A legend in the Atlanta real estate industry has died. Channel 2 Action News has confirmed that Tom Cousins has passed away. The real estate tycoon, philanthropist, and political influencer was 93.

Cousins started his real estate career selling $11,000 houses with his father in the 1960s. But over the course of his career, which spanned more than 40 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 191 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

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