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FORM 10-K

 


 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

x Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004

 

OR

 

¨ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission file number 000-21731

 


 

HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

North Carolina   56-1869557

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600

Raleigh, N.C. 27604

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

919-872-4924

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class


 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered


7% Notes due December 1, 2006   New York Stock Exchange

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

NONE

 


 

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Exchange Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act.     Yes  ¨    No  x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment of this Form 10-K.  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

There is no public trading market for the Common Units. As a result, an aggregate market value of the Common Units cannot be determined.

 



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HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item No.


       Page No.

    PART I     
1.   Business    3
1A.   Risk Factors    6
1B.   Unresolved Staff Comments    9
2.   Properties    10
3.   Legal Proceedings    15
4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    15
X.   Executive Officers of the Registrant    16
    PART II     
5.   Market for Registrant’s Common Stock, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities    18
6.   Selected Financial Data    19
7.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    20
7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    48
8.   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data    48
9.   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure    49
9A.   Controls and Procedures    49
9B.   Other Information    50
    PART III     
10.   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant    51
11.   Executive Compensation    55
12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters    62
13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions    64
14.   Principal Accountant Fees and Services    64
    PART IV     
15.   Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules    67

 

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PART I

 

We refer to (1) Highwoods Properties, Inc. as the “Company,” (2) Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership as the “Operating Partnership,” (3) the Company’s common stock as “Common Stock,” (4) the Company’s preferred stock as “Preferred Stock,” (5) the Operating Partnership’s common partnership interests as “Common Units,” (6) the Operating Partnership’s preferred partnership interests as “Preferred Units” and (7) in-service properties (excluding apartment units) to which the Operating Partnership has title and 100.0% ownership rights as the “Wholly Owned Properties.”

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

General

 

The Operating Partnership is managed by its sole general partner, the Company, a fully-integrated, self-administered and self-managed equity REIT that began operations through a predecessor in 1978. We are one of the largest owners and operators of suburban office, industrial and retail properties in the southeastern and midwestern United States. The Company conducts substantially all of its activities through, and substantially all of its interests in the properties are held directly or indirectly by, the Operating Partnership. At December 31, 2004, the Company:

 

    wholly owned 444 in-service office, industrial and retail properties, encompassing approximately 33.9 million rentable square feet, and 125 apartment units;

 

    owned an interest (50.0% or less) in 66 in-service office and industrial properties, encompassing approximately 6.9 million rentable square feet, and 418 apartment units. One of these in-service properties has been sold but is consolidated at December 31, 2004 as a result of our continuing involvement in accordance with SFAS No. 66. See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our accounting policy for investments in joint ventures;

 

    wholly owned 1,115 acres of undeveloped land that is suitable to develop approximately 14 million rentable square feet of office, industrial and retail space;

 

    was developing an additional eight properties, which will encompass approximately 1.1 million rentable square feet (including four properties encompassing 430,000 rentable square feet that we are developing with 50.0% joint venture partners); and

 

    owned a 50.0% interest in a joint venture that is developing a multi-family property consisting of 156 apartment units on 7.8 acres of land, and that is consolidated under provisions of FIN 46.

 

At December 31, 2004, the Company owned 100.0% of the Preferred Units and 89.8% of the Common Units in the Operating Partnership. The remaining 10.2% of the Common Units (“Redeemable Common Units”) is owned by limited partners (including certain officers and directors of the Company). Each Redeemable Common Unit is redeemable by the holder for the cash value of one share of Common Stock or, at the Company’s option, one share of Common Stock. In 2004, the Company redeemed in cash from limited partners 46,588 Redeemable Common Units and converted 54,308 Redeemable Common Units to shares of Common Stock. These transactions increased the percentage of Common Units owned by the Company from 89.5% at December 31, 2003 to 89.8% at December 31, 2004. The Preferred Units in the Operating Partnership were issued to the Company in connection with the Company’s Preferred Stock offerings that occurred in 1997 and 1998. The net proceeds raised from the Preferred Stock issuances were contributed by the Company to the Operating Partnership in exchange for the Preferred Units. The terms of each series of Preferred Units generally parallel the terms of the respective Preferred Stock as more fully described in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

The Company was incorporated in Maryland in 1994. The Operating Partnership was formed in North Carolina in 1994. Our executive offices are located at 3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 and our telephone number is (919) 872-4924. We maintain offices in each of our primary markets.

 

Our business is the acquisition, development and operation of rental real estate properties. We operate office, industrial and retail properties and apartment units. There are no material inter-segment transactions. See Note 17 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a summary of the rental income, net operating income and assets for each reportable segment.

 

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In addition to this Annual Report, we and the Company file or furnish quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. All documents that the Company files or furnishes with the SEC are made available as soon as reasonably practicable free of charge on our corporate website, which is http://www.highwoods.com. The information on this website is not and should not be considered part of this Annual Report and is not incorporated by reference in this document. This website is only intended to be an inactive textual reference. You may also read and copy any document that we file or furnish at the public reference facilities of the SEC at 100 F. Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at (800) 732-0330 for further information about the public reference facilities. These documents also may be accessed through the SEC’s electronic data gathering, analysis and retrieval system (“EDGAR”) via electronic means, including the SEC’s home page on the Internet (http://www.sec.gov). In addition, since some of our securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, you can read similar information about us at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange at 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

 

Customers

 

The following table sets forth information concerning the 20 largest customers of our Wholly Owned Properties as of December 31, 2004:

 

Customer


  

Rental

Square Feet


   Annualized
Rental Revenue (1)


   Percent of Total
Annualized
Rental Revenue (1)


    Weighted Average
Remaining Lease
Term in Years


          (in thousands)           

Federal Government

   789,696    $ 16,466    3.87 %   6.7

AT&T (2)

   537,529      10,008    2.35     4.1

PricewaterhouseCoopers

   297,795      7,385    1.74     5.3

State of Georgia

   361,687      7,070    1.66     4.2

T-Mobile USA

   205,394      4,757    1.12     4.5

Sara Lee

   1,195,383      4,682    1.10     2.7

IBM

   194,649      4,100    0.96     1.2

Nortel

   246,000      3,651    0.86     3.2

Volvo

   270,774      3,483    0.82     4.6

US Airways (3)

   295,046      3,376    0.79     3.0

Lockton Companies

   132,718      3,303    0.78     10.2

BB&T

   229,459      3,252    0.77     6.7

CHS Professional Services

   168,436      2,994    0.70     2.1

ITC Deltacom (4)

   147,379      2,989    0.70     0.4

Ford Motor Company

   125,989      2,729    0.64     5.1

IKON

   181,361      2,610    0.61     1.7

MCI (5)

   127,268      2,533    0.60     1.5

Hartford Insurance

   116,010      2,508    0.59     1.8

Aspect Communications

   116,692      2,343    0.55     1.9

Jacob’s Engineering

   229,626      2,258    0.53     11.3
    
  

  

 

Total (6)

   5,968,891    $ 92,497    21.74 %   4.5
    
  

  

 

(1) Annualized Rental Revenue is rental revenue (base rent plus operating expense pass-throughs) for the month of December 2004 multiplied by 12.
(2) The merger of AT&T and SBC Communications, Inc. was completed on November 18, 2005. At December 31, 2004, SBC Communications, Inc. leased 5,119 square feet from us with $0.1 million in annualized revenue.
(3) On September 12, 2004, US Airways filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11. US Airways’ plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 was approved by the US Bankruptcy Court on September 16, 2005, and US Airways completed a merger with America West Airlines on September 27, 2005.
(4) ITC Deltacom (formerly Business Telecom) leased space in a property that was under contract for sale as of December 31, 2004 and which sale occurred in March 2005.
(5) Verizon Communications Inc. acquired MCI, Inc. on January 6, 2006.
(6) Excludes properties recorded on our Balance Sheet that were sold but accounted for as financings under SFAS No. 66. See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Operating Strategy

 

Efficient, Customer Service-Oriented Organization. We provide a complete line of real estate services to our customers and third parties. We believe that our in-house development, acquisition, construction management, leasing and property management services allow us to respond to the many demands of our existing and potential customer base. We provide our customers with cost-effective services such as build-to-suit construction and space modification, including tenant improvements and expansions. In addition, the breadth of our capabilities and resources provides us with market information not generally available. We believe that the operating efficiencies achieved through our fully integrated organization also provide a competitive advantage in setting our lease rates and pricing other services.

 

Capital Recycling Program. Our strategy has been to focus our real estate activities in markets where we believe our extensive local knowledge gives us a competitive advantage over other real estate developers and operators. Through our capital recycling program, we generally seek to:

 

    selectively dispose of non-core properties in order to use the net proceeds to improve our balance sheet by reducing outstanding debt and Preferred Unit balances, for new investments or other purposes;

 

    engage in the development of office and industrial projects in our existing geographic markets, primarily in suburban in-fill business parks; and

 

    acquire selective suburban office and industrial properties in our existing geographic markets at prices below replacement cost that offer attractive returns.

 

Our capital recycling activities benefit from our local market presence and knowledge. Our division officers have significant real estate experience in their respective markets. Based on this experience, we believe that we are in a better position to evaluate capital recycling opportunities than many of our competitors. In addition, our relationships with our customers and those tenants at properties for which we conduct third-party fee-based services may lead to development projects when these tenants seek new space.

 

The following table summarizes the changes in square footage in our Wholly Owned Properties during each of the three years ended December 31, 2004:

 

     2004

    2003

    2002

 
     (rentable square feet in thousands)  

Office, Industrial and Retail Properties:

                  

Dispositions (includes 225 in 2002 related to the Eastshore transaction)

   (1,263 )   (3,298 )   (2,270 )

Contributions to Joint Ventures (includes 205 related to SF-HIW Harborview, LLP in 2002)

   (1,270 )(1)   (291 )   (205 )

Developments Placed In-Service

   141     191     2,214  

Redevelopment/Other

   (21 )   (221 )   (52 )

Acquisitions (1)

   1,357     1,429     205  
    

 

 

Net Change of In-Service Wholly Owned Properties

   (1,056 )   (2,190 )   (108 )
    

 

 


(1) Includes 1,270,000 square feet of properties in Orlando, Florida acquired from MG-HIW, LLP in March 2004 and contributed to HIW-KC Orlando, LLC in June 2004.

 

In addition, we sold 88 apartment units during 2004.

 

Conservative and Flexible Balance Sheet. We are committed to maintaining a conservative and flexible balance sheet that allows us to capitalize on favorable development and acquisition opportunities as they arise. Accordingly, we expect to meet our long-term liquidity requirements through a combination of any one or more of:

 

    cash flow from operating activities;

 

    borrowings under our $250.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Loan”);

 

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    the issuance of unsecured debt;

 

    the issuance of secured debt;

 

    the issuance of equity securities by both the Company and the Operating Partnership;

 

    the selective disposition of non-core land and other assets; and

 

    private equity capital raised from unrelated joint venture partners that may involve the sale or contribution of our Wholly Owned Properties, development projects or development land to joint ventures formed with such partners.

 

Geographic Diversification. We do not believe that our operations are significantly dependent upon any particular geographic market. Currently, including our various joint ventures, our portfolio consists primarily of office properties throughout the Southeast and retail and office properties in Kansas City, Missouri, including one significant mixed retail and office property, and office properties in Des Moines, Iowa (joint venture).

 

Competition

 

Our properties compete for tenants with similar properties located in our markets primarily on the basis of location, rent, services provided and the design and condition of the facilities. We also compete with other REITs, financial institutions, pension funds, partnerships, individual investors and others when attempting to acquire, develop and operate properties.

 

Employees

 

As of December 31, 2004, we employed 549 persons.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in our securities involves various risks. All investors should carefully consider the following risk factors in conjunction with the other information contained in this Annual Report before trading in our securities. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition could be harmed.

 

Our performance is subject to risks associated with real estate investment. We are a real estate company that derives most of our income from the ownership and operation of our properties. There are a number of factors that may adversely affect the income that our properties generate, including the following:

 

    Economic Downturns. Downturns in the national economy, particularly in the Southeast, generally will negatively impact the demand and rental rates for our properties.

 

    Oversupply of Space. An oversupply of space in our markets would typically cause rental rates and occupancies to decline, making it more difficult for us to lease space at attractive rental rates.

 

    Competitive Properties. If our properties are not as attractive to tenants (in terms of rents, services, condition or location) as other properties that are competitive with ours, we could lose tenants to those properties or receive lower rental rates.

 

    Renovation Costs. In order to maintain the quality of our properties and successfully compete against other properties, we periodically have to spend money to maintain, repair and renovate our properties.

 

    Customer Risk. Our performance depends on our ability to collect rent from our customers. While our top customer accounted for less than 4.0% of our total revenue at December 31, 2004, our financial condition could nonetheless be adversely affected by financial difficulties experienced by a major customer, or by a number of smaller customers, including bankruptcies, insolvencies or general downturns in business.

 

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    Reletting Costs. As leases expire, we try to either relet the space to the existing customer or attract a new customer to occupy the space. In either case, we likely will incur significant costs in the process, including potentially substantial tenant improvement expense or lease incentives. In addition, if market rents have declined since the time the expiring lease was executed, the terms of any new lease signed likely will not be as favorable to us as the terms of the expiring lease, thereby reducing the rental revenue earned from that space.

 

    Regulatory Costs. There are a number of government regulations, including zoning, tax and accessibility laws that apply to the ownership and operation of real estate properties. Compliance with existing and newly adopted regulations may require us to incur significant costs on our properties.

 

    Fixed Nature of Costs. Most of the costs associated with owning and operating our properties are not necessarily reduced when circumstances such as market factors and competition cause a reduction in rental revenues from the property. Increases in such fixed operating expenses, such as increased real estate taxes, would reduce our net income.

 

    Environmental Problems. Federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment may require a current or previous owner or operator of real property to investigate and clean up hazardous or toxic substances or petroleum product releases at the property. The clean up can be costly. The presence of or failure to clean up contamination may adversely affect our ability to sell or lease a property or to borrow funds using a property as collateral.

 

    Competition. A number of other major real estate investors with significant capital compete with us. These competitors include publicly-traded REITs, private REITs, private real estate investors and private institutional investment funds.

 

Future acquisitions and development properties may fail to perform in accordance with our expectations and may require development and renovation costs exceeding our estimates. In the normal course of business, we typically evaluate potential acquisitions, enter into non-binding letters of intent, and may, at any time, enter into contracts to acquire additional properties. However, changing market conditions, including competition from others, may diminish our opportunities for making attractive acquisitions. Once made, our investments may fail to perform in accordance with our expectations. In addition, the renovation and improvement costs we incur in bringing an acquired property up to market standards may exceed our estimates. Although we anticipate financing future acquisitions and renovations through a combination of advances under the Revolving Loan and other forms of secured or unsecured financing, no assurance can be given that we will have the financial resources to make suitable acquisitions or renovations on favorable terms or at all.

 

In addition to acquisitions, we periodically consider developing and constructing properties. Risks associated with development and construction activities include:

 

    the unavailability of favorable financing;

 

    construction costs exceeding original estimates;

 

    construction and lease-up delays resulting in increased debt service expense and construction costs; and

 

    insufficient occupancy rates and rents at a newly completed property causing a property to be unprofitable.

 

If new developments are financed through construction loans, there is a risk that, upon completion of construction, permanent financing for newly developed properties will not be available or will be available only on disadvantageous terms. Development activities are also subject to risks relating to our inability to obtain, or delays in obtaining, all necessary zoning, land-use, building, occupancy and other required governmental and utility company authorizations.

 

Illiquidity of real estate investments and the tax effect of dispositions could significantly impede our ability to sell assets or to respond to favorable or adverse changes in the performance of our properties. Because real estate investments are relatively illiquid, our ability to promptly sell one or more properties in our

 

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portfolio in response to changing economic, financial and investment conditions is limited. In addition, approximately $1.3 billion of our real assets (undepreciated book value) are encumbered by $822.6 million in mortgage loans as of December 31, 2004 under which we could incur significant prepayment penalties if such loans were paid off in connection with the sale of the underlying real estate assets. Such loans, even if assumed by a buyer rather than being paid off, could reduce the sale proceeds if we decided to sell such assets.

 

We intend to continue to sell some of our properties in the future. However, we cannot predict whether we will be able to sell any property for the price or on the terms set by us, or whether any price or other terms offered by a prospective purchaser would be acceptable to us. We also cannot predict the length of time needed to find a willing purchaser and to close the sale of a property.

 

Certain of our properties have low tax bases relative to their fair value, and accordingly, the sale of such assets would generate significant taxable gains unless we sold such properties in a tax-free exchange under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code or another tax-free or tax-deferred transaction. For an exchange to qualify for tax-deferred treatment under Section 1031, the net proceeds from the sale of a property must be held by an escrow agent until applied toward the purchase of real estate qualifying for gain deferral. Given the competition for properties meeting our investment criteria, there could be a delay in reinvesting such proceeds. Any delay in using the reinvestment proceeds to acquire additional income producing assets would reduce our income from operations.

 

In addition, the sale of certain properties acquired in the J.C. Nichols Company merger in July 1998 would require the Company to pay corporate-level tax under Section 1374 of the Internal Revenue Code on the built-in gain relating to such properties unless we sold such properties in a tax-free exchange under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code or another tax-free or tax-deferred transaction. This tax will no longer apply after we have owned the assets for ten years or more. As a result, we may be limited or restricted in our ability to sell any of these properties. Although we have no current plans to dispose of any properties in a manner that would require the Company to pay corporate-level tax under Section 1374, we would consider doing so if the Company’s management determines that a sale of a property would be in our best interest based on consideration of a number of factors, including the price being offered for the property, the operating performance of the property, the tax consequences of the sale and other factors and circumstances surrounding the proposed sale.

 

The success of our joint venture activity depends upon our ability to work effectively with financially sound partners. Instead of owning properties directly, we have in some cases invested, and may continue to invest, as a partner or a co-venturer with one or more third parties. Under certain circumstances, this type of investment may involve risks not otherwise present, including the possibility that a partner or co-venturer might become bankrupt or that a partner or co-venturer might have business interests or goals inconsistent with ours. Also, such a partner or co-venturer may take action contrary to our instructions or requests or contrary to provisions in our joint venture agreements that could harm us.

 

Our insurance coverage on our properties may be inadequate. We carry comprehensive insurance on all of our properties, including insurance for liability, fire and flood. Insurance companies, however, limit coverage against certain types of losses, such as losses due to terrorist acts, named windstorms and toxic mold. Thus, we may not have insurance coverage, or sufficient insurance coverage, against certain types of losses and/or there may be decreases in the limits of insurance available. Should an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of our insured limits occur, we could lose all or a portion of the capital we have invested in a property or properties, as well as the anticipated future revenue from the property or properties. If any of our properties were to experience a catastrophic loss, it could disrupt our operations, delay revenue and result in large expenses to repair or rebuild the property. Our existing property and casualty insurance policies have been renewed through June 30, 2006.

 

Our use of debt to finance our operations could have a material adverse effect on our cash flow. We are subject to risks normally associated with debt financing, such as the insufficiency of cash flow to meet required payment obligations, difficulty in complying with financial ratios and other covenants and the inability to refinance existing indebtedness. Increases in interest rates on our variable rate debt would increase our interest expense. If we fail to comply with the financial ratios and other covenants under our Revolving Loan, we would likely not be able to borrow any further amounts under the Revolving Loan, which could adversely affect our ability to fund our operations, and our lenders could accelerate outstanding debt. Unwaived defaults, if any, under our debt instruments could result in an acceleration of some of our outstanding debt. Furthermore, if any refinancing is done at higher interest rates, the increased interest expense could adversely affect our cash flow. Any such refinancing could also impose tighter financial ratios and other covenants that could restrict our ability to take actions that could otherwise

 

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be in our best interest, such as funding new development activity or making opportunistic acquisitions. If we do not meet our mortgage financing obligations, any properties securing such indebtedness could be foreclosed on, which would have a material adverse effect on our cash flow.

 

SEC investigation. As previously disclosed, the SEC’s Division of Enforcement has issued a confidential formal order of investigation in connection with the Company’s previous restatement of its financial results. Even though the Company’s management is cooperating fully, we cannot assure you that the SEC’s Division of Enforcement will not take any action that would adversely affect us.

