UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

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

Date of Report: October 24, 2017
(Date of earliest event reported)

CSAIL 2017-C8 Commercial Mortgage Trust

(Exact name of issuing entity)

(Central Index Key Number 0001708131)

Column Financial, Inc.

(Central Index Key Number 0001628601)

Natixis Real Estate Capital LLC

(Central Index Key Number 0001542256)
Benefit Street Partners CRE Finance LLC

(Central Index Key Number 0001632269)

(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(Central Index Key Number 0001654060)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code      (212) 325-2000   

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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On June 29, 2017, Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. (the “Depositor”) caused the issuance, pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of June 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor (the “Registrant”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, of Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C8. The Certificates represent, in the aggregate, the entire beneficial ownership in the CSAIL 2017-C8 Commercial Mortgage Trust (the “Issuing Entity”), a common law trust fund formed under the laws of the State of New York pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The assets of the Issuing Entity consist primarily of 32 fixed-rate commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) secured by first liens on 55 commercial and multifamily properties.

The Mortgage Loan identified as “Acropolis Garden” on Exhibit B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Acropolis Garden Mortgage Loan”), which is an asset of the Issuing Entity, is part of a whole loan (the “Acropolis Garden Whole Loan”) that includes such Mortgage Loan and one pari passu companion loan that is not an asset of the Issuing Entity (the “Acropolis Garden Companion Loan”). On September 29, 2017, the Acropolis Garden Companion Loan designated as Note A-1 was included in the CSAIL 2017-CX9 securitization transaction. Beginning on that date, the Acropolis Garden Whole Loan, including the Acropolis Garden Mortgage Loan, will be primarily and specially serviced pursuant to the CSAIL 2017-CX9 pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of September 1, 2017 (the “CSAIL 2017-CX9 Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), by and among Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor, KeyBank National Association, as master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer. The CSAIL 2017-CX9 Pooling and Servicing Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1.

The terms and conditions of the CSAIL 2017-CX9 Pooling and Servicing Agreement applicable to the servicing of the Acropolis Garden Mortgage Loan are substantially similar to the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement applicable to the servicing of the other Mortgage Loans (except with respect to (i) compliance with the Risk Retention Requirements and (ii) certain rights and obligations of the operating advisor), as described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement” in the prospectus filed by the Issuing Entity pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) with respect to the Certificates on June 29, 2017.

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

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