Cousins Acquires Former RTM Headquarters for $12.5 Million; Seven-building, 103,000-square-foot Office Project is New Home of S
August 02 2006 - 10:17AM
Business Wire
Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE: CUZ) announced today it has
acquired a seven-building, 103,000-square-foot office complex in
Sandy Springs, Ga., just north of Atlanta, for $12.5 million. The
project - formerly the headquarters for RTM Restaurant Group, which
merged with Arbys LLC last year - sits on approximately 9.5 acres
at the intersection of Hammond and Barfield roads, adjacent to
Georgia Highway 400. Transportation improvements planned for the
area are expected to provide direct access to Georgia 400 from the
site. Cousins also announced today the Sandy Springs Police
Department has recently signed a 32,800-square-foot lease at the
project. The Police Department was recently created as part of the
formation of the city of Sandy Springs, which was incorporated by
voter referendum in 2005. The Police Department lease brings the
project to 68 percent leased. "This acquisition gives us control of
one of the best-located sites in the Central Perimeter area, one
that will eventually provide a great office and residential
redevelopment opportunity," said Larry Gellerstedt, president of
Cousins' Office/Multi-family Division. "In the meantime, we are
proud to be associated with the city of Sandy Springs and look
forward to a long client relationship with its Police Department."
Cousins Properties Incorporated, headquartered in Atlanta, has
extensive experience in the real estate industry including the
development, acquisition, financing, management and leasing of
properties. The property types that Cousins actively invests in
include office, multi-family, retail, industrial and land
development projects. The Company's portfolio consists of interests
in 7.4 million square feet of office space, 3.8 million square feet
of retail space, 1.3 million square feet of industrial space, one
multi-family residential project and 23 single-family neighborhood
developments, over 9,200 acres of strategically located land tracts
for sale or future development, and significant land holdings for
development of single-family residential communities. Cousins also
provides leasing and management services to third-party investors;
its client-services portfolio comprises 13 million square feet of
office and retail space. Cousins is a fully integrated equity real
estate investment trust (REIT) that has been public since 1962 and
trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CUZ." For
more information on the Company, please visit Cousins' Web site at
www.cousinsproperties.com. Certain matters discussed in this news
release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
federal securities laws and are subject to uncertainties and risks,
including, but not limited to, general and local economic
conditions, local real estate conditions, the activity of others
developing competitive projects, the cyclical nature of the real
estate industry, the financial condition of existing tenants,
interest rates, the Company's ability to obtain favorable financing
or zoning, environmental matters, the effects of terrorism, the
failure of assets under contract for sale to ultimately close and
other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
Company's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.
The words "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates" and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Although the Company believes that its plans,
intentions and expectations reflected in any forward-looking
statement are reasonable, the Company can give no assurance that
these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. Such
forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and
speak as of the date of such statements. The Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of future events, new information or
otherwise.
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