low. The conversion of self storage facilities to alternative uses would generally require substantial capital expenditures. Thus, if the operation of any of the self storage properties becomes unprofitable, the liquidation value of that self storage mortgaged property may be substantially less, relative to the amount owing on the mortgage loan, than if the self storage mortgaged property were readily adaptable to other uses.

Tenants at self storage properties tend to require and receive privacy, anonymity and efficient access, each of which may heighten environmental and other risks related to such property as the borrower may be unaware of the contents in any self storage unit. No environmental assessment of a self storage mortgaged property included an inspection of the contents of the self storage units at that mortgaged property, and there is no assurance that all of the units included in the self storage mortgaged properties are free from hazardous substances or other pollutants or contaminants or will remain so in the future.

Certain mortgage loans secured by self storage properties may be affiliated with a franchise company through a franchise agreement. The performance of a self storage property affiliated with a franchise company may be affected by the continued existence and financial strength of the franchisor, the public perception of a service mark, and the duration of the franchise agreement. The transferability of franchise license agreements is restricted. In the event of a foreclosure, the lender or its agent would not have the right to use the franchise license without the franchisor’s consent. In addition, certain self storage properties may derive a material portion of revenue from business activities ancillary to self storage such as truck rentals, parking fees and similar activities which require special use permits or other discretionary zoning approvals. See Annex A-1 and the footnotes related thereto.

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Self Storage Properties”.

Retail Properties Have Special Risks

Certain of the mortgage loans are secured by retail properties. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Retail Properties”. The value of retail properties is significantly affected by the quality of the tenants as well as fundamental aspects of real estate, such as location and market demographics, as well as changes in shopping methods and choices. Some of the risks related to these matters are further described in “—Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally“ and
“—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases” above, “—Changes in the Retail Sector, Such as Online Shopping and Other Uses of Technology, Could Affect the Business Models and Viability of Retailers”, “—The Performance of the Retail Properties is Subject to Conditions Affecting the Retail Sector” and “—Some Retail Properties Depend on Anchor Stores or Major Tenants to Attract Shoppers and Could be Materially Adversely Affected by the Loss of, or a Store Closure by, One or More of These Anchor Stores or Major Tenants” below.

Rental payments from tenants of retail properties typically comprise the largest portion of the net operating income of those mortgaged properties. The correlation between success of tenant business and a retail property’s value may be more direct with respect to retail properties than other types of commercial property because a component of the total rent paid by certain retail tenants is often tied to a percentage of gross sales. To the extent that a tenant changes the manner in which its gross sales are reported it could result in lower rent paid by that tenant. For example, if a tenant takes into account customer returns of merchandise purchased online and reduces the gross sales, this could result in lower gross sales relative to gross sales previously reported at that location even if the actual performance of the store remained unchanged. We cannot assure you that the net operating income contributed by the retail mortgaged properties or the rates of occupancy at the retail stores will remain at the levels specified in this prospectus or remain consistent with past performance.

Changes in the Retail Sector, Such as Online Shopping and Other Uses of Technology, Could Affect the Business Models and Viability of Retailers.

Online shopping and the use of technology, such as smartphone shopping applications, to transact purchases or to aid purchasing decisions have increased in recent years and are expected to continue to increase in the future. This trend is affecting business models, sales and profitability of some retailers and could adversely affect the demand for retail real estate and occupancy at retail properties securing the mortgage loans. Any resulting

decreases in rental revenue could have a material adverse effect on the value of retail properties securing the mortgage loans.

Some of these developments in the retail sector have led to retail companies, including several national retailers, filing for bankruptcy and/or voluntarily closing certain of their stores. Borrowers may be unable to re-lease such space or to re-lease it on comparable or more favorable terms. As a result, the bankruptcy or closure of a national tenant may adversely affect a retail borrower’s revenues. In addition, such closings may allow other tenants to modify their leases to terms that are less favorable for borrowers or to terminate their leases, also adversely impacting their revenues. A number of retailers, including retailers that have stores located at the mortgaged properties, have announced ongoing store closures or are in financial distress, and other tenants at the mortgaged properties have co-tenancy clauses related to such retailers. See also “—Some Retail Properties Depend on Anchor Stores or Major Tenants to Attract Shoppers and Could be Materially Adversely Affected by the Loss of, or a Store Closure by, One or More of These Anchor Stores or Major Tenants” below.

