Atlanta real estate tycoon Tom Cousins has died at 93

A legend in the Atlanta real estate industry has died Channel Action News has substantiated that Tom Cousins has passed away The real estate tycoon philanthropist and political influencer was Cousins started his real estate career selling houses with his father in the s But over the discipline of his career which spanned more than years Cousins brought NBA and NFL franchises to the city donated the plot for the Georgia World Congress Center and dramatically changed the metro area skyline He developed the double-crowned Peachtree building in Downtown and the Bank of America building in Midtown Cousins was the developer behind the iconic CNN Center and the Omni hotel and revived Atlanta s East Lake neighborhood restoring the East Lake Golf Club and luring the Tour Championship to Atlanta Cousins was chief executive officer of Cousins Properties until when Tom Bell took over and chairman until December Read more about Cousins accomplishments here EDITOR S NOTE Cousins subsidiary Nonami Enterprises is a former owner of Rough Draft Atlanta publication Atlanta Intown We send our condolences to Mr Cousins family friends and colleagues The post Atlanta real estate tycoon Tom Cousins has died at appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta