Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-P2
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Annual Report - Form 10-K
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
or
oTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _____ to _____
Commission file number of the issuing entity: 333-206677-01
Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001659329
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-P2
(exact name of the issuing entity as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0000850779
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
(exact name of the depositor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0000740906
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001634437
Macquarie US Trading LLC
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
d/b/a Principal Commercial Capital
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541468
Ladder Capital Finance LLC
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541001
Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp.
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001238163
Société Générale, New York Branch
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
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New York the issuing entity) |
38-3984627 38-3984628 38-7143660 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers) |
c/o Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as agent for
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
as Certificate Administrator
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, MD
(Address of principal executive offices of the issuing entity)
21045
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(704) 374-6161
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.
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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
List hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy or information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documents should be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).
Not applicable.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
The Exhibit Index describes exhibits provided by certain parties (in their capacities indicated on the Exhibit Index) with respect to the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan and the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan, which constituted approximately 5.0% and 3.8%, respectively, of the asset pool of the issuing entity as of its cut-off date. The Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan and the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan are each an asset of the issuing entity and are each part of a loan combination that includes the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan or the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan and one other pari passu loan, each of which is not an asset of the issuing entity. The other pari passu portion of each loan combination was securitized in the Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC35 transaction, Commission File Number 333-189017-12 (the "CGCMT 2015-GC35 Transaction"). These loan combinations, including the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan and the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan, are being serviced and administered pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement for the CGCMT 2015-GC35 Transaction, which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The Exhibit Index describes exhibits provided by certain parties (in their capacities indicated on the Exhibit Index) with respect to the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan, which constituted approximately 7.5% of the asset pool of the issuing entity as of its cut-off date. The Empire Mall Mortgage Loan is an asset of the issuing entity and is part of a loan combination that includes the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan and four other pari passu loans, which are not assets of the issuing entity. This loan combination, including the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan, was serviced under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the issuing entity prior to the closing of the securitization of a pari passu portion of the Empire Mall loan combination in the Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-P3 transaction, Commission File Number 333-207132-02 (the "CGCMT 2016-P3 Transaction"). After the closing of the CGCMT 2016-P3 Transaction on April 13, 2016, this loan combination, including the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan was, and will continue to be, serviced and administered pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement with respect to the CGCMT 2016-P3 Transaction, which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.3 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The master servicer of a pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement also functions as the primary servicer of the related mortgage loans serviced and administered pursuant to such agreement unless a separate primary servicer is identified herein. If this report does not identify a separate primary servicer, the servicer compliance statement provided by the master servicer under any such agreement also encompasses its responsibilities as primary servicer of the related mortgage loan or mortgage loans.
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is the master servicer and certificate administrator of the mortgage loans serviced under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the primary servicer of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan. As a result, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is a "servicer" as defined in Item 1108(a)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB, in the capacities described above, because it is servicing mortgage loans that constituted 10% or more of the assets of the issuing entity as of its cut-off date. The assessments of compliance with applicable servicing criteria, accountants' attestation reports and servicer compliance statements delivered by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in the capacities described above are listed in the Exhibit Index.
Park Bridge Lender Services LLC is the operating advisor of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan, the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan and the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan. As a result, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC is a servicing function participant in the capacities described above, because it is servicing mortgage loans that constituted 5% or more of the assets of the issuing entity as of its cut-off date. The assessments of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and accountants' attestation reports delivered by Park Bridge Lender Services LLC in the capacities described above are listed in the Exhibit Index.
Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association is the primary servicer of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan and the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan. These mortgage loans constitute more than 5%, but less than 10%, of the pool assets of the issuing entity. Therefore, the Depositor included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria for Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association and an accountants' attestation report pursuant to Item 1122 of Regulation AB because Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association is servicing more than 5% of the pool assets. However, the Depositor is not required to include in this Annual Report on Form 10-K a servicer compliance statement pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB of Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association because Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association is an unaffiliated servicer servicing less than 10% of pool assets.