In addition to competition from online shopping, retail properties face competition from sources outside a specific geographical real estate market. For example, all of the following compete with more traditional retail properties for consumers: factory outlet centers, discount shopping centers and clubs, catalogue retailers, home shopping networks and telemarketing. Continued growth of these alternative retail outlets (which often have lower operating costs) could adversely affect the rents collectible at the retail properties included in the pool of mortgage loans, as well as the income from, and market value of, the mortgaged properties and the related borrower’s ability to refinance such property. Moreover, additional competing retail properties may be built in the areas where the retail properties are located.

We cannot assure you that these developments in the retail sector will not adversely affect the performance of retail properties securing the mortgage loans.

The Performance of the Retail Properties is Subject to Conditions Affecting the Retail Sector.

Retail properties are also subject to conditions that could negatively affect the retail sector, such as increased unemployment, increased federal income and payroll taxes, increased health care costs, increased state and local taxes, increased real estate taxes, industry slowdowns, lack of availability of consumer credit, weak income growth, increased levels of consumer debt, poor housing market conditions, adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, plant closings, and other factors. Similarly, local real estate conditions, such as an oversupply of, or a reduction in demand for, retail space or retail goods, and the supply and creditworthiness of current and prospective tenants may negatively impact those retail properties.

In addition, the limited adaptability of certain shopping malls or strip centers that have proven unprofitable may result in high (and possibly extremely high) loss severities on mortgage loans secured by those shopping malls or strip centers. For example, it is possible that a significant amount of advances made by the applicable servicer(s) of a mortgage loan secured by a shopping mall or strip center property, combined with low liquidation proceeds in respect of that property, may result in a loss severity exceeding 100% of the outstanding principal balance of that mortgage loan.

Some Retail Properties Depend on Anchor Stores or Major Tenants to Attract Shoppers and Could be Materially Adversely Affected by the Loss of, or a Store Closure by, One or More of These Anchor Stores or Major Tenants.

The presence or absence of an “anchor tenant” or a “shadow anchor tenant” in or near a retail property also can be important to the performance of a retail property because anchors play a key role in generating customer traffic and making a retail property desirable for other tenants. Retail properties may also have shadow anchor tenants. An “anchor tenant” is located on the related mortgaged property, usually proportionately larger in size than most or all other tenants at the mortgaged property, and is vital in attracting customers to a retail property. A “shadow anchor tenant” is usually proportionally larger in size than most tenants at the mortgaged property, is important in attracting customers to a retail property and is located sufficiently close and convenient to the mortgaged property so as to influence and attract potential customers, but is not located on the mortgaged property.

If anchor stores in a mortgaged property were to close, the related borrower may be unable to replace those anchors in a timely manner or without suffering adverse economic consequences. In addition, anchor tenants and non-anchor tenants at anchored or shadow anchored retail centers may have co-tenancy clauses and/or operating covenants in their leases or operating agreements that permit those tenants or anchor stores to cease operating, reduce rent or terminate their leases if the anchor tenant, shadow anchor tenant or another major tenant goes dark or if the subject store is not meeting the minimum sales requirement under its lease. Even if non-anchor tenants do not have termination or rent abatement rights, the loss of an anchor tenant or a shadow anchor tenant may have a material adverse impact on the non-anchor tenant’s ability to operate because the anchor or shadow anchor tenant plays a key role in generating customer traffic and making a center desirable for other tenants. This, in turn, may adversely impact the borrower’s ability to meet its obligations under the related mortgage loan. In addition, in the event that a “shadow anchor” fails to renew its lease, terminates its lease or otherwise ceases to conduct business within a close proximity to the mortgaged property, customer traffic at the mortgaged property may be substantially reduced. If an anchor tenant goes dark, generally the borrower’s only remedy may be to terminate that lease after the anchor tenant has been dark for a specified amount of time.

