# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000025232
**File Stem:** 0000025232-26-000055
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 20330
**Document Hash:** b81f734a4a4a263b6fa0536f3a9506e0
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000025232-26-000055.hdr.sgml**: 20260506

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000025232-26-000055

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260506

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260506

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260506

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** COUSINS PROPERTIES INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000025232
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 05 Real Estate & Construction
- **EIN:** 580869052
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** GA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-295601
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26948722

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3344 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1800
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30326
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 404-407-1000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3344 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1800
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30326

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2026** 

**Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM S-8** 

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

***UNDER***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

**COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED** 

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)** 

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| **GEORGIA** | **58-0869052** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction of**<br>**Incorporation or Organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br>**Identification Number)** |

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**3344 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1800,** 

**Atlanta, Georgia 30326**

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)** 

**Cousins Properties Incorporated Amended and Restated 2019 Omnibus Incentive Stock Plan** 

**(Full Title of the Plan)**

**Pamela F. Roper**

**Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary**

**Cousins Properties Incorporated**

**3344 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1800**

**Atlanta, Georgia 30326-4802** 

**(404) 407-1000** 

**(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)** 

**Copies to:** 

**Keith M. Townsend** 

**King & Spalding LLP** 

**1180 Peachtree Street** 

**Atlanta, Georgia 30309** 

**(404) 572-4600**

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
| | | Emerging growth company | ☐ |

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

On April 28, 2026, at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Cousins Properties Incorporated (the "<u>Registrant</u>"), the Registrant's stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Registrant's 2019 Omnibus Incentive Stock Plan (the "<u>Incentive Plan</u>"), which the Registrant's board of directors had previously approved, subject to such stockholder approval. This Registration Statement is being filed to register an additional 5,000,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock, $1.00 par value per share (the "<u>Common Stock</u>"), issuable to eligible key individuals who serve as employees, directors, and consultants of the Registrant and its subsidiaries under the Incentive Plan. Accordingly, the contents of the previous Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-231512) filed by the Registrant with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "<u>Commission</u>") on May 15, 2019, (the "<u>Prior Registration Statement</u>") relating to the Incentive Plan are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8. In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.

**PART II** 

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.** 

The following documents filed by Registrant with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "<u>Exchange Act</u>"), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)Annual Report on <u>[Form 10-K](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000025232/000002523226000014/cuz-20251231.htm)</u> for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (the "Annual Report"), filed with the Commission on February 5, 2026, including portions of Registrant's proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to the extent specifically incorporated by reference therein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)Quarterly Report on <u>[Form 10-Q](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000025232/000002523226000044/cuz-20260331.htm)</u> of the Registrant for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, filed with the Commission on April 29, 2026.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)Current Reports on Form 8-K of the Registrant, filed with the Commission on <u>[February 17, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000025232/000002523226000017/cuz-20260217.htm)</u>, <u>[February 20, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000025232/000162828026010188/cuz-20260220.htm)</u> and <u>[April 1, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000025232/000002523226000036/cuz-20260401.htm)</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 1-11312) of the Registrant, filed on August 4, 1992, as updated by <u>[Exhibit 4.6](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000002523220000004/cuz-exhibit46.htm)</u> to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on February 5, 2020, and as subsequently amended and updated from time to time.

All documents filed by the Registrant subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies, supersedes or replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

No document or information deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with rules of the Commission shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference unless such document or information expressly provides to the contrary.

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**Item 8. Exhibits.** 

The exhibits listed below in the "Index to Exhibits" are part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

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| **Exhibit**<br>**Number** | **Description** |
| <u>[4.1](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000025232/000002523226000031/cuz-20260318.htm)</u> | <u>[Cousins Properties Incorporated Amended and Restated 2019 Omnibus Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B of Registrant's Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on March 18, 2026).](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000025232/000002523226000031/cuz-20260318.htm)</u> |
| <u>[5.1](counselconsentform.htm)</u>† | <u>[Opinion of King & Spalding LLP](counselconsentform.htm)</u> |
| <u>[23.1](counselconsentform.htm)</u>† | <u>[Consent of King & Spalding LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)](counselconsentform.htm)</u> |
| <u>[23.2](auditorconsentform.htm)</u>† | <u>[Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.](auditorconsentform.htm)</u> |
| 24.1 | Powers of Attorney (included on signature page) |
| <u>[107](filingfeesexhibit107updated.htm)</u> † | <u>[Calculation of Filing Fee Tables](filingfeesexhibit107updated.htm)</u> |

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† Filed herewith

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**SIGNATURES** 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on May 6, 2026.