Greystone Servicing Company LLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC) is the special servicer of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan, the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan and the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan. As a result, Greystone Servicing Company LLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC) is a "servicer" as defined in Item 1108(a)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB, in the capacities described above, because it is servicing mortgage loans that constituted 10% or more of the assets of the issuing entity as of its cut-off date. The assessments of compliance with applicable servicing criteria, accountants' attestation reports and servicer compliance statements delivered by Greystone Servicing Company LLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC) in the capacities described above are listed in the Exhibit Index.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is the custodian of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan and the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan. As a result, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is a servicing function participant in the capacities described above, because it is servicing mortgage loans that constituted 5% or more of the assets of the issuing entity as of its cut-off date. The assessments of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and accountants' attestation reports delivered by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in the capacities described above are listed in the Exhibit Index.
Wilmington Trust, National Association acts as trustee of the mortgage loans serviced under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan. Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the pooling and servicing agreement for the CGCMT 2016-P3 Transaction, the trustee is required to provide an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria solely with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB (regarding advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements). However, during the reporting period, the trustee did not perform any servicing function with respect to the servicing criteria specified in Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB. The master servicer or the special servicer, to the extent required, performed the servicing function identified with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB, and each such party included Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB in the assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and accountant's attestation report for the subject transaction. As a result, this Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria of the trustee. One or more other servicers of the mortgage loans serviced under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan have delivered one or more assessments of compliance with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB.
This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and an accountant's attestation report from U.S. Bank National Association. This entity was engaged by Citibank, N.A. as custodian of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan to perform certain custodial services. These custodial services are servicing functions included within the servicing criteria set forth in Items 1122(d)(4)(i) and 1122(d)(4)(ii) of Regulation AB. Therefore, under the principles-based definition of "servicer" set forth in Item 1101(j) or Regulation AB that looks to the functions that an entity performs, this vendor is a "servicer" for the purposes of Item 1122 of Regulation AB. See Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, Section 301.01 (Item 1101(j)).
This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes assessments of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and accountants' attestation reports from CoreLogic Solutions, LLC. This entity was engaged by the master servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (except with respect to those mortgage loans for which Principal Real Investors, LLC is the primary servicer) and the primary servicer of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan to remit tax payments received from the escrow accounts of borrowers to local taxing authorities, to report tax amounts due, to verify tax parcel information, and to verify non-escrow tax payments. These servicing functions are included within the servicing criteria set forth in Items 1122(d)(4)(xi) and 1122(d)(4)(xii) of Regulation AB. Therefore, under the principles-based definition of "servicer" set forth in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB that looks to the functions that an entity performs, this vendor is a "servicer" for the purposes of Item 1122 of Regulation AB. See Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, Section 301.01 (Item 1101(j)).
This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria, accountants' attestation report and servicer compliance statement from Computershare Trust Company, National Association ("CTCNA"). CTCNA was engaged by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ("Wells Fargo"), in its capacity as certificate administrator and custodian, to perform certain specified servicing functions identified in the assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and accountants' attestation reports. Wells Fargo engaged CTCNA in connection with the sale of Wells Fargo's corporate trust services business to CTCNA and its affiliates. Further, under the principles-based definition of "servicer" set forth in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB that looks to the functions that an entity performs, this party is a "servicer" for the purposes of Item 1123 of Regulation AB. See Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, Section 301.01 (Item 1101(j)).
The assessments of compliance with applicable servicing criteria, accountants' attestation reports and servicer compliance statements of the certificate administrator of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan, the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan and the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan are omitted from this Annual Report on Form 10-K as the certificate administrator pursuant to the related pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement does not perform any activities that address servicing criteria with respect to the issuing entity and because they are each not a "servicer" that meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of Regulation AB.
With respect to the pari passu loan combinations that include the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan and the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan, the servicer compliance statements of Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as primary servicer of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan and the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan listed on the Exhibit Index are omitted from this Annual Report on Form 10-K as they are not required by Item 1123 of Regulation AB to be included on this Annual Report on Form 10-K because it is an unaffiliated party that is not a "servicer" that meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of Regulation AB.
PART I
Item 1. Business.
Omitted.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Omitted.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
None.
Item 1C. Cybersecurity.
Omitted.
Item 2. Properties.
Omitted.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
Omitted.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Omitted.
Item 6.
[Reserved]
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Omitted.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Omitted.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Omitted.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
Omitted.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Omitted.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.
None.
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Omitted.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
Omitted.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
Omitted.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Omitted.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Omitted.
ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE ITEMS FOR REGULATION AB
Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, Significant Obligor Financial Information.
