Acquisitions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Acquisitions	ACQUISITIONS On August 23, 2018, the Company entered into an agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Highlands Bancorp, Inc.("Highlands Bancorp") pursuant to which Highlands Bancorp (parent company of Highlands State Bank) will merge with and into the Company and Highlands State Bank will merge with and into Lakeland Bank. The merger agreement provides that the shareholders of Highlands Bancorp will receive for each outstanding share of Highlands Bancorp common stock that they own at the effective time of the merger, 1.015 shares of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. common stock. The Company expects to issue an aggregate of approximately 2.8 million shares of its common stock in the merger. As of August 23, 2018, the transaction is valued at approximately $56.7 million on a fully diluted basis or $19.79 per share. As of September 30, 2018, Highlands Bancorp had consolidated total assets, total loans, total deposits and total stockholders' equity of $487.9 million, $430.1 million, $405.3 million and $31.3 million, respectively. Highlands Bancorp had net income of $2.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The transaction has been approved by the board of directors of the Company and Highlands Bancorp. Subject to the approval of the shareholders of Highlands Bancorp, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, the Company anticipates completing the merger in the first quarter of 2019.

ACQUISITIONS

On August 23, 2018, the Company entered into an agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Highlands Bancorp, Inc.("Highlands Bancorp") pursuant to which Highlands Bancorp (parent company of Highlands State Bank) will merge with and into the Company and Highlands State Bank will merge with and into Lakeland Bank. The merger agreement provides that the shareholders of Highlands Bancorp will receive for each outstanding share of Highlands Bancorp common stock that they own at the effective time of the merger, 1.015 shares of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. common stock. The Company expects to issue an aggregate of approximately 2.8 million shares of its common stock in the merger. As of August 23, 2018, the transaction is valued at approximately $56.7 million on a fully diluted basis or $19.79 per share. As of September 30, 2018, Highlands Bancorp had consolidated total assets, total loans, total deposits and total stockholders' equity of $487.9 million, $430.1 million, $405.3 million and $31.3 million, respectively. Highlands Bancorp had net income of $2.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

The transaction has been approved by the board of directors of the Company and Highlands Bancorp. Subject to the approval of the shareholders of Highlands Bancorp, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, the Company anticipates completing the merger in the first quarter of 2019.