UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 11, 2021
Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001681906
Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2016-C30
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(Exact name of issuing entity)
Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0001547361
Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541557
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001102113
Bank of America, National Association
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001682532
Starwood Mortgage Funding III LLC
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001548567
CIBC Inc.
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(Exact names of sponsors as specified in their charters)
| 38-4014685 | ||
| 38-4014686 | ||
| Delaware | 333-206582-04 | 38-7170456 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction | (Commission File | (IRS Employer |
| of Incorporation) | Number) | Identification No.) |
| 1585 Broadway New York, New York | 10036 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 761-4000
Not applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
Effective as of March 11, 2021, Situs Holdings, LLC (“Situs”), a Delaware limited liability company, will act as special servicer for the Easton Town Center mortgage loan and each related pari passu promissory note (collectively, the “Easton Town Center Non-Serviced Loan Combination”), replacing AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC as special servicer for such non-serviced loan combination. Situs was appointed at the direction of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (“TIAA”), the directing certificateholder of the BBCMS 2016-ETC securitization. As special servicer for the Easton Town Center Non-Serviced Loan Combination, Situs will be responsible for the servicing and administration of the Easton Town Center Non-Serviced Loan Combination if it becomes specially serviced (and the servicing and administration of any related REO property) and processing and performing certain reviews of material actions with respect to the Easton Town Center Non-Serviced Loan Combination when such non-serviced loan combination is not specially serviced. Servicing of the Easton Town Center Non-Serviced Loan Combination will continue to be governed by the BBCMS 2016-ETC pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of August 1, 2016.
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.
| Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. | |||
| By: | /s/ Jane Lam | ||
| Name: | Jane Lam | ||
| Title: | President | ||
Date: March 11, 2021