Mike Cohn Returns to Cousins Properties to Lead Retail Investments, Leasing and Asset Management

Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE: CUZ) announced today that Michael Cohn will rejoin the Company on August 2, 2010 as Executive Vice President of Retail Investments, Leasing and Asset Management. He will replace Steve Yenser, who has resigned, effective July 23, 2010. Cohn will be responsible for all facets of the Company’s retail portfolio, including leasing, asset management, strategic planning and new growth initiatives.

Cohn has been Senior Managing Director for Faison Southeast since October 2002. At Faison, he was responsible for procuring and executing all new business for Faison Southeast, as well as running the region’s day-to-day operations. Under Mike’s direction, Faison Southeast has developed approximately 3 million square feet. Prior to joining Faison, Mike was a Senior Vice President at Cousins Properties, where he managed the retail leasing and management group, as well as the Company’s Western Region. Mike was at Cousins from 1994 through 2002, during which time the Cousins retail group developed approximately 5 million square feet and launched the Avenue© lifestyle center brand. He began his career in the commercial real estate department of Troutman Sanders, where he was an associate attorney from 1985 to 1990 before becoming counsel at New Market Development, which was subsequently acquired by Cousins.

Larry Gellerstedt, Cousins President and Chief Executive Officer, noted, “We are pleased to welcome back Mike Cohn to the Cousins team. He is very familiar with our culture and portfolio and is well respected within the industry. His broad experience in retail acquisitions, development, leasing, and asset management will be beneficial as we look to build on our recent momentum in the retail portfolio. We would also like to thank Steve Yenser for his leadership over the past eight years and wish him well.”

About Cousins Properties

Cousins Properties Incorporated is a leading diversified real estate company with extensive experience in development, acquisition, financing, management and leasing. Based in Atlanta, the Company actively invests in office, multi-family, retail and land development projects. Since its founding in 1958, Cousins has developed 20 million square feet of office space, 20 million square feet of retail space, more than 3,500 multi-family units and more than 60 single-family neighborhoods. The Company is a fully integrated equity real estate investment trust (REIT) and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CUZ. For more, please visit www.cousinsproperties.com.

Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws and are subject to uncertainties and risk and actual results may differ materially from projections. Readers should carefully review Cousins’ financial statements and notes thereto, as well as the risk factors described in Part I, Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and other documents Cousins files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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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