Organization	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	ORGANIZATION Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I, Inc. (“we,” the “Company,” “our,” or “us”) was formed as a Maryland corporation in October 2009. Substantially all of our business is conducted through Phillips Edison Grocery Center Operating Partnership I, L.P., (the “Operating Partnership”), a Delaware limited partnership formed in December 2009. We are a limited partner of the Operating Partnership, and our wholly owned subsidiary, Phillips Edison Grocery Center OP GP I LLC, is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. Our advisor is Phillips Edison NTR LLC (“PE-NTR”), which is directly or indirectly owned by Phillips Edison Limited Partnership (the “Phillips Edison sponsor”). Under the terms of the advisory agreement between PE-NTR and us (“PE-NTR Agreement”), PE-NTR is responsible for the management of our day-to-day activities and the implementation of our investment strategy. We invest primarily in well-occupied, grocery-anchored, neighborhood and community shopping centers that have a mix of creditworthy national and regional retailers that sell necessity-based goods and services in strong demographic markets throughout the United States. As of March 31, 2017, we owned fee simple interests in 154 real estate properties acquired from third parties unaffiliated with us or PE-NTR.

Organization

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

ORGANIZATION

Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I, Inc. (“we,” the “Company,” “our,” or “us”) was formed as a Maryland corporation in October 2009. Substantially all of our business is conducted through Phillips Edison Grocery Center Operating Partnership I, L.P., (the “Operating Partnership”), a Delaware limited partnership formed in December 2009. We are a limited partner of the Operating Partnership, and our wholly owned subsidiary, Phillips Edison Grocery Center OP GP I LLC, is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership.

Our advisor is Phillips Edison NTR LLC (“PE-NTR”), which is directly or indirectly owned by Phillips Edison Limited Partnership (the “Phillips Edison sponsor”). Under the terms of the advisory agreement between PE-NTR and us (“PE-NTR Agreement”), PE-NTR is responsible for the management of our day-to-day activities and the implementation of our investment strategy.

We invest primarily in well-occupied, grocery-anchored, neighborhood and community shopping centers that have a mix of creditworthy national and regional retailers that sell necessity-based goods and services in strong demographic markets throughout the United States. As of March 31, 2017, we owned fee simple interests in 154 real estate properties acquired from third parties unaffiliated with us or PE-NTR.