A TLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Tom Cousins, the longtime real estate developer who transformed Atlanta’s skyline, sports teams and philanthropy scene, died at 93 on Tuesday.

Tom Cousins, the influential Atlanta real estate developer and philanthropist, died Tuesday at age 93 while hospitalized in Florida.

Mr. Cousins, along with former Georgia Governor Carl Sanders, purchased and moved the Hawks from St. Louis to Atlanta in 1968, affirming Atlanta as a major metropolitan sports city and hub for the southeast. He was also a transformative leader in the community, whose many projects included the revitalization of Atlanta’s East Lake neighborhood.