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EXHIBIT (23)(a)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
EastGroup Properties, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8 on Form S-3 of EastGroup Properties, Inc. of our reports dated March 6,
2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of EastGroup Properties, Inc.
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated
statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, and all related
schedules, which reports appear in the December 31, 1999 Annual Report on Form
10-K of EastGroup Properties, Inc. and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
Jackson, Mississippi KPMG LLP
December 6, 2000
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