EXHIBIT 23(b)






                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We  consent  to  the  incorporation  by  reference  in  Amendment  No.  1 to the
Registration  Statement  (Form S-3 No.  333-12031)  and  related  Prospectus  of
Cousins  Properties  Incorporated,  in  Amendment  No.  1  to  the  Registration
Statement  (Form S-3 No.  33-60350)  and related  Prospectus  pertaining  to the
Dividend   Reinvestment  Plan  of  Cousins  Properties   Incorporated,   in  the
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-56787) and related Prospectus pertaining
to the  1989  Stock  Option  Plan of  Cousins  Properties  Incorporated,  in the
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-41927) and related Prospectus pertaining
to the 1989 Stock Option Plan, 1987 Restricted Stock Plan for Outside  Directors
and  Incentive  Stock  Option Plan of Cousins  Properties  Incorporated,  in the
Registration   Statement  (Form  S-8  No.  333-67887)  and  related   Prospectus
pertaining to the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan of Cousins Properties  Incorporated,
in the Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No.  333-42007) and related  Prospectus
pertaining to the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan of Cousins Properties  Incorporated,
in the Registration  Statement (Form S-3 No.  333-48841) and related  Prospectus
pertaining to the Dividend Reinvestment Plan of Cousins Properties Incorporated,
and  in  the  Registration  Statement  (Form  S-8  No.  333-92089)  and  related
Prospectus  pertaining to the 1999  Incentive  Stock Plan of Cousins  Properties
Incorporated  of our report dated February 4, 2000 with respect to the financial
statements and schedule of CSC  Associates,  L.P.,  included in the Form 10-K of
Cousins Properties Incorporated for the year ended December 31, 1999.


                                                   ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Atlanta, Georgia
March 28, 2000