Cousins Properties is developing the 16-story, 420,000-sf building. The estimated hard construction cost is $63 million. Cox will also build a 90,000-sf attached commons building, which will include a glassed entry rotunda, cafeteria, 11,000-sf fitness area, conference and training center, auditorium, and museum.

The property, purchased by Cox from Equitable Life Assurance Society in August 1999, is zoned to accommodate office space beyond the current project. The building is scheduled for completion in February 2002 when the first phase of employee movein will begin.

The relocation should be completed by July the same year. The movein will affect 690 employees. The tower will house 1,030 workers. The new building will serve as headquarters for Cox Enterprises and other Cox-owned businesses, including Cox Broadcasting, Cox Newspapers and Manheim Auctions, the auto auction company.