Cousins Properties Incorporated CUZ

Company Overview

Cousins Properties Incorporated is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily owns, develops, acquires, and manages Class A office properties. The company operates within the commercial real estate industry, with a strategic focus on high-quality office buildings in growth-oriented urban submarkets. Its revenues are predominantly generated through long-term office leasing arrangements with corporate, professional services, and institutional tenants.

The company is positioned as a pure-play Sun Belt office REIT, emphasizing markets with favorable population growth, employment expansion, and business relocation trends. Cousins Properties was founded in 1958 by Tom Cousins, initially as a diversified real estate development company. Over time, it evolved into a publicly traded REIT and progressively streamlined its portfolio, exiting non-core property types and non-strategic markets to concentrate on Class A office assets in select high-growth regions.