Certain anchor tenants may have the right to demolish and rebuild, or substantially alter, their premises, which may result in disruptions similar to those described above.

Certain anchor tenant and tenant estoppels will have been obtained in connection with the origination of the mortgage loans. These estoppels may identify disputes between the related borrower and the applicable anchor tenant or tenant, or alleged defaults or potential defaults by the applicable property owner under the lease or a reciprocal easement and/or operating agreement (each, an “REA”). Such disputes, defaults or potential defaults, could lead to a termination or attempted termination of the applicable lease or REA by the anchor tenant or tenant or to the tenant withholding some or all of its rental payments or to litigation against the related borrower. We cannot assure you that the anchor tenant or tenant estoppels obtained identify all potential disputes that may arise with respect to the mortgaged retail properties, or that anchor tenant or tenant disputes will not have a material adverse effect on the ability of borrowers to repay their mortgage loans.

Certain retail properties may have specialty use tenants. See “—Some Mortgaged Properties May Not Be Readily Convertible to Alternative Uses“ below. See also “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Retail Properties” and “—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Specialty Use Concentrations”.

Hospitality Properties Have Special Risks

In addition to the factors discussed in “—Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally” above, various other factors may adversely affect the financial performance and value of hospitality properties, including:

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adverse economic and social conditions, either local, regional or national (which may limit the amount that can be charged for a room and reduce occupancy levels);

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continuing expenditures for modernizing, refurbishing and maintaining existing facilities prior to the expiration of their anticipated useful lives;

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ability to convert to alternative uses which may not be readily made;

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a deterioration in the financial strength or managerial capabilities of the owner or operator of a hospitality property;

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changes in travel patterns caused by general adverse economic conditions, fear of terrorist attacks, adverse weather conditions and changes in access, energy prices, strikes, travel costs, relocation of highways, the construction of additional highways, concerns about travel safety or other factors; and

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relative illiquidity of hospitality investments which limits the ability of the borrowers and property managers to respond to changes in economic or other conditions.

Because hotel rooms are generally rented for short periods of time, the financial performance of hospitality properties tends to be affected by adverse economic conditions and competition more quickly than other commercial properties. Additionally, as a result of high operating costs, relatively small decreases in revenue can cause significant stress on a property’s cash flow.

Moreover, the hospitality and lodging industry is generally seasonal in nature and different seasons affect different hospitality properties differently depending on type and location. This seasonality can be expected to cause periodic fluctuations in a hospitality property’s room and restaurant revenues, occupancy levels, room rates and operating expenses. We cannot assure you that cash flow will be sufficient to offset any shortfalls that occur at the mortgaged property during slower periods or that the related mortgage loans provide for seasonality reserves, or if seasonality reserves are provided for, that such reserves will be funded or will be sufficient or available to fund such shortfalls.

In addition, certain hospitality properties are limited-service, select service or extended stay hotels. Hospitality properties that are limited-service, select service or extended stay hotels may subject a lender to more risk than full-service hospitality properties as they generally require less capital for construction than full-service hospitality properties. In addition, as limited-service, select service or extended stay hotels generally offer fewer amenities than full-service hospitality properties, they are less distinguishable from each other. As a result, it is easier for limited-service, select service or extended stay hotels to experience increased or unforeseen competition.