 

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

 

Wholly Owned Properties

 

As of December 31, 2004, the Company owned 100.0% interests in 444 in-service office, industrial and retail properties, encompassing approximately 33.9 million rentable square feet, and 125 apartment units. The following table sets forth information about its Wholly Owned Properties at December 31, 2004:

 

    

Rentable

Square Feet


   

Occupancy


    Percentage of Annualized Rental Revenue (1)

 

Market


       Office

    Industrial

    Retail

    Total

 

Raleigh (2)

   4,597,000     83.8 %   15.7 %   0.2 %   —       15.9 %

Atlanta

   6,826,000     83.7     11.7     3.1     —       14.8  

Tampa

   4,196,000     71.0     13.4     —       —       13.4  

Kansas City

   2,308,000 (3)   94.1     4.2     —       8.5 %   12.7  

Nashville

   2,870,000     93.3     11.9     —       —       11.9  

Piedmont Triad (4)

   6,651,000     92.5     6.3     4.2     —       10.5  

Richmond

   1,835,000     94.1     7.0     —       —       7.0  

Memphis

   1,216,000     83.2     4.5     —       —       4.5  

Charlotte

   1,492,000     72.9     3.9     —       —       3.9  

Greenville

   1,127,000     80.5     3.1     0.1     —       3.2  

Columbia

   426,000     60.4     1.0     —       —       1.0  

Orlando

   222,000     93.3     0.9     —       —       0.9  

Other

   100,000     61.3     0.3     —       —       0.3  
    

 

 

 

 

 

Total (5)

   33,866,000     85.0 %   83.9 %   7.6 %   8.5 %   100.0 %
    

 

 

 

 

 


(1) Annualized Rental Revenue is rental revenue (base rent plus operating expense pass-throughs) for the month of December 2004 multiplied by 12.
(2) Raleigh market encompasses the Raleigh, Cary and Durham metropolitan area.
(3) Excludes basement space in the Country Club Plaza property of 430,000 square feet.
(4) Piedmont Triad market encompasses the Greensboro and Winston-Salem metropolitan area.
(5) Excludes properties recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheet that were sold but accounted for as financings under SFAS No. 66.

 

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The following table sets forth information about our Wholly Owned Properties and our development properties as of December 31, 2004 and 2003:

 

     December 31, 2004

    December 31, 2003

 
     Rentable
Square Feet


   Percent
Leased/
Pre-Leased


    Rentable
Square Feet


   Percent
Leased/
Pre-Leased


 

In-Service:

                      

Office (1)

   24,628,000    82.7 %   25,303,000    79.2 %

Industrial

   7,829,000    90.2     8,092,000    85.7  

Retail (2)

   1,409,000    97.3     1,527,000    96.3  
    
  

 
  

Total or Weighted Average

   33,866,000    85.0 %   34,922,000    81.5 %
    
  

 
  

Development:

                      

Completed—Not Stabilized (3)

                      

Office (1)

   —      —       140,000    36.0 %

Industrial

   353,000    100.0 %   —      —    
    
  

 
  

Total or Weighted Average

   353,000    100.0 %   140,000    36.0 %
    
  

 
  

In Process (4)

                      

Office (1)

   358,000    100.0 %   112,000    100.0 %

Industrial

   —      —       350,000    100.0  

Retail

   9,600    44.0     —      —    
    
  

 
  

Total or Weighted Average

   367,600    98.5 %   462,000    100.0 %
    
  

 
  

Total:

                      

Office (1)

   24,986,000          25,555,000       

Industrial

   8,182,000          8,442,000       

Retail (2)

   1,418,600          1,527,000       
    
        
      

Total or Weighted Average (4) (5)

   34,586,600          35,524,000       
    
        
      

(1) Substantially all of our office properties are located in suburban markets.
(2) Excludes basement space in the Country Club Plaza property of 430,000 square feet.
(3) Not stabilized is defined as less than 95.0% occupied or less than a year from completion.
(4) Excludes a 156-unit multi-family residential development that is 50.0% owned and which is consolidated under the provisions of FIN 46. This development commenced in late 2004.
(5) Excludes properties recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheet that were sold but accounted for as financings or profit sharing arrangements under SFAS No. 66.

 

Development Land

 

We estimate that we can develop approximately 14 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space on the Company’s 1,115 acres of development land that was wholly owned as of December 31, 2004. All of this development land is zoned and available for office, industrial or retail development, substantially all of which has utility infrastructure already in place. We believe that our commercially zoned and unencumbered land in existing business parks gives us a development advantage over other commercial real estate development companies in many of our markets. Any future development, however, is dependent on the demand for office, industrial or retail space in the area, the availability of favorable financing and other factors, and no assurance can be given that any construction will take place on the development land. In addition, if construction is undertaken on the development land, we will be subject to the risks associated with construction activities, including the risks that occupancy rates and rents at a newly completed property may not be sufficient to make the property profitable, construction costs may exceed original estimates and construction and lease-up may not be completed on schedule, resulting in increased debt service expense and construction expense. We may also develop properties other than office, industrial and retail on certain parcels with unrelated joint venture partners. We consider slightly more than half of our development land to be non-core assets as such excess land is not necessary for our foreseeable future development needs. We are actively working to dispose of such non-core development land through sales to other parties or contributions to joint ventures.

 

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Other Properties

 

As of December 31, 2004, the Company owned an interest (50.0% or less) in 66 in-service office and industrial properties, one of which we have a 20.0% joint venture interest, but such property is consolidated as a result of our continuing involvement with the property. The properties encompass approximately 6.9 million rentable square feet and 418 apartment units. These properties exclude approximately 431,000 square feet of properties under development that have not yet achieved stabilization. The following table sets forth information about these properties at December 31, 2004:

 

    

Rentable

Square Feet


   

Occupancy


    Percentage of Annualized Rental Revenue (1)

 

Market


       Office

    Industrial

    Retail

    Multi-Family

    Total

 

Des Moines

   2,253,000 (2)   91.4 %(3)   28.6 %   3.6 %   1.0 %   3.5 %   36.7 %

Orlando

   1,683,000     89.7     25.7     —       —       —       25.7  

Atlanta

   835,000     92.5     12.9     —       —       —       12.9  

Raleigh (4)

   455,000     99.5     3.7     —       —       —       3.7  

Kansas City

   428,000     86.4     8.4     —       —       —       8.4  

Piedmont Triad (5)

   364,000     100.0     4.0     —       —       —       4.0  

Tampa

   205,000     99.1     2.1     —       —       —       2.1  

Charlotte

   148,000     100.0     0.8     —       —       —       0.8  

Richmond

   413,000     99.7     5.2     —       —       —       5.2  

Other

   110,000     100.0     0.5     —       —       —       0.5  
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

   6,894,000     92.9 %   91.9 %   3.6 %   1.0 %   3.5 %   100.0 %
    

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1) Annualized Rental Revenue is rental revenue (base rent plus operating expense pass-throughs) for the month of December 2004 multiplied by 12.
(2) Excludes Des Moines’ apartment units.
(3) Excludes Des Moines’ apartment occupancy percentage of 95.7%.
(4) Raleigh market encompasses the Raleigh, Cary and Durham metropolitan area.
(5) Piedmont Triad market encompasses the Greensboro and Winston-Salem metropolitan area.

 

As of December 31, 2004, we owned 50.0% interests in two joint ventures that are developing 430,000 rentable square feet of office properties. The following table sets forth information about these properties at December 31, 2004 ($ in thousands):

 

Property


   %
Ownership


    Market

   Rentable
Square Feet


   Anticipated
Total
Investment


    Investment
at
12/31/2004


    Pre-leasing

    Actual
Completion
Date


   Actual or
Estimated
Stabilization
Date


Plaza Colonnade, LLC

   50.0 %   Kansas City    285,000    $ 71,500 (1)   $ 65,099 (1)   76.0 %   4Q04    3Q05

Summit

   50.0 %   Des Moines    35,000      3,559       3,435     75.0     3Q04    3Q05

Pinehurst

   50.0 %   Des Moines    35,000      3,559       3,497     79.0     3Q04    3Q05

Sonoma

   50.0 %   Des Moines    75,000      9,364       202     —       2Q05    2Q06
               
  


 


 

        

Total or Weighted
Average

              430,000    $ 87,982     $ 72,233     63.0 %         
               
  


 


 

        

(1) Includes $16.2 million in investment cost that has been funded by tax increment financing.

 

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Lease Expirations

 

The following tables set forth scheduled lease expirations for existing leases at our Wholly Owned Properties (excluding apartment units) as of December 31, 2004. The table includes the effects of any early renewals exercised by tenants as of December 31, 2004.

 

Office Properties (1):

 

Lease Expiring


   Rentable
Square Feet
Subject to
Expiring
Leases


   Percentage of
Leased
Square Footage
Represented by
Expiring Leases


    Annualized
Rental Revenue
Under Expiring
Leases (2)


   Average
Annual
Rental Rate
Per Square
Foot for
Expirations


   Percent of
Annualized
Rental Revenue
Represented by
Expiring
Leases (2)


 
                ($ in thousands)            

2005 (3)

   3,114,226    15.2 %   $ 56,694    $ 18.20    15.9 %

2006

   3,179,399    15.5       59,037      18.57    16.6  

2007

   2,069,793    10.2       35,202      17.01    9.9  

2008

   3,111,840    15.3       50,196      16.13    14.1  

2009

   2,838,459    13.9       49,006      17.27    13.7  

2010

   1,913,500    9.4       34,812      18.19    9.8  

2011

   1,389,886    6.8       25,769      18.54    7.2  

2012

   766,121    3.8       14,066      18.36    3.9  

2013

   480,340    2.4       8,087      16.84    2.3  

2014

   419,418    2.1       7,868      18.76    2.2  

Thereafter

   1,099,229    5.4       15,834      14.40    4.4  
    
  

 

  

  

     20,382,211    100.0 %   $ 356,571    $ 17.49    100.0 %
    
  

 

  

  

 

Industrial Properties:

 

Lease Expiring


   Rentable
Square Feet
Subject to
Expiring
Leases


   Percentage of
Leased
Square Footage
Represented by
Expiring Leases


   

Annualized

Rental Revenue
Under Expiring
Leases (2)


   Average
Annual
Rental Rate
Per Square
Foot for
Expirations


   Percent of
Annualized
Rental Revenue
Represented by
Expiring
Leases (2)


 
                ($ in thousands)            

2005 (4)

   1,981,682    28.2 %   $ 8,377    $ 4.23    25.9 %

2006

   964,023    13.7       4,821      5.00    14.9  

2007

   1,897,292    26.9       8,746      4.61    27.1  

2008

   627,041    8.9       2,851      4.55    8.8  

2009

   644,325    9.1       3,598      5.58    11.1  

2010

   159,418    2.3       795      4.99    2.5  

2011

   150,822    2.1       713      4.73    2.2  

2012

   171,340    2.4       435      2.54    1.3  

2013

   102,384    1.5       621      6.07    1.9  

2014

   206,731    2.9       799      3.86    2.5  

Thereafter

   142,170    2.0       596      4.19    1.8  
    
  

 

  

  

     7,047,228    100.0 %   $ 32,352    $ 4.59    100.0 %
    
  

 

  

  


(1) Excludes properties recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheet that were sold but accounted for as financings under SFAS No. 66.
(2) Annualized Rental Revenue is rental revenue (base rent plus operating expense pass-throughs) for the month of December 2004 multiplied by 12.
(3) Includes 104,000 square feet of leases that are on a month-to-month basis or 0.4% of total annualized rental revenue.
(4) Includes 212,000 square feet of leases that are on a month-to-month basis or 0.2% of total annualized rental revenue.

 

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Retail Properties:

 

Lease Expiring


   Rentable
Square Feet
Subject to
Expiring
Leases


   Percentage of
Leased
Square Footage
Represented by
Expiring Leases


    Annualized
Rental Revenue
Under Expiring
Leases (1)


   Average
Annual
Rental Rate
Per Square
Foot for
Expirations


   Percent of
Annualized
Rental Revenue
Represented by
Expiring
Leases (1)


 
                ($ in thousands)            

2005 (2)

   64,184    4.7 %   $ 1,747    $ 27.22    4.8 %

2006

   101,607    7.4       2,498      24.58    6.9  

2007

   79,810    5.8       2,197      27.53    6.1  

2008

   131,003    9.6       3,711      28.33    10.3  

2009

   190,401    13.9       4,735      24.87    13.1  

2010

   88,790    6.5       2,989      33.66    8.3  

2011

   58,071    4.2       1,867      32.15    5.2  

2012

   140,336    10.2       3,923      27.95    10.9  

2013

   108,866    7.9       2,681      24.63    7.4  

2014

   83,349    6.1       1,570      18.84    4.3  

Thereafter

   324,988    23.7       8,212      25.27    22.7  
    
  

 

  

  

     1,371,405    100.0 %   $ 36,130    $ 26.35    100.0 %
    
  

 

  

  

 

Total (3):

 

Lease Expiring


   Rentable
Square Feet
Subject to
Expiring
Leases


   Percentage of
Leased
Square Footage
Represented by
Expiring Leases


    Annualized
Rental Revenue
Under Expiring
Leases (1)


   Average
Annual
Rental Rate
Per Square
Foot for
Expirations


   Percent of
Annualized
Rental Revenue
Represented by
Expiring
Leases (1)


 
                ($ in thousands)            

2005 (4)

   5,160,092    17.9 %   $ 66,818    $ 12.95    15.6 %

2006

   4,245,029    14.7       66,356      15.63    15.6  

2007

   4,046,895    14.1       46,145      11.40    10.9  

2008

   3,869,884    13.4       56,758      14.67    13.4  

2009

   3,673,185    12.8       57,339      15.61    13.5  

2010

   2,161,708    7.5       38,596      17.85    9.1  

2011

   1,598,779    5.6       28,349      17.73    6.7  

2012

   1,077,797    3.7       18,424      17.09    4.3  

2013

   691,590    2.4       11,389      16.47    2.7  

2014

   709,498    2.5       10,237      14.43    2.4  

Thereafter

   1,566,387    5.4       24,642      15.73    5.8  
    
  

 

  

  

     28,800,844    100.0 %   $ 425,053    $ 14.76    100.0 %
    
  

 

  

  


(1) Annualized Rental Revenue is rental revenue (base rent plus operating expense pass-throughs) for the month of December 2004 multiplied by 12.
(2) Includes 10,000 square feet of leases that are on a month-to-month basis or 0.1% of total annualized rental revenue.
(3) Excludes properties recorded on our Balance Sheet that were sold but accounted for as financings under SFAS No. 66.
(4) Includes 326,000 square feet of leases that are on a month-to-month basis or 0.7% of total annualized rental revenue.

 

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We are from time to time a party to a variety of legal proceedings, claims and assessments arising in the ordinary course of our business. We regularly assess the liabilities and contingencies in connection with these matters based on the latest information available. For those matters where it is probable that we have incurred or will incur a loss and the loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated, reserves are recorded in the Consolidated Financial Statements. In other instances, because of the uncertainties related to both the probable outcome and amount or range of loss, a reasonable estimate of liability, if any, cannot be made. Based on the current expected outcome of any such matters, none of these proceedings, claims or assessments is expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Notwithstanding the above, as previously disclosed, the SEC’s Division of Enforcement has issued a confidential formal order of investigation in connection with the Company’s previous restatement of its financial results. Even though the Company’s management is cooperating fully, we cannot assure you that the SEC’s Division of Enforcement will not take any action that would adversely affect us.

 

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

None.

 

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ITEM X. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

 

The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. The following table sets forth information with respect to the Company’s executive officers:

 

Name


  Age

  

Position and Background


Edward J. Fritsch   47    Director, President and Chief Executive Officer.
         Mr. Fritsch became the Company’s chief executive officer on July 1, 2004 and its president in December 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Fritsch was the Company’s chief operating officer from January 1998 to July 2004 and was a vice president and secretary from June 1994 to January 1998. Mr. Fritsch joined our predecessor in 1982 and was a partner of that entity at the time of the Company’s initial public offering in June 1994. Mr. Fritsch serves on the University of North Carolina’s Board of Visitors, the Board of Trustees of St. Timothy’s Episcopal School and the Board of Directors of the YMCA of the Triangle.
Michael E. Harris   56    Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
         Mr. Harris became chief operating officer in July 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Harris was a senior vice president and was responsible for our operations in Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas and Charlotte. Mr. Harris was executive vice president of Crocker Realty Trust prior to its merger with us in 1996. Before joining Crocker Realty Trust, Mr. Harris served as senior vice president, general counsel and chief financial officer of Towermarc Corporation, a privately owned real estate development firm. Mr. Harris is a member of the Advisory Board of Directors of SouthTrust Bank of Memphis and Allen & Hoshall, Inc.
Terry L. Stevens   57    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
         Prior to joining the Company in December 2003, Mr. Stevens was executive vice president, chief financial officer and trustee for Crown American Realty Trust, a public company. Before joining Crown American Realty Trust, Mr. Stevens was director of financial systems development at AlliedSignal, Inc., a large multi-national manufacturer. Mr. Stevens was also an audit partner with Price Waterhouse for approximately seven years. Mr. Stevens currently serves as trustee, chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation and the Finance Committees of First Potomac Realty Trust, a public company.
Gene H. Anderson   60    Director, Senior Vice President and Regional Manager.
         Mr. Anderson has been a senior vice president since our combination with Anderson Properties, Inc. in February 1997. Mr. Anderson manages our Atlanta and oversees our Triad operations. Mr. Anderson served as president of Anderson Properties, Inc. from 1978 to February 1997. Mr. Anderson was past president of the Georgia chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and is a national board member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.
Michael F. Beale   52    Senior Vice President and Regional Manager.
         Mr. Beale manages our Orlando and oversees our Tampa operations. Prior to joining the Company in 2000, Mr. Beale served as vice president of Koger Equity, Inc., where he was responsible for Koger’s acquisitions and developments throughout the Southeast. Mr. Beale is currently the president of the Central Florida Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and also serves on various committees for the Mid-Florida Economic Development Commission. Mr. Beale is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM).

 

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Name


   Age

  

Position and Background


Robert G. Cutlip    56    Senior Vice President and Regional Manager.
          Mr. Cutlip manages our Raleigh and oversees our Richmond operations. Prior to joining the Company in September 2003, Mr. Cutlip was vice president of real estate for Progress Energy, a public company, where he was responsible for the development and facilities management in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Before joining Progress Energy in 2001, Mr. Cutlip was executive vice president for the Carolinas and Tennessee Region of Duke Realty Corporation. Mr. Cutlip is chairman of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.
Mack D. Pridgen III    56    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.
          Prior to joining the Company in 1997, Mr. Pridgen was a partner with Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P. and prior to that a partner with Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Pridgen is an attorney and a certified public accountant.
W. Brian Reames    42    Senior Vice President and Regional Manager.
          Mr. Reames became senior vice president and regional manager in August 2004. Mr. Reames manages our Nashville and oversees our Memphis, Greenville and Columbia operations. Prior to that, Mr. Reames was vice president responsible for the Nashville division, a position he held since 1996. Mr. Reames was a partner and owner at Eakin & Smith, Inc., a Nashville-based office real estate firm, from 1989 until its merger with the Company in 1996.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON STOCK, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

There is no public trading market for the Common Units. The following table sets forth the distributions paid per Common Unit during each quarter.

 

Quarter Ended


   2004

   2003

March 31

   $ .425    $ .585

June 30

     .425      .425

September 30

     .425      .425

December 31

     .425      .425

 

Because the Company is a REIT, our partnership agreement requires us to distribute at least enough cash for the Company to be able to distribute to its stockholders at least 90.0% of its REIT taxable income, excluding capital gains. The following factors will affect cash flows from operating activities and, accordingly, influence the decisions of the Company’s board of directors regarding distributions by the Operating Partnership:

 

    debt service requirements after taking into account debt covenants and the repayment and restructuring of certain indebtedness;

 

    scheduled increases in base rents of existing leases;

 

    changes in rents attributable to the renewal of existing leases or replacement leases;

 

    changes in occupancy rates at existing properties and execution of leases for newly acquired or developed properties; and

 

    operating expenses and capital replacement needs.

 

As of December 31, 2005, there were 143 holders of record of Common Units (other than the Company).

 

For information about the Company’s equity compensation plans, see “ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.”

 

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

The following selected financial data as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and for each of the three years ended December 31, 2004 is derived from the Operating Partnership’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere herein. The selected financial data as of December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 and for each of the two years ended December 31, 2001 is derived from previously issued financial statements adjusted for matters related to the restatement discussed below.

