portent
When Prudential Real Estate Investors jumped into a joint-venture deal with Atlanta-based Cousins Properties late last year, it was both a sign of the times and a portent for things to come.
por·tent
n.
- An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen.
- Prophetic or threatening significance: signs full of portent.
- Something amazing or marvelous; a prodigy.
