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
June 1, 2021
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
Central Index Key Number of the
issuing entity: 0001740849
Benchmark 2018-B4 Mortgage Trust
(Exact name of issuing entity)
Central Index Key Number of the
registrant: 0001013454
Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the
sponsor: 0001541294
German American Capital Corporation
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the
sponsor: 0000835271
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the
sponsor: 0001701238
Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)
New York |
333-206705-14 |
38-4083222 |
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(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)
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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Trading Symbol(s) |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 6.02 Change of Servicer or Trustee.
The Gateway Mortgage Loan, which constituted
approximately 4.3% 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 pooling and servicing agreement,
dated as of June 1, 2018 relating to the COMM 2018-HOME Mortgage Trust filed as
Exhibit 4.4 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 13,
2018 (the “COMM 2018-HOME PSA”). Pursuant to Section 3.22(b) of the COMM
2018-HOME PSA, AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, an Iowa limited liability
company, was removed as special servicer of The Gateway Mortgage Loan and Situs
Holdings, LLC (“Situs Holdings”), a Delaware limited liability company, was
appointed as the successor special servicer of The Gateway Mortgage Loan under
the COMM 2018-HOME PSA.
This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed
to record that, effective as of June 1, 2021, The Gateway Mortgage Loan will be
specially serviced, if necessary, pursuant to the COMM 2018-HOME PSA, by Situs
Holdings. The principal executive office of Situs Holdings is located at
5065 Westheimer, Suite 700E, Houston, Texas 77056 and its telephone number is
(713) 328-4400. Situs Holdings maintains its principal special servicing
office at 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 2250, San Francisco, California 94104.
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.
Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
(Registrant)
/s/ Natalie Grainger
Natalie Grainger, Director
Date: June 1, 2021
/s/ Matt Smith
Matt Smith, Director
Date: June 1, 2021