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:  June 11, 2021
(Date of earliest event reported)

Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001783287

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-GC41

(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)

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company

(Central Index Key Number: 0001541502)

German American Capital Corporation

(Central Index Key Number: 0001541294)

(Exact names of sponsors as specified in their respective charters)

c/o Citibank, N.A.

as Certificate Administrator

388 Greenwich Street, 14th 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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Item 8.01  Other Events.

The Centre mortgage loan, an asset of Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-GC41 (the “Issuing Entity”), is being serviced pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of August 1, 2019 (the “Benchmark 2019-B12 PSA”), by and among Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 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, Pacific Life Insurance Company and Trimont Real Estate Advisors, LLC, each as a special servicer, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, Citibank, N.A., as certificate administrator, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, which governs the issuance of the Benchmark 2019-B12 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2019-B12. The Benchmark 2019-B12 PSA was filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the Issuing Entity, dated August 20, 2019 under Commission File No. 333-228597-02.

Effective as of June 11, 2021, Trimont Real Estate Advisors, LLC has been removed as special servicer with respect to The Centre Loan Combination (as defined under the Benchmark 2019-B12 PSA), and CWCapital Asset Management LLC has been appointed to act as successor special servicer with respect to The Centre Loan Combination (as defined under the Benchmark 2019-B12 PSA). A copy of the related Acknowledgment and Assumption of Proposed Special Servicer dated June 11, 2021 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 August 1, 2019 relating to the Issuing Entity, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the Issuing Entity dated August 20, 2019 under Commission File No. 333-228597-02.

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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: June 11, 2021

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