CERTIFICATION

Re:           Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2017-HR2, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-HR2 (the “Transaction”), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), executed in connection with the Transaction (capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement).

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                I, Jane Lam, certify that:

                1.             I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2017-HR2 (the “Exchange Act periodic reports”);

                2.             Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

                3.             Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

                4.             Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statement(s) required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicer(s) have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreement(s) in all material respects; and

                5.             All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report.  Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K. 

                In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

·         Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee

·         Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator

·         Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian

·         Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer

·         LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer (from 1/1/20 to 5/5/20)

·         Argentic Servicer Company LP, as Special Servicer (from 5/6/20 to 12/31/20)

·         Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor

·         Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer

·         Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, as Primary Servicer

·         CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant

·         National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant

·         Bernard Finance Corporation, as Servicing Function Participant

·         Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer under the UBS 2017-C6 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Harmon Corner (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant under the UBS 2017-C6 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Harmon Corner (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant under the UBS 2017-C6 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Harmon Corner (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         Berkeley Point Capital LLC, as Servicing Function Participant under the UBS 2017-C6 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Harmon Corner (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer under the WFCM 2017-C42 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: One Ally Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant under the WFCM 2017-C42 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: One Ally Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant under the WFCM 2017-C42 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: One Ally Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         Bernard Finance Corporation, as Servicing Function Participant under the WFCM 2017-C42 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: One Ally Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer under the BANK 2018-BNK10 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Kirkwood Plaza (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant under the BANK 2018-BNK10 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Kirkwood Plaza (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant under the BANK 2018-BNK10 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Kirkwood Plaza (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer under the WFCM 2017-C41 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: The View at Marlton (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant under the WFCM 2017-C41 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: The View at Marlton (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant under the WFCM 2017-C41 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: The View at Marlton (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer under the UBS 2017-C6 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Harmon Corner (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer under the WFCM 2017-C42 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: One Ally Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer under the WFCM 2017-C41 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: The View at Marlton (from 5/6/20 to 12/31/20)

·         LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer under the WFCM 2017-C41 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: The View at Marlton (from 1/1/20 to 5/5/20)

·         Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian under the UBS 2017-C6 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Harmon Corner (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian under the WFCM 2017-C42 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: One Ally Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian under the BANK 2018-BNK10 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Kirkwood Plaza (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

·         Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian under the WFCM 2017-C41 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: The View at Marlton (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)

Date:  March 30, 2021

By  /s/ Jane Lam

      Name: Jane Lam

      Title: President