No single obligor represents 10% or more of the pool assets held by the issuing entity.
Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB, Significant Enhancement Provider Financial Information.
No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any external credit enhancement or other support for the certificates within this transaction as described under Item 1114(a) of Regulation AB.
Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB, Certain Derivatives Instruments (Financial Information).
No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any derivative instruments or other support for the certificates within this transaction as described under Item 1115 of Regulation AB.
Item 1117 of Regulation AB, Legal Proceedings.
The registrant knows of no material pending legal proceeding involving the trust or any party related to the trust, other than routine litigation incidental to the duties of those respective parties, and the following, with respect to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and custodian, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee and custodian.
In December 2014, Phoenix Light SF Limited (Phoenix Light) and certain related entities filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging claims against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in its capacity as trustee for a number of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) trusts. Complaints raising similar allegations have been filed by Commerzbank AG in the Southern District of New York, IKB International and IKB Deutsche Industriebank (together, IKB) in New York state court, and Park Royal I LLC and Park Royal II LLC in New York state court. In each case, the plaintiffs allege that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, caused losses to investors, and plaintiffs assert causes of action based upon, among other things, the trustee's alleged failure to notify and enforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loan sellers for purported breaches of representations and warranties, notify investors of alleged events of default, and abide by appropriate standards of care following alleged events of default. In July 2022, the district court dismissed Phoenix Light's claims and certain of the claims asserted by Commerzbank AG, and subsequently entered judgment in each case in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. In August 2022, Phoenix Light and Commerzbank AG each appealed the district court's decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Phoenix Light dismissed its appeal in May 2023, terminating its case. In November 2023, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. entered into an agreement with IKB to resolve IKB's claims. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. previously settled two class actions filed by institutional investors and an action filed by the National Credit Union Administration with similar allegations.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas ("DBTCA") and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company ("DBNTC") have been sued by investors in civil litigation concerning their role as trustees of certain residential mortgage-backed securities ("RMBS") trusts.
On June 18, 2014, a group of investors, including funds managed by Blackrock Advisors, LLC, PIMCO-Advisors, L.P., and others, filed an action against DBNTC and DBTCA in New York State Supreme Court alleging that DBNTC and DBTCA failed to perform purported duties, as trustees for 544 private-label RMBS trusts, to enforce breaches of representations and warranties as to mortgage loans held by the trusts and to enforce breaches by servicers of their mortgage loan servicing obligations for the trusts. During the course of the litigation, plaintiffs dismissed the case from New York State Supreme Court and refiled two separate cases, one in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the "BlackRock SDNY Case") and the other in the Superior Court of California, Orange County (the "BlackRock California Case"). Pursuant to a settlement among the parties, the BlackRock SDNY Case was dismissed on December 6, 2018, and the BlackRock California Case was dismissed on January 11, 2019.
On September 27, 2017, DBTCA was added as a defendant to a case brought by certain special purpose entities including Phoenix Light SF Limited in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which the plaintiffs previously alleged incorrectly that DBNTC served as trustee for all 43 of the trusts at issue. On September 27, 2017, plaintiffs filed a third amended complaint that names DBTCA as a defendant in addition to DBNTC. DBTCA serves as trustee for one of the 43 trusts at issue. DBNTC serves as trustee for the other 42 trusts at issue. Plaintiffs' third amended complaint brings claims for violation of the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 ("TIA"); breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty; negligence and gross negligence; violation of New York's Streit Act; and breach of the covenant of good faith. However, in the third amended complaint, plaintiffs acknowledge that, before DBTCA was added to the case, the court dismissed plaintiffs' TIA Act claims, negligence and gross negligence claims, Streit Act claims, claims for breach of the covenant of good faith, and certain theories of plaintiffs' breach of contract claims, and plaintiffs only include these claims to preserve any rights on appeal. Plaintiffs allege damages of "hundreds of millions of dollars." On November 13, 2017, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the third amended complaint. On December 7, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion for summary judgment. Also on December 7, 2018, plaintiffs, jointly with Commerzbank AG (see description of Commerzbank case below), filed a motion for partial summary judgment. On October 27, 2021, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a supplemental motion for summary judgment relating to plaintiffs' standing. On February 8, 2022, the court issued an order in which it granted DBNTC and DBTCA's supplemental motion for summary judgment, granted in part DBNTC and DBTCA's initial motion for summary judgment, and denied plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment. As a result of that order, all of plaintiffs' claims were dismissed with prejudice. On April 26, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the court's summary judgment order.
