EXHIBIT 21.1

SUBSIDIARIES OF GRIFFIN CAPITAL ESSENTIAL ASSET REIT, INC.

Subsidiary(1)	Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization
Griffin Capital Essential Asset Operating Partnership, L.P.	Delaware

⁽¹⁾  The names of other subsidiaries have been omitted from the list above, since they would not constitute, in the aggregate, a “significant subsidiary,” as that term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 31, 2018.