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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.  

1. An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen.
2. Prophetic or threatening significance: signs full of portent.
3. Something amazing or marvelous; a prodigy.