POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  FOR SEC FILINGS ON FORMS ID, 3, 4, 5 AND 144
                          IN RESPECT OF SECURITIES OF
                              COGDELL SPENCER INC.

     The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Frank C. Spencer, Charles
M. Handy, Vanessa Vazquez and Jacob Farquharson, or any one of them acting
alone, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for him in his name and stead in any and all
capacities, to sign and file for and on his behalf, in respect of any
acquisition, disposition or other change in ownership of any shares of common
stock of Cogdell Spencer Inc. (the "Company"), the following:

          (i) any Form ID to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission;

          (ii) any Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on
     Form 3 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

          (iii) any Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities
     on Form 4 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

          (iv) any Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on
     Form 5 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

          (v) any Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities on Form 144 to be filed
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and

          (vi) any and all agreements, certificates, receipts, or other
     documents in connection therewith.

          The undersigned hereby gives full power and authority to the
     attorney-in-fact to:

          	(i) seek and obtain as the undersigned's representative and on the
     undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's
     securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
     administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
     person to release such information to the undersigned and approves and
     ratifies any such release of information.

     The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full
     power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
     requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifies
     and confirms all that any such attorney-in-fact and agent or substitute may
     do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     The undersigned acknowledges that:

          	(i) neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any
     liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
     requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for
     any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or
     liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of
     the Exchange Act; and





                (ii) this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned
     from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
     the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements
     under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

                This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
     until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
     attorney-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney.


Date:   June 25, 2008                         /s/ Scott Ransom
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