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
May 5, 2023
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001707817
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2017-C38
(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)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001685185
UBS AG, acting through its branch located at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)
New York | 333-206677-16 | 38-4040955 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of issuing entity) | (Commission File Number of issuing entity) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers) |
c/o Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as agent for
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 Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio 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, 2017, relating to the DBJPM 2017-C6 Mortgage Trust filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 13, 2017 (the “DBJPM 2017-C6 PSA”). Pursuant to Section 3.22(b) of the DBJPM 2017-C6 PSA, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking association, was removed as special servicer of the Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan and K-Star Asset Management LLC (“K-Star”), a Delaware limited liability company, was appointed as the successor special servicer of the Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan under the DBJPM 2017-C6 PSA.
In the interest of transaction management, this Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to record that, effective as of May 5, 2023, the Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan will be specially serviced, if necessary, pursuant to the DBJPM 2017-C6 PSA, by K-Star. The principal servicing offices of K-Star are located at 5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 950, Dallas, Texas 75225.
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 Sfarra
Anthony Sfarra, President
Date: May 5, 2023