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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 1) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Class of Stock [Line Items]      
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2014    
Federal Income Tax Treatment of Share Distributions [Abstract]      
Ordinary taxable income distribution requirement 90.00%egp_OrdinaryTaxableIncomeDistributionRequirement    
Common Stock      
Federal Income Tax Treatment of Share Distributions [Abstract]      
Ordinary income (in dollars per share) $ 2.02398egp_OrdinaryIncomeDistributionsPerShare
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$ 1.91678egp_OrdinaryIncomeDistributionsPerShare
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$ 1.64506egp_OrdinaryIncomeDistributionsPerShare
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Nondividend distributions (in dollars per share) $ 0.08974egp_ReturnOfCapitalDistributionPerShare
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$ 0.21054egp_ReturnOfCapitalDistributionPerShare
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$ 0.29240egp_ReturnOfCapitalDistributionPerShare
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Unrecaptured Section 1250 capital gain (in dollars per share) $ 0.09470egp_UnrecapturedSection1250LongTermCapitalGainDistributionPerShare
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$ 0.00270egp_UnrecapturedSection1250LongTermCapitalGainDistributionPerShare
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$ 0.14942egp_UnrecapturedSection1250LongTermCapitalGainDistributionPerShare
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Other capital gain (in dollars per share) $ 0.01158egp_OtherLongTermCapitalGainDistributionsPerShare
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$ 0.00998egp_OtherLongTermCapitalGainDistributionsPerShare
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$ 0.01312egp_OtherLongTermCapitalGainDistributionsPerShare
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Total Common Distributions $ 2.22000us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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$ 2.14000us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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$ 2.10000us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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