UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 23, 2012

PHILLIPS EDISON – ARC SHOPPING CENTER

REIT INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

11501 Northlake Drive

Cincinnati, Ohio 45249

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(513) 554-1110

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Phillips Edison – ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. (the “Company”) hereby amends the following Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 27, 2012 to provide the required financial information relating to the Company’s acquisitions of Tramway Crossing, located in Sanford, North Carolina and Westin Centre, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

After reasonable inquiry, the Company is not aware of any material factors relating to Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre that would cause the reported revenues and certain operating expenses relating to them not to be necessarily indicative of future operating results.

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Independent Auditors’ Report

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

Phillips Edison – ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc.

Cincinnati, Ohio

We have audited the accompanying combined statement of revenues and certain operating expenses (the “Combined Historical Summary”), of Tramway Crossing, a shopping center located in Sanford, North Carolina, and Westin Centre, a shopping center located in Fayetteville, North Carolina (collectively the “Properties”), for the year ended December 31, 2011. These entities are under common ownership and management. This Combined Historical Summary is the responsibility of the Properties’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Combined Historical Summary based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Combined Historical Summary is free of material misstatement. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as it relates to the Combined Historical Summary as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Properties’ internal control over financial reporting as it relates to the Combined Historical Summary. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the Combined Historical Summary, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the Combined Historical Summary. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

The accompanying Combined Historical Summary was prepared for the purpose of complying with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (for inclusion in this Form 8-K/A of Phillips Edison – ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc.) as discussed in Note 1 to the Combined Historical Summary and is not intended to be a complete presentation of the Properties’ revenues and expenses.

In our opinion, the Combined Historical Summary presents fairly, in all material respects, the revenues and certain operating expenses discussed in Note 1 to the Combined Historical Summary of the Properties for the year ended December 31, 2011, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio

May 4, 2012

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Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre

Combined Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses

For the Year Ended December 31, 2011

(in thousands)

See accompanying Notes to the Combined Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses.

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Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre

Notes to the Combined Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses

For the Year Ended December 31, 2011

1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

On February 23, 2012, Phillips Edison – ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. (the “Company”), through a joint venture formed between a group of institutional international investors advised by CBRE Investors Global Multi Manager (the “CBRE Global Investors”) and the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, purchased two shopping centers, Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre, from affiliated sellers. Tramway Crossing, a shopping center containing 62,382 rentable square feet (unaudited) located in Sanford, North Carolina, was purchased for approximately $5.50 million, exclusive of closing costs. Westin Centre, a shopping center containing 66,890 rentable square feet (unaudited) located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, was purchased for approximately $6.05 million, exclusive of closing costs. The acquisitions and related expenses were funded with proceeds from the Company’s ongoing public offering and proceeds provided by the CBRE Global Investors.

The combined statement of revenues and certain operating expenses (the “Combined Historical Summary”) of Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre has been prepared for the purpose of complying with the provisions of Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which requires certain information with respect to real estate operations to be included in certain filings with the SEC. The Combined Historical Summary is not intended to be a complete presentation of the revenues and operating expenses of Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre for the year ended December 31, 2011. The combined statement of revenues and certain operating expenses excludes items that may not be comparable to the future operations of Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre, such as depreciation, amortization, and interest on debt not assumed.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Reporting and Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions of the reported amounts of revenues and certain operating expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition — Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre lease space to retail tenants under leases with varying terms, which are accounted for as operating leases. The properties recognize minimum rents on the straight-line method over the terms of the leases regardless of when payments are due. The leases also typically provide for tenant recoveries of common area maintenance (CAM) costs, real estate taxes, and other operating expenses. These recoveries are recognized as revenue in the period the applicable costs are incurred. Most tenants pay estimated monthly CAM amounts and are billed the shortfalls or credited the overpayments annually, with the exclusion of tenants with gross leases.

Straight-line rental revenue was lower than the current amount required to be paid by tenants by $41,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Repairs and Maintenance — Expenditures for normal, recurring, or periodic maintenance are charged to expense when incurred. Renovations which improve or extend the life of the asset are capitalized.

Subsequent Events — The Company has evaluated subsequent events through May 4, 2012, the date the Combined Historical Summary was available to be issued, to determine if either recognition or disclosure of significant events or transactions is required. The Company has determined that no such recognition or disclosure is required.