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| **Cousins Properties Incorporated** | **Cousins Properties Incorporated** | **Cousins Properties Incorporated** |
| By: | /s/ Gregg D. Adzema | /s/ Gregg D. Adzema |
|  | Name: | Gregg D. Adzema |
|  | Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>(Duly Authorized Officer) |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Gregg D. Adzema and Pamela F. Roper, jointly and severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and to sign any and all documents, including pre- and post-effective amendments, in connection with this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully so or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on May 6, 2026, by the following persons in the capacities set forth opposite their names.

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| **Signature** | **Title** |
| /s/ M. Colin Connolly | Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director<br>(Principal Executive Officer) |
| M. Colin Connolly | Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director<br>(Principal Executive Officer) |
| /s/ Gregg D. Adzema | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>(Principal Financial Officer) |
| Gregg D. Adzema | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>(Principal Financial Officer) |
| /s/ Jeffrey D. Symes | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer<br>(Principal Accounting Officer) |
| Jeffrey D. Symes | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer<br>(Principal Accounting Officer) |
| /s/ Robert M. Chapman | Chairman of the Board and Director |
| Robert M. Chapman | Chairman of the Board and Director |
| /s/ Charles T. Cannada | Director |
| Charles T. Cannada | Director |
| /s/ Scott W. Fordham | Director |
| Scott W. Fordham | Director |
| /s/ Susan L. Givens | Director |
| Susan L. Givens | Director |
| /s/ R. Kent Griffin, Jr. | Director |
| R. Kent Griffin Jr. | Director |
| /s/ Donna W. Hyland | Director |
| Donna W. Hyland | Director |
| /s/ Dionne Nelson | Director |
| Dionne Nelson | Director |
| /s/ R. Dary Stone | Director |
| R. Dary Stone | Director |

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## Ex-Filing

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Calculation of Filing Fee Tables Exhibit 107**  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **S-8**  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **COUSINS PROPERTIES INC**  |

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Security Type**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Security Class Title**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Fee Calculation Rule**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Amount Registered (1)**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit (2)**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Maximum Aggregate Offering Price**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Fee Rate**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Amount of Registration Fee**  |
| Equity | Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share | Other | 5000000 | $25.26 | $126300000.00 | 0.0001381 | $17442.03 |
| Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: |  | $126300000.00  |  | $17442.03  |
| Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  |  |  |  | $0.00  |
| Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  |  |  |  | $17442.03  |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Offering Note** <br>

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Cousins Properties Incorporated (the "Registrant") that become issuable under the Cousins Properties Incorporated Amended and Restated 2019 Omnibus Incentive Stock Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock. (2) Estimated in accordance with rule 457(c) and 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on The New York Stock Exchange on April 29, 2026.

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## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1**

![kslogo.jpg](kslogo.jpg)

 <br> <br>King & Spalding LLP1l80 Peachtree Street N.E.Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3521Tel: +1 404 572 4600Fax: +1 404 572 5100www.kslaw.com

May 6, 2026

Cousins Properties Incorporated

3344 Peachtree Road, N.E., Suite 1800

Atlanta, Georgia 30326-4802

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We have acted as counsel for Cousins Properties Incorporated, a Georgia corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). The Registration Statement relates to 5,000,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to the terms of the Cousins Properties Incorporated Amended and Restated 2019 Omnibus Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan").

In our capacity as counsel to the Company, we have examined and relied upon the accuracy of original, certified, conformed or photographic copies of such records, agreements, certificates and other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinions set forth below. In all such examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of signatures on original documents and the conformity to such original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photographic copies and, as to certificates of public officials, we have assumed the same to have been properly given and to be accurate. As to matters of fact material to this opinion, we have relied, without independent verification, upon statements and representations of representatives of the Company and public officials.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares are duly authorized and, when issued pursuant to the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

This opinion is limited in all respects to the Georgia Business Corporation Code, and no opinion is expressed with respect to the laws of any other jurisdiction or any effect that such laws may have on the

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**Exhibit 5.1**

opinions expressed herein. This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein.

This opinion is given as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update this opinion letter to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in any laws or regulations which may hereafter occur.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ King & Spalding LLP

## Exhibit 23.2

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 5, 2026 relating to the financial statements of Cousins Properties Incorporated and the effectiveness of Cousins Properties Incorporated's internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cousins Properties Incorporated for the year ended December 31, 2025.

*/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP*

Atlanta, Georgia

May 6, 2026

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