WELLS FARGO COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC.
301 South College Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0166
August 9, 2011
VIA FACSIMILE
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Ms. Lauren Nguyen
| | Re: | Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-172366),
as filed on February 18, 2011 and amended on July 28, 2011 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-172366), as filed on February 18, 2011 and amended on July 28, 2011, be declared effective at 5:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on August 11, 2011, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Registrant is aware of its responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to proposed public offering of the securities specified in the above-captioned registration statement. The Registrant acknowledges that (a) should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (b) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (c) the Registrant may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
| | Sincerely yours, | |
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| | WELLS FARGO COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
SECURITIES, INC.
Registrant | |
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| | By: | /s/ Brigid M. Mattingly | |
| | Name: | Brigid M. Mattingly | |
| | Title: | President and Director | |
