Kathleen S. Briscoe

By “investment grade” we mean that we intend to invest in properties leased to blue chip tenants and/ or companies with investment grade credit ratings. There is no guarantee all of our properties will be leased to blue chip tenants or companies with investment grade credit ratings. Blue chip companies are well-known publicly traded companies that typically make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P 500 Index. Blue chip and investment grade descriptions are those of either tenants and/ or guarantors with investment grade credit ratings or whose non-guarantor parent companies have investment grade credit ratings or what management believes are generally equivalent ratings.

(1) Distributions are approved by the board of directors on a quarterly basis, and may come from sources other than cash flow from operations. Distributions are not guaranteed.

(2) As of April 30, 2019

(3) There is no guarantee our properties will remain 97.5% leased.

(4) There can be no assurance that our investment objectives will be realized. Any investment involves a risk of loss, including a loss of your entire investment.

Griffin Capital Securities, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC, is the dealer manager for the Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. offering.

This website is neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Only the prospectus can make such an offer. Therefore, a copy of the prospectus must be made available to you in connection with the offering. This marketing material must be read in conjunction with the prospectus in order to understand fully all of the implications and risks of the offering of securities to which it relates. Because it is a summary, it may not contain all of the information that is important to you. To understand the Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. offering fully, you should read the entire prospectus and Risk Factors carefully, including "Questions and Answers" and "Risk Factors" sections and the financial statements, before making a decision to invest in our shares. Some of the risks associated with this offering include the following: this is a “best efforts” offering and some or all of our shares may not be sold; no public market currently exists for our shares; it may be difficult to sell your shares, and if you do, it will likely be at a substantial discount; the purchase and redemption price for shares of our common stock will be based on the NAV of each class of common stock; we must depend on our advisor to conduct our operations; we will pay substantial fees and expenses to our advisor; there are substantial conflicts of interest among us and our sponsor, advisor, dealer manager and property manager; we may use substantial debt to acquire our properties; we may fail to continue to qualify as a REIT; our share redemption program is subject to available liquidity and other significant restrictions and we may amend, suspend or terminate the share redemption program at any time; a portion of the offering proceeds may be used to redeem or repurchase our shares; and future distribution declarations are at the sole discretion of the board of directors and are not guaranteed. We may fund a portion of our distributions from offering proceeds or from borrowings in anticipation of future cash flows, some or all of which may be a return of capital. We cannot assure you that we will achieve any of our investment objectives. No offering is made to New York residents except by a prospectus filed with the Department of Law of the State of New York. The Attorney General of the State of New York has not passed or endorsed the merits of the offering. Use of this website is subject to its Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.