Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On March 3, 2021, Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. (the "Registrant")
issued a press release discussing the Registrant's financial results and
operations for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020. A copy of the press
release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K
and is incorporated by reference herein.
Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed
"filed" for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this Current
Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the
Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure
As discussed in Item 2.02 above, on March 3, 2021, we issued a press release
discussing the Registrant's financial results and operations for the quarter and
year ended December 31, 2020.
The information being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 shall not be deemed
"filed" for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the
Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The
information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed incorporated
by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
               Exhibit No.      Description
                99.1              Press Release dated March 3, 2021

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                                  Signature(s)

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.

Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc.

Date: March 3, 2021       By: /s/ Javier F. Bitar
                              Javier F. Bitar
                              Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Interim Chief
                              Investment Officer

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