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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Derivative [Line Items]      
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2014    
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedge Assets at Fair Value $ 812,000us-gaap_InterestRateCashFlowHedgeAssetAtFairValue $ 1,692,000us-gaap_InterestRateCashFlowHedgeAssetAtFairValue  
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedge Liabilities at Fair Value 3,314,000us-gaap_InterestRateCashFlowHedgeLiabilityAtFairValue 244,000us-gaap_InterestRateCashFlowHedgeLiabilityAtFairValue  
Number of interest rate swaps 4egp_Numberofinterestrateswaps    
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Cash flow hedge amount to be reclassified to Interest Expense in next 12 months [Line Items] 3,038,000egp_CashFlowHedgeAmountEstimatedToBeReclassifiedToInterestExpenseInNext12Months
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Amount of income (loss) recognized in Other Comprehensive Income on derivative (6,777,000)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet
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1,350,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet
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(593,000)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet
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Amount of loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to interest expense (2,791,000)egp_Amountoflossreclassifiedfromaccumulatedothercomprehensiveincomelosstointerestexpense
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(671,000)egp_Amountoflossreclassifiedfromaccumulatedothercomprehensiveincomelosstointerestexpense
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(201,000)egp_Amountoflossreclassifiedfromaccumulatedothercomprehensiveincomelosstointerestexpense
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Loss on derivatives recognized in earnings upon swap designation 0egp_LossOnDerivativesRecognizedInEarningsUponSwapDesignation
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0egp_LossOnDerivativesRecognizedInEarningsUponSwapDesignation
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(242,000)egp_LossOnDerivativesRecognizedInEarningsUponSwapDesignation
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Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Other Liabilities [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedge Liabilities at Fair Value 3,314,000us-gaap_InterestRateCashFlowHedgeLiabilityAtFairValue
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Interest rate swap cash flow hedge termination value 3,324,000egp_InterestRateSwapCashFlowHedgeTerminationValue
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Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Other Assets [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedge Assets at Fair Value 812,000us-gaap_InterestRateCashFlowHedgeAssetAtFairValue
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Interest rate swap cash flow hedge termination value 822,000egp_InterestRateSwapCashFlowHedgeTerminationValue
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$80 million interest rate swap [Member] | Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Derivative, Notional Amount 80,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
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80,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
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Seventy-Five Million Unsecured Term Loan executed in 2014 [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Term Loan Notional Amount Associated with Interest Rate Swap Derivative 75,000,000egp_TermLoanNotionalAmountAssociatedwithInterestRateSwapDerivative
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$75 million interest rate swap executed in 2014 [Member] | Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Derivative, Notional Amount 75,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
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$80 million Unsecured Term Loan [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Term Loan Notional Amount Associated with Interest Rate Swap Derivative     80,000,000egp_TermLoanNotionalAmountAssociatedwithInterestRateSwapDerivative
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= egp_EightyMillionUnsecuredTermLoanMember
$75 million interest rate swaps [Member] | Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Derivative, Notional Amount   75,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
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Number of interest rate swaps entered into during period   2egp_Numberofinterestrateswapsenteredintoduringperiod
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$60 million interest rate swap [Member] | Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Derivative, Notional Amount 60,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
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$15 million interest rate swap [Member] | Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]      
Derivative [Line Items]      
Derivative, Notional Amount $ 15,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
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