In addition to hotel operations, some hospitality properties also operate entertainment complexes that include restaurants, lounges, nightclubs, banquet and meeting spaces and/or waterparks and may derive a significant portion of the related property’s revenue from such operations. Consumer demand for entertainment resorts is particularly sensitive to downturns in the economy and the corresponding impact on discretionary spending on

leisure activities. Changes in discretionary consumer spending or consumer preferences could be driven by factors such as perceived or actual general economic conditions, high energy, fuel and food costs, the increased cost of travel, the weakened job market, perceived or actual disposable consumer income and wealth, fears of recession and changes in consumer confidence in the economy, or fears of war and future acts of terrorism. These factors could reduce consumer demand for the leisure activities that the property offers, thus imposing practical limits on pricing and harming operations. Restaurants and nightclubs are particularly vulnerable to changes in consumer preferences. In addition, a nightclub’s, restaurant’s, bar’s or waterpark’s revenue is extremely dependent on its popularity and perception. These characteristics are subject to change rapidly and we cannot assure you that any of a hospitality property’s nightclubs, restaurants, bars or waterparks will maintain their current level of popularity or perception in the market. Any such change could have a material adverse effect on the net cash flow of the property.

Some of the hospitality properties have liquor licenses associated with the mortgaged property. The liquor licenses for these mortgaged properties are generally held by affiliates of the related borrowers, unaffiliated managers or operating lessees. The laws and regulations relating to liquor licenses generally prohibit the transfer of such licenses to any person, or condition such transfer on the prior approval of the governmental authority that issued the license. In the event of a foreclosure of a hospitality property that holds a liquor license, the special servicer on behalf of the issuing entity or a purchaser in a foreclosure sale would likely have to apply for a new license, which might not be granted or might be granted only after a delay that could be significant. We cannot assure you that a new license could be obtained promptly or at all. The lack of a liquor license in a hospitality property could have an adverse impact on the revenue from the related mortgaged property or on the hospitality property’s occupancy rate.

In addition, there may be risks associated with hospitality properties that have not entered into or become a party to any franchise agreement, license agreement or other “flag”. Hospitality properties often enter into these types of agreements in order to align the hospitality property with a certain public perception or to benefit from a centralized reservation system. We cannot assure you that hospitality properties that lack such benefits will be able to operate successfully on an independent basis.

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Hospitality Properties”.

Risks Relating to the Bellagio Hotel and Casino Mortgage Loan

With respect to the Bellagio Hotel and Casino mortgage loan (9.9%), the mortgaged property is master leased pursuant to a lease expiring November 30, 2049 (the “Bellagio Lease”) by the borrower to a single tenant, Bellagio, LLC (the “Bellagio Tenant”), a subsidiary of MGM Resorts International (“MGM”), and the former owner of the mortgaged property, pursuant to a sale-leaseback transaction. MGM (in such capacity, the “Bellagio Lease Guarantor”) guarantees the payment and performance of all monetary obligations and certain other obligations of Bellagio Tenant under the Bellagio Lease (the “Bellagio Lease Guaranty”). The Bellagio Tenant operates casino, hotel and other resort improvements located on the mortgaged property. As of the trailing twelve months ending September 30, 2019, total revenues at the mortgaged property were derived approximately 29.6% from gaming, 28.4% from hotel, 24.7% from food and beverage, 9.0% from entertainment and 8.3% from other sources. The ability of the Bellagio Tenant to make the rent payments under the Bellagio Lease will depend on the ability of the mortgaged

property to produce cash flow through the collection of room, food and beverage, casino, nightclub, entertainment, spa and fitness, retail and other related resort revenues. However, net operating income can be volatile and may be insufficient to make rental payments under the Bellagio Lease, which may result in the borrower’s failure to make debt service payments on the Bellagio Hotel and Casino mortgage loan at any given time. The liquidation value of the mortgaged property is also determined, in substantial part, by the capitalization of the mortgaged property’s cash flow.

For so long as the Bellagio Lease is in effect, the borrower will be entitled to receive only rents under the Bellagio Lease, and not the underlying rents and receipts from the mortgaged property. However, financial information set forth in this prospectus, except as otherwise expressly indicated, is presented on a “look through” basis, based on the underlying rents and receipts of the mortgaged property, before rent due under the Bellagio Lease.

Risks Relating to COVID-19 Pandemic.

Operations at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, along with other properties operated by MGM in Las Vegas, were suspended as of March 17, 2020 and the Bellagio Hotel and Casino was closed from such date and reopened on June 4, 2020. A media report indicates that the hotel may be limited to 30% of capacity and the casino floor to 50% of capacity in connection with the coronavirus pandemic. It is anticipated that the coronavirus pandemic, measures to combat the pandemic, and related economic disruption will continue to have a negative effect on the hospitality industry. See “—Current Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” above.

