Some work, some don't? Essential Grid vs. WP Tiles

IN MY CUSTOM TEMPLATE:

WP Tiles shortcode works perfectly:
<?php echo do_shortcode(‘[wp-tiles grids=”News” small_screen_grid=”Mobile” breakpoint=”640″ padding=”5″ pagination=”ajax” post_type=”page”order=”DESC” orderby=”date” exclude_current_post=”true”]’); ?>

Essential Grid shortcode doesn’t:
<?php echo do_shortcode(“[ess_grid alias=’sp_grid’]”); ?>

If WP Tiles plugin’s shortcode works but Essential Grid’s shortcode doesn’t, can somebody point me to where I should be configuring differently?

I’ve also deactivated WP Tiles plugin + tested EG = didn’t work.

All I’m seeing is a huge blank space where I assume the Essential Grid would show up. The space seems to be occupying the HTML but the grid content isn’t showing up.