 

The Operating Partnership has restated its results for the four-year period from 2000 to 2003 and the first three quarters of 2004. The restatement resulted from adjustments primarily related to the accounting for lease incentives, depreciation and amortization expense, straight-line ground lease expense on one ground lease, gain recognition on a 2003 land condemnation, accounting for an embedded derivative, land cost allocations, the write-off of undepreciated tenant improvements and commissions, capitalization of interest costs and internal leasing, construction and development costs on development properties, and purchase accounting for acquisitions completed in 1995 to 1998. Refer to Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of the restatement adjustments. The information in the following table should be read in conjunction with the Operating Partnership’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included herein ($ in thousands, except per unit data):

 

     Year Ended December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    2002

    2001

    2000

 
           (restated)     (restated)     (restated)     (restated)  

Rental and other revenues

   $ 464,476     $ 492,259     $ 510,317     $ 525,013     $ 515,746  

Operating expenses:

                                        

Rental property and other expenses

     167,731       172,323       165,419       164,735       153,342  

Depreciation and amortization

     132,386       139,071       136,448       123,935       111,880  

Impairment of assets held for use

     1,270       —         9,919       —         —    

General and administrative

     41,692       26,118       29,909       24,380       24,934  
    


 


 


 


 


Total operating expenses

     343,079       337,512       341,695       313,050       290,156  

Interest expense:

                                        

Contractual

     106,031       119,256       119,991       125,542       114,435  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     3,698       4,398       3,647       4,030       2,660  

Financing obligations

     10,123       17,811       12,604       11,953       2,063  
    


 


 


 


 


Total interest expense

     119,852       141,465       136,242       141,525       119,158  

Other income/expense:

                                        

Interest and other income

     6,000       5,292       8,871       13,679       9,381  

Settlement of bankruptcy claim

     14,435       —         —         —         —    

Loss on debt extinguishments

     (12,457 )     (14,653 )     (360 )     2,463       (2,938 )

Gain on extinguishment of co-venture obligation

     —         16,301       —         —         —    
    


 


 


 


 


Total other income

     7,978       6,940       8,511       16,142       6,443  
    


 


 


 


 


Income before disposition of property, co-venture expense and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

     9,523       20,222       40,891       86,580       112,875  

Gains on disposition of property, net

     21,636       9,552       22,775       16,585       1,758  

Co-venture expense

     —         (4,588 )     (7,730 )     (6,859 )     (158 )

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

     7,016       4,488       5,064       6,631       2,025  
    


 


 


 


 


Income from continuing operations

     38,175       29,674       61,000       102,937       116,500  

Discontinued operations

     4,789       12,575       26,326       18,510       19,238  
    


 


 


 


 


Net income

     42,964       42,249       87,326       121,447       135,738  

Distributions on preferred units

     (30,852 )     (30,852 )     (30,852 )     (31,500 )     (32,580 )

Excess of preferred units carrying value over repurchase value

     —         —         —         1,012       —    
    


 


 


 


 


Net income available for common unitholders

   $ 12,112     $ 11,397     $ 56,474     $ 90,959     $ 103,158  
    


 


 


 


 


Net income per common unit – basic:

                                        

Income/(loss) from continuing operations

   $ 0.13     $ (0.02 )   $ 0.51     $ 1.19     $ 1.25  
    


 


 


 


 


Net income

   $ 0.21     $ 0.19     $ 0.95     $ 1.49     $ 1.54  
    


 


 


 


 


Net income per common unit – diluted:

                                        

Income/(loss) from continuing operations

   $ 0.12     $ (0.02 )   $ 0.50     $ 1.17     $ 1.24  
    


 


 


 


 


Net income

   $ 0.20     $ 0.19     $ 0.94     $ 1.47     $ 1.53  
    


 


 


 


 


Distributions declared per common unit

   $ 1.70     $ 1.86     $ 2.34     $ 2.31     $ 2.25  
    


 


 


 


 


 

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     December 31,

     2004

   2003

   2002

   2001

   2000

          (restated)    (restated)    (restated)    (restated)

Balance Sheet Data:

                                  

Total assets

   $ 3,232,062    $ 3,497,663    $ 3,695,227    $ 3,891,699    $ 3,986,903

Total mortgages and notes payable

   $ 1,572,574    $ 1,709,274    $ 1,754,877    $ 1,915,286    $ 1,811,218

Financing obligations

   $ 65,309    $ 125,777    $ 122,666    $ 77,687    $ 75,166

Co-venture obligation

   $ —      $ —      $ 43,511    $ 40,482    $ 36,046

Redeemable Preferred Units

   $ 377,445    $ 377,445    $ 377,445    $ 377,445    $ 397,500

Number of wholly owned in-service properties

     444      465      493      498      493

Total rentable square feet, in service - Wholly

                                  

Owned Properties

     33,866,000      34,922,000      37,112,000      37,221,000      36,183,000

 

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes contained elsewhere in this Annual Report.

 

DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Some of the information in this Annual Report may contain forward-looking statements. Such statements include, in particular, statements about our plans, strategies and prospects under this section and under the heading “Business.” You can identify forward-looking statements by our use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “continue” or other similar words. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. When considering such forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the following important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement:

 

    speculative development activity by our competitors in our existing markets could result in an excessive supply of office, industrial and retail properties relative to tenant demand;

 

    the financial condition of our tenants could deteriorate;

 

    we may not be able to complete development, acquisition, reinvestment, disposition or joint venture projects as quickly or on as favorable terms as anticipated;

 

    we may not be able to lease or release space quickly or on as favorable terms as old leases;

 

    unexpected increases in interest rates would increase our debt service costs;

 

    we may not be able to meet our liquidity requirements on favorable terms;

 

    we and the Company could lose key employees and executive officers; and

 

    our southeastern and midwestern markets may suffer unexpected declines in economic growth.

 

This list of risks and uncertainties, however, is not intended to be exhaustive. You should also review the other cautionary statements we make in “Business – Risk Factors” set forth elsewhere in this Annual Report.

 

Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect any future events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

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OVERVIEW

 

The Operating Partnership is managed by its sole general partner, the Company, a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed equity REIT that provides leasing, management, development, construction and other customer-related services for its properties and for third parties. As of December 31, 2004, the Company owned or had an interest in 510 in-service office, industrial and retail properties, encompassing approximately 40.8 million square feet and 543 apartment units. As of that date, the Company also owned 1,115 acres of development land, which is suitable to develop approximately 14 million rentable square feet of office, industrial and retail space. We are based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and our properties and development land are located in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

 

The Company conducts substantially all of its activities through, and substantially all of its interests in the properties are held directly or indirectly by, the Operating Partnership. At December 31, 2004, the Company owned 89.8% of the Common Units in the Operating Partnership.

 

As more fully described in Notes 19 and 20 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Operating Partnership has restated its results for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the first three quarters of 2004. The restatement resulted from adjustments primarily related to the accounting for lease incentives, depreciation and amortization expense, straight-line ground lease expense on one ground lease, gain recognition on a 2003 land condemnation, accounting for an embedded derivative, land cost allocations, the write-off of undepreciated tenant improvements and commissions, capitalization of interest costs and internal leasing, construction and development costs on development properties, and purchase accounting for acquisitions completed in 1995 to 1998.

 

Results of Operations

 

During 2004, approximately 84% of our rental and other revenue was derived from our office properties. As a result, while we own and operate a limited number of industrial and retail properties, our operating results depend heavily on successfully leasing our office properties. Furthermore, since most of our office properties are located in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, economic growth in those states is and will continue to be an important determinative factor in predicting our future operating results.

 

The key components affecting our rental revenue stream are average occupancy and rental rates. Average occupancy generally increases during times of improving economic growth, as our ability to lease space outpaces vacancies that occur upon the expirations of existing leases, while average occupancy generally declines during times of slower economic growth, when new vacancies tend to outpace our ability to lease space. Asset acquisitions and dispositions also impact our rental revenues and could impact our average occupancy, depending upon the occupancy percentage of the properties that are acquired or sold. A further indicator of the predictability of future revenues is the expected lease expirations of our portfolio. As a result, in addition to seeking to increase our average occupancy by leasing current vacant space, we also must concentrate our leasing efforts on renewing leases on expiring space. For more information regarding our lease expirations, see “Properties – Lease Expirations.”

 

Whether or not our rental revenue tracks average occupancy proportionally depends upon whether rents under new leases signed are higher or lower than the rents under the previous leases. During 2004, the average rental rate per square foot on new leases signed in our Wholly Owned Properties was 1.5% lower than the rent under the previous leases (based on straight line rental rates).

 

At December 31, 2004, the occupancy rate for our Wholly Owned Properties was 85.0%. As of September 30, 2005, the occupancy rate for our Wholly Owned Properties increased to 85.8%.

 

Our expenses primarily consist of rental property expenses, depreciation and amortization, general and administrative expenses and interest expense. Rental property expenses are expenses associated with our ownership and operation of rental properties and include variable expenses, such as common area maintenance and utilities, and fixed expenses, such as property taxes and insurance. Some of these variable expenses may be lower when our average occupancy declines, while the fixed expenses remain constant regardless of average occupancy. Depreciation and amortization is a non-cash expense associated with the ownership of real property and generally remains relatively consistent each year, unless we buy or sell assets, since we depreciate our properties on a straight-line basis over a fixed life. General and administrative expenses, net of amounts capitalized, consist primarily of management and employee salaries and other personnel costs, corporate overhead and long-term incentive compensation. Interest expense depends upon the amount of our borrowings, the weighted average interest rates on our debt and the amount of interest capitalized on development projects.

 

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We also record income from our investments in unconsolidated affiliates. We record in “equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates” our proportionate share of the unconsolidated joint ventures’ net income or loss. During 2004, income earned from these unconsolidated joint ventures aggregated $7.0 million, which represented approximately 16.3% of our total net income.

 

Additionally, SFAS No. 144 requires us to record net income received from properties sold or held for sale that qualify as discontinued operations under SFAS No. 144 separately as “income from discontinued operations.” As a result, we separately record revenues and expenses from these qualifying properties. During 2004, income, including gains and losses from the sale of properties, from discontinued operations accounted for approximately 11.2% of our total net income.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We incur capital expenditures to lease space to our customers and to maintain the quality of our properties to successfully compete against other properties. Tenant improvements are the costs required to customize the space for the specific needs of the customer. Lease commissions are costs incurred to find the customer for the space. Lease incentives are costs paid to or on behalf of tenants to induce them to enter into leases and which do not relate to customizing the space for the tenant’s specific needs. Building improvements are recurring capital costs not related to a customer to maintain the buildings. As leases expire, we either attempt to relet the space to an existing customer or attract a new customer to occupy the space. Generally, customer renewals require lower leasing capital expenditures than reletting to new customers. However, market conditions such as supply of available space on the market, as well as demand for space, drive not only customer rental rates but also tenant improvement costs. Leasing capital expenditures are amortized over the term of the lease and building improvements are depreciated over the appropriate useful life of the assets acquired. Both are included in depreciation and amortization in results of operations.

 

Because the Company is a REIT, it is required under the federal tax laws to distribute at least 90.0% of its REIT taxable income, excluding capital gains, to its stockholders. Our partnership agreement requires us to pay economically equivalent distributions on outstanding Common Units at the same time that the Company pays dividends on its outstanding Common Stock. We generally use rents received from customers to fund our operating expenses, recurring capital expenditures and distributions to our partners. To fund property acquisitions, development activity or building renovations, we incur debt from time to time. As of December 31, 2004, we had $822.6 million of secured debt outstanding and $750.0 million of unsecured debt outstanding. Our debt generally consists of mortgage debt, unsecured debt securities and borrowings under our Revolving Loan. As of January 17, 2006, we had approximately $103.7 million of additional borrowing availability under our Revolving Loan. In addition, at December 31, 2005, $16.4 million was available in cash and short-term investments.

 

Our Revolving Loan and the indenture governing our outstanding long-term unsecured debt securities require us to satisfy various operating and financial covenants and performance ratios. As a result, to ensure that we do not violate the provisions of these debt instruments, we may from time to time be limited in undertaking certain activities that may otherwise be in the best interest of our unitholders, such as repurchasing partnership units, acquiring additional assets, increasing the total amount of our debt or increasing distributions. We review our current and expected operating results, financial condition and planned strategic actions on an ongoing basis for the purpose of monitoring our continued compliance with these covenants and ratios. Any unwaived event of default could result in an acceleration of some or all of our debt, severely restrict our ability to incur additional debt to fund short- and long-term cash needs or result in higher interest expense. See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding certain amendments and waivers relating to covenants under our Revolving Loan.

 

To generate additional capital to fund our growth and other strategic initiatives and to lessen the ownership risks typically associated with owning 100.0% of a property, we may sell some of our properties or contribute them to joint ventures. When we create a joint venture with a strategic partner, we usually contribute one or more properties that we own and/or vacant land to a newly formed entity in which we retain an interest of 50.0% or less. In exchange for our equal or minority interest in the joint venture, we generally receive cash from the partner and retain some or all of the management income relating to the properties in the joint venture. The joint venture itself will frequently

 

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borrow money on its own behalf to finance the acquisition of, and/or leverage the return upon, the properties being acquired by the joint venture or to build or acquire additional buildings. Such borrowings are typically on a non-recourse or limited recourse basis. We generally are not liable for the debts of our joint ventures, except to the extent of our equity investment, unless we have directly guaranteed any of that debt. In most cases, we and/or our strategic partners are required to guarantee customary exceptions to non-recourse liability in non-recourse loans. See Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on certain debt guarantees.

 

We have historically also sold additional common or preferred equity to fund additional growth or to reduce our debt, but we have limited those efforts during the past five years because funds generated from our capital recycling program in recent years have provided sufficient funds to satisfy our liquidity needs. In addition, we used funds from our capital recycling program to redeem Preferred Units in 2005 and repurchase Common Units in 2003 and 2002. We have also redeemed Common Units for cash in 2002 through 2005.

 

Management’s Analysis

 

We believe that funds from operations (“FFO”) and FFO per unit are beneficial to management and investors and are important indicators of the performance of any equity REIT. Because FFO and FFO per unit calculations exclude such factors as depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and gains or losses from sales of real estate (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar conditions based on historical cost accounting and useful life estimates), they facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and between other REITs. Our management believes that historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors and analysts have considered the presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. As a result, management believes that the use of FFO and FFO per unit, together with the required GAAP presentations, provide a more complete understanding of our performance relative to competitors and a more informed and appropriate basis on which to make decisions involving operating, financing and investing activities. See “Funds From Operations.”

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Comparison of 2004 to 2003

 

The following table sets forth information regarding our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 ($ in millions):

 

     Year Ended December 31,

    2004
to 2003
$ Change


    %
Change


 
     2004

    2003

     
           (restated)              

Rental and other revenues

   $ 464.5     $ 492.3     $ (27.8 )   (5.6 )%

Operating expenses:

                              

Rental property and other expenses

     167.7       172.3       (4.6 )   (2.7 )

Depreciation and amortization

     132.4       139.1       (6.7 )   (4.8 )

Impairment of assets held for use

     1.3       —         1.3     100.0  

General and administrative

     41.7       26.1       15.6     59.8  
    


 


 


 

Total operating expenses

     343.1       337.5       5.6     1.7  
    


 


 


 

Interest expense:

                              

Contractual

     106.0       119.3       (13.3 )   (11.1 )

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     3.7       4.4       (0.7 )   (15.9 )

Financing obligations

     10.1       17.8       (7.7 )   (43.3 )
    


 


 


 

       119.8       141.5       (21.7 )   (15.3 )

Other income/expense:

                              

Interest and other income

     6.0       5.3       0.7     13.2  

Settlement of bankruptcy claim

     14.4       —         14.4     100.0  

Loss on debt extinguishments

     (12.4 )     (14.7 )     2.3     (15.6 )

Gain on extinguishment of co-venture obligation

     —         16.3       (16.3 )   (100.0 )
    


 


 


 

       8.0       6.9       1.1     15.9  
    


 


 


 

Income before disposition of property, co-venture expense and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

     9.6       20.2       (10.6 )   (52.5 )

Gains on disposition of property, net

     21.6       9.6       12.0     125.0  

Co-venture expense

     —         (4.6 )     4.6     (100.0 )

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

     7.0       4.5       2.5     55.6  
    


 


 


 

Income from continuing operations

     38.2       29.7       8.5     28.6  

Discontinued operations:

                              

Income from discontinued operations

     1.7       3.7       (2.0 )   (54.1 )

Net gains on sale of discontinued operations

     3.1       8.9       (5.8 )   (65.2 )
    


 


 


 

       4.8       12.6       (7.8 )   (61.9 )
    


 


 


 

Net income

     43.0       42.3       0.7     1.7  

Distributions on preferred units

     (30.9 )     (30.9 )     —       —    
    


 


 


 

Net income available for common unitholders

   $ 12.1     $ 11.4     $ 0.7     6.1 %
    


 


 


 

 

Rental and Other Revenues

 

The decrease in rental and other revenues from continuing operations was primarily the result of the disposition of certain properties in 2003 and 2004 that were not included in discontinued operations and a decrease of approximately $2.2 million in lease termination fees paid in 2004 from 2003. Partly offsetting these decreases was an increase of approximately $1.2 million in property management fees in 2004 from 2003 due to increased efforts in our third-party management services and the contribution of certain properties to joint ventures in 2004 where we retained the management of the properties and received customary fees.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2004, 1,037 second generation leases representing 8.2 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space were executed with respect to our Wholly Owned Properties. The average rate per square foot on a GAAP basis over the lease term for these leases was 1.5% lower than the GAAP rent under the previous lease.

 

As of the date of this filing, we are beginning to see a modest improvement in employment trends in a few of our markets and an improving economic climate in the Southeast. There has been modest positive absorption of office space in most of our markets during the past year. Also, we delivered approximately 713,000 square feet of office and industrial fully leased new development properties in the fourth quarter of 2005.

 

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Operating Expenses

 

Rental and other operating expenses from continuing operations (real estate taxes, utilities, insurance, repairs and maintenance and other property-related expenses) decreased in 2004 compared to 2003, primarily as a result of the disposition of certain properties in 2003 and 2004 that were not included in discontinued operations. This decrease was offset by general inflationary increases in certain fixed operating expenses, such as salaries, benefits, utility costs and real estate taxes.

 

Our operating margin, defined as rental and other revenue less rental property and other expenses expressed as a percentage of rental and other revenues, decreased from 65.0% in 2003 to 63.9% in 2004. This decrease in margin was primarily caused by operating expenses increasing from inflationary pressure and other factors at a higher rate than rental revenues, which increased from rising occupancy in 2004, offset by slightly lower average rental rates from rent roll-downs.

 

We expect rental and other operating expenses to decrease slightly in 2005 due to the disposition of certain properties in 2004 and 2005. This decrease will be partly offset by inflationary increases in certain fixed operating expenses.

 

The decrease in depreciation and amortization from continuing operations is primarily related to the disposition of certain properties in 2003 and 2004, which were not included in discontinued operations. In addition, the contribution of certain properties to a joint venture in 2004 reduced depreciation and amortization by $1.1 million. We expect depreciation and amortization to decrease slightly in 2005 due to a further net reduction of our Wholly Owned portfolio.

 

In 2004, an impairment loss of $1.3 million was recognized in connection with an 18,079 rentable square foot office property that was classified as held for use. This asset was later sold in 2005.

 

The increase in general and administrative expenses in 2004 as compared to 2003 primarily relates to (1) $4.6 million recognized in 2004 in connection with a retirement package for the Company’s former chief executive officer, as described in Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements; (2) a $7.8 million increase primarily relating to costs of personnel, consultants and our independent auditors in connection with (a) implementation of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (b) evaluation of a strategic transaction in 2004, and (c) the preparation and audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements included herein; and (3) the remaining $3.2 million net increase primarily relates to higher long-term incentive compensation costs, salary, fringe benefit and employee relocation costs.

 

In 2005, general and administrative expenses are expected to decrease because of the non-recurring nature of costs recorded in 2004 related to the former chief executive officer’s retirement package, the evaluation of a strategic transaction in 2004, and the abnormally high costs associated with the preparation and audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements for the 2004 fiscal year. These decreases will be partly offset by an increase in general and administrative expenses related to inflationary increases in compensation, benefits and other costs expected in 2005.

 

Interest Expense

 

The decrease in contractual interest was primarily due to a decrease in average borrowings from $1,779 million in the year ended December 31, 2003 to $1,657 million in the year ended December 31, 2004 and a decrease in average interest rates on outstanding debt from 6.60% in the year ended December 31, 2003 to 6.46% in the year ended December 31, 2004, primarily due to debt refinancings completed in December 2003 and in June 2004.

 

The decrease in interest expense on financing obligations was primarily a result of the purchase of our partner’s interest in the Orlando City Group properties in MG-HIW, LLC in March 2004 which eliminated the requirement to record financing obligation interest expense with respect to the Orlando City Group properties from March 2, 2004 (See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on real estate sales that are accounted for as financing transactions).

 

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Total interest expense is expected to decline in 2005 primarily due to the June 2004 refinancing of the $100.0 million of Exercisable Put Option Notes with borrowings on the Revolving Loan which currently has lower floating rate interest and the repayment through December 1, 2005 of $131.6 million of mortgage loans payable, which had interest rates ranging from 5.3% to 9.0%, or a weighted average interest rate of 7.2%. In addition, an increase in capitalized interest due to additional development activity is expected to further decrease net interest expense. These declines will be partly offset by expected increases in average interest rates on our variable rate debt in 2005.

