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

September 18, 2020
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity:  0001716187
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2017-C40
(Exact name of issuing entity)

Central Index Key Number of the registrant:  0000850779
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0000312070
Barclays Bank PLC
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0000740906
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0001592182
LMF Commercial, LLC (formerly known as Rialto Mortgage Finance, LLC)
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0001541214
C-III Commercial Mortgage LLC
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

New York

 

333-206677-19

 

38-4046690
38-4046691
38-7187324

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of issuing entity)

 

(Commission File Number of issuing entity)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers)

 

c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, MD 21045

(Address of principal executive offices of the issuing entity)

(212) 214-5600
Registrant's Telephone number, including area code

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

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

The Del Amo Fashion Center Mortgage Loan, which constituted approximately 3.5% of the asset pool of the issuing entity as of its cut-off date, is an asset of the issuing entity and is part of a loan combination that is being serviced and administered under the trust and servicing agreement, dated June 20, 2017, relating to the Del Amo Fashion Center Trust 2017-AMO, filed as Exhibit 99.7 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 17, 2017 (the “DAFC 2017-AMO TSA”).  Effective September 18, 2020, pursuant to Section 7.1(d) of the DAFC 2017-AMO TSA, Cohen Financial, a Division of SunTrust Bank was removed as special servicer of the Del Amo Fashion Center Mortgage Loan and Situs Holdings, LLC (“Situs Holdings”), a Delaware limited liability company, was appointed as the successor special servicer of the Del Amo Fashion Center Mortgage Loan under the DAFC 2017-AMO TSA. 

 

                In the interest of transaction management, this Form 8-K is being filed to record that, effective as of September 18, 2020, the Del Amo Fashion Center Mortgage Loan will be specially serviced, if necessary, pursuant to the DAFC 2017-AMO TSA by Situs Holdings.  Situs Holdings maintains its principal special servicing office at 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 2250, San Francisco, California 94104 and its telephone number is 713-328-4400.

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.

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
(Depositor)

 

/s/ Anthony J. Sfarra
Anthony J. Sfarra, President

Date:  September 18, 2020