Cousins Properties Appoints Investor Relations Director.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 1999--

Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE:CUZ) today announced that Carl Dickson has been named director of investor services. Dickson, who reports to Tom G. Charlesworth, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, replaces George Olmstead, who has joined the Company's medical office division.

Dickson has been with Cousins for four years in the corporate finance and accounting divisions. Prior to joining Cousins, he was with the Yarmouth Group, a real estate management company in Atlanta. He is a graduate of Florida State University with a B.S. degree in accounting and finance.

Cousins Properties Incorporated 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, retail, medical office and land development projects. The Company's portfolio consists of interests in 11.2 million square feet of office space, 3.7 million square feet of retail space and 1.0 million square feet of medical office space, and over 400 acres of land for future commercial development. 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."