Risks Relating to Casino Business.

The Bellagio Tenant operates a casino business at the mortgaged property, which is subject to a number of risks. The casino business is highly competitive among a large number of participants, including riverboat casinos, dockside casinos, land-based casinos, video lottery, sweepstakes and poker machines not located in casinos, Native American gaming, internet lotteries and other internet wagering gaming services. In particular, the mortgaged property competes with other high-quality Las Vegas resorts, especially those located on the Las Vegas Strip, which have themes and attractions which directly compete with the operations of the mortgaged property, and may have greater name recognition and financial and marketing resources than the mortgaged property, some of which may be operated by affiliates of the Bellagio Tenant. In addition, the casino business is subject to the following risks: (i) the casino business is subject to changes in discretionary consumer spending, which may decline during economic downturns or for other reasons, (ii) the gaming industry is characterized by an element of chance, which may result in the actual win rates of the casino being less than anticipated, leading to losses, (iii) customers or employees may attempt or commit fraud or theft or cheat in order to increase winnings, (iv) credit extended to customers (which is unsecured) may be uncollectable, and (v) the gaming industry is subject to significant regulation, and loss of its gaming license could materially adversely affect the ability of the Bellagio Tenant to pay its rent. Due to the borrower’s dependence on rental payments from the Bellagio Tenant as a primary source of revenues, the borrower may be limited in its ability to enforce any rights under the Bellagio Lease or to terminate the Bellagio Lease. Failure by the tenant to comply with the terms of the Bellagio Lease or to comply with the gaming regulations to which the mortgaged property is subject could require the borrower to find another lessee for the property and there could be a decrease or cessation of rental payments by the tenant. In such event, the

borrower may be unable to locate a suitable lessee at similar rental rates or at all. In addition, the Nevada gaming laws relating to casino operations prohibit the transfer of gaming licenses and, in the case of a transfer of the equity of the entity holding the gaming license, require the prior approval from the Nevada gaming authorities. Accordingly, in the event of a foreclosure and termination of the Bellagio Lease, the lender or its agent, or a purchaser of the property, would not have the right to operate the casino without first obtaining a license, which may be granted after a delay, which could be significant, or may not be granted at all.

Risks Relating to Food & Beverage and Entertainment Revenues.

In addition to its hotel operations, the mortgaged property operates as an entertainment complex, including restaurants, lounges, nightclubs and entertainment venues. The mortgaged property has 29 food and beverage outlets. The mortgaged property also includes the approximately 1,809-seat O Theatre entertainment venue, which is home to O by Cirque du Soleil. The successful operation of the entertainment complex at the mortgaged property is important to the successful operation of the hotel and casino facilities at the mortgaged property. We cannot assure you that the revenues of any of the mortgaged property’s food and beverage venues or entertainment venues will be maintained. Consumer demand for full service resorts is particularly sensitive to downturns in the economy and the corresponding impact on discretionary spending on leisure activities. In addition, a restaurant’s, lounge’s, nightclub’s and entertainment venue’s revenue is dependent on its popularity and perception. In particular, the entertainment industry’s brand perception of the mortgaged property’s entertainment venue is an important measure of success. How artists, agents and promoters view the mortgaged property’s entertainment venue may have a significant impact on the ability of the Bellagio Tenant or property manager to book the best talent and sell out shows. The restaurant, lounge, club and bar operations at the mortgaged property are also subject to extensive regulation by the Clark County Liquor and Gaming Licensing Board. Although the mortgaged property currently has the necessary liquor licenses to operate its entertainment venues, in the event any violation were to occur at any of the operations of the mortgaged property, the authorities in Nevada may, among other things, revoke the mortgaged property’s liquor license or registration. In addition, aspects of building suite design and adaptability affect the value of a theater. Because of the unique construction requirements of theaters, the space at those facilities would not easily be converted to other uses.

