UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

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

March 27, 2020

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Central Index Key Number of issuing entity:  0001685054

CD 2016-CD2 Mortgage Trust

(Exact name of issuing entity)

Central Index Key Number of registrant:  0001013454

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of sponsor:  0001541294

German American Capital Corporation
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of sponsor:  0001541001

Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp.
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, MD

(Address of principal executive offices of issuing entity)

(212) 250-2500

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 8, 2016, Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation caused the issuance, pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of December 1, 2016 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, KeyBank National Association, as special servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, as paying agent and as custodian, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, of CD 2016-CD2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2016-CD2, which represent, in the aggregate, the entire beneficial ownership in the CD 2016-CD2 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 Mortgage Loan identified as “Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa” on Exhibit B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa Mortgage Loan”), which is an asset of the Issuing Entity, is part of a whole loan (the “Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa Whole Loan”) that includes the Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa Mortgage Loan and five other pari passu companion loans, which are not assets of the Issuing Entity.  The Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa Whole Loan, including the Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa Mortgage Loan, is being serviced and administered under the pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of December 1, 2016 (the “WFCM 2016-LC25 PSA”), among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as general special servicer, National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB master servicer and as NCB special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, relating to the Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-LC25 securitization transaction into which the Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa promissory note A-1 was deposited.  CWCapital Asset Management LLC was replaced by C-III Asset Management LLC as general special servicer under the WFCM 2016-LC25 PSA on July 19, 2018. The Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa Mortgage Loan represented 4.5% of the asset pool of the Issuing Entity as of its cut-off date.

Pursuant to Section 7.01 of the WFCM 2016-LC25 PSA, and effective as of March 27, 2020, C-III Asset Management LLC was removed as general special servicer and LNR Partners, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“LNR Partners”) and a subsidiary of Starwood Property Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, was appointed as the successor general special servicer. A copy of the WFCM 2016-LC25 PSA was filed as Exhibit 4.7 to the Form 8-K filed by the Issuing Entity with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2016.

In the interest of transaction management, this Form 8-K is being filed to record that, effective as of March 27, 2020, the Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa Whole Loan will be specially serviced, if necessary, pursuant to the WFCM 2016-LC25 PSA by LNR Partners. 

SIGNATURES

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