ATLANTA-Vacancies are at 20.1%, down from 21% in Q2. Net absorption is a positive 1.16 million sf but still below the record two million sf set in the second quarter, according to separate analyses by Bullock Mannelly Partners Inc., Colliers Cauble and Cushman & Wakefield.

ATLANTA-Ending one of its most productive years ever, Cousins Properties Inc. is paying common stock shareholders of record on Nov. 8 a dividend of $7.15 per share on Nov. 18. The locally based REIT closed nine sales valued at approximately $1.3 billion this year.

SANTA MONICA, CA-The Los Angeles-based REIT agrees to acquire the 331,926-sf Lantana Entertainment Media Campus from Hines US Office Development Fund in a deal expected to close in December.

HOUSTON-Five-year tenant, Sullins Johnston Rohrbach & Magers, stays put in Phoenix Tower, adding about 10% to the class A office after taking a look at other options in the Greenway Plaza and Galleria submarkets.