| Cousins Properties Incorporated operates as a self administered equity real estate investment trust (REIT). The company engages in the acquisition, financing, development, management, and leasing of properties in the United States. It owns directly and through subsidiaries and joint ventures, a portfolio of office, medical office, retail, industrial, and residential development projects. As of August 3, 2004, the company's portfolio consisted of interests in 12.6 million square feet of office and medical office space, 3.1 million square feet of retail space, approximately 1,980 acres of strategically located land tracts for sale or future development, and various land holdings for development of single family residential communities. It also provides leasing and management services to third-party investors. The company qualifies as a REIT and intends to distribute 1000f its federal taxable income to stockholders. Cousins Properties was founded by Thomas G. Cousins in 1958. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. |
