EastGroup Properties Announces Standardization of Key Property Metrics among Industrial REITs

Rhea-AI Summary

EastGroup Properties (NYSE: EGP) has announced a significant initiative to standardize key non-GAAP property metrics across the industrial REIT sector. The company has formed a coalition with First Industrial Realty Trust, Prologis, and STAG Industrial to enhance sector-wide comparability.

The updated methodology reaffirms the 2018 harmonization initiative's approach to determining property stabilization, occupancy, rent change, and customer retention. The annual same-store portfolio will continue to include only properties stabilized in both current and prior periods, with specific criteria for excluding value-added and redevelopment properties.

The standardization will be implemented in EastGroup's 2025 guidance and is not expected to materially impact the company's non-GAAP metrics for periods before 2025.

Positive

• Enhanced transparency and comparability across industrial REIT sector
• No material impact expected on historical non-GAAP metrics

Negative

• None.

JACKSON, Miss., April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EastGroup Properties, Inc. (NYSE: EGP) (the "Company", "we", "our", "us" or "EastGroup") announced today a coalition of industrial real estate investment trusts – EastGroup, First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., Prologis, Inc., and STAG Industrial, Inc. (collectively, the "Industrial REIT Group") – has updated its standardized methodology for calculating key non-GAAP property metrics to improve comparability across the sector.

Building on the 2018 harmonization initiative, the Industrial REIT Group reaffirmed its approach to determining property stabilization, occupancy, rent change, and customer retention. Additionally, the annual same-store portfolio will continue to include only properties that were stabilized in both the current and prior periods presented. Criteria to exclude value-added and redevelopment properties from the same store portfolio was also reaffirmed. 

All Industrial REIT Group members will align their non-GAAP metrics with these methodologies when the metric is disclosed. These methodologies are incorporated in EastGroup's 2025 guidance and are not expected to have a material impact on EastGroup's non-GAAP metrics for periods prior to 2025.

While minor differences may remain in calculation methods or terminology, the shared goal is to enhance consistency and comparability across the sector.

About EastGroup Properties, Inc.
EastGroup, a member of the S&P Mid-Cap 400 and Russell 2000 Indexes, is a self-administered equity real estate investment trust focused on the development, acquisition and operation of industrial properties in high-growth markets throughout the United States with an emphasis in the states of Texas, Florida, California, Arizona, and North Carolina. The Company's goal is to maximize shareholder value by being a leading provider in its markets of functional, flexible and quality business distribution space for location sensitive customers (primarily in the 20,000 to 100,000 square foot range). The Company's strategy for growth is based on ownership of premier distribution facilities generally clustered near major transportation features in supply-constrained submarkets. EastGroup's portfolio, including development projects and value-add acquisitions in lease-up and under construction, currently includes approximately 63.1 million square feet.

EastGroup Properties, Inc. press releases are available at www.eastgroup.net.

Forward-Looking Information
The statements and certain other information contained herein, which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "seek," "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "targets," "intends," "should," "estimates," "could," "continue," "assume," "projects," "goals," "plans" or variations of such words and similar expressions or the negative of such words, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbors created thereby. These forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current views about its plans, intentions, expectations, strategies and prospects, which are based on the information currently available to the Company and on assumptions it has made. Although the Company believes that its plans, intentions, expectations, strategies and prospects as reflected in or suggested by those forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company can give no assurance that such plans, intentions, expectations or strategies will be attained or achieved. Furthermore, these forward-looking statements should be considered as subject to the many risks and uncertainties that exist in the Company's operations and business environment. Such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These uncertainties include, but are not limited to: international, national, regional and local economic conditions; the competitive environment in which the Company operates; fluctuations of occupancy or rental rates; potential defaults (including bankruptcies or insolvency) on or non-renewal of leases by tenants, or our ability to lease space at current or anticipated rents, particularly in light of ongoing interest rate uncertainty; disruption in supply and delivery chains; increased construction and development costs, including as a result of the recent inflationary environment; acquisition and development risks, including failure of such acquisitions and development projects to perform in accordance with our projections or to materialize at all; potential changes in the law or governmental regulations and interpretations of those laws and regulations, including changes in real estate laws or real estate investment trust ("REIT") or corporate income tax laws, potential changes in zoning laws, or increases in real property tax rates, and any related increased cost of compliance; our ability to maintain our qualification as a REIT; natural disasters such as fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, or other extreme weather events, which may or may not be caused by longer-term shifts in climate patterns, could destroy buildings and damage regional economies; the availability of financing and capital, increases in or long-term elevated interest rates, and our ability to raise equity capital on attractive terms; financing risks, including the risks that our cash flows from operations may be insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest, and we may be unable to refinance our existing debt upon maturity or obtain new financing on attractive terms or at all; our ability to retain our credit agency ratings; our ability to comply with applicable financial covenants; credit risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties to our interest rate swaps; how and when pending forward equity sales may settle; lack of or insufficient amounts of insurance; litigation, including costs associated with prosecuting or defending claims and any adverse outcomes; our ability to attract and retain key personnel or lack of succession planning; risks related to the failure, inadequacy or interruption of our data security systems and processes, including security breaches through cyber attacks; pandemics, epidemics or other public health emergencies, such as the coronavirus pandemic; potentially catastrophic events such as acts of war, civil unrest and terrorism; and environmental liabilities, including costs, fines or penalties that may be incurred due to necessary remediation of contamination of properties presently owned or previously owned by us. All forward-looking statements should be read in light of the risks identified in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors within the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company's periodic filings and current reports filed with the SEC. The Company assumes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contact: investor@eastgroup.net

View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eastgroup-properties-announces-standardization-of-key-property-metrics-among-industrial-reits-302417470.html

SOURCE EastGroup Properties

FAQ

What changes did EastGroup Properties (EGP) announce for industrial REIT metrics standardization?

EGP announced updated standardized methodology for calculating key non-GAAP property metrics, including property stabilization, occupancy, rent change, and customer retention, in collaboration with other major industrial REITs.

When will EGP implement the new standardized metrics?

The new standardized metrics will be implemented in EastGroup's 2025 guidance, with no material impact expected on non-GAAP metrics prior to 2025.

Which companies are part of the Industrial REIT Group coalition with EGP?

The coalition includes EastGroup Properties, First Industrial Realty Trust, Prologis, and STAG Industrial.

How will the same-store portfolio be calculated under EGP's new standardization?

The annual same-store portfolio will only include properties that were stabilized in both the current and prior periods, excluding value-added and redevelopment properties.