{"id":65414,"date":"2020-08-28T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/08\/28\/eastgroup-properties-announces-dividend-increase\/"},"modified":"2020-08-28T11:46:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T11:46:00","slug":"eastgroup-properties-announces-dividend-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/08\/28\/eastgroup-properties-announces-dividend-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"EastGroup Properties Announces Dividend Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"51\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4000-1-13-1.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>EastGroup Properties<\/strong>&nbsp;announced that its Board of Directors approved a 5.3% increase in its quarterly dividend, raising it to&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-money\">$.79<\/span>&nbsp;per share from&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-money\">$.75<\/span>&nbsp;per share.&nbsp; The dividend is payable on&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-chron\">October 15, 2020<\/span>&nbsp;to shareholders of record of Common Stock on&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-chron\">September 30<\/span>, 2020.&nbsp; This dividend is the 163<sup>rd&nbsp;<\/sup>consecutive quarterly distribution to EastGroup&#8217;s shareholders and represents an annualized dividend rate of&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-money\">$3.16<\/span>&nbsp;per share.&nbsp; EastGroup has increased or maintained its dividend for 28 consecutive years.&nbsp; The Company has increased it 25 years over that period, including increases in each of the last nine years.<\/p>\n<p>EastGroup Properties, Inc., an S&amp;P MidCap 400 company, is a self-administered equity real estate investment trust focused on the development, acquisition and operation of industrial properties in major Sunbelt markets throughout&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>&nbsp;with an emphasis in the states of&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-location\">Florida<\/span>,&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span>,&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-location\">Arizona<\/span>,&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-location\">North Carolina<\/span>. The Company&#8217;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 15,000 to 70,000 square foot range). The Company&#8217;s strategy for growth is based on ownership of premier distribution facilities generally clustered near major transportation features in supply-constrained submarkets. EastGroup&#8217;s portfolio, including development projects and value-add acquisitions in lease-up and under construction, currently includes approximately 46 million square feet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>EastGroup Properties, Inc. press releases are available at&nbsp;www.eastgroup.net.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastgroup.net.\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.eastgroup.net.<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>www.eastgroup.net.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire-real-estate\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire Real Estate<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>www.eastgroup.net.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"51\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4000-1-13-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">EastGroup Properties&nbsp;announced that its Board of Directors approved a 5.3% increase in its quarterly dividend, raising it to&nbsp;$.79&nbsp;per share from&nbsp;$.75&nbsp;per share.&nbsp; The dividend is payable on&nbsp;October 15, 2020&nbsp;to shareholders of record of Common Stock on&nbsp;September 30, 2020.&nbsp; This dividend is the 163rd&nbsp;consecutive quarterly distribution to EastGroup&rsquo;s shareholders and represents an annualized dividend rate of&nbsp;$3.16&nbsp;per share.&nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/08\/28\/eastgroup-properties-announces-dividend-increase\/\">Continue reading <span>EastGroup Properties Announces Dividend Increase<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/08\/28\/eastgroup-properties-announces-dividend-increase\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire","category-wire-real-estate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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