The 540 West Madison Mortgage Loan, which constituted approximately 7.3% 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 September 1, 2016 relating to the GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2016-GS3 filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 30, 2016 (the "GSMS 2016-GS3 PSA"). Pursuant to Section 7.01(d) of the GSMS 2016-GS3 PSA, Trimont LLC (f/k/a Trimont Real Estate Advisors, LLC) was removed as special servicer of the 540 West Madison Mortgage Loan and Green Loan Services LLC ("Green Loan"), a Delaware limited liability company, was appointed as the successor special servicer of the 540 West Madison Mortgage Loan under the GSMS 2016-GS3 PSA.

In the interest of transaction management, this Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to record that, effective as of May 6, 2026, the 540 West Madison Mortgage Loan will be specially serviced, if necessary, pursuant to the GSMS 2016-GS3 PSA, by Green Loan. Green Loan maintains its principal special servicing office at 1 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, New York 10017 and its telephone number is (212) 594-2700.