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COMMON STOCK ACTIVITY (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract] |
Common Stock Activity | The following table presents the common stock activity for the three years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023:
| Years Ended December 31,
2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
(Common stock, in shares)
Shares outstanding at beginning of year | 51,825,798 |  |  | 47,700,432 |  |  | 43,575,539 |
Common stock offerings | 1,482,198 |  |  | 4,071,536 |  |  | 4,094,896 |
Incentive restricted stock granted | 60,220 |  |  | 84,308 |  |  | 57,741 |
Incentive restricted stock forfeited | — |  |  | (2,545) |  |  | (1,015) |
Director restricted stock granted | 4,884 |  |  | 5,040 |  |  | 4,134 |
Employee common stock awarded | 650 |  |  | 600 |  |  | 575 |
Stock withheld for tax obligations | (24,950) |  |  | (33,573) |  |  | (31,438) |
Shares outstanding at end of year | 53,348,800 |  |  | 51,825,798 |  |  | 47,700,432 |
Direct Common Stock Issuance Activity | The following table presents the Company’s common stock issuance activity sold directly through sales agents pursuant to the Company's ATM programs during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
Years Ended December 31, |  | Common Stock Issued (1) |  | Weighted Average Price |  | Gross Proceeds |  | Net Proceeds
|  | (In shares) |  | (Per share) |  | (In thousands)
2025 |  | 33,120 |  |  | $ | 183.15 |  |  | $ | 6,066 |  |  | $ | 6,005 |
2024 |  | 1,373,459 |  |  | 174.30 |  |  | 239,390 |  |  | 236,996 |
2023 |  | 4,094,896 |  |  | 170.77 |  |  | 699,304 |  |  | 692,312 |
(1)Excludes shares of common stock sold on a forward basis as described in the following paragraph.
Forward Equity Offering Activity | The following table presents the Company’s forward equity offering activity during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
|  | Common Stock |  | Weighted Average Price |  | Gross Proceeds
|  | (In shares) |  | (Per share) |  | (In thousands)
Forward Sale Agreements Outstanding at December 31, 2022 |  | — |  |  | N/A |  | $ | — |
New forward sale agreements (1) |  | 406,041 |  |  | $ | 183.92 |  |  | 74,679 |
Forward sale agreements settled — Shares issued and proceeds received |  | — |  |  | N/A |  | — |
Forward Sale Agreements Outstanding at December 31, 2023 |  | 406,041 |  |  | 183.92 |  |  | 74,679 |
New forward sale agreements (1) |  | 2,677,289 |  |  | 178.32 |  |  | 477,420 |
Forward sale agreements settled — Shares issued and proceeds received (2) |  | (2,698,077) |  |  | 179.63 |  |  | (484,653) |
Forward Sale Agreements Outstanding at December 31, 2024 |  | 385,253 |  |  | 175.07 |  |  | 67,446 |
New forward sale agreements (1) |  | 1,063,825 |  |  | 181.89 |  |  | 193,498 |
Forward sale agreements settled — Shares issued and proceeds received (3) |  | (1,449,078) |  |  | 180.08 |  |  | (260,944) |
Forward Sale Agreements Outstanding at December 31, 2025 |  | — |  |  | N/A |  | $ | — |
(1)The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of common shares by the forward counterparties at the time it entered into forward sale agreements. (2)EastGroup settled outstanding forward equity sale agreements by issuing 2,698,077 shares of common stock in exchange for net proceeds of approximately $480,663,000. (3)EastGroup settled outstanding forward equity sale agreements by issuing 1,449,078 shares of common stock in exchange for net proceeds of approximately $258,066,000.

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