Greenway Plaza, Houston, TX |
ATLANTA, GA--Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE:CUZ):
Larry Gellerstedt |
Highlights
- Transaction
Activity
- Acquired Greenway Plaza, a 4.3 million square-foot, 10 building office portfolio in Houston, Texas, and 777 Main, a 980,000 square-foot office tower in Fort Worth, Texas. Total purchase price for these assets was $1.1 billion.
- Completed
a public offering of 69 million shares of common stock at $10.00 per
share, generating net proceeds of $661.3 million.
- Sold
Tiffany Springs MarketCenter for $53.5 million, generating a gain of $3.7
million.
- Sold
the Company’s interest in CP Venture Two LLC and CP Venture Five LLC in a
transaction that valued its interest at $57.4 million prior to allocation
of property level debt, generating a gain of $37.0 million.
- Sold
the Company’s interest in CF Murfreesboro Associates in a transaction that
valued its interest in The Avenue Murfreesboro at $82.0 million prior to
allocation of property level debt, generating a gain of $23.5 million.
Tiffany Springs Market Center, Kansas City, MO |
- Closed
a non-recourse mortgage loan on Promenade with a principal balance of
$114.0 million, a fixed interest rate of 4.27%, and a term of 9 years.
- Closed
a non-recourse mortgage loan on Post Oak Central with a principal balance
of $188.8 million, a fixed interest rate of 4.26%, and a term of 7 years.
Subsequent
to quarter end, the Company formed EP II LLC, an unconsolidated joint venture,
for the purpose of developing and operating the second phase of the Emory Point
mixed-use property in Atlanta, Georgia.
The second phase will consist of 307
apartments and 43,000 square feet of retail space with a total projected cost
of $73.3 million.
“The team has worked extremely hard over the past 24 months
to transform the company,” said Larry Gellerstedt, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Cousins.
777 Main office tower, Fort Worth, TX |
“This quarter marked an inflection point in that
transformation, with a compelling portfolio acquisition in Texas - the largest
in our history - and the disposition of our lifestyle and power center
holdings.
"With significant value creation opportunities in our existing
portfolio and in the development pipeline, we are well positioned for a strong
2014.”
For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please
contact:
Cousins Properties Incorporated
Gregg D. Adzema, 404-407-1116
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
or
Cameron Golden, 404-407-1984
Vice President, Investor Relations and
Corporate Communications
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