Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I Among Nine Defendants in ADA Class Action

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Two plaintiffs with mobility disabilities have filed a proposed class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania against Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I, Inc. (which does business as Phillips Edison & Company) and the below defendants over alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):

• Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II, Inc.
• Phillips Edison Grocery Center Operating Partnership I, LP
• Phillips Edison Grocery Center Operating Partnership II, LP
• Phillips Edison Grocery Center OP GP I LLC
• PE Grocery Center OP GP II LLC
• Phillips Edison NTR LLC
• Phillips Edison NTR II LLC
• Phillips Edison Limited Partnership

The plaintiffs’ lawsuit stems from alleged accessibility barriers found in parking lots and travel paths at the defendants’ facilities, which include various real estate properties (the REIT defendants) and “grocery-anchored neighborhood and community shopping centers,” nationwide. According to the complaint, the plaintiffs’ experiences at the defendants’ facilities—that they were allegedly denied full and equal access—are not isolated episodes, but rather examples of systematic discrimination against individuals with mobility disabilities.

The specific facilities mentioned in the complaint from which the plaintiffs say they’ve personally been denied full and equal access, all in Pittsburgh, reportedly represent only a few of the defendants’ supposedly non-ADA-compliant locations. The case also notes facilities in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania; Burbank, Illinois; and Golden and Broomfield, Colorado as having ostensibly handicapped-accessible parking spaces with excessive slopes and excessively sloped curb ramps, among other alleged infractions.

The lawsuit asks the court for a permanent injunction to require the defendants to remedy the supposed accessibility barriers at their facilities, as well as update their policies to prevent future issues and submit to monitoring to ensure said injunctive relief is properly implemented.