Exhibit 31
Certifications
I, Richard Simpson, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form10-K and all reports on Form10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form10-K of Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust2017-C4 (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 Form10-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 servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements 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 Rules13a-18 and15d-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 Form10-K.
In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association; Park Bridge Lender Services LLC.; U.S. Bank National Association; Berkeley Point Capital LLC; Pentalpha Surveillance LLC; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association; KeyBank National Association; CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc.; National Tax Search, LLC; and Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC.
Date: November 4, 2019
| /s/ Richard Simpson |
Richard Simpson
President, Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.
(senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)
CGCMT2017-C4 Certifications (2018)