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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000025232-25-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CUZ"
cik: "0000025232"
company_name: "COUSINS PROPERTIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-09-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T07:46:44.135225+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cousins Properties reiterates Sun Belt strategy; highlights 5.1x leverage, 7.6% FFO growth forecast

## Summary
- Portfolio 92.1% leased; 70% of NOI from assets built or redeveloped since 2010; 21.6M SF total.
- $949M liquidity; 5.1x Net Debt/EBITDA lowest among office REIT peers.
- Forecasts FFO/share growth of 7.6% over past two years; dividend raised 10% since COVID.
- Sourced over $1B of acquisitions since 2024; raised $1.4B public debt since inaugural IG rating in 2024.
- Development pipeline of 916K SF; land bank supports 5.3M SF of future development.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000025232-25-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CUZ
- cik: 0000025232
- company_name: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-09-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000002523225000054/0000025232-25-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000002523225000054/cuz-20250908.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000025232-25-000054
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000025232-25-000054.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000025232-25-000054.txt

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