 

Other Income/Expense

 

The increase in interest and other income is primarily related to the interest received in 2004 related to a note receivable acquired in connection with the disposition of certain properties in 2003 and higher interest rates earned on cash reserves.

 

In 2004, we received net proceeds of $14.4 million as a result of the settlement of the bankruptcy of WorldCom (See Note 21 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion on this settlement).

 

Loss on debt extinguishments decreased $2.3 million from $14.7 million in 2003 to $12.4 million in 2004. In 2004, a $12.3 million loss was recorded related to the retirement of the Exercisable Put Option Notes described in Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. In 2003, a $14.7 million loss was recorded related to the retirement of the $125.0 million of MandatOry Par Put Remarketed Securities (“MOPPRS”) described in Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In 2003, we recorded a $16.3 gain on extinguishment of co-venture obligation, which relates to the operations of the MG-HIW, LLC non-Orlando City Group properties which were accounted for as a profit-sharing arrangement until July 2003, at which time we acquired our partner’s interest in the non-Orlando City Group properties.

 

Gains on Disposition of Property; Co-Venture Expense; Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Affiliates

 

During 2004, we sold approximately 1.3 million rentable square feet of office, industrial and retail properties and 88 apartment units for gross proceeds of $96.5 million and also sold 213.7 acres of development land for gross proceeds of $35.7 million. We also contributed approximately 1.3 million of properties to a joint venture, HIW-KC Orlando LLC, in which we have a 40% interest. During 2003, we sold approximately 3.3 million rentable square feet of office, industrial and retail properties and 122.8 acres of revenue-producing land for $202.9 million and also sold 108.5 acres of non-core development land for gross proceeds of $18.7 million. In addition, we contributed approximately 0.3 million square feet to Highwoods-Markel Associates, LLC, a joint venture in which we have a 50% interest.

 

Net gains on the dispositions of properties that did not qualify for discontinued operations presentation aggregated $21.6 million in 2004, up from $9.6 million in 2003. The largest gain in 2004 was $15.9 million from the contribution of properties to HIW-KC Orlando. Net gains on the dispositions of properties that are classified as discontinued operations were $3.1 million in 2004, down from $8.9 million in 2003. Included in the net $3.1 million for 2004 were $6.3 million of impairment losses.

 

The decrease in co-venture expense is due to our acquisition of our partner’s interest in the non-Orlando City Group properties in July 2003 and the resultant elimination of recording co-venture expense as of that date. Co-venture expense relates to the operations of the MG-HIW, LLC non-Orlando City Group properties which were accounted for as a profit-sharing arrangement until July 2003.

 

The increase in equity in earnings from continuing operations of unconsolidated affiliates was primarily a result of (1) a gain of $1.1 million recognized in 2004 by a certain joint venture related to the disposition of land, of which our portion was $0.5 million; (2) an increase related to the formation of the HIW-KC Orlando, LLC joint venture in 2004, which contributed approximately $1.1 million to equity in earnings from continuing operations of unconsolidated affiliates in 2004; and (3) an increase of $0.9 million related to the addition of three office properties in 2004 to the Highwoods-Markel Associates, LLC joint venture. Partially offsetting these increases was a decrease in average occupancy of buildings owned by certain joint ventures and a land sale by one of our joint ventures in 2003, which resulted in a $0.4 million decrease in equity in earnings from continuing operations of unconsolidated affiliates in 2004 as compared to 2003.

 

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Discontinued Operations

 

In accordance with SFAS No. 144, we classified net income of $4.8 million and $12.6 million as discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. These amounts pertained to 2.0 million square feet of property, 88 apartment units and 7.8 acres of revenue-producing land sold during 2004 and 2003 and 85,681 square feet of property held for sale at December 31, 2004. These amounts include gain on the sale of these properties, net of impairment charges related to discontinued operations, of $3.1 million and $8.9 million in the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

Net Income

 

We recorded net income in the year ended December 31, 2004 of $43.0 million, which was a 1.7% increase from net income of $42.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2003. The primary effects on the change in net income were the disposition of certain properties in 2004 and 2003 and increases in general and administrative costs as described above. These amounts were offset by lower rental property expenses, depreciation and amortization expense, contractual interest expense, interest expense on financing obligations and co-venture expense and an increase in gains on disposition of property as described above. In 2005, we expect net income to be higher as compared to 2004 due to slightly rising average occupancy and lower operating expenses, depreciation and amortization, general and administrative expenses and interest expense.

 

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Comparison of 2003 to 2002

 

The following table sets forth information regarding our restated results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 ($ in millions):

 

     Year Ended December 31,

   

2003

to 2002

$ Change


   

%
Change


 
     2003

    2002

     

Rental and other revenues

   $ 492.3     $ 510.3     $ (18.0 )   (3.5 )%

Operating expenses:

                              

Rental property and other expenses

     172.3       165.4       6.9     4.2  

Depreciation and amortization

     139.1       136.5       2.6     1.9  

Impairment of assets held for use

     —         9.9       (9.9 )   (100.0 )

General and administrative

     26.1       29.9       (3.8 )   (12.7 )
    


 


 


 

Total operating expenses

     337.5       341.7       (4.2 )   (1.2 )
    


 


 


 

Interest expense:

                              

Contractual

     119.3       120.0       (0.7 )   (0.6 )

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     4.4       3.6       0.8     22.2  

Financing obligations

     17.8       12.6       5.2     41.3  
    


 


 


 

       141.5       136.2       5.3     3.9  

Other income/expense:

                              

Interest and other income

     5.3       8.9       (3.6 )   (40.4 )

Loss on debt extinguishments

     (14.7 )     (0.4 )     (14.3 )   3,575.0  

Gain on extinguishment of co-venture obligation

     16.3       —         16.3     100.0  
    


 


 


 

       6.9       8.5       (1.6 )   (18.8 )
    


 


 


 

Income before disposition of property, co-venture expense and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

     20.2       40.9       (20.7 )   (50.6 )

Gains on disposition of property, net

     9.6       22.8       (13.2 )   (57.9 )

Co-venture expense

     (4.6 )     (7.7 )     3.1     (40.3 )

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

     4.5       5.1       (0.6 )   (11.8 )
    


 


 


 

Income from continuing operations

     29.7       61.1       (31.4 )   (51.4 )

Discontinued operations:

                              

Income from discontinued operations

     3.7       13.2       (9.5 )   (72.0 )

Net gains on sale of discontinued operations

     8.9       13.1       (4.2 )   (32.1 )
    


 


 


 

       12.6       26.3       (13.7 )   (52.1 )
    


 


 


 

Net income

     42.3       87.4       (45.1 )   (51.6 )

Distributions on preferred units

     (30.9 )     (30.9 )     —       —    
    


 


 


 

Net income available for common unitholders

   $ 11.4     $ 56.5     $ (45.1 )   (79.8 )%
    


 


 


 

 

Rental and Other Revenues

 

The decrease in rental and other revenues from continuing operations was primarily the result of (1) a decrease in average occupancy rates in our Wholly Owned Properties from 86.8% for the year ended December 31, 2002 to 83.7% for the year ended December 31, 2003, and (2) the effect of properties sold in 2003 and 2002 that were not accounted for as discontinued operations. The decrease in average occupancy was primarily a result of the disposition of certain properties, the contribution of certain properties to joint ventures and the bankruptcies of WorldCom and US Airways, which decreased average occupancy rates by 2.8% and rental and other revenues from continuing operations by $15.4 million. Amounts partly offsetting these decreases were: (1) $3.1 million of straight-line rent receivables were written off in 2002 in connection with the bankruptcy of WorldCom; (2) 2.0 million square feet of development properties were placed in-service and, as a result, increased rental and other revenues from continuing operations by $8.6 million in 2003; and (3) rental revenues in 2002 only included a partial year of rental revenues from the Harborview Plaza transaction which occurred in June 2002, increasing 2003 rental revenues by $3.8 million. Recovery income from certain operating expenses decreased in the year ended December 31, 2003 due to lower occupancy.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2003, 954 second generation leases representing 7.5 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space were executed with respect to our Wholly Owned Properties. The average rate per square foot on a GAAP basis over the lease term for leases executed in the year ended December 31, 2003 was 0.7% lower than the rent paid by previous customers.

 

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Operating Expenses

 

The increase in rental and other operating expenses from continuing operations (real estate taxes, utilities, insurance, repairs and maintenance and other property-related expenses) primarily resulted from general inflationary increases in certain fixed operating expenses, such as compensation, utility costs, real estate taxes and insurance. In addition, we had 2.0 million square feet of development properties placed in service during 2002 that resulted in an increase in rental and other operating expenses from continuing operations. Partly offsetting these increases was a decrease in rental and other operating expenses from continuing operations of properties sold in 2003 and 2002 that were not accounted for as discontinued operations.

 

Rental and other operating expenses as a percentage of rental and other revenue increased from 32.4% for the year ended December 31, 2002 to 35.0% for the year ended December 31, 2003. The increase was a result of the increases in rental and other operating expenses as described above and a decrease in rental and other revenues, primarily due to lower average occupancy.

 

The increase in depreciation and amortization from continuing operations in 2003 related to $14.0 million in depreciation from buildings, leasing commissions and tenant improvement expenditures for properties placed in-service during 2002 and $4.5 million from the write-off of deferred leasing costs and tenant improvements for customers who vacated their space prior to lease expiration. Partly offsetting these increases was a decrease in depreciation and amortization from continuing operations of properties sold in 2003 and 2002 that were not accounted for as discontinued operations.

 

Because there were no properties held for use with indicators of impairment and with a carrying value exceeding the sum of their undiscounted future cash flows, no impairment loss related to properties held for use was recognized during the year ended December 31, 2003. For the year ended December 31, 2002, the impairment loss on properties held for use with a carrying value exceeding the sum of their undiscounted future cash flows was $0.8 million. We also recognized a $9.1 million impairment loss related to one office property, which had a carrying value in excess of the sum of the property’s undiscounted future cash flows, that has been demolished and may be redeveloped into a class A suburban office property in the future.

 

General and administrative expenses, net of amounts capitalized, decreased $3.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to the year ended December 31, 2002. The decrease primarily occurred because 2002 included $3.7 million of stock option expense related to option exercises; there was no corresponding expense in 2003.

 

Interest Expense

 

Contractual interest expense decreased by $0.7 million in 2003. As a result of decreased development activity in 2003, capitalized interest decreased from $5.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 to $1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2003, resulting in an increase in interest expense from continuing operations in 2003. Offsetting this increase was a decrease in interest caused by a decrease in the average outstanding debt balances from $1,915 million in 2002 to $1,779 million in 2003, and an increase in average interest rates from 6.57% in 2002 to 6.60% in 2003.

 

Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 included $4.4 million and $3.6 million, respectively, of amortization of deferred financing costs.

 

Interest expense on financing obligations increased by $5.2 million in 2003 (See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our financing transactions). Of the total $5.2 million increase, $4.6 million occurred because 2002 only included a partial year of interest expense on financing obligations from the Harborview and Eastshore transactions which closed in September 2002 and in November 2002, respectively. The remainder of the increase relates to interest on the MG-HIW Orlando financing transaction.

 

Other Income/Expense

 

The decrease in interest and other income in 2003 is primarily related to the collection of a legal settlement amounting to $1.6 million recorded as other income in the year ended December 31, 2002 related to previously completed mergers and acquisitions.

 

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Loss on debt extinguishments increased $14.3 million from 2002 to 2003 due primarily to the $14.7 million loss recorded in early 2003 related to the MOPPRS debt retirement transaction described in Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In July 2003, we acquired our partner’s interest in the MG-HIW, LLC non-Orlando City Group properties and recognized a $16.3 million gain upon settlement of the $44.5 million co-venture obligation that was recorded on our books. As described in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the non-Orlando City Group properties in MG-HIW, LLC were accounted for as a profit sharing arrangement.

 

Gains on Disposition of Property; Co-venture Expense; Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Affiliates

 

During 2003, we sold approximately 3.3 million rentable square feet of office, industrial and retail properties and 7.8 acres of revenue-producing land for $202.9 million and also sold 108.5 acres of non-core development land for gross proceeds of $18.7 million. In addition, we contributed approximately 0.3 million square feet to Highwoods-Markel Associates, LLC, a joint venture in which we have a 50% interest. During 2002, we sold approximately 2.0 million rentable square feet of office and industrial properties for gross proceeds of $213.9 million and also sold 137.7 acres of development land for gross proceeds of $21.3 million.

 

Net gains on the dispositions of properties that did not qualify for discontinued operations presentation aggregated $9.6 million in 2003, down from $22.8 million in 2002. Net gains on the dispositions of properties that are classified as discontinued operations were $8.9 million in 2003, down from $13.1 million in 2002.

 

Co-venture expense relates to the operations of the MG-HIW, LLC non-Orlando City Group properties accounted for as a profit-sharing arrangement, as more fully described in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The decrease of $3.1 million in co-venture expense in 2003 is largely due to our acquisition of our partner’s interest in the non-Orlando City Group properties in July 2003 and the resultant elimination of recording co-venture expense as of that date.

 

The decrease in equity in earnings from continuing operations of unconsolidated affiliates was primarily a result of lower occupancy in 2003 for certain joint ventures. Partly offsetting this decrease was an increase of $0.5 million in equity in earnings in 2003 related to a charge taken by a joint venture in 2002 related to an early extinguishment of debt loss resulting in a decrease in equity in earnings of $0.3 million in 2002 and an increase in equity in earnings in 2003 of $0.2 million as a result of a gain recognized by a joint venture related to the disposition of land in 2003.

 

Discontinued Operations

 

In accordance with SFAS No. 144, we classified net income of $12.6 million and $26.3 million as discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. These amounts related to 3.5 million square feet of property, 88 apartment units and 7.8 acres of revenue-producing land sold during 2004, 2003 and 2002 and 85,681 square feet of property held for sale at December 31, 2004. These amounts include gain on the sale of these properties, net of impairment charges related to discontinued operations, of $8.9 million and $13.1 million, net of minority interest, in 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

Net Income

 

We recorded net income in 2003 of $42.3 million, which was a 51.6% decrease from net income of $87.4 million in 2002. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in rental revenues as a result of lower occupancy and the bankruptcies of WorldCom and US Airways, the effects on continuing and discontinued operations from being a net seller in 2003 and 2002 of operating properties under our capital recycling plan, an increase in interest expense and increased loss on debt extinguishments in 2003. These decreases were offset by the contribution of development properties placed in service during 2003 and by the gain on settlement of the co-venture obligation related to the MG-HIW, LLC non-Orlando properties.

 

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

Statement of Cash Flows

 

As required by GAAP, we report and analyze our cash flows based on operating activities, investing activities and financing activities. The following table sets forth the changes in the Operating Partnership’s cash flows from 2003 to 2004 ($ in thousands):

 

     Year Ended December 31,

   

Change


 
     2004

    2003

   
           (restated)        

Cash Provided by Operating Activities

   $ 172,112     $ 167,493     $ 4,619  

Cash Provided by Investing Activities

     40,268       87,619       (47,351 )

Cash Used in Financing Activities

     (209,854 )     (249,147 )     39,293  
    


 


 


Total Cash Flows

   $ 2,526     $ 5,965     $ (3,439 )
    


 


 


 

In calculating cash flow from operating activities, GAAP requires us to add depreciation and amortization, which are non-cash expenses, back to net income. As a result, we have historically generated a significant positive amount of cash from operating activities. From period to period, cash flow from operations depends primarily upon changes in our net income, as discussed more fully above under “Results of Operations,” changes in receivables and payables and net additions or decreases in our overall portfolio, which affect the amount of depreciation and amortization expense.

 

Cash provided by or used in investing activities generally relates to capitalized costs incurred for leasing and major building improvements and our acquisition, development, disposition and joint venture activity. During periods of significant net acquisition and/or development activity, our cash used in such investing activities will generally exceed cash provided by investing activities, which typically consists of cash received upon the sale of properties. During 2004 and 2003, since our disposition activity has outpaced our investment, development and acquisition activity, we recorded positive cash flow from investing activities in both years.

 

Cash used in financing activities generally relates to distributions on our Common Units and Preferred Units, incurrence and repayment of debt and sales, repurchases or redemptions of Common Units and Preferred Units. As discussed previously, we use a significant amount of our cash to fund distributions. Whether or not we incur significant new debt during a period depends generally upon the net effect of our acquisition, disposition, development and joint venture activity. We use our Revolving Loan for working capital purposes, which means that during any given period, in order to minimize interest expense associated with balances outstanding under the Revolving Loan, we will likely record significant repayments and borrowings under the Revolving Loan.

 

The increase of $4.6 million in cash provided by operating activities was primarily a result of the timing of receipt of revenues and payment of expenses, partly offset by lower net income due to the disposition of certain properties under our capital recycling program.

 

The decrease of $47.4 million in cash provided by investing activities was primarily a result of a decrease in proceeds from dispositions of real estate assets of $51.3 million and our contribution to the Highwoods KC Glenridge, LP joint venture of $9.9 million in 2004. Slightly offsetting this decrease was an increase in distributions of capital from unconsolidated affiliates of $6.2 million, mainly due to the financing of the Highwoods KC Glenridge, LP joint venture and a decrease in additions to real estate assets of $4.4 million, for the year ended December 31, 2004.

 

Cash used in financing activities decreased $39.3 million from 2003 to 2004. For the year ended December 31, 2004, net repayments on the unsecured Revolving Loan, mortgages and notes payable decreased by $44.7 million, distributions paid on Common Units decreased by $10.1 million and cash paid for the repurchase of Common Units decreased by $17.9 million. Offsetting these effects was a payment on financing obligations of $62.5 million, which is further discussed in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, and the effect of payments in 2003 of $26.2 million on our co-venture obligation, which is also discussed in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. We recorded payments on debt extinguishments of $12.5 million related to the X-POS refinancing in 2004 and $16.3 million related to the MOPPRS refinancing in 2003, which are both further discussed in Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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In 2005, we have continued our capital recycling program of selectively disposing of non-core land and other assets and using the net proceeds for reduction of outstanding debt and Preferred Unit balances, investments or other purposes. During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we have closed on the sale or contribution of 4.4 million square feet of properties and land aggregating $337.1 million in gross sales proceeds. These transactions include most of the properties held for sale at December 31, 2004.

 

During 2005, we expect to have positive cash flows from operating activities. The net cash flows from investing activities in 2005 are expected to be positive in 2005 based on our level of property dispositions, property acquisitions, development, and capitalized leasing and improvement costs. Positive cash flows from operating and investing activities in 2005 have been used to pay unitholder distributions, scheduled debt maturities, principal amortization payments and paydown of debt and redemption of Preferred Units.

 

Capitalization

 

Our mortgages and notes payable at December 31, 2004 were approximately $1.6 billion and was comprised of $822.6 million of secured indebtedness with a weighted average interest rate of 6.9% and $750.0 million of unsecured indebtedness with a weighted average interest rate of 5.9%. As of December 31, 2004, our outstanding mortgages and notes payable were secured by real estate assets with an aggregate undepreciated book value of approximately $1.3 billion.

 

We do not intend to reserve funds to retire existing secured or unsecured debt upon maturity. For a more complete discussion of our long-term liquidity needs, see “Liquidity and Capital Resources - Current and Future Cash Needs.”