Risks Relating to Master Lease Structure.

The Bellagio Lease was entered into pursuant to a sale-leaseback transaction. Sale-leaseback transactions have certain risks, including the risk that in a bankruptcy of the tenant they may be recharacterized as a financing, which would cause the borrower to lose certain rights as the owner or landlord in the bankruptcy proceeding. See “Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases—Sale-Leaseback Transactions Have Special Risks.” The Bellagio Tenant is not a bankruptcy remote entity. A bankruptcy of the Bellagio Tenant, its lease guarantor or their affiliates could result in a loss of a substantial portion of the borrower’s rental revenue and materially and adversely affect the borrower. See “Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will

Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases—Tenant Bankruptcy

Could Result in a Rejection of the Related Lease”.

The lender’s ability to exercise remedies under the mortgage loan if there is a Bellagio Lease event of default could be restricted by the Bellagio Lease. The Bellagio Tenant is permitted to encumber its leasehold interest pursuant to one or more mortgages and/or

pledges of the direct or indirect equity interests in Bellagio Tenant, to secure the indebtedness of Bellagio Tenant and/or its direct or indirect parent entities or affiliates (each, a “Bellagio Tenant Loan”) and any lender under such indebtedness (a “Bellagio Tenant Loan Lender”) will have additional cure periods to cure certain defaults triggered by the Bellagio Tenant under the Bellagio Lease, including a default triggered by a bankruptcy proceeding of the Bellagio Tenant or the Bellagio Lease Guarantor, and to obtain a new lease. There could be a possible deterioration of the mortgaged property or its business or operations during this extended cure period. The ability of the borrower and the lender to terminate the Bellagio Lease as a result of a default by the Bellagio Tenant could be limited after a foreclosure initiated by a Bellagio Tenant Loan Lender since such Bellagio Tenant Loan Lender will not be required to cure defaults that are not susceptible to cure by such Bellagio Tenant Loan Lender upon its foreclosure and assumption of the Bellagio Lease. Furthermore, in the event of a foreclosure of the mortgage loan, the lender will be required to grant the Bellagio Tenant (or any Bellagio Tenant Loan Lender that succeeds to its interest) non-disturbance in the event that certain conditions are met, including that there is no uncured Bellagio Lease event of default.

The Bellagio Lease includes a cross default to defaults by the Bellagio Lease Guarantor under the Bellagio Lease Guaranty. However, if there has been a foreclosure of a Bellagio Tenant Loan and MGM remains as guarantor of the Bellagio Tenant’s monetary obligations under the Bellagio Lease, the borrower (and the lender after a foreclosure) would be required to permit the related Bellagio Tenant Loan Lender or the transferee of the Bellagio Tenant’s leasehold interest to remain as the tenant under the Bellagio Lease, even though the Bellagio Lease Guarantor was in default, including if the Bellagio Lease Guarantor was bankrupt.

In addition, the Bellagio Lease requires that the Bellagio Tenant maintain insurance for the mortgaged property. In the event of a casualty, notwithstanding that there is an event of default under the Bellagio Hotel and Casino mortgage loan, the lender would not be able to use the amounts to pay down the mortgage loan and would be required to make disbursements for restoration of the mortgaged property to the Bellagio Tenant so long as the Bellagio Tenant otherwise satisfies the conditions in the Bellagio Lease.

Notwithstanding that there is an event of default under the Bellagio Hotel and Casino mortgage loan, so long as there is no uncured Bellagio Lease event of default, the Bellagio Tenant will continue to have certain rights, including the rights to receive disbursements from alteration deposits, contest taxes or other charges or make permitted transfers. We cannot assure you that such rights of the Bellagio Tenant will not adversely affect your investment in the Certificates.

Any Failure to Protect the Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property Could Reduce

the Value of the Property and Harm the Operation of the Mortgaged Property.

