<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001638599-18-000316.txt : 20180308
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180308160126
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001638599-18-000316
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180223
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180308
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180308

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hermiz Laith
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001489260

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12928
		FILM NUMBER:		18676430

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		31850 NORTHWESTERN HWY
		CITY:			FARMINGTON HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48334

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AGREE REALTY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917251
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				383148187
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		70 E. LONG LAKE ROAD
		CITY:			BLOOMFIELD HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48034
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8107374190

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		70 E. LONG LAKE ROAD
		CITY:			BLOOMFIELD HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48034
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    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2018-02-23</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2018-02-27</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000917251</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AGREE REALTY CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ADC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001489260</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Hermiz Laith</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>70 E. LONG LAKE ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BLOOMFIELD HILLS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>48304</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>COO &amp; EVP</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-02-23</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1238</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>47.73</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>28580</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
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            <transactionDate>
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                    <value>0.00</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents Common Shares withheld by the Issuer as payment of tax withholdings due upon vesting of 2,680 Common Shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These shares are restricted common shares that were granted to the reporting person by the Issuer's Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. 705, 705, 705, 705 and 705 of these shares shall become vested and nonforfeitable, subject to the reporting person's continued service as an employee of the Issuer, on February 23, 2019, February 23, 2020, February 23, 2021, February 23, 2022 and February 23, 2023, respectively. In addition, 3,525 performance shares were also granted to the reporting person by the Issuer's Compenation Committee of the Board of Directors.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Cheryl A. Hamilton, as attorney-in-fact for Laith Hermiz</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-03-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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