Monday, July 28, 2008

Cousins Announces New Leases at One Ninety One Peachtree

Deloitte expansion and Winter lease bring landmark Atlanta building to 88 percent leased

ATLANTA, GA--Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE:CUZ) has signed new or expanded leases totaling more than 75,000 square feet at One Ninety One Peachtree Tower (top right photo) , a landmark 1.2-million-square-foot office building in downtown Atlanta.

Deloitte, which signed a 260,000-square-foot renewal and expansion at One Ninety One earlier this year, has leased two additional floors totaling approximately 52,000 square feet.

In addition, Atlanta-based Winter Construction has signed at the building, leasing a full floor totaling approximately 25,000 square feet. Winter is relocating to One Ninety One from 1330 Spring Street in Midtown, joining Cooper Carry, Ogletree Deakins, Grey Global and othercompanies who have moved downtown to One Ninety One from Midtown orBuckhead.

"Winter and Deloitte are great companies that we've been fortunate to have long-term relationships with and we thank them for their commitments to One Ninety One," said Tom Bell,(middle left photo) Chairman and CEO ofCousins.

"Even as the economy has become more challenging, we are pleased to see good leasing momentum at One Ninety One and remainc onfident that companies will continue to see the benefits of downtown Atlanta."

Don Finkelstein of Finkelstein Associates represented Deloitte and Richard Bowers and Jim Davenport of Richard Bowers & Co. represented Winter in the transactions.

Since acquiring One Ninety One, Cousins has now signed more than 765,000 square feet in new leases to tenants including Il Mulino,Synergy Workplaces, HOK Group, Atlanta Equity Investors, Harold A.Dawson Company, Morgan & Morgan, Grey Global, Cooper Carry, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C., Merchant & Gould, Fields, Howell,Athans & McLaughlin and Cousins Properties.

CONTACTS:

Investment Community: Jim Fleming, Chief Financial Officer, 404-407-1150 jimfleming@cousinsproperties.com or

Media: Matt Gove, Senior Vice President, 404-407-1490 mattgove@cousinsproperties.com

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