Company: EGP
Filing Date: 2025-10-23
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000049600-25-000109
Chunk: 135

Company: EASTGROUP PROPERTIES INC
Filing Date: 2025-10-23
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 135
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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 the ongoing uncertainty around interest rates, tariffs and general economic conditions;

•disruption in supply and delivery chains;

•increased construction and development costs, including as a result of tariffs or 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, 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 directly 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 adequate succession planning;

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•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