The collateral includes the collateral assignment of the rights of the borrower in (i) the security interest granted by the Bellagio Tenant to the borrower under the Bellagio Lease with respect to certain intellectual property exclusively related to the mortgaged property and owned by the Bellagio Tenant and (ii) the “Bellagio” brand and trademarks, including “BELLAGIO” and the stylized “B”, and associated copyrights pursuant to a license agreement from Mirage Resorts, LLC (“Mirage”). The success of the operation of the mortgaged property depends in part on the public perception of the Bellagio brand and on the borrower’s and the Bellagio Tenant’s continued ability to use this intellectual property and on adequate protection and enforcement of this intellectual property, as well as related

brands, logos and branded merchandise, including to increase brand awareness and further develop the property’s brand.

The borrower, Bellagio Tenant and Mirage rely on registration and enforcement of a combination of service marks, copyrights, trademarks, domain names and other intellectual property rights to protect the “Bellagio” brand and other brands used in connection with the mortgaged property. Not all of the trademarks, copyrights, proprietary technology or other intellectual property rights used in the operation of the mortgaged property have been registered, and some of these trademarks and other intellectual property rights may never be registered. Despite the borrower’s, the Bellagio Tenant’s and Mirage’s efforts to protect their proprietary rights, third parties may infringe or otherwise violate such intellectual property rights, and use information that the borrower, the Bellagio Tenant and /or Mirage regard as proprietary, and their rights may be invalidated or rendered unenforceable.

Mixed Use Properties Have Special Risks

Certain properties are mixed use properties. Such mortgaged properties are subject to the risks relating to the property types described in “—Office Properties Have Special Risks”, and “—Self Storage Properties Have Special Risks”, as applicable. See Annex A-1 for the 5 largest tenants (by net rentable area leased) at the mixed use property. A mixed use property may be subject to additional risks, including the property manager’s inexperience in managing the different property types that comprise such mixed use property.

Multifamily Properties Have Special Risks

In addition to the factors discussed in “—Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally“ and “—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases” above, other factors may adversely affect the financial performance and value of multifamily properties, including:

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the quality of property management;

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the ability of management to provide adequate maintenance and insurance;

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the types of services or amenities that the property provides;

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the property’s reputation;

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the level of mortgage interest rates, which may encourage tenants to purchase rather than lease housing;

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the generally short terms of residential leases and the need for continued reletting;

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rent concessions and month-to-month leases, which may impact cash flow at the property;

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the tenant mix, such as the tenant population being predominantly students or being heavily dependent on workers from a particular business or industry or personnel from or workers related to a local military base or oil and/or gas drilling industries;

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in the case of student housing facilities or properties leased primarily to students, which may be more susceptible to damage or wear and tear than other types of multifamily housing, the reliance on the financial well-being of the college or university to which it relates, competition from on campus housing units, which

may adversely affect occupancy, the physical layout of the housing, which may not be readily convertible to traditional multifamily use, and that student tenants have a higher turnover rate than other types of multifamily tenants, which in certain cases is compounded by the fact that student leases are available for periods of less than 12 months, and closures of, or ongoing social distancing measures that may be instituted by, colleges and universities due to the coronavirus pandemic;

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certain multifamily properties may be considered to be “flexible apartment properties”. Such properties have a significant percentage of units leased to tenants under short-term leases (less than one year in term), which creates a higher turnover rate than for other types of multifamily properties;

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restrictions on the age or income of tenants who may reside at the property;

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dependence upon governmental programs that provide rent subsidies to tenants pursuant to tenant voucher programs, which vouchers may be used at other properties and influence tenant mobility;

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adverse local, regional or national economic conditions, which may limit the amount of rent that may be charged and may result in a reduction of timely rent payments or a reduction in occupancy levels;

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state and local regulations, which may affect the building owner’s ability to increase rent to market rent for an equivalent apartment; and

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the existence of government assistance/rent subsidy programs, and whether or not they continue and provide the same level of assistance or subsidies.

