SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
                PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                              (Amendment No.   )
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                              IRT PROPERTY COMPANY
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                                   IRT PROPERTY COMPANY

                            200 GALLERIA PARKWAY, SUITE 1400
                                  ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30339
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                                      PROXY SUPPLEMENT
                                     DATED MAY 31, 2002
                                           TO THE
                           PROXY STATEMENT DATED APRIL 30, 2002
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To  our  Shareholders:

     IRT  Property  Company  (the "Company") is delivering this Proxy Supplement
(this  "Proxy  Supplement") to you to correct and update some of the information
contained  in  the Company's Proxy Statement dated April 30, 2002 (the "Original
Proxy  Statement")  that  was previously delivered to you in connection with the
Company's 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 30, 2002.  Capitalized
terms  used  but  not  defined  in  the Proxy Supplement shall have the meanings
ascribed  to  them  in  the  related  Original  Proxy  Statement.

     The following information supersedes and replaces in its entirety the table
of  the  Original  Proxy  Statement  entitled  "Option  Grants  in Fiscal 2001":




                                      OPTION GRANTS IN FISCAL 2001

                                      INDIVIDUAL GRANTS                          POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
                            -------------------------------------              VALUE AT ASSUMED ANNUAL
                            NUMBER OF    % OF TOTAL                                RATES OF STOCK
                            SECURITIES    OPTIONS                                 APPRECIATION FOR
                            UNDERLYING   GRANTED TO   EXERCISE OR                    OPTION TERM
                             OPTIONS     EMPLOYEES    BASE PRICE   EXPIRATION  ------------------------
NAME                        GRANTED (#)   IN 2001       ($/SH)        DATE          5%           10%
--------------------------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ----------  -------------  ---------
                                                                            
Incentive Stock Options
Thomas H. McAuley               12,000        2.39%  $      8.313      1/2/11  $     62,732   $158,976
James G. Levy                   12,000        2.39%         8.313      1/2/11        62,732    158,976
W. Benjamin Jones, III          12,000        2.39%         8.313      1/2/11        62,732    158,976
Robert E. Mitzel                12,000        2.39%         8.313      1/2/11        62,732    158,976
E. Thornton Anderson            12,000        2.39%         8.313      1/2/11        62,732    158,976

Nonqualified Stock Options
Thomas H. McAuley            74,212 (1)      14.79%  $      8.313      1/2/08  $    251,135   $585,251
James G. Levy                13,313 (1)       2.65%         8.313      1/2/08        45,051    104,989
W. Benjamin Jones, III       15,168 (1)       3.02%         8.313      1/2/08        51,329    119,618
Robert E. Mitzel             15,168 (1)       3.02%         8.313      1/2/08        51,329    119,618
E. Thornton Anderson          8,133 (1)       1.62%         8.313      1/2/08        27,522     64,139


(1)     Includes  a  dividend  equivalent  feature  as  described  in  the  Summary Compensation Table.



     This Proxy Supplement is being furnished by the Company as additional proxy
material,  in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Company's Board
of  Directors  for  the  Company's  2002  Annual Meeting of Shareholders and all
adjournments  or  reconventions  thereof.

     Please  note  that this Proxy Supplement should be read in conjunction with
the  Original  Proxy  Statement,  including  the  Notice  of  Annual  Meeting of
Shareholders distributed therewith and all information incorporated by reference
therein.  If you would like another copy of the Original Proxy Statement, please
request  a  copy  at  the  following  address  or  telephone  number:

                               Investor Relations
                              IRT Property Company
                        200 Galleria Parkway, Suite 1400
                             Atlanta, Georgia 30339

                             Telephone: (770) 955-4406
                             Facsimile: (770) 988-8773


                                       BY  ORDER  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS

                                       /s/  W.  Benjamin  Jones  III

                                       W.  Benjamin  Jones  III
                                       Executive Vice President  and Secretary