Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I, Inc. Acquires Grocery-Anchored Shopping Center

CINCINNATI--()--Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced the strategic acquisition of a grocery-anchored shopping center, expanding the Company’s portfolio in Texas.

Murphy Marketplace is 218,598 square foot grocery store-anchored shopping center in Murphy, Texas, a suburb 25 miles northeast of Dallas. The center is anchored by Sprouts, a leading fresh format grocer. Murphy Marketplace also features national and regional tenants Michaels, 24 Hour Fitness, Tuesday Morning, T-Mobile, Chick-Fil-A, Einstein Bros. Bagels, Chipotle, Firehouse Subs and Dunkin’ Donuts.

The Company’s sponsor, Phillips Edison, has a robust acquisitions pipeline managed by a national, in-house acquisitions team from which it continues to source opportunities to acquire high quality grocery-anchored shopping centers diversified by grocer, geography, tenancy, lease expirations and creditworthiness.

About Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I, Inc.

Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I, Inc. is a public non-traded REIT that seeks primarily to acquire and manage well-occupied grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers having a mix of national and regional retailers selling necessity-based goods and services, in strong demographic markets throughout the United States. As of June 29, 2016, the Company owns and manages an institutional quality retail portfolio consisting of 149 shopping centers totaling approximately 15.9 million square feet. For more information, please visit the Company’s website at www.grocerycenterREIT1.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements about the Company’s business, including, in particular, statements about its pipeline, plans, strategies and objectives. You can generally identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue” or other similar words. You should not rely on these forward-looking statements because the matters they describe are subject to the factors detailed under Risk Factors in the Company’s most recent Form 10-K and subsequent Forms 10-Q on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as other known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unpredictable factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. The Company’s actual results, performance and achievements may be materially different from that expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

Contacts

Phillips Edison & Company
Emily Kendall, 513-746-2595
ekendall@phillipsedison.com
or
ICR
Angela Bonnici, 646-277-1276
angela.bonnici@icrinc.com

Contacts

Phillips Edison & Company
Emily Kendall, 513-746-2595
ekendall@phillipsedison.com
or
ICR
Angela Bonnici, 646-277-1276
angela.bonnici@icrinc.com