 

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Contractual Obligations

 

The following table sets forth a summary regarding our known contractual obligations at December 31, 2004 ($ in thousands):

 

          Amounts due during year ending December 31,

    
     Total

   2005

   2006

   2007

   2008

   2009

   Thereafter

Fixed Rate Debt:

                                                

Unsecured

                                                

Notes (1)

   $ 460,000    $ —      $ 110,000    $ —      $ 100,000    $ 50,000    $ 200,000

Secured:

                                                

Mortgage Loans Payable (2)

     756,001      82,322      21,103      82,339      15,090      156,533      398,614
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

Total Fixed Rate Debt

     1,216,001      82,322      131,103      82,339      115,090      206,533      598,614
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

Variable Rate Debt:

                                                

Unsecured:

                                                

Term Loans

     120,000      120,000      —        —        —        —        —  

Revolving Loan

     170,000      —        170,000      —        —        —        —  

Secured:

                                                

Mortgage Loans Payable (2)

     50,732      291      47,273      3,168      —        —        —  

Construction Loan

     15,841      —        —        15,841      —        —        —  
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

Total Variable Rate Debt

     356,573      120,291      217,273      19,009      —        —        —  
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

Total Mortgages and Notes Payable

     1,572,574      202,613      348,376      101,348      115,090      206,533      598,614

Operating Lease Obligations:

                                                

Land Leases (3)

     50,400      1,160      1,113      1,110      1,126      1,166      44,725

Purchase Obligations:

                                                

Completion Contracts (3)

     27,135      27,135      —        —        —        —        —  

Other Long Term Liabilities Reflected on the Balance Sheet:

                                                

Capitalized Lease Obligations

     453      179      175      86      13      —        —  

Plaza Colonnade Lease Guarantee (3)

     58      —        —        —        —        58      —  

Highwoods DLF 97/26 DLF 99/32 LP Lease Guarantee (3)

     855      —        —        —        855      —         

RRHWoods and Dallas County Partners Lease Guarantee (3)

     649      —        —        —        —        —        649

Capital One Lease Guarantee (4)

     1,366      204      11      398      407      346      —  

Industrial Portfolio Lease Guarantee (4)

     1,497      991      506      —        —        —        —  

SF-HIW Harborview, LP Financing Obligation (5)

     14,808      —        —        —        —        —        14,808

Eastshore Financing Obligation (5)

     28,777      28,777      —        —        —        —         

Tax Increment Financing Obligation (6)

     19,946      709      797      876      929      993      15,642

DLF Payable (7)

     3,093      216      250      286      325      368      1,648

BTI Financing Obligation (8)

     1,778      1,778      —        —        —        —        —  

KC Orlando, LLC Lease Guarantee (3)

     594      83      92      97      97      97      128

KC Orlando, LLC Accrued Lease

                                                

Commissions, Tenant Improvements and Building Improvements (3)

     1,718      1,718      —        —        —        —        —  
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

Total

   $ 1,725,701    $ 265,563    $ 351,320    $ 104,201    $ 118,842    $ 209,561    $ 676,214
    

  

  

  

  

  

  


(1) The unsecured notes of $460.0 million bear interest at rates ranging from 7.0% to 8.125% with interest payable semi-annually in arrears. Any premium and discount related to the issuance of the unsecured notes, together with other issuance costs, is being amortized over the life of the respective notes as an adjustment to interest expense. All of the unsecured notes are redeemable at any time prior to maturity at our option, subject to certain conditions including the payment of make-whole amounts.
(2) The mortgage loans payable are secured by real estate assets with an aggregate undepreciated book value of approximately $1.3 billion at December 31, 2004. Our fixed rate mortgage loans generally are either locked out to prepayment for all or a portion of their term or are prepayable subject to certain conditions including prepayment penalties.
(3) See Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
(4) These liabilities represent gains that were deferred in accordance with SFAS No. 66 when we sold these properties to third parties. We defer gains on sales of real estate up to our maximum exposure to contingent loss. See Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

 

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(5) These liabilities represent our financing obligation to either our partner in the respective joint venture or the third party buyer as a result of accounting for these transactions as a financing arrangement. See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
(6) In connection with tax increment financing for construction of a public garage related to an office building constructed by us, we are obligated to pay fixed special assessments over a 20-year period. The net present value of these assessments, discounted at 6.93%, is shown as a financing obligation in the balance sheet. We also receive special tax revenues and property tax rebates which are intended, but not guaranteed, to provide funds to pay the special assessments.
(7) Represents a fixed obligation we owe our partner in Highwoods DLF 98/29, LP. This amount arose from an excess contribution from our partner at the formation of the joint venture and is recorded in other liabilities. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
(8) This liability represents a capitalized lease obligation to the lessor of land on which we own a building. We are obligated to make fixed payments to the lessor through March 2010. The net present value of these payments discounted at 7.13% is shown as a liability in our balance sheet, which accretes each month for the difference between the interest on the financing obligation and the fixed payments. The accretion continues until the liability equals the residual value of the land. As of March 31, 2005, this liability was settled as a result of the sale of the building and assumption by the third party buyer of our ground lease.

 

Refinancings in 2004

 

In 1997, the Operating Partnership sold $100.0 million of Exercisable Put Option Notes due June 15, 2011 (the “Put Option Notes”). The Put Option Notes bore an interest rate of 7.19% from the date of issuance through June 15, 2004. After June 15, 2004, the interest rate to maturity on the Put Option Notes was required to be 6.39% plus the applicable spread determined as of June 10, 2004. In connection with the initial issuance of the Put Option Notes, a counter party was granted an option to purchase the Put Option Notes on June 15, 2004 at 100.0% of the principal amount. The counter party exercised this option and acquired the Put Option Notes on June 15, 2004. On that same date, the Operating Partnership exercised its option to acquire the Put Option Notes from the counter party for a purchase price equal to the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (assuming an interest rate of 6.39%) on the Put Option Notes, or $112.3 million. The difference between the $112.3 million and the $100.0 million was charged to loss on extinguishment of debt in the quarter ended June 30, 2004. The Operating Partnership borrowed funds from its Revolving Loan to make the $112.3 million payment.

 

In late June 2004, we repaid $51.0 million of borrowings under our Revolving Loan with proceeds from the sale of a 60.0% interest in five office buildings in Orlando, Florida and from the sale of a building at Highwoods Preserve in Tampa, Florida. See Notes 3 and 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details of these asset sales.

 

Refinancings in 2005

 

Through December 31, 2005, we paid off $153.4 million of outstanding loans, excluding any normal debt amortization, which included the following transactions. In early April 2005, we paid off $40.9 million of callable secured mortgage debt; in mid-July 2005, we paid off another $26.0 million of callable secured mortgage debt; and on August 1, 2005, we paid off $47.0 million of secured variable rate mortgage debt that was due January 1, 2006. In September 2005, we paid off our $20.0 million term loan at maturity and three secured loans totaling $3.5 million. In November 2005, we extended the maturity date on our $100.0 million term loan to July 17, 2006 and lowered the interest rate. On December 1, 2005, we paid off $2.1 million of secured variable rate mortgage debt that was due February 2, 2006. In addition, on December 1, 2005, we exercised our option to pay down $9.4 million on our AEGON loan that matures in 2009. We also used some of the proceeds from our disposition activity to redeem, in August 2005, all of our outstanding Series D Preferred Units and a portion of our outstanding Series B Preferred Units, aggregating $130.0 million plus accrued dividends. These reductions in outstanding debt and Preferred Units balances were made primarily from proceeds from property dispositions that closed in 2005.

 

Operating and Financial Covenants and Performance Ratios

 

The terms of the Revolving Loan, the $120.0 million bank term loans and the indenture that governs our outstanding notes require us to comply with certain operating and financial covenants and performance ratios. No circumstance currently exists that would result in an acceleration of any of this outstanding debt. However, depending upon our future operating performance and property and financing transactions, we cannot assure you that no such circumstance would exist in the future.

 

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If any of our lenders ever accelerated outstanding debt due to an event of default, we would not be able to borrow any further amounts under the Revolving Loan, which would adversely affect our ability to fund our operations. If our debt cannot be paid, refinanced or extended at maturity or upon acceleration, in addition to our failure to repay our debt, we may not be able to make distributions to unitholders at expected levels or at all. Furthermore, if any refinancing is done at higher interest rates, the increased interest expense would adversely affect our cash flows and ability to make distributions to unitholders. Any such refinancing could also impose tighter financial ratios and other covenants that would restrict our ability to take actions that would otherwise be in our best interest, such as funding new development activity, making opportunistic acquisitions, repurchasing our securities or paying distributions.

 

Our Revolving Loan and the bank term loans have identical ratio and financial covenants. If we fail to satisfy any of the covenants after the expiration of any applicable cure periods, the lenders under our Revolving Loan and our bank term loans could accelerate amounts outstanding thereunder, which aggregated $290.0 million at December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2004 and as of the date of this filing, we were in compliance with these covenants as amended or waived by the lenders as discussed below.

 

In March 2004, we amended the Revolving Loan and our then outstanding two bank term loans. The changes modified certain definitions used in all three loans to determine amounts that are used to compute financial covenants and also adjusted one of the financial ratio covenants.

 

In June 2004, we amended the Revolving Loan and our then outstanding two bank term loans. The changes excluded the $12.5 million charge taken related to the refinancing of the Put Option Notes from the calculations used to compute financial covenants.

 

In August 2004, we further amended the Revolving Loan and our then outstanding two bank term loans. The changes excluded the effects of accounting for three sales transactions as financing or profit sharing arrangements under SFAS No. 66 from the calculations used to compute financial covenants, adjusted one financial covenant and temporarily adjusted a second financial covenant until the earlier of December 31, 2004 or the period when we could record income from the then anticipated settlement of a claim against WorldCom, which occurred in September 2004 (see Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

In October 2004, we obtained a waiver from the lenders under the Revolving Loan and our then outstanding two bank term loans for certain covenant violations caused by the effects of the loss on debt extinguishment from the MOPPRS transaction in early 2003.

 

In June, July, August, September and December 2005, we obtained waivers from the lenders under the Revolving Loan and our then outstanding two bank loans related to timely reporting to the lenders of annual and quarterly financial statements and to covenant violations that could arise from future redemptions of Preferred Units due to the reclassification of the Preferred Units from equity to a liability during the period of time from the announcement of the redemption until the redemption is completed.

 

The aforementioned modifications did not change the economic terms of the loans. In connection with these modifications, we incurred certain loan costs that are capitalized and amortized over the remaining term of the loans.

 

The Revolving Loan carries an interest rate based upon our senior unsecured credit ratings. As a result, interest currently accrues on borrowings under the Revolving Loan at LIBOR plus 105 basis points. The terms of the Revolving Loan require us to pay an annual base facility fee equal to .25% of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan. We currently have a credit rating of BBB- assigned by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings and Ba1 assigned by Moody’s Investor Service. In January 2005, Moody’s Investor Service confirmed our Ba1 rating with a stable outlook. If Standard and Poor’s or Fitch Ratings were to lower our credit ratings without a corresponding increase by Moody’s, the interest rate on borrowings under the Revolving Loan would be automatically increased by 60 basis points.

 

In November 2005, we amended our $100.0 million bank term loan to extend the maturity date to July 17, 2006 and reduce the spread over the LIBOR interest rate from 130 basis points to 100 basis points.

 

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As of the date of this filing, we have not yet satisfied our requirement under the indenture governing our unsecured notes to file timely SEC reports, but expect to do so as soon as practicable. Under the indenture, the notes may be accelerated if the trustee or 25% of the holders provide written notice of a default and such default remains uncured after 60 days. To date, neither the trustee nor any holder has sent us any such default notice. We are in compliance with all other covenants under the indenture and are current on all payments required thereunder.

 

Current and Future Cash Needs

 

Rental revenue, together with construction management, maintenance, leasing and management fees, are our principal source of funds to meet our short-term liquidity requirements, which primarily consist of operating expenses, debt service, unitholder distributions, any guarantee obligations and recurring capital expenditures. In addition, we could incur tenant improvements and lease commissions related to any releasing of vacant space.

 

We expect to fund our short-term liquidity requirements through a combination of available working capital, cash flows from operations and the following:

 

    the selective disposition of non-core land and other assets;

 

    borrowings under our Revolving Loan (which has up to $103.7 million of availability as of January 17, 2006);

 

    the sale or contribution of some of our Wholly Owned Properties, development projects and development land to strategic joint ventures to be formed with unrelated investors, which would have the net effect of generating additional capital through such sale or contributions;

 

    the issuance of secured debt; and

 

    the issuance of new unsecured debt.

 

Our long-term liquidity needs generally include the funding of existing and future development activity. As of September 30, 2005, we had approximately $128 million of development activity in process, with $54.8 million funded at September 30, 2005 and the remainder expected to be funded in the next 27 months. Our long-term liquidity needs also include the funding of selective asset acquisitions and the retirement of mortgage debt, amounts outstanding under the Revolving Loan and long-term unsecured debt. Our goal is to maintain a conservative and flexible balance sheet. Accordingly, we expect to meet our long-term liquidity needs through a combination of (1) the issuance by the Operating Partnership of additional unsecured debt securities, (2) the issuance of additional equity securities by the Company and the Operating Partnership as well as (3) the sources described above with respect to our short-term liquidity. We expect to use such sources to meet our long-term liquidity requirements either through direct payments or repayments of borrowings under the unsecured Revolving Loan. As mentioned above, we do not intend to reserve funds to retire existing secured or unsecured indebtedness upon maturity. Instead, we will seek to refinance such debt at maturity or retire such debt through the issuance of equity or debt securities.

 

In addition, because the Company is a REIT, our partnership agreement requires us to distribute at least enough cash for the Company to be able to distribute to its stockholders at least 90.0% of its REIT taxable income, excluding capital gains. We anticipate that our available cash and cash equivalents and cash flows from operating activities, with cash available from borrowings and other sources, will be adequate to meet our capital and liquidity needs in both the short and long term. However, if these sources of funds are insufficient or unavailable, our ability to make distributions to unitholders and satisfy other cash payments may be adversely affected.

 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have several off balance sheet joint venture and guarantee arrangements. The joint ventures were formed with unrelated investors to generate additional capital to fund property acquisitions, repay outstanding debt or fund other strategic initiatives and to lessen the ownership risks typically associated with owning 100.0% of a property. When we create a joint venture with a strategic partner, we usually contribute one or more properties that we own to a newly formed entity in which we retain an interest of 50.0% or less. In exchange for an equal or minority interest

 

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in the joint venture, we generally receive cash from the partner and frequently retain the management income relating to the properties in the joint venture. For financial reporting purposes, the sales of assets we sold to two of our joint ventures are accounted for as financing and/or profit-sharing arrangements.

 

As required by GAAP, we use the equity method of accounting for our unconsolidated joint ventures in which we exercise significant influence but do not control the major operating and financial policies of the entity regarding encumbering the entities with debt and the acquisition or disposal of properties. As a result, the assets and liabilities of these joint ventures are not included on our balance sheet and the results of operations of these joint ventures are not included on our income statement, other than as equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates. Generally, we are not liable for the debts of our joint ventures, except to the extent of our equity investment, unless we have directly guaranteed any of that debt. In most cases, we and/or our strategic partners are required to guarantee customary limited exceptions to non-recourse liability in non-recourse loans.

 

As of December 31, 2004, our unconsolidated joint ventures had $794.8 million of total assets and $589.8 million of total liabilities as reflected in their financial statements. At December 31, 2004, our weighted average equity interest based on the total assets of these unconsolidated joint ventures was 43.3%. During 2004, these unconsolidated joint ventures earned $14.1 million of total net income, of which our share, after appropriate purchase accounting and other adjustments, was $7.0 million. For a more detailed discussion of our unconsolidated joint venture activity, see Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

As of December 31, 2004, our unconsolidated joint ventures had $562.9 million of outstanding mortgage debt. All of this joint venture debt is non-recourse to us except (1) in the case of customary exceptions pertaining to such matters as misuse of funds, environmental conditions and material misrepresentations and (2) those guarantees and loans described in the following paragraphs. The following table sets forth the scheduled maturities of our share of the outstanding debt of our unconsolidated joint ventures as of December 31, 2004 ($ in thousands):

 

2005

   $ 3,156

2006

     5,469

2007

     12,517

2008

     10,155

2009

     14,562

Thereafter

     197,505
    

     $ 243,364
    

 

In connection with the Des Moines joint ventures, we guaranteed certain debt and the maximum potential amount of future payments that we could be required to make under the guarantees is $24.7 million. Of this amount, $8.6 million arose from housing revenue bonds that require credit enhancements in addition to the real estate mortgages. The bonds bear a floating interest rate, which at December 31, 2004 averaged 2.00%, and mature in 2015. Guarantees of $9.4 million of debt of the Des Moines joint ventures will expire upon two industrial buildings becoming 93.8% and 95.0% leased or when the related loans mature. As of December 31, 2004, these buildings were 93.2% and 75.0% leased, respectively. The remaining $6.7 million in guarantees of debt of the Des Moines joint ventures relate to loans on four office buildings that were in the lease-up phase at the time the loans were initiated. Each of the loans will mature by May 2008. The average occupancy of the four buildings at December 31, 2004 was 94.0%. If the joint ventures are unable to repay the outstanding balances under the loans that we have guaranteed, we will be required, under the terms of the agreements, to repay the outstanding balances. Recourse provisions exist that enable us to recover some or all of such payments from the joint ventures’ assets and/or the other partners. The joint ventures currently generate sufficient cash flow to cover the debt service required by the loans. As a result, no liability has been recorded on our balance sheet.

 

In connection with the RRHWoods, LLC joint venture, we renewed our guarantee of $6.2 million to a bank in July 2003; this guarantee expires in August 2006 and may be renewed by us. The bank provides a letter of credit securing industrial revenue bonds, which mature in 2015. We would be required to perform under the guarantee should the joint venture be unable to repay the bonds. We have recourse provisions in order to recover from the joint venture’s assets and the other partner for amounts paid in excess of our proportionate share. The property collateralizing the bonds is 100.0% leased and currently generates sufficient cash flow to cover the debt service required by the bond financing. As a result, no liability has been recorded in our balance sheet.

 

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On December 9, 2004, the Plaza Colonnade, LLC joint venture refinanced its construction loan with a $50.0 million non-recourse permanent loan, thereby releasing us from our former guarantees of a construction loan agreement and a construction completion agreement, which arose from the formation of the joint venture to construct an office building. The $50.0 million mortgage bears a fixed interest rate of 5.72%, requires monthly principal and interest payments and matures on January 31, 2017. We and our joint venture partner have signed a contingent master lease limited to 30,772 square feet for five years. Our maximum exposure under this master lease is $2.1 million. However, the current occupancy level of the building is sufficient to cover all debt service requirements. The likelihood of us paying on the master lease is remote.

 

On March 30, 2004, the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Kansas City, Missouri issued $18.5 million in non-recourse bonds to finance public improvements made by the Plaza Colonnade, LLC joint venture for the benefit of the Kansas City Missouri Public Library. Since the joint venture leases the land for the office building from the library, the joint venture was obligated to build certain public improvements. The net bond proceeds were $18.1 million and will be used for project and debt service costs. The joint venture has recorded this obligation on its balance sheet. The bonds are ultimately paid by the tax increment financing revenue generated by the building and its tenants.

 

In the Highwoods DLF 97/26 DLF 99/32, LP joint venture, a single tenant currently leases an entire building under a lease scheduled to expire on June 30, 2008. The tenant also leases space in other buildings owned by us. In conjunction with an overall restructuring of the tenant’s leases with us and with this joint venture, we agreed to certain changes to the lease with the joint venture in September 2003. The modifications included allowing the tenant to vacate the premises on January 1, 2006, and reducing the rent obligation by 50.0% and converting the “net” lease to a “full service” lease with the tenant liable for 50.0% of these costs at that time. In turn, we agreed to compensate the joint venture for any economic losses incurred as a result of these lease modifications. Based on the lease guarantee agreement, in September 2003, we recorded $0.9 million in other liabilities and $0.9 million as a deferred charge in other assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. However, should new tenants occupy the vacated space during the two and a half year guarantee period, our liability under the guarantee would diminish. Our maximum potential amount of future payments with regard to this guarantee was $1.1 million as of December 31, 2004. No recourse provisions exist to enable us to recover any amounts paid to the joint venture under this lease guarantee arrangement.

 

On December 29, 2003, we contributed three in-service office properties encompassing 290,853 rentable square feet at an agreed upon value of $35.6 million to the existing Highwoods-Markel, LLC joint venture. The joint venture’s other partner, Markel Corporation, contributed an additional $3.6 million in cash to maintain its 50.0% ownership interest and the joint venture borrowed and refinanced $40.0 million from a third party lender. We retained our 50.0% ownership interest in the joint venture and received net cash proceeds of $31.9 million. We are the manager and leasing agent for the properties and receive customary management fees and leasing commissions.

 

In July 2003, we entered into an option agreement with our partner, Miller Global, to acquire its 50.0% interest in the assets of MG-HIW Metrowest I, LLC and MG-HIW Metrowest II, LLC for $3.2 million. We had previously guaranteed $3.7 million (50.0%) of the $7.4 million construction loan to fund the development of this property, of which $7.3 million was outstanding at December 31, 2003. On March 2, 2004, we exercised our option and acquired our partner’s 50.0% equity interest in the assets of MG-HIW Metrowest I, LLC and MG-HIW Metrowest II, LLC for $3.2 million. The assets in MG-HIW Metrowest I, LLC and MG-HIW Metrowest II, LLC include 87,832 square feet of property and 7.0 acres of development land zoned for the development of 90,000 square feet of office space. The $7.4 million construction loan to fund the development of this property was paid in full by us at closing.

 

On February 25, 2004, we and Kapital-Consult, a European investment firm, formed Highwoods KC Glenridge, LP, which on February 26, 2004 acquired from a third party Glenridge Point Office Park, consisting of two office buildings aggregating 185,100 square feet located in the Central Perimeter sub-market of Atlanta. At December 31, 2004, the buildings were 89.8% occupied. We contributed $10.0 million to the joint venture in return for a 40.0% equity interest and Kapital-Consult contributed $14.9 million for a 60.0% equity interest in the partnership. The joint venture entered into a $16.5 million ten-year secured loan on the assets. We are the manager and leasing agent for this property and receive customary management fees and leasing commissions. The acquisition also included 2.9 acres of development land.