On November 30, 2017, DBTCA was added as a defendant to a case brought by Commerzbank AG ("Commerzbank") in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which Commerzbank previously alleged incorrectly that DBNTC served as trustee for all 50 of the trusts at issue. On November 30, 2017, Commerzbank filed a second amended complaint that names DBTCA as a defendant in addition to DBNTC. DBTCA serves as trustee for 1 of the 50 trusts at issue. DBNTC serves as trustee for the other 49 trusts at issue. Commerzbank's second amended complaint brings claims for violation of the TIA; breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty; negligence; violation of the Streit Act; and breach of the covenant of good faith. However, in the second amended complaint, Commerzbank acknowledges that, before DBTCA was added to the case, the court dismissed Commerzbank's TIA claims for the trusts governed by pooling and servicing agreements, as well as its Streit Act claims and claims for breach of the covenant of good faith, and Commerzbank only includes these claims to preserve any rights on appeal. The second amended complaint alleges that DBNTC and DBTCA caused Commerzbank to suffer "hundreds of millions of dollars in losses," but the complaint does not include a demand for money damages in a sum certain. On January 29, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the second amended complaint. On December 7, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion for summary judgment. Also on December 7, 2018, Commerzbank, jointly with the Phoenix Light plaintiffs, filed a motion for partial summary judgment. On February 8, 2022, the court issued an order in which it granted in part DBNTC and DBTCA's motion for summary judgment and denied plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment. As a result of that order, many of plaintiffs' claims and theories were dismissed with prejudice. Discovery is ongoing.
On December 30, 2015, IKB International, S.A. in Liquidation and IKB Deutsche Industriebank A.G. (collectively, "IKB"), as an investor in 37 RMBS trusts, filed a summons with notice in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, against DBNTC and DBTCA as trustees of the trusts. On May 27, 2016, IKB served its complaint asserting claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty to avoid conflicts of interest, violation of the Streit Act, violation of the TIA, violation of Regulation AB, and violation of Section 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. IKB alleges that DBNTC and DBTCA are liable for over U.S. $268 million in damages. On October 5, 2016, DBNTC and DBTCA, together with several other trustees defending lawsuits by IKB, filed a joint motion to dismiss. On January 6, 2017 and June 20, 2017, IKB voluntarily dismissed with prejudice all claims as to seven trusts. On January 27, 2021, the court granted in part and denied in part DBNTC and DBTCA's motion to dismiss. The court granted the motion to dismiss with respect to IKB's claims for violations of the Streit Act, Regulation AB, and Section 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, as well as certain aspects of IKB's claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and violation of the TIA. The court denied the remainder of the motion to dismiss. IKB's remaining claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty to avoid conflicts of interest, and violation of the TIA will proceed. On May 10, 2021, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a notice of appeal with the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department, regarding certain aspects of the court's order on the motion to dismiss. On May 20, 2021, IKB filed a notice of cross appeal with respect to other aspects of that order. On August 30, 2022, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department affirmed in part and reversed in part the court's order on the motion to dismiss. After DBNTC and DBTCA appealed the First Department's decision, on June 15, 2023, the New York Court of Appeals reversed the First Department's decision in part, dismissing certain additional contract claims, as well as IKB's claims for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of duty to avoid conflicts of interest. On June 2, 2021, IKB filed a motion for re-argument regarding certain aspects of the court's order on the motion to dismiss, which the court denied on August 3, 2021. On May 13, 2021, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the complaint. On October 28, 2021, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to seven additional trusts. On December 29, 2021, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to one additional trust. On April 22, 2022, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to 17 certificates at issue, including all claims as to 5 trusts. On February 28, 2023, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to two trusts, leaving 15 trusts at issue. On November 21, 2023, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to three trusts, leaving 12 trusts at issue. Discovery is ongoing.
It is DBTCA's belief that it has no pending legal proceedings (including, based on DBTCA's present evaluation, the litigation disclosed in the foregoing paragraphs) that would materially affect its ability to perform its duties under the related servicing agreement for this transaction.
