UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 20, 2018

Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001722194

Benchmark 2018-B1 Mortgage Trust

(Exact name of Issuing Entity)

Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0001013454

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541294

German American Capital Corporation

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0000835271

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001701238

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

(Exact Names of the Sponsors as Specified in their Charters)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 250-2500      

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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 31, 2018, Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation (the “Registrant”) caused the issuance of the Benchmark 2018-B1 Mortgage Trust (“Issuing Entity”) Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2018-B1 (the “Certificates”), pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2018 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Registrant, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

One mortgage loan, secured by the mortgaged property identified as “Two Harbor Point Square” on Exhibit B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Two Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan”), is an asset of the Issuing Entity and part of a whole loan (the “Two Harbor Point Square Whole Loan”) that includes the Two Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan and two pari passu promissory notes (the “Two Harbor Point Square Pari Passu Companion Loans”) that are not assets of the Issuing Entity. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the Two Harbor Point Square Whole Loan will be serviced and administered (i) until the securitization of the controlling Two Harbor Point Square Pari Passu Companion Loan, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (ii) from and after the securitization of the controlling Two Harbor Point Square Pari Passu Companion Loan, under the pooling and servicing agreement entered into in connection with that securitization.

The controlling Two Harbor Point Square Pari Passu Companion Loan was securitized on March 20, 2018 in connection with the issuance of a series of mortgage pass-through certificates entitled Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-B2, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2018-B2. Consequently, the Two Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan is being serviced and administered under the pooling and servicing agreement entered into in connection with such securitization, dated as of March 1, 2018 (the “CGCMT 2018-B2 PSA”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Non-Serviced Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Non-Serviced Special Servicer”), Citibank, N.A., as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer. The CGCMT 2018-B2 PSA is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The servicing terms of the CGCMT 2018-B2 PSA are substantially similar to the servicing terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement applicable to the Serviced Mortgage Loans; however, the servicing arrangements under such agreements differ in certain respects, including the items set forth under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans—General” in the prospectus relating to the Certificates, dated January 22, 2018 (the “Prospectus”), and the following:

•      The Non-Serviced Master Servicer will earn a primary servicing fee with respect to the Two Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan that is to be calculated at 0.0025% per annum.

•      Upon the Two Harbor Point Square Mortgage Loan becoming a specially serviced loan under the CGCMT 2018-B2 PSA, the Non-Serviced Special Servicer will earn a special servicing fee payable monthly with respect to such mortgage loan accruing at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum, until such time as such mortgage loan is no longer specially serviced. The special servicing fee is subject to a minimum fee of $3,500 (or $5,000 if the risk retention consultation party has consulted with the Non-Serviced Special Servicer with respect to such specially serviced loan during the occurrence and continuance of a consultation termination event under the CGCMT 2018-B2 PSA).

•      The Non-Serviced Special Servicer will be entitled to a workout fee equal to 1.0% of each payment of principal and interest (other than default interest) made by the related borrower after a workout. The workout fee is subject to a minimum fee of $25,000 and a $1,000,000 fee cap.

•      The Non-Serviced Special Servicer will be entitled to a liquidation fee equal to 1.0% of net liquidation proceeds received in connection with a liquidation. The liquidation fee is subject to a minimum fee of $25,000 and a $1,000,000 fee cap.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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.

Dated:  March 26, 2018

Benchmark 2018-B1 – 8-K (CGCMT 2018-B2 Servicing Shift)

Exhibit Index