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

November 23, 2020
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity:  0001694649
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Trust 2017-BNK3
(Exact name of issuing entity)

Central Index Key Number of the registrant:  0001005007
Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, MD 21045
(Address of principal executive offices of the issuing entity)

(980) 388-7451
Registrant's Telephone number, including area code

Former name or former address, if changed since last report:  Not Applicable

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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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The Platform Mortgage Loan, which constituted approximately 3.8% 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 February 1, 2017, relating to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Trust 2017-BNK3 filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2017 (the “BANK 2017-BNK3 PSA”) and the Agreement Between Noteholders, dated as of January 12, 2017, filed as Exhibit 4.12 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2017 (“The Platform Intercreditor Agreement”).  Effective November 23, 2020, pursuant to Section 7.01 of the BANK 2017-BNK3 PSA and Section 7 of The Platform Intercreditor Agreement, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association (“Midland”), a national banking association, was removed as special servicer of The Platform Mortgage Loan and Situs Holdings, LLC (“Situs Holdings”), a Delaware limited liability company, was appointed as the successor special servicer of The Platform Mortgage Loan under the BANK 2017-BNK3 PSA.

In the interest of transaction management, this Form 8-K is being filed to record that, effective as of November 23, 2020, The Platform Mortgage Loan will be specially serviced, if necessary, pursuant to the BANK 2017-BNK3 PSA, by Situs Holdings.  The principal executive office of Situs Holdings is located at 5065 Westheimer, Suite 700E, Houston, Texas 77056 and its telephone number is (713) 328-4400.  Situs Holdings maintains its principal special servicing office at 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 2250, San Francisco, California 94104.

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.

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.
(Depositor)