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
Date of Report: May 5, 2023
(Date of earliest event reported)
Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001794303
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-C7
(exact name of the issuing entity as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0001258361
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.
(exact name of the depositor as specified in its charter)
Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
(Central Index Key Number: 0001701238)
Ladder Capital Finance LLC
(Central Index Key Number: 0001541468)
Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC
(Central Index Key Number: 0001548405)
LMF Commercial, LLC (f/k/a Rialto Mortgage Finance, LLC)
(Central Index Key Number: 0001592182)
(Exact names of sponsors as specified in their respective charters)
New York the issuing entity) | 333-228507-05 (Commission File Number of the issuing entity) | 35-7258066 35-7258067 35-7258068 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers) |
c/o Citibank, N.A.
as Certificate Administrator
388 Greenwich Street Trading, 4th Floor
New York, NY
(Address of principal executive offices of the issuing entity)
10013
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(212) 816-5614
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
None |
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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 8.01 Other Events.
The Harvey Building Products mortgage loan, an asset of Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-C7 (the “Issuing Entity”), is being serviced pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of November 1, 2019 (the “Benchmark 2019-B14 PSA”), by and among J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as special servicer, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and certificate administrator, which governs the issuance of the Benchmark 2019-B14 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2019-B14. The Benchmark 2019-B14 PSA was filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the Issuing Entity, dated December 19, 2019 under Commission File No. 333-228597-05.
Effective as of May 5, 2023, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association has been terminated as special servicer (except with respect to the 225 Bush whole loan and The Essex whole loan) under the Benchmark 2019-B14 PSA, and K-Star Asset Management LLC has been appointed to act as successor special servicer (except with respect to the 225 Bush whole loan and The Essex whole loan) under the Benchmark 2019-B14 PSA. A copy of the related Special Servicer Acknowledgment and Assumption dated May 5, 2023 is attached hereto as Exhibit 20.1
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2019 relating to the Issuing Entity, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K/A with respect to the Issuing Entity filed on January 3, 2020 under Commission File No. 333-228597-05.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | |
(d) | Exhibits | |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
Exhibit 20.1 | Special Servicer Acknowledgment and Assumption, dated May 5, 2023 |
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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.
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.
(Depositor)
/s/ Richard Simpson
Richard Simpson, President
Date: May 5, 2023
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