Certain states regulate the relationship between an owner and its tenants. Commonly, these laws require a written lease, good cause for eviction, disclosure of fees, and notification to residents of changed land use, while prohibiting unreasonable rules, retaliatory evictions, and restrictions on a resident’s choice of unit vendors. Apartment building owners have been the subject of suits under state “Unfair and Deceptive Practices Acts” and other general consumer protection statutes for coercive, abusive or unconscionable leasing and sales practices. A few states offer more significant protection. For example, in some states, there are provisions that limit the bases on which a landlord may terminate a tenancy or increase a tenant’s rent or prohibit a landlord from terminating a tenancy solely by reason of the sale of the owner’s building.

In addition to state regulation of the landlord tenant relationship generally, numerous counties and municipalities, or state law as applicable in designated counties and municipalities, impose rent control or rent stabilization on apartment buildings. These laws and ordinances generally impose limitations on rent increases to fixed percentages, to percentages of increases in the consumer price index, to increases set or approved by a governmental agency, or to increases determined through mediation or binding arbitration. Any limitations on a borrower’s ability to raise property rents may impair such borrower’s ability to repay its multifamily loan from its net operating income or the proceeds of a sale or refinancing of the related multifamily property. In addition, prospective investors should assume that these laws and ordinances generally entitle existing tenants at rent-controlled and rent-stabilized units to a lease renewal upon the expiration of their existing lease; entitle certain family members of a tenant the right to a rent stabilized or rent controlled renewal lease notwithstanding the absence of the original tenant upon lease expiration; empower a court or a designated government agency, following a tenant complaint and fact-finding, to order a reduction in rent and impose penalties on the landlord if the tenant’s

rights are violated or certain services are not maintained; and, for the purposes of any prohibitions on retaliatory evictions, establish presumptions of landlord retaliation in cases of recent tenant complaints or other prescribed circumstances. These provisions may result in rents that are lower, or operating costs that are higher, than would otherwise be the case, thereby impairing the borrower’s ability to repay its multifamily loan from its net operating income or the proceeds of a sale or refinancing of the related multifamily property.

Certain of the mortgage loans may be secured in the future by mortgaged properties that are subject to certain affordable housing covenants and other covenants and restrictions with respect to various tax credit, city, state and federal housing subsidies, rent stabilization or similar programs, in respect of various units within the mortgaged properties. The limitations and restrictions imposed by these programs could result in losses on the mortgage loans. In addition, in the event that the program is cancelled, it could result in less income for the project. These programs may include, among others:

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rent limitations that would adversely affect the ability of borrowers to increase rents to maintain the condition of their mortgaged properties and satisfy operating expenses; and

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tenant income restrictions that may reduce the number of eligible tenants in those mortgaged properties and result in a reduction in occupancy rates.

The difference in rents between subsidized or supported properties and other multifamily rental properties in the same area may not be a sufficient economic incentive for some eligible tenants to reside at a subsidized or supported property that may have fewer amenities or be less attractive as a residence. As a result, occupancy levels at a subsidized or supported property may decline, which may adversely affect the value and successful operation of such property.

Some counties and municipalities may later impose stricter rent control regulations on apartment buildings. For example, on June 14, 2019, the New York State Senate passed the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (the “HSTP ACT”), which, among other things, limits the ability of landlords to increase rents in rent stabilized apartments at the time of lease renewal and after a vacancy. The HSTP Act also limits potential rent increases for major capital improvements and for individual apartment improvements. In addition, the HSTP Act permits certain qualified localities in the State of New York to implement the rent stabilization system. In particular, the impact of the HSTP Act on the appraised value of mortgaged real properties located in the City of New York that have significant numbers of rent stabilized units is uncertain.

Moreover, legislative or judicial actions concerning rent-stabilized properties may adversely affect, among other things, existing market rent units and a borrower’s ability to convert rent-stabilized units to market rent units in the future or may give rise to liability in connection with previously converted units, which may adversely impact the net operating income or the appraised value of the property and/or the value of the property.

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Multifamily Properties”.

Mortgaged Properties Leased to Startup Companies Have Special Risks

Certain mortgaged properties may have tenants that are startup companies. Startup companies are new companies that are seeking to develop a scalable business model.