as nyse cuz headquarters atlanta revenue 224.9 million 2009 website cousinsproperties.com cousins properties inc. headquartered in atlanta georgia is a real estate investment trust 1 2 and one of the oldest publicly traded real estate companies in the country . 3 it was formed in 1958 4 by tom cousins and has been publicly traded since 1962 . 5 6 it became a real estate investment trust in 1987 . 7 in 2009 its annual revenues were 224.9 million . 8 in 2006 it was described by the atlanta journal constitution as the metro area s leading developer . 9 10 the company developed and later sold the bank of america plaza in atlanta at the time the tallest building in the southern united states . 11 other notable structures that it has developed include cnn center omni coliseum and 191 peachtree tower in atlanta 5 12 13 14 and the frost bank tower in austin texas . 15 among other holdings it also owns and operates the american cancer society center in atlanta . 12 the bank of america tower in atlanta developed by cousins properties thomas cousins retired from his position as ceo in 2002 but stayed on as chairman of the board of directors until the end of 2006 . 16 as of 2009 cousins has been reported to have developed over 20 million feet of office space 20 million more in retail space and more than 60 suburban housing developments . 17 cousins projects edit cousins projects include emory point references edit woods walter april 9 2005 . cousins properties hands out raises to ceo other top managers . atlanta journal constitution . retrieved 3 march 2010 . ray a. smith november 3 1999 . ge wan na be cousins properties strives for growth stock label . the wall street journal . retrieved march 5 2010 . cousins properties inc. a real estate investment trust with an emphasis on development wants its stock to be valued like those of big name growth companies such as general electric co. and coca cola co. dean starkman january 8 2002 . cousins properties stone to step aside to take post with operating in texas . the wall street journal . retrieved march 5 2010 . associated press may 4 1968 . hawks sold to atlanta . gettysburg times . retrieved march 5 2010 . a b walter woods november 17 2006 . developer cousins to retire . the atlanta journal constitution . retrieved march 6 2010 . cousins properties incorporated company overview . cousinsproperties.com . archived from the original on march 26 2009 . retrieved 2010 03 03 . jane aldinger march 5 2004 . cousins joins in collierville mall venture . memphis business journal . retrieved march 6 2010 . cousins profit up 18 percent in 2009 . atlanta business chronicle . atlanta.bizjournals.com . 2010 02 08 . retrieved 2010 03 03 . woods walter august 3 2006 . cousins properties to move headquarters downtown . atlanta journal constitution . retrieved 3 march 2010 . atlanta s cousins a towering success . the atlanta journal constitution . october 6 1998 . retrieved march 6 2010 . there would be a lot less atlanta skyline without tom cousins . the atlanta developer has been responsible for much of the look and feel of metro atlanta s vast skyline . woods walter may 5 2006 . cousins properties puts atlanta skyscraper up for sale . atlanta journal constitution . retrieved 3 march 2010 . a b sonny lufrano march 2 2001 . tom cousins builds dynasty from the heart . atlanta business chronicle . retrieved march 6 2010 . history makers the 45 greatest atlantans of the last 45 years . atlanta magazine . may 2006 . retrieved march 6 2010 . cousins new build points to new era of building . national real estate investor . november 1 1997 . retrieved march 6 2010 . a.j. mistretta august 4 2006 . frost bank tower sells for record 188 million . austin business journal . retrieved march 6 2010 . thomas cousins set to retire . atlanta business chronicle . november 16 2006 . retrieved march 6 2010 . atlanta s cousins properties shifts management . alpharetta roswell revue & news . february 7 2009 . retrieved march 5 2010 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cousins properties & oldid 743263882 categories companies based in atlantareal estate investment trustscompanies listed on the new york stock exchange navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 21 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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