Item 1119 of Regulation AB, Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
The information regarding this Item has been previously provided in the prospectus of the Registrant relating to the issuing entity filed on December 23, 2015 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2).
Item 1122 of Regulation AB, Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.
The reports on assessments of compliance with the servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and related attestation reports on such assessments of compliance with respect to the mortgage loans are attached hereto under Item 15 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Attached as Exhibit AA to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K is a chart identifying the entities participating in a servicing function for the transaction responsible for each applicable servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d).
The reports on assessments of compliance with the servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and related attestation reports on such assessments of compliance with respect to the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan and the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan, which are being serviced and administered pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement for the CGCMT 2015-GC35 Transaction, are attached hereto under Item 15 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Attached as Exhibit O to the pooling and servicing agreement for the CGCMT 2015-GC35 Transaction incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K is a chart identifying the entities participating in a servicing function for the CGCMT 2015-GC35 Transaction responsible for each applicable servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d).
The reports on assessments of compliance with the servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and related attestation reports on such assessments of compliance with respect to the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan, which is being serviced and administered pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement for the CGCMT 2016-P3 Transaction, are attached hereto under Item 15 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Attached as Exhibit O to the pooling and servicing agreement for the CGCMT 2016-P3 Transaction incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.3 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K is a chart identifying the entities participating in a servicing function for the CGCMT 2016-P3 Transaction responsible for each applicable servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d).
Item 1123 of Regulation AB, Servicer Compliance Statement.
The servicer compliance statements are attached as Exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibit and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) The following is a list of documents filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
(1) Not applicable
(2) Not applicable
(3) See below
31 Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.
33 Reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.
33.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer
33.2 Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer
33.3 Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)
33.4 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator
33.5 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian
33.6 Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor
33.7 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant
33.8 Principal Global Investors, LLC, as Primary Servicer
33.9 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator
33.10 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian
33.11 Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan
33.12 Greystone Servicing Company LLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC), as Special Servicer of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan
33.13 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan
33.14 Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan
33.15 Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.11)
33.16 Greystone Servicing Company LLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC), as Special Servicer of the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.12)
33.17 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian of the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.13)
33.18 Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor of the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.14)
33.19 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.1)
33.20 Greystone Servicing Company LLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC), as Special Servicer of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.12)
33.21 Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)
33.22 Citibank, N.A., as Custodian of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan
33.23 Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.14)
33.24 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.7)
33.25 U.S. Bank National Association, as Servicing Function Participant of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan
34 Attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.
34.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer
34.2 Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer
34.3 Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)
34.4 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator
34.5 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian
34.6 Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor
34.7 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant
34.8 Principal Global Investors, LLC, as Primary Servicer
34.9 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator
34.10 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian
34.11 Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan
34.12 Greystone Servicing Company LLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC), as Special Servicer of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan
34.13 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan
34.14 Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan
34.15 Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.11)
34.16 Greystone Servicing Company LLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC), as Special Servicer of the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.12)
34.17 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian of the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.13)
34.18 Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor of the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.14)
34.19 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.1)
34.20 Greystone Servicing Company LLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC), as Special Servicer of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.12)
34.21 Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)
34.22 Citibank, N.A., as Custodian of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan
34.23 Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.14)
34.24 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.7)
34.25 U.S. Bank National Association, as Servicing Function Participant of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan
35 Servicer compliance statements.
35.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer
35.2 Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer
35.3 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator
35.4 Principal Global Investors, LLC, as Primary Servicer
35.5 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator
35.6 Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)
35.7 Greystone Servicing Company LLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC), as Special Servicer of the Harbor Pointe Apartments Mortgage Loan
35.8 Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)
35.9 Greystone Servicing Company LLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC), as Special Servicer of the Anchorage Marriott Downtown Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 35.7)
35.10 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 35.1)
35.11 Greystone Servicing Company LLC (as successor to C-III Asset Management LLC), as Special Servicer of the Empire Mall Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 35.7)
(b) The exhibits required to be filed by the Registrant pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed above.
(c) Not Applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
(Depositor)
/s/ Anthony Sfarra
Anthony Sfarra, President
(senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)
Date: March 13, 2024