 

RRHWOODS, LLC and Dallas County Partners each developed a new office building in Des Moines, Iowa. On June 25, 2004, the joint ventures financed both buildings with a $7.4 million ten-year loan from a lender. As an

 

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inducement to make the loan at a 6.3% long-term rate, we and our partner agreed to master lease the vacant space and each guaranteed $0.8 million of the debt with limited recourse. As leasing improves, the guarantee obligations under the loan agreement diminish. As of December 2004, we expensed our share of the master lease payments totaling $0.2 million and recorded $0.6 million in other liabilities and $0.6 million as a deferred charge included in other assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheet with respect to this guarantee. The maximum potential amount of future payments that we could be required to make based on the current leases in place is approximately $3.6 million as of December 31, 2004. The likelihood of us paying on our $0.8 million guarantee is believed to be remote since the master lease payments enable the joint ventures to satisfy the minimum debt coverage ratio and should we be required to pay our portion of the guarantee, we would recover the $0.8 million from other joint venture assets.

 

On June 28, 2004, Kapital-Consult, a European investment firm, bought an interest in HIW-KC Orlando, LLC, an entity formed by us. HIW-KC Orlando, LLC owns five in-service office properties, encompassing 1.3 million rentable square feet, located in the central business district of Orlando, Florida which were valued under the joint venture agreement at $212.0 million, including amounts related to our guarantees described below, and which were subject to a $136.2 million secured mortgage loan. Our partner contributed $42.1 million in cash and received a 60.0% equity interest in the entity. The joint venture borrowed $143.0 million under a ten-year fixed rate mortgage loan from a third party lender and repaid the original $136.2 million loan. We retained a 40.0% equity interest in the joint venture and received net cash proceeds of $46.6 million, of which $33.0 million was used to pay down our Revolving Loan and $13.6 million was used to pay down additional debt. In connection with this transaction, we agreed to guarantee rent to the joint venture for 3,248 rentable square feet commencing in August 2004 and expiring in April 2011. In connection with this guarantee, as of June 30, 2004, we included $0.6 million in other liabilities and reduced the total amount of gain to be recognized by the same amount. Additionally, we agreed to guarantee re-tenanting costs for approximately 11% of the joint venture’s total square footage. We recorded a $4.1 million contingent liability with respect to such guarantee as of June 30, 2004 and reduced the total amount of gain to be recognized by the same amount. During 2004, we paid $2.4 million in re-tenanting costs related to this guarantee. We believe our estimate related to the re-tenanting costs guarantee is accurate. However, if our assumptions prove to be incorrect, future losses may occur. The contribution was accounted for as a partial sale as defined by SFAS No. 66 and we recognized a $15.9 million gain in June 2004. Since we have an ongoing 40.0% financial interest in the joint venture and since we are engaged by the joint venture to provide management and leasing services for the joint venture, for which we receive customary management fees and leasing commissions, the operations of these properties were not reflected as discontinued operations consistent with SFAS No. 144 and the related gain on sale was included in continuing operations in the second quarter of 2004.

 

On September 27, 2004, we and an affiliate of Crosland, Inc. formed Weston Lakeside, LLC, in which we have a 50.0% ownership interest. On June 29, 2005, we contributed 22.4 acres of land at an agreed upon value of $3.9 million to this joint venture, and our partner contributed approximately $2.0 million in cash; immediately thereafter, the joint venture distributed approximately $1.9 million to us. Crosland, Inc. will develop, manage and operate this joint venture, which will construct approximately 332 rental residential units at a total estimated cost of approximately $32.0 million expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2007. Crosland, Inc. will receive 3.5% of gross revenue of the joint venture in management fees and 4.25% in development fees. The joint venture expects to finance the development with a $28.4 million construction loan that will be guaranteed by Crosland, Inc. We will provide limited development services for the project and will receive a fee equal to 1.0% of the development costs excluding land. We will account for this joint venture using the equity method of accounting.

 

On December 22, 2004, we and Easlan Investment Group, Inc. formed The Vinings at University Center, LLC. We contributed 7.8 acres of land at an agreed upon value of $1.6 million to the joint venture in December 2004 in return for a 50.0% equity interest and Easlan Investment Group contributed $1.1 million in the form of a non-interest bearing promissory note for a 50.0% equity interest in the entity. Upon formation, the joint venture entered into a $9.7 million secured construction loan to complete the construction of 156 apartment units on the 7.8 acres of land, which is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2005; $392,000 was borrowed on the construction loan at December 31, 2004. Our joint venture partner has guaranteed this construction loan. The Easlan Investment Group, Inc. will be the manager and leasing agent for these apartment units and receive customary management fees and leasing commissions. We will receive development fees throughout the construction project and management fees of 1.0% of gross revenues at the time the apartments are 80.0% occupied. We are currently consolidating this joint venture under the provisions of FIN 46. As such, our balance sheet at December 31, 2004 includes $1.8 million of development in process and a $0.4 million construction note payable.

 

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Financing and Profit-Sharing Arrangements

 

The following summarizes sale transactions that were or continue to be accounted for as financing and/or profit-sharing arrangements under paragraphs 25 through 29 of SFAS No. 66.

 

- SF-HIW Harborview, LP

 

On September 11, 2002, we contributed Harborview Plaza, an office building located in Tampa, Florida, to SF-HIW Harborview Plaza, LP (“Harborview LP”), a newly formed entity, in exchange for a 20.0% limited partnership interest and $35.4 million in cash. The other partner contributed $12.6 million of cash and a new loan was obtained by the partnership for $22.8 million. In connection with this disposition, we entered into a master lease agreement with Harborview LP for five years on the then vacant space in the building (approximately 20% of the building); occupancy was 99.7% at December 31, 2004. We also guaranteed to Harborview LP the payment of tenant improvements and lease commissions of $1.2 million. Our maximum exposure to loss under the master lease agreement was $2.1 million at September 11, 2002 and was $1.1 million at December 31, 2004. Additionally, our partner in Harborview LP was granted the right to put its 80.0% equity interest in Harborview LP to us in exchange for cash at any time during the one-year period commencing on September 11, 2014. The value of the 80.0% equity interest will be determined at the time that such partner elects to exercise its put right, if ever, based upon the then fair market value of Harborview LP’s assets and liabilities, less 3.0%, which amount was intended to cover the normal costs of a sale transaction.

 

Because of the put option and the master lease agreement, this transaction is accounted for as a financing transaction, as described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Accordingly, the assets, liabilities and operations related to Harborview Plaza, the property owned by Harborview LP, including any new financing by the partnership, remain on our books. As a result, we have established a financing obligation equal to the net equity contributed by the other partner. At the end of each reporting period, the balance of the financing obligation is adjusted to equal the current fair value, which is $14.8 million at December 31, 2004, but not less than the original financing obligation. This adjustment is amortized prospectively through September 2014. Additionally, the net income from the operations before depreciation of Harborview Plaza allocable to the 80.0% partner is recorded as interest expense on financing obligation. We continue to depreciate the property and record all of the depreciation on our books. Any payments made under the master lease agreement were expensed as incurred ($0.1 million, $0.4 million and $0.3 million was expensed during the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively) and any amounts paid under the tenant improvement and lease commission guarantee are capitalized and amortized to expense over the remaining lease term. At such time as the put option expires or is otherwise terminated, we will record the transaction as a sale and recognize gain on sale.

 

- Eastshore

 

On November 26, 2002, we sold three buildings located in Richmond, Virginia (the “Eastshore” transaction) for a total price of $28.5 million in cash, which was paid in full by the buyer at closing. Each of the sold properties is a single tenant building leased on a triple-net basis to Capital One Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Capital One Financial Services, Inc.

 

In connection with the sale, we entered into a rental guarantee agreement for each building for the benefit of the buyer to guarantee any shortfalls that may be incurred in the payment of rent and re-tenanting costs for a five-year period from the date of sale (through November 2007). Our maximum exposure to loss under the rental guarantee agreements was $18.7 million at the date of sale and was $12.4 million as of December 31, 2004. No payments were made during 2003 or 2002 in respect of these rent guarantees. However, in June 2004, we began to make monthly payments to the buyer, at an annual rate of $0.1 million, as a result of the existing tenant renewing a lease in one building at a lower rental rate.

 

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properties, other than depreciation, is allocated 100.0% to the owner as interest expense on a financing obligation. Payments made under the rent guarantees are charged to expense as incurred. This transaction was recorded as a completed sale transaction in the third quarter of 2005 when the maximum exposure to loss under the guarantees became less than the related gain; deferred gain will be recognized in future periods as the maximum exposure under the guarantees is reduced.

 

- MG-HIW, LLC

 

On December 19, 2000, we formed a joint venture with Miller Global, MG-HIW, LLC, pursuant to which we sold or contributed to MG-HIW, LLC 19 in-service office properties in Raleigh, Atlanta, Tampa (the “Non-Orlando City Group”) and Orlando (collectively the “City Groups”), at an agreed upon value of $335.0 million. As part of the formation of MG-HIW, LLC, Miller Global contributed $85.0 million in cash for an 80.0% ownership interest and the joint venture borrowed $238.8 million from a third-party lender. We retained a 20.0% ownership interest and received net cash proceeds of $307.0 million. During 2001, we contributed a 39,000 square foot development project to MG-HIW, LLC in exchange for $5.1 million. The joint venture borrowed an additional $3.7 million under its existing debt agreement with a third party and we retained our 20.0% ownership interest and received net cash proceeds of $4.8 million. The assets of each of the City Groups were legally acquired by four separate LLC’s of which MG-HIW, LLC was the sole member.

 

The Non-Orlando City Group consisted of 15 properties encompassing 1.3 million square feet and were located in Atlanta, Raleigh and Tampa. Based on the nature and extent of certain rental guarantees made by us with respect to these properties, the transaction did not qualify for sale treatment under SFAS No. 66. The transaction was accounted for as a profit-sharing arrangement, and accordingly, the assets, liabilities and operations of the properties remained on our books and a co-venture obligation was established for the amount of equity contributed by Miller Global related to the Non-Orlando City Group properties. The income from operations of the properties, excluding depreciation, was allocated 80.0% to Miller Global and reported as “co-venture expense” in our Consolidated Financial Statements. We continue to depreciate the properties and record all of the depreciation on our books. In addition to the co-venture expense, we recorded expense of $1.3 million and $0.7 million related to payments made under the rental guarantees for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. No payments were made under the rental guarantees for the year ended December 31, 2004.

 

On July 29, 2003, we acquired our partner’s 80.0% equity interest in the Non-Orlando City Group. We paid Miller Global $28.1 million in cash, repaid $41.4 million of debt related to the properties and assumed $64.7 million of debt. We recognized a $16.3 million gain on the settlement of the $43.5 million co-venture obligation recorded on our books.

 

With respect to the Orlando City Group, which consists of five properties encompassing 1.3 million square feet located in the central business district of Orlando, we assumed obligations to make improvements to the assets as well as master lease obligations and guarantees on certain vacant space. Additionally, we guaranteed a leveraged internal rate of return (“IRR”) of 20.0% on Miller Global’s equity. The contribution of these Orlando properties was accounted for as a financing arrangement under SFAS No. 66. Consequently, the assets, liabilities and operations related to the properties remained on our books and a financing obligation was established for the amount of equity contributed by Miller Global related to the Orlando City Group. The income from operations of the properties, excluding depreciation, was allocated 80.0% to Miller Global and reported as interest on financing obligation in our Consolidated Financial Statements. This financing obligation was also adjusted each period by accreting the obligation up to the 20.0% guaranteed internal rate of return by a charge to interest expense, such that the financing obligation equaled at the end of each period the amount due to Miller Global including the 20.0% guaranteed return. We recorded interest expense on the financing obligation of $3.2 million, $11.6 million and $10.1 million, which includes amounts related to this IRR guarantee and payments made under the rental guarantees, for the years ended 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. We continued to depreciate the Orlando properties and record all of the depreciation on our books until June 2004 when the assets were contributed to a 40% owned joint venture, HIW-KC Orlando, LLC.

 

On July 29, 2003, we also entered into an option agreement to acquire Miller Global’s 80.0% interest in the Orlando City Group. On March 2, 2004, we exercised our option and acquired our partner’s 80.0% equity interest in the Orlando City Group. The properties were 86.8% leased as of December 31, 2004 and encumbered by $136.2 million of floating rate debt with interest based on LIBOR plus 200 basis points. At the closing of the transaction, we paid our partner, Miller Global, $62.5 million and a $7.5 million letter of credit delivered to the seller in

 

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connection with the original execution of the option agreement was cancelled. Since the initial contribution of these assets was accounted for as a financing arrangement and since the financing obligation was adjusted each period for the IRR guarantee, no gain or loss was recognized upon the extinguishment of the financing obligation. As previously described, we sold a 60.0% interest in these assets in June 2004.

 

Interest Rate Hedging Activities

 

To meet in part our long-term liquidity requirements, we borrow funds at a combination of fixed and variable rates. Borrowings under our Revolving Loan and bank term loans bear interest at variable rates. Our long-term debt, which consists of secured and unsecured long-term financings and the unsecured issuance of debt securities, typically bears interest at fixed rates although some loans bear interest at variable rates. In addition, we have assumed fixed rate and variable rate debt in connection with acquiring properties. Our interest rate risk management objectives are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower our overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, from time to time we may enter into interest rate hedge contracts such as collars, swaps, caps and treasury lock agreements in order to mitigate our interest rate risk with respect to various debt instruments. We do not hold or issue these derivative contracts for trading or speculative purposes.

 

The following table sets forth information regarding our interest rate hedge contract as of December 31, 2004 ($ in thousands):

 

Type of Hedge


   Notional
Amount


   Maturity
Date


   Reference Rate

   Fixed
Rate


    Fair Market
Value


Interest Rate Swap

   $ 20,000    6/1/2005    1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA    1.590 %   $ 101

 

The interest rate on all of our variable rate debt is adjusted at one and three month intervals, subject to settlements under these interest rate hedge contracts. We also enter into treasury lock agreements from time to time in order to limit our exposure to an increase in interest rates with respect to future debt offerings. During 2004, only a nominal amount was received from counter parties under interest rate hedge contracts. The interest rate swap that matured on June 1, 2005 was not renewed or extended. We currently have no outstanding interest rate hedge contracts.

 

As further described below under “- Related Party Transactions,” we had an embedded derivative as part of the land purchase arrangement with GAPI, Inc.

 

Related Party Transactions

 

We have previously reported that we have had a contract to acquire development land in the Bluegrass Valley office development project from GAPI, Inc., a corporation controlled by Gene H. Anderson, an executive officer and director of the Company. Under the terms of the contract, the development land is to be purchased in phases, and the purchase price for each phase or parcel is settled for in cash and/or Common Units. The price for the various parcels is based on an initial value for each parcel, adjusted for an interest factor, currently 6.88% per annum, applied up to the closing date and also for changes in the value of the Common Units. On January 17, 2003, the Company acquired an additional 23.5 acres of this land from GAPI, Inc. for 85,520 shares of Common Stock and $384,000 in cash for total consideration of $2.3 million. In May 2003, 4.0 acres of the remaining acres not yet acquired by us was taken by the Georgia Department of Transportation to develop a roadway interchange for consideration of $1.8 million. The Department of Transportation took possession and title of the property in June 2003. As part of the terms of the contract between us and GAPI, Inc., we were entitled to and received in 2003 the $1.8 million proceeds from the condemnation. In July 2003, we appealed the condemnation and are currently seeking additional payment from the state; the recognition of any gain has been deferred pending resolution of the appeal process. In April 2005, we acquired for cash an additional 12.1 acres of the Bluegrass Valley land from GAPI, Inc. and also settled for cash the final purchase price with GAPI, Inc. on the 4.0 acres that were taken by the Georgia Department of Transportation, which aggregated approximately $2.7 million, of which $0.7 million was recorded as a payable to GAPI, Inc. on our financial statements as of December 31, 2004. In August 2005, we acquired 12.7 acres, representing the last parcel of land to be acquired, for cash aggregating $3.2 million. We believe that the purchase price with respect to each land parcel was at or below market value. These transactions were unanimously approved by the full Board of Directors with Mr. Anderson abstaining from the vote. The contract provided that the land parcels could be paid in Common Units or in cash, at the option of the seller. This feature constituted an embedded derivative pursuant to SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” The

 

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embedded derivative feature is accounted for separately and adjusted based on changes in the fair value of the Common Units. This resulted in an increase to other income of $1.3 million in 2002, and a decrease to other income of $0.7 and $0.4 million in 2003 and 2004, respectively. In 2005, an additional $0.2 million expense was recorded related to the embedded derivative, which expired upon the closing of the final land transaction in August 2005.

 

We entered into a series of agreements in January and February 2005, pursuant to which we, through a third party broker, sold on February 28, 2005 and April 15, 2005, three non-core industrial buildings in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to John L. Turner and certain of his affiliates in exchange for a gross sales price of approximately $27.0 million, of which $20.3 million was paid in cash and the remainder from the surrender of 256,508 Common Units in the Operating Partnership. We recorded a gain of approximately $4.8 million upon the closing of these sales. Mr. Turner retired from the Board of Directors effective December 31, 2005. We believe that the purchase price paid for these assets by Mr. Turner and his affiliates was equal to their fair market value. The sales were unanimously approved by the full Board of Directors with Mr. Turner not being present to discuss or vote on the matter.

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the reporting period. Actual results could differ from our estimates.

 

The policies and estimates used in the preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements are described in Note 1 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2004. However, certain of our significant accounting policies contain an increased level of assumptions used or estimates made in determining their impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements. Management has reviewed our critical accounting policies and estimates with the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and the Company’s independent auditors.

 

We consider our critical accounting estimates to be those used in the determination of the reported amounts and disclosure related to the following:

 

    Real estate and related assets;

 

    Sales of real estate;

 

    Allowance for doubtful accounts; and

 

    Property operating expense recoveries.

 

Real Estate and Related Assets

 

Real estate and related assets are recorded at cost and stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Renovations, replacements and other expenditures that improve or extend the life of an asset are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Expenditures for ordinary maintenance and repairs are charged to operating expense as incurred. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of 40 years for buildings and depreciable land infrastructure costs, 15 years for building improvements and five to seven years for furniture, fixtures and equipment. Tenant improvements are amortized over the life of the respective leases using the straight-line method.

 

Expenditures directly related to the development and construction of real estate assets are included in net real estate assets and are stated at cost in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our capitalization policy on development properties is in accordance with SFAS No. 67, “Accounting for Costs and the Initial Rental Operations of Real Estate Properties,” SFAS No. 34, “Capitalization of Interest Costs,” and SFAS No. 58, “Capitalization of Interest Cost in Financial Statements That Include Investments Accounted for by the Equity Method.” Development expenditures include pre-construction costs essential to the development of properties, development and construction costs, interest costs, real estate taxes, salaries and related costs and other costs incurred during the period of development. Interest and other carrying costs are capitalized until the building is ready for its intended

 

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use. We consider a construction project as substantially completed and held available for occupancy upon the completion of tenant improvements, but no later than one year from cessation of major construction activity. We cease capitalization on the portion substantially completed and occupied or held available for occupancy, and capitalize only those costs associated with the portion under construction.

 

Expenditures directly related to the leasing of properties are included in deferred leasing costs and are stated at cost in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. We capitalize initial direct costs related to our leasing efforts in accordance with SFAS No. 91, “Accounting for Nonrefundable Fees and Costs Associated with Originating or Acquiring Loans and Initial Direct Costs of Leases.” All leasing commissions paid to third parties for new leases or lease renewals are capitalized. Internal leasing costs include primarily compensation, benefits and other costs such as legal fees related to leasing activities that are incurred in connection with successfully securing leases on the properties. Capitalized leasing costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated lives of the respective leases. Estimated costs related to unsuccessful activities are expensed as incurred. If our assumptions regarding the successful efforts of leasing are incorrect, the resulting adjustments could impact earnings.

 

Upon the acquisition of real estate, we assess the fair value of acquired tangible assets such as land, buildings and tenant improvements, intangible assets such as above and below market leases, acquired-in place leases and other identified intangible assets and assumed liabilities in accordance with SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations.” We allocate the purchase price to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities based on their relative fair values. We assess and consider fair value based on estimated cash flow projections that utilize appropriate discount and/or capitalization rates as well as available market information. The fair value of the tangible assets of an acquired property considers the value of the property as if it were vacant.

