POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
 and appoints each of Gregg D. Adzema, Pamela F. Roper, Jeffrey D.
 Symes and M. Colin Connolly, signing singly,
the undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
 undersigneds capacity as an officer and/or director
 of Cousins Properties Incorporated (the Company)
, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
 of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934 and the
 rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
 undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete
 and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
and timely file such form with the United States Securities
 and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
 similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
 with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of
, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
 that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
 behalf of the undersigned pursuant to his Power of Attorney
 shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
 conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-facts discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
 power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
 and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
 the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
 request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
 assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with
 Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
 and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
 Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigneds holdings
 of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
 delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
 caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
24 day of May, 2021.

	S/ Dionne Nelson
Signature


		Dionne Nelson
Print Name


Please immediately sign and fax or email this form
to Pamela Roper at 404-407-1641 or proper@cousins.com,
and mail a copy to Cousins Properties, Attn: Pamela Roper
, 3344 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1800, Atlanta, Georgia 30326.