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3. LEASES

Minimum future rentals of Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre to be received under noncancelable operating leases in effect as of December 31, 2011, assuming no new or renegotiated leases or option extensions on lease agreements are as follows:

The minimum future rental income represents the base rent required to be paid by the tenants under the terms of their leases, exclusive of operating expense recoveries.

4. CONCENTRATIONS

The percentages of rental income from tenants who individually represent more than 10% of the rental income of Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre for the year ended December 31, 2011 are as follows:

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Phillips Edison – ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information

On February 23, 2012, the Company, through a joint venture formed between a group of institutional international investors advised by CBRE Investors Global Multi Manager (the “CBRE Global Investors”) and the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Joint Venture”), purchased a shopping center containing 62,382 rentable square feet located on approximately ten acres of land in Sanford, North Carolina (“Tramway Crossing”) for approximately $5.50 million, exclusive of closing costs. The Company holds an approximate 54% interest in the Joint Venture and the CBRE Global Investors hold the remaining approximate 46% interest. The acquisition and related expenses were funded with proceeds from the Company’s ongoing public offering and proceeds provided by the CBRE Global Investors. Tramway Crossing was purchased from Tramway Crossing, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company that is not affiliated with the Company, its advisor or its sub-advisor.

On February 23, 2012, the Company, through the Joint Venture, purchased a shopping center containing 66,890 rentable square feet located on approximately 12 acres of land in Fayetteville, North Carolina (“Westin Centre”) for approximately $6.05 million, exclusive of closing costs. The acquisition and related expenses were funded with proceeds from the Company’s ongoing public offering and proceeds provided by the CBRE Global Investors. Westin Centre was purchased from Westin Centre, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company that is not affiliated with the Company, its advisor or its sub-advisor.

In the Company’s opinion, all material adjustments necessary to reflect the effects of the above transactions have been made. Although we do not anticipate any changes in the Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre fair value measurements, the measurements may be subject to change within 12 months of the business combination date if new facts or circumstances that were previously unknown but existed as of the business combination date are brought to our attention.

The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2011 is presented as if the Company acquired Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre on December 31, 2011. The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011 is presented as if the Company had acquired Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre on January 1, 2011. This unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements and notes thereto as filed in the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and are not necessarily indicative of what the actual financial position or results of operations would have been had the Company completed the transactions as of the beginning of the period presented, nor is it necessarily indicative of future results.

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Phillips Edison – ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc.

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)

(in thousands)

See accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information.

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Phillips Edison – ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc.

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

For the Year Ended December 31, 2011

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

See accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information.

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Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2011

The Company capitalized $9,000 and $9,000 for prepaid insurance for Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre, respectively. These costs, in addition to those allocated from the purchase price, are included in prepaid expenses and other assets on the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as shown below (amounts in thousands):

The Company has allocated the purchase price to the above tangible and identified intangible assets acquired and intangible liabilities assumed based on their fair values in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as follows:

Estimates of future cash flows and other valuation techniques that the Company believes are similar to those used by independent appraisers were used to record the purchase of identifiable assets acquired such as land, buildings and improvements, and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities such as amounts related to in-place leases and acquired above- and below-market leases.

The estimated fair value of acquired in-place leases reflect the costs the Company would have incurred to lease the properties to the occupancy level of the properties at the dates of acquisition. Such estimates include the fair value of the loss of rental income, leasing commissions, legal costs and other direct costs that would be incurred to lease the properties to such occupancy levels.

Acquired above- and below-market lease values were recorded based on the present value of the difference between the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and management’s estimate of the current market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases. The capitalized above- and below-market lease values will be amortized as adjustments to rental revenue

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over the remaining terms of the respective leases. Should a tenant terminate its lease prior to its contractual term, the unamortized portion of the in-place lease value will be charged to amortization expense and the unamortized portion of above- and-below market lease value will be charged to rental revenue.

Although we do not anticipate any further changes in the Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre fair value measurements, the measurements may be subject to change within 12 months of the business combination date if new facts or circumstances are brought to our attention that were previously unknown but existed as of the business combination date.

The following table summarizes the cash paid to acquire Tramway Crossing and Westin Centre (amounts in thousands):

Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year

Ended December 31, 2011

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SIGNATURE

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.

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