 

Above and below market leases acquired are recorded at their fair value. Fair value is calculated as the present value of the difference between (1) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to each in-place lease and (2) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for each corresponding in-place lease, using a discount rate that reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired and measured over a period equal to the remaining term of the lease for above-market leases and the initial term plus the term of any below-market fixed rate renewal options for below-market leases. The capitalized above-market lease values are amortized as a reduction of base rental revenue over the remaining term of the respective leases and the capitalized below-market lease values are amortized as an increase to base rental revenue over the remaining term of the respective leases and any below market option periods. If a tenant vacates its space prior to its contractual expiration date, any unamortized balance is adjusted through rental revenue.

 

The value of in-place leases is based on our evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease. Factors considered include estimates of carrying costs during hypothetical expected lease-up periods, current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, we include real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the expected lease-up periods, depending on local market conditions. In estimating costs to execute similar leases, we consider tenant improvements, leasing commissions and legal and other related expenses. The value of in-place leases is amortized to depreciation and amortization expense over the remaining term of the respective leases. If a tenant vacates its space prior to its contractual expiration date, any unamortized balance of its related intangible asset is expensed.

 

The value of a tenant relationship is based on our overall relationship with the respective tenant. Factors considered include the tenant’s credit quality and expectations of lease renewals. The value of a tenant relationship is amortized to expense over the initial term and any renewal periods defined in the respective leases. Based on our acquisitions since the adoption of SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142, we have deemed tenant relationships to be immaterial and have not allocated any amounts to this intangible asset.

 

Real estate and leasehold improvements are classified as long-lived assets held for sale or as long-lived assets to be held for use. Real estate is classified as held for sale when the criteria set forth in SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” are satisfied; this determination requires management to make estimates and assumptions, including assessing the probability that potential sales transactions may or may not occur. Actual results could differ from those assumptions. In accordance with SFAS No. 144, we record assets held for sale at the lower of the carrying amount or estimated fair value. Fair value of assets held for sale is equal to the estimated or contracted sales price with a potential buyer less costs to sell. The impairment loss is the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the estimated fair value. With respect to assets classified as held for use, if events or changes in circumstances, such as a significant decline in occupancy and change in use, indicate that the

 

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carrying value may be impaired, an impairment analysis is performed. Such analysis consists of determining whether the asset’s carrying amount will be recovered from its undiscounted estimated future operating cash flows. These cash flows are estimated based on a number of assumptions that are subject to economic and market uncertainties including, among others, demand for space, competition for tenants, changes in market rental rates and costs to operate each property. If the carrying amount of a held for use asset exceeds the sum of its undiscounted future operating and residual cash flows, an impairment loss is recorded for the difference between estimated fair value of the asset and the net carrying amount. We generally estimate the fair value of assets held for use by using discounted cash flow analysis; in some instances, appraisal information may be available and is used in addition to the discounted cash flow analysis. As the factors used in generating these cash flows are difficult to predict and are subject to future events that may alter our assumptions, the discounted and/or undiscounted future operating and residual cash flows estimated by us in our impairment analyses or those established by appraisal may not be achieved and we may be required to recognize future impairment losses on our properties held for sale and held for use.

 

Sales of Real Estate

 

We account for sales of real estate in accordance with SFAS No. 66. For sales transactions meeting the requirements of SFAS No. 66 for full profit recognition, the related assets and liabilities are removed from the balance sheet and the resultant gain or loss is recorded in the period the transaction closes. For sales transactions that do not meet the criteria for full profit recognition, we account for the transactions in accordance with the methods specified in SFAS No. 66. For sales transactions with continuing involvement after the sale, if the continuing involvement with the property is limited by the terms of the sales contract, profit is recognized at the time of sale and is reduced by the maximum exposure to loss related to the nature of the continuing involvement. Sales to entities in which we have an interest are accounted for in accordance with partial sale accounting provisions as set forth in SFAS No. 66.

 

For sales transactions that do not meet sale criteria as set forth in SFAS No. 66, we evaluate the nature of the continuing involvement, including put and call provisions, if present, and account for the transaction as a financing arrangement, profit-sharing arrangement or other alternate method of accounting rather than as a sale, based on the nature and extent of the continuing involvement. Some transactions may have numerous forms of continuing involvement. In those cases, we determine which method is most appropriate based on the substance of the transaction.

 

If we have an obligation to repurchase the property at a higher price or at a future indeterminable value (such as fair market value), or we guarantee the return of the buyer’s investment or a return on that investment for an extended period, we account for such transaction as a financing transaction. If we have an option to repurchase the property at a higher price and it is likely we will exercise this option, the transaction is accounted for as a financing transaction. For transactions treated as financings, we record the amounts received from the buyer as a financing obligation and continue to keep the property and related accounts recorded on our books. The results of operations of the property, net of expenses other than depreciation (net operating income), will be reflected as “interest expense” on the financing obligation. If the transaction includes an obligation or option to repurchase the asset at a higher price, additional interest is recorded to accrete the liability to the repurchase price. For options or obligations to repurchase the asset at fair market value at the end of each reporting period, the balance of the liability is adjusted to equal the current fair value to the extent fair value exceeds the original financing obligation. The corresponding debit or credit will be recorded to a related discount account and the revised debt discount is amortized over the expected term until termination of the option or obligation. If it is unlikely such option will be exercised, the transaction is accounted for under the deposit method or profit-sharing method. If we have an obligation or option to repurchase at a lower price, the transaction is accounted for as a leasing arrangement. At such time as these repurchase obligations expire, a sale will be recorded and gain recognized.

 

If we retain an interest in the buyer and provide certain rent guarantees or other forms of support where the maximum exposure to loss exceeds the gain, we account for such transaction as a profit-sharing arrangement. For transactions treated as profit-sharing arrangements, we record a profit-sharing obligation for the amount of equity contributed by the other partner and continue to keep the property and related accounts recorded on our books. The results of operations of the property, net of expenses other than depreciation (net operating income), will be allocated to the other partner for their percentage interest and reflected as “co-venture expense” in our Consolidated Financial Statements. In future periods, a sale is recorded and profit is recognized when the remaining maximum exposure to loss is reduced below the amount of gain deferred.

 

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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

Accounts receivable are reduced by an allowance for amounts that may become uncollectible in the future. Our receivable balance is comprised primarily of rents and operating cost recoveries due from tenants as well as accrued straight-line rents receivable. We regularly evaluate the adequacy of our allowance for doubtful accounts. The evaluation primarily consists of reviewing past due account balances and considering such factors as the credit quality of our tenant, historical trends of the tenant and/or other debtor, current economic conditions and changes in customer payment terms. Additionally, with respect to tenants in bankruptcy, we estimate the expected recovery through bankruptcy claims and increase the allowance for amounts deemed uncollectible. If our assumptions regarding the collectibility of accounts receivable prove incorrect, we could experience write-offs of accounts receivable or accrued straight-line rents receivable in excess of our allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

Property Operating Expense Recoveries

 

Property operating cost recoveries from tenants (or cost reimbursements) are determined on a lease-by-lease basis. The most common types of cost reimbursements in our leases are common area maintenance (“CAM”) and real estate taxes, where the tenant pays a share of operating and administrative expenses and real estate taxes, as determined in each lease.

 

The computation of cost reimbursements from tenants for CAM and real estate taxes is complex and involves numerous judgments, including the interpretation of terms and other tenant lease provisions. Leases are not uniform in dealing with such cost reimbursements and there are many variations in the computations. Many tenants make monthly fixed payments of CAM, real estate taxes and other cost reimbursement items. We record these payments as income each month. We also make adjustments, positive or negative, to cost recovery income to adjust the recorded amounts to our best estimate of the final amounts to be billed and collected with respect to the cost reimbursements. After the end of the calendar year, we compute each tenant’s final cost reimbursements and, after considering amounts paid by the tenant during the year, issue a bill or credit for the appropriate amount to the tenant. The differences between the amounts billed less previously received payments and the accrual adjustment are recorded as increases or decreases to cost recovery income when the final bills are prepared, usually beginning in March and completed by mid-year. The net amounts of any such adjustments have not been material in the years presented.

 

FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS

 

We believe that FFO and FFO per unit are beneficial to management and investors and are important indicators of the performance of any equity REIT. Because FFO and FFO per unit calculations exclude such factors as depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and gains or losses from sales of operating real estate assets (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar conditions based on historical cost accounting and useful life estimates), they facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and between other REITs. Our management believes that historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors and analysts have considered the presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. As a result, management believes that the use of FFO and FFO per unit, together with the required GAAP presentations, provide a more complete understanding of our performance relative to its competitors and a more informed and appropriate basis on which to make decisions involving operating, financing and investing activities.

 

FFO and FFO per unit as disclosed by other REITs may not be comparable to our calculation of FFO and FFO per unit as described below. However, you should be aware that FFO and FFO per unit are non-GAAP financial measures and do therefore not represent net income or net income per unit as defined by GAAP. Net income and net income per unit as defined by GAAP are the most relevant measures in determining our operating performance because FFO and FFO per unit include adjustments that investors may deem subjective, such as adding back expenses such as depreciation and amortization. Furthermore, FFO per unit does not depict the amount that accrues directly to the unitholders’ benefit. Accordingly, FFO and FFO per unit should never be considered as alternatives to net income or net income per unit as indicators of our operating performance.

 

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Our calculation of FFO, which we believe is consistent with the calculation of FFO as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) and which appropriately excludes the cost of capital improvements and related capitalized interest is as follows:

 

    Net income (loss) computed in accordance with GAAP;

 

    Less distributions to preferred unitholders;

 

    Plus depreciation and amortization of assets uniquely significant to the real estate industry;

 

    Less gains, or plus losses, from sales of depreciable operating properties (but excluding impairment losses) and items that are classified as extraordinary items under GAAP;

 

    Plus or minus adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures (to reflect funds from operations on the same basis); and

 

    Plus or minus adjustments for depreciation and amortization and gains/(losses) on sales related to discontinued operations.

 

Other REITs may not define FFO in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or may interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do.

 

FFO and FFO per unit for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 are summarized in the following table ($ in thousands, except per unit amounts):

 

     2004

    2003

    2002

 
     Amount

    Per Unit
Diluted


    Amount

    Per Unit
Diluted


    Amount

    Per Unit
Diluted


 
                 (restated)           (restated)        

Funds from operations:

                                                

Net income

   $ 42,964             $ 42,249             $ 87,326          

Distributions on preferred units

     (30,852 )             (30,852 )             (30,852 )        
    


         


         


       

Net income applicable to common units

     12,112     $ 0.20       11,397     $ 0.19       56,474     $ 0.94  

Add/(Deduct):

                                                

Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets

     129,507       2.17       136,201       2.29       133,729       2.23  

Gain/(loss) on disposition of depreciable real estate assets

     (18,880 )     (0.31 )     (8,572 )     (0.14 )     (15,183 )     (0.25 )

Unconsolidated affiliates:

                                                

Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets

     8,653       0.15       7,056       0.12       7,349       0.12  

Discontinued operations:

                                                

Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets

     1,768       0.03       4,317       0.07       9,026       0.15  

Gain on sale

     (9,380 )     (0.16 )     (8,986 )     (0.15 )     (17,191 )     (0.29 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


Funds from operations applicable to common units

   $ 123,780     $ 2.08     $ 141,413     $ 2.38     $ 174,204     $ 2.90  
    


 


 


 


 


 


Distribution payout data:

                                                

Distributions paid per common unit

   $ 1.70             $ 1.86             $ 2.34          
    


         


         


       

As a percent of funds from operations

     81.7 %             78.2 %             80.7 %        
    


         


         


       

Weighted average units outstanding – diluted

     59,616               59,502               60,153          
    


         


         


       

 

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The effects of potential changes in interest rates are discussed below. Our market risk discussion includes “forward-looking statements” and represents an estimate of possible changes in fair value or future earnings that would occur assuming hypothetical future movements in interest rates. These disclosures are not precise indicators of expected future effects, but only indicators of reasonably possible effects. As a result, actual future results may differ materially from those presented. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources” and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our accounting policies and other information related to these financial instruments.

 

To meet in part our long-term liquidity requirements, we borrow funds at a combination of fixed and variable rates. Borrowings under our Revolving Loan and bank term loans bear interest at variable rates. Our long-term debt, which consists of secured and unsecured long-term financings and the issuance of unsecured debt securities, typically bears interest at fixed rates although some loans bear interest at variable rates. In addition, we have assumed fixed rate and variable rate debt in connection with acquiring properties. Our interest rate risk management objectives are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower our overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, from time to time we enter into interest rate hedge contracts such as collars, swaps, caps and treasury lock agreements in order to mitigate our interest rate risk with respect to various debt instruments. We do not hold or issue these derivative contracts for trading or speculative purposes.

 

As of December 31, 2004, we had $1,216 million of fixed rate debt outstanding. The estimated aggregate fair value of this debt at December 31, 2004 was $1,313 million. If interest rates increase by 100 basis points, the aggregate fair market value of our fixed rate debt as of December 31, 2004 would decrease by approximately $59.7 million. If interest rates decrease by 100 basis points, the aggregate fair market value of our fixed rate debt as of December 31, 2004 would increase by approximately $64.7 million.

 

As of December 31, 2004, we had $356.6 million of variable rate debt outstanding. Of that amount, $336.6 million was not protected by interest rate hedge contracts. If the weighted average interest rate on this variable rate debt is 100 basis points higher or lower, our annual interest expense would be decreased or increased $3.4 million.

 

For a discussion of our interest rate hedge contract in effect at December 31, 2004, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Interest Rate Hedging Activities.” If interest rates increase by 100 basis points, the aggregate fair market value of this interest rate hedge contract as of December 31, 2004 would have increased by $0.06 million. If interest rates decrease by 100 basis points, the aggregate fair market value of this interest rate hedge contract as of December 31, 2004 would have decreased by $0.07 million. This interest rate hedge contract matured on June 1, 2005 and was not renewed or extended. We currently have no outstanding interest rate hedge contracts.

 

At December 31, 2004, we had an embedded derivative as part of a land purchase arrangements, as described under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Related Party Transactions.” In 2005, a loss of $0.2 million was recorded on this embedded derivative which expired in August 2005 upon closing of the final land parcel under the arrangement.

 

In addition, we are exposed to certain losses in the event of nonperformance by the counter parties under any outstanding hedge contracts. We expect the counter parties, which are major financial institutions, to perform fully under any such contracts. However, if any of the counter parties was to default on its obligation under an interest rate hedge contract, we could be required to pay the full rates on our debt, even if such rates were in excess of the rate in the contract.

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

See page F-1 of the financial report included herein.

 

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

None.

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

General

 

The purpose of this section is to discuss the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and recent changes in our internal control over financial reporting. The statements in this section represent the conclusions of Edward J. Fritsch, who became the CEO of the Company on July 1, 2004, and Terry L. Stevens, who became the CFO of the Company on December 1, 2003.

 

The CEO and CFO of the Company evaluate our disclosure controls and procedures. This evaluation includes a review of the controls’ objectives and design, the controls’ implementation by the Operating Partnership and the effect of the controls on the information generated for use in this Annual Report. We seek to identify data errors, control problems or acts of fraud and confirm that appropriate corrective action, including process improvements, is undertaken. Our disclosure controls and procedures are also evaluated on an ongoing basis by or through the following:

 

    activities undertaken and reports issued by employees in our internal audit department;

 

    management’s evaluation of the results of audits provided by our independent auditors in connection with their audit activities;

 

    other personnel in our finance and accounting organization;

 

    members of our internal disclosure committee; and

 

    members of the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

The Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

SEC rules require us to maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our annual and periodic reports filed with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. As defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Company’s CEO and CFO, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based solely on the material weaknesses that existed in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as described in its 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the CEO and CFO of the Company do not believe that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at December 31, 2004.

 

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Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Since late 2002, we have added several experienced staff to our Finance and Accounting Departments. These included an Assistant Controller (new position), a Director of Financial Standards and Compliance (new position), a Senior Director of Investor Relations (replacement) and a new Chief Financial Officer of the Company (replacement, as the former CFO assumed a new position within the Company). During 2003 and 2004 (including during the fourth quarter of 2004), we improved our internal control over financial reporting by, among other things (i) expanding supervisory activities and monitoring techniques, (ii) increasing and improving the education of personnel on our accounting staff and in our various divisional operating offices, including issue-specific informal mentoring and on-the-job training, (iii) strengthening our procedures designed to ensure that information relating to transactions directly or indirectly involving the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries is made known to persons responsible for preparing our financial statements, including implementing a policy to make frequent inquiries of our personnel, requiring all divisional vice presidents, other executive officers and certain members of our accounting staff to execute sub-certifications about the accuracy of the financial records and internal controls and enhancing and formalizing the functioning of our disclosure committee meetings, which include members of senior management and accounting staff, and (iv) preparing and implementing revised checklists to ensure appropriate assessment and application of GAAP to all transactions, particularly complex transactions, such as sales of real estate with continuing involvement that are governed by SFAS No. 66.

 

In 2005, we have undertaken the following additional improvements to our internal control over financial reporting. First, we have developed and implemented or are developing remediation plans for the specific material weaknesses that exist in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and for other control deficiencies of the Company that were identified but not considered to be material weaknesses. Second, we have begun the process of developing and implementing a Company-wide policy and procedures manual for use by our divisional and accounting staff, intended to ensure consistent and appropriate assessment and application of GAAP. The first phase of this process has focused on the preparation of formal written policies and procedures with respect to accounting for fixed assets and leasing costs. We engaged Grant Thornton LLP this year to assist us with the first phase of this process to develop and implement such policies and procedures. Third, we plan to provide training for our accounting staff and employees in our various divisional operating offices to educate our personnel with respect to the accounting adjustments that have been made to our historical financial statements in this Annual Report and in our amended 2003 Annual Report and to the material weaknesses and other control deficiencies in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that existed as of December 31, 2004. Fourth, we have formed a permanent committee to monitor and oversee the ongoing remediation of all deficiencies identified from time to time in the Company’s annual assessment of its internal control over financial reporting. This committee consists of the CFO, COO, corporate controller and representatives from appropriate business functions within the Company. Fifth, we are in the process of hiring a Chief Accounting Officer (new position).

 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

 

The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. For information regarding the Company’s executive officers, see “ITEM X. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.” The Company’s Board of Directors currently consists of the following 10 members:

 

Thomas W. Adler, 65, has been a director since June 1994. Mr. Adler is chairman of PSF Management Co. in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Adler formerly served on the board of directors of the National Association of Realtors and the boards of governors of the American Society of Real Estate Counselors and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and is a past national president of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. Mr. Adler is currently active in the Urban Land Institute. Mr. Adler was re-elected by the Company’s stockholders in 2002 for a three-year term.

 

Gene H. Anderson, 60, has been a director and senior vice president since the Company’s combination with Anderson Properties, Inc. in February 1997. Mr. Anderson manages our Atlanta regional operations. Mr. Anderson served as president of Anderson Properties, Inc. from 1978 to February 1997. Mr. Anderson was past president of the Georgia chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and is a national board member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. Mr. Anderson was re-elected by the Company’s stockholders in 2003 for a three-year term.

 

Kay N. Callison, 62, has been a director since the Company’s merger with J.C. Nichols Company in July 1998. Ms. Callison had served as a director of J.C. Nichols Company since 1982. Ms. Callison is active in charitable activities in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Ms. Callison was re-elected by the Company’s stockholders in 2002 for a three-year term.

 

Edward J. Fritsch, 47, has been a director since January 2001. Mr. Fritsch became the Company’s chief executive officer on July 1, 2004 and its president in December 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Fritsch was the Company’s chief operating officer from January 1998 to July 2004 and was a vice president and secretary from June 1994 to January 1998. Mr. Fritsch joined our predecessor in 1982 and was a partner of that entity at the time of the Company’s initial public offering in June 1994. Mr. Fritsch serves on the University of North Carolina’s Board of Visitors, the Board of Trustees of St. Timothy’s Episcopal School and the Board of Directors of the Triangle Chapter of the YMCA. Mr. Fritsch was re-elected by the Company’s stockholders in 2004 for a three-year term.

 

Ronald P. Gibson, 61, has been a director since March 1994. Mr. Gibson was the Company’s chief executive officer from March 1994 until his retirement in June 2004. Mr. Gibson also served as the Company’s president from March 1994 until December 2003. Mr. Gibson was a founder of our predecessor and served as its managing partner following its formation in 1978. Mr. Gibson is a director of Capital Associated Industries. Mr. Gibson was re-elected by the Company’s stockholders in 2003 for a three-year term.

 

Lawrence S. Kaplan, 63, has been a director since November 2000. Mr. Kaplan is a certified public accountant and retired in 2000 as a partner from Ernst & Young LLP where he was the national director of that firm’s REIT Advisory Services group. Mr. Kaplan has served on the board of governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and has been actively involved in REIT legislative and regulatory matters for over 20 years. Mr. Kaplan is a director of Maguire Properties, Inc., a publicly traded office REIT based in California, and Feldman Mall Properties, Inc., a publicly traded mall REIT based in Arizona. Mr. Kaplan was re-elected by the Company’s stockholders in 2004 for a three-year term.

 

Sherry A. Kellett, 61, has been a director since November 2005. Ms. Kellett is a certified public accountant. Ms. Kellett served as senior executive vice president and controller of BB&T Corporation from 1995 until her retirement on August 1, 2003. Ms. Kellett had served as corporate controller of Southern National Corporation from 1991 until 1995 when it merged with BB&T Corporation. Ms. Kellett previously served in several positions at Arthur Andersen & Co. Ms. Kellett is a director of MidCountry Financial Corp., a private financial services holding company based in Macon, GA. Ms. Kellett is a board member of the North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation and has also served on the boards of the Piedmont Kiwanis Club, Senior Services Inc., The Winston-Salem Foundation, the Piedmont Club and the N.C. Center for Character Education. Ms. Kellett was elected by the Company’s Board of Directors in November 2005 to fill a vacancy created by an increase in the number of independent directors on the Board. Under Maryland law, a director elected by the board of directors to fill a vacancy serves until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualifies.

 

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L. Glenn Orr, Jr., 65, has been a director since February 1995. Mr. Orr has been president and chief executive officer of The Orr Group since 1995. Mr. Orr was chairman of the board of directors, president and chief executive officer of Southern National Corporation from 1990 until its merger with BB&T Corporation in 1995. Mr. Orr previously served as president and chief executive officer of Forsyth Bank and Trust Co., president of Community Bank in Greenville, S.C. and president of the North Carolina Bankers Association. Mr. Orr is a member of the boards of directors of Medical Properties Trust, Inc., The International Group, Inc., Village Tavern, Inc. and Broyhill Management Fund, and he is a trustee of Wake Forest University. Mr. Orr was re-elected by the Company’s stockholders in 2004 for a three-year term.

 

O. Temple Sloan, Jr., 66, is chairman of the Board of Directors, a position he has held since March 1994. Mr. Sloan was a founder of our predecessor. He is chairman and chief executive officer of The International Group, Inc., a distributor of automotive replacement parts. Mr. Sloan is a director of Bank of America Corporation and Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Mr. Sloan was re-elected by the Company’s stockholders in 2003 for a three-year term.

 

F. William Vandiver, Jr., 63, has been a director since July 2002. Mr. Vandiver served as corporate risk management executive at Bank of America from 1998 until his retirement in 2002. Mr. Vandiver serves as trustee of the Presbyterian Hospital Foundation, senior advisor of McColl Partners, and is chairman of the Queens University of Charlotte board of trustees. He serves on the board of directors of the International Group and the president’s advisory council at Clemson University. Mr. Vandiver was re-elected by the Company’s stockholders in 2003 for a three-year term.

 

Independent Directors

 

At least a majority of the Company’s directors and all of the members of the audit committee and the compensation and governance committee must meet the test of “independence” as defined by the New York Stock Exchange. The New York Stock Exchange standards provide that to qualify as an “independent” director, in addition to satisfying certain bright-line criteria, the Board of Directors must affirmatively determine that a director has no material relationship with the Company (either directly or as a partner, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the Company). The Board of Directors has determined that any relationship or arrangement between the Company and one or more affiliates of a director that does not require disclosure pursuant to Item 404 of SEC Regulation S-K does not, by itself, preclude a determination of independence (except with respect to members of the audit committee). The Board of Directors has determined that each of Messrs. Adler, Kaplan, Orr, Sloan and Vandiver and Ms. Callison and Ms. Kellett satisfies the bright-line criteria and that none has a relationship with the Company that would interfere with such person’s ability to exercise independent judgment as a member of the Board. Therefore, the Company believes that each of such directors is independent under the New York Stock Exchange rules.

 

Committees of the Board of Directors

 

Audit Commitee. The audit committee currently consists of Messrs. Kaplan and Vandiver and Ms. Kellett. Mr. Kaplan serves as chairman of the audit committee. The audit committee approves the engagement of independent public accountants, reviews with the independent public accountants the plans and results of the audit engagement, approves professional services provided by the independent public accountants, reviews the independence of the independent public accountants, approves audit and non-audit fees and reviews the adequacy of our internal accounting controls.

 

The Board of Directors has made the following determinations about the composition of the audit committee:

 

    Each member is independent under the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

    Each member is financially literate.

 

    At least two members, Mr. Kaplan and Ms. Kellett, both of whom are certified public accountants, are financial experts.

 

    No member has accepted any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from the Company other than as set forth below under “—Compensation of Directors.”

 

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During 2004, the audit committee held five in-person meetings and 10 conference calls.

 

The audit committee has adopted a process for stockholders to send communications to the audit committee with concerns or complaints concerning our regulatory compliance, accounting, audit or internal controls issues. Written communications may be addressed to the Chairman of the Audit Committee, Highwoods Properties, Inc., 3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604. To view an online version of the audit committee’s charter, please visit the “Investor Relations/Governance Documents” section of our website at www.highwoods.com. This information is also available in print to any stockholder who requests it by writing Investor Relations, Highwoods Properties, Inc., 3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604.

 

Compensation and Governance Committee. The compensation and governance committee currently consists of Messrs. Orr and Sloan and Ms. Callison. Mr. Orr serves as chairman of the compensation and governance committee. The Board of Directors has determined that each of the members of the compensation and governance committee is independent under the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

The compensation and governance committee determines compensation for the Company’s executive officers and implements our long-term incentive plans, including the Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Option Plan (the “Stock Option Plan”). The committee also makes recommendations concerning board member qualification standards, director nominees, board responsibilities and compensation, board access to management and independent advisors and management succession. On an annual basis, the compensation and governance committee assesses the appropriate skills and characteristics of existing and new board members. This assessment includes consideration as to the members’ independence, diversity, age, skills and experience in the context of the needs of the Board. The same criteria are used by the compensation and governance committee in evaluating nominees for directorship.

 

During 2004, the compensation and governance committee held four in-person meetings and two conference calls.

 

In making any nominee recommendations to the Board, the compensation and governance committee will typically consider persons recommended by the Company’s stockholders so long as the recommendation is submitted to the committee prior to the date which is 120 days before the anniversary of the mailing of the Company’s prior year’s proxy statement. However, since the Company’s next annual meeting will be held more than 30 days after the anniversary of our last annual meeting on May 18, 2004, the deadline for the submission by stockholders of nominee recommendations for the annual meeting expected to be held in May 2006 is January 16, 2006. Any such nominations, together with appropriate biographical information, should be submitted to the Chairman of the Compensation and Governance Committee, Highwoods Properties, Inc., 3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604. However, the compensation and governance committee may, in its sole discretion, reject any such recommendation for any reason.

 

The compensation and governance committee’s charter is available on our website for review at www.highwoods.com in the “Investor Relations/Governance Documents” section. This information is also available in print to any stockholder who requests it by writing Investor Relations, Highwoods Properties, Inc., 3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604.

 

Investment Committee. The investment committee currently consists of Messrs. Adler, Anderson, Fritsch, Gibson and Sloan. The investment committee oversees the acquisition, new development, redevelopment and asset disposition process. The investment committee generally meets on call to review new opportunities and to make recommendations to the Board of Directors concerning such opportunities.

 

Executive Committee. The executive committee currently consists of Messrs. Adler, Orr, Sloan and Vandiver. In addition, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer serves as an ex-officio member of the committee. The executive committee meets on call by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and may exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors, subject to the limitations imposed by applicable law, the bylaws or the Board of Directors. The Company’s corporate governance guidelines require each of the members of the executive committee (other than the Chief Executive Officer) to be independent under the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange. During 2004, the executive committee held four in-person meetings and ten conference calls.

 

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Meetings of the Board of Directors; Independent Director Executive Sessions

 

The Board of Directors held five in-person meetings and five conference calls in 2004. At each in-person meeting of the Board of Directors, the independent directors meet in executive session without the presence of any current or former members of management. The Chairman of the Board of Directors (or, in the Chairman’s absence, another independent director designated by the Chairman) has been appointed to preside over such executive sessions. Each of the directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors and the total number of meetings of all committees of the Board of Directors on which the director served. The Board of Directors encourages its members to attend each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders. Three members of the Board of Directors attended the Company’s last annual meeting.

 

Corporate Governance Matters

 

The Board of Directors, in its role as primary governing body of the Company, provides oversight of the Operating Partnership’s affairs. The Board of Directors has adopted corporate governance guidelines and a code of business conduct and ethics applicable to directors, officers and employees and a separate code of ethics for the Company’s chief executive officer and its senior financial officers. This information is available in print to any stockholder who requests it by writing Investor Relations, Highwoods Properties, Inc., 3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604. We intend to satisfy the disclosure requirement under Item 5.05 (formerly Item 10) of Form 8-K regarding any amendment to, or any waiver from, a provision of these Codes of Ethics by posting such information on our website as identified below. Our website includes the Company’s Codes of Ethics, committee charters and corporate governance guidelines. The Board of Directors has also established a process for interested parties, including stockholders, to communicate directly with the independent directors. Written communications may be addressed to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Highwoods Properties, Inc., 3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604. All of the foregoing information is also available by visiting the “Investor Relations/ Governance Documents” section of our website at www.highwoods.com.

 

We have filed the CEO and CFO certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as exhibits to this Annual Report.

 

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The Company serves as general partner of the Operating Partnership. The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation of each person who served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its four other most highly compensated executive officers (the “Named Executive Officers”) for the year ended December 31, 2004:

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

    

Annual Compensation


   Long-Term Compensation

    

Name and Principal Position


   Year

   Salary

   Bonus (1)

   Other Annual
Compensation (2)


   Restricted
Stock
Awards (3)


   Securities
Underlying
Options (4)


  

All Other

Compensation (5)


Edward J. Fritsch

   2004    $ 380,085    $ 302,104    $ 475    $ 485,831    171,775    $ 20,624

President and CEO

   2003    $ 325,219    $ 171,885    $ 5,048    $ 235,732    112,198    $ 20,399
     2002    $ 316,796    $ 148,236    $ —      $ 223,211    84,989    $ 8,250

Ronald P. Gibson

   2004    $ 206,406    $ —      $ 19,495    $ 716,222    222,076    $ 2,353,181

CEO (6)

   2003    $ 400,808    $ 240,083    $ 36,687    $ 476,129    226,621    $ 25,654
     2002    $ 390,404    $ 207,042    $ 24,706    $ 464,340    171,656    $ 8,250

Michael E. Harris

   2004    $ 280,385    $ 201,491    $ 83,540    $ 202,349    77,369    $ 9,225

Executive Vice

   2003    $ 223,492    $ 102,375    $ 3,736    $ 90,007    42,837    $ 9,000

President and COO

   2002    $ 217,677    $ 87,944    $ 3,244    $ 87,750    32,444    $ 8,250

Terry L. Stevens

   2004    $ 240,000    $ 158,550    $ 56,729    $ 134,411    51,396    $ 9,225

Vice President

   2003    $ 18,462    $ 9,988    $ 2,006    $ —      —      $ —  

and CFO

   2002    $ —      $ —      $ —      $ —      —      $ —  

Mack D. Pridgen, III

   2004    $ 226,600    $ 149,698    $ 22,092    $ 209,146    62,391    $ 24,636

Vice President, General

   2003    $ 225,092    $ 118,965    $ 15,957    $ 163,143    77,654    $ 24,411

Counsel and Secretary

   2002    $ 219,250    $ 102,600    $ 11,085    $ 159,108    58,824    $ 8,250

Gene H. Anderson

   2004    $ 225,000    $ 100,000    $ 7,473    $ 90,008    34,417    $ 9,225

Senior Vice President

   2003    $ 223,492    $ 102,375    $ 6,953    $ 90,007    42,837    $ 9,000
     2002    $ 217,677    $ 87,944    $ 9,880    $ 87,750    32,444    $ 8,250

(1) Includes amounts earned in the indicated period that were paid in the following year.
(2) We have established a deferred compensation plan pursuant to which executive officers can defer a portion of their salary and/or bonus that would otherwise be paid to the executive officer for investment in units of phantom stock or in various unrelated mutual funds, based on such officer’s election. At the end of each quarter, each executive officer who defers compensation into phantom stock that otherwise would have been paid in cash is credited with units of phantom stock at a 15% discount. Dividends on the phantom stock are assumed to be issued in additional phantom stock at a 15% discount. The amounts set forth above include the value attributable to the issuance of phantom stock at a 15% discount during the period in which the deferral election is made (regardless of when the salary and/or bonus had been earned) and the value attributable to the assumed issuance of additional phantom stock at a 15% discount upon the declaration of a dividend, but do not take into account fluctuations in the implied value of such phantom stock based on the trading of Common Stock thereafter. If any of these officers leaves our employ for any reason (other than death, disability, normal retirement or voluntary termination by us) within two years after the end of the year in which such officer has deferred compensation, at a minimum, the 15% discount and any deemed dividends are forfeited. For Mr. Harris, in addition to the value attributable to the issuance of phantom stock at a 15% discount, the amount set forth above in 2004 also includes $63,386 in relocation and travel costs related to moving to Raleigh in connection with becoming the Company’s Executive Vice President and COO on July 1, 2004 and $16,873 of additional perquisites earned during 2004. For Mr. Stevens, the amount set forth above in 2004 includes $47,311 in relocation and travel costs related to moving to Raleigh in connection with becoming the Company’s Vice President and CFO on December 1, 2003 and $9,417 of additional perquisites earned during 2004.
(3) Represents the dollar value of restricted stock awards calculated by multiplying the closing market price of Common Stock on the date of grant by the number of shares of restricted stock awarded. This valuation does not take into account the diminution in value attributable to the restrictions applicable to the shares of restricted stock. The restricted stock awards vest 50% on the third anniversary and 50% on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant. The shares of restricted stock issued to Mr. Gibson during 2004 vested upon his retirement on June 30, 2004. Dividends are paid on all restricted stock awards at the same rate and on the same date as on shares of Common Stock. See “Restricted Stock Holdings.”

 

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(4) Options are nonqualified stock options. Options have varying vesting schedules of no less than four year ratable vesting. Amounts shown include the number of options granted during the indicated period with respect to the prior year’s performance.
(5) Consists of amounts contributed by us under the Salary Deferral and Profit Sharing Plan and, if applicable, for term life insurance premiums. For Mr. Gibson, such amount during 2004 also includes the total cost recognized under GAAP for his retirement package. See “—Retirement of Former Chief Executive Officer.”
(6) Mr. Gibson retired as the Company’s CEO on June 30, 2004.

 

Restricted Stock Holdings

 

The total restricted stock holdings and their fair market value based on the per share closing price of $27.70 as of December 31, 2004 are set forth below. The values do not reflect diminution of value attributable to the restrictions applicable to the shares of restricted stock. All of the shares of restricted stock issued on or before December 31, 2004 vest 50% on the third anniversary and 50% on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant. Dividends are paid on all restricted stock, whether or not vested, at the same rate and on the same date as on shares of Common Stock. As part of his retirement package, all shares of Mr. Gibson’s restricted stock vested on June 30, 2004 and, accordingly, are excluded from this table.

 

Name


   Total Shares of
Restricted Stock


   Value at
December 31, 2004


Edward J. Fritsch

   50,182    $ 1,390,041

Michael E. Harris

   21,488    $ 595,218

Gene H. Anderson

   17,192    $ 476,218

Mack D. Pridgen, III

   31,677    $ 877,453

Terry L. Stevens

   5,140    $ 142,378

 

Option Grants in 2004

 

The following table sets forth information with respect to options granted in 2004 to the Named Executive Officers:

 

Name


   Number of Securities
Underlying Options (1)


  

Percent of Total
Options Granted
to Employees

in 2004


    Exercise
Price
Per Share


   Expiration Date

   Grant Date
Present Value (2)


Edward J. Fritsch

   171,775    21 %   $ 26.15    February 28, 2014    $ 267,969

Ronald P. Gibson

   182,076    22 %   $ 26.15    February 28, 2014    $ 284,039
     40,000    5 %   $ 22.44    June 7, 2005    $ 38,400

Michael E. Harris

   77,369    9 %   $ 26.15    February 28, 2014    $ 120,696

Gene H. Anderson

   34,417    4 %   $ 26.15    February 28, 2014    $ 53,691

Mack D. Pridgen, III

   62,391    7 %   $ 26.15    February 28, 2014    $ 97,330

Terry L. Stevens

   51,396    6 %   $ 26.15    February 28, 2014    $ 80,178

(1) Options granted in 2004 were based on 2003 performance. Options granted in 2004 generally vest ratably over a four-year period. The 40,000 stock options granted to Mr. Gibson in 2004 with an expiration date of June 7, 2005 vested immediately.
(2) As permitted by SEC rules, we have elected to illustrate the present value of the stock options at the date of grant set forth in this table using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Our use of this model should not be construed as an endorsement of its accuracy at valuing options. All stock option models require a prediction about the future movement of the share price. Except for the 40,000 stock options granted to Mr. Gibson in 2004 with an expiration date of June 7, 2005, the following assumptions were made for purposes of calculating grant date present value: expected time of exercise of 10 years, volatility of 16.0%, risk-free interest of 4.0% and a dividend yield of 6.5%. For the 40,000 stock options granted to Mr. Gibson in 2004 with an expiration date of June 7, 2005, the following assumptions were made for purposes of calculating grant date present value: expected time of exercise of one year, volatility of 16.4%, risk-free interest of 2.0% and a dividend yield of 7.5%. The real value of the options in this table depends upon the actual performance of Common Stock during the applicable period the options are exercisable.

 

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2004 Year-End Option Values

 

The following table sets forth information with respect to options held by the Named Executive Officers as of December 31, 2004:

 

Name


  

Shares Acquired

on Exercise


  

Value

Realized


  

Number of Securities
Underlying Options at

2004 Year End (1)


  

Value of Unexercised In the
Money Options at 2004

Year End (2) (3)


         Exercisable

   Unexercisable

   Exercisable

   Unexercisable

Edward J. Fritsch

   —        —      365,246    320,748    $ 2,071,701    $ 917,341

Ronald P. Gibson

   40,000    $ 62,768    1,055,500    —      $ 4,518,907      —  

Michael E. Harris

   —        —      159,958    134,242    $ 671,183    $ 368,500

Gene H. Anderson

   —        —      79,755    91,290    $ 738,496    $ 301,924

Mack D. Pridgen, III

   —        —      245,813    165,495    $ 1,526,511    $ 547,328

Terry L. Stevens

   —        —      —      51,396      —      $ 79,664

(1) Options include incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options. Unexercisable options have varying vesting schedules of no less than four year ratable vesting.
(2) Represents the difference between a closing price of $27.70 per share of Common Stock on December 31, 2004 and the options’ exercise prices as adjusted by any dividend equivalent right (“DER”) as described in Note (3) below.
(3) Certain nonqualified stock options granted to the Named Executive Officers in 1997 were accompanied by a DER pursuant to the 1997 Performance Award Plan. That plan provided that if the total return on a share of Common Stock exceeded certain thresholds during the five-year vesting period ending in 2002, the exercise price of such stock options with a DER would be reduced under a formula based on dividends and other distributions made with respect to such a share during the period beginning on the date of grant and ending upon exercise of such stock option. Based on the performance of the Common Stock during the five-year vesting period and the level of dividends paid on Common Stock through December 31, 2004, the exercise price per share of remaining options with a DER was reduced by $9.06 as of December 31, 2004. Effective as of December 4, 2004, the DER feature was fixed by agreement with the Named Executive Officers at an exercise price per share reduction of $9.06. As of December 31, 2004, an aggregate of 126,968 of these options held by the Named Executive Officers remain outstanding.

 

Employment and Change-In-Control Contracts

 

We entered into a three-year employment contract with Mr. Harris on July 1, 2004. The contract is thereafter extended automatically for additional three-year periods unless we give notice to Mr. Harris during the 60-day period ending one year prior to expiration of the contract. Mr. Harris may terminate the contract at any time upon 30 days’ prior written notice to us. The contract provides for a minimum annual base salary at the rate of $305,000 for Mr. Harris, which may be increased by the Board of Directors. His contract includes provisions restricting him from competing with us during employment and, except in certain circumstances, for a one-year period after termination of employment. His employment contract provides for severance payments in the event of termination by us without cause or termination by Mr. Harris for good reason equal to his base salary then in effect for the greater of one year from the date of termination or the remaining term of the contract.

 

The Company has change in control contracts in effect with each of Messrs. Anderson, Fritsch, Harris, Pridgen and Stevens. The contracts generally provide that, if within 36 months from the date of a change in control (as defined below), the employment of the executive officer is terminated without cause, including a voluntary termination because such executive officer’s responsibilities are changed, salary is reduced or responsibilities are diminished or because of a voluntary termination for any reason in months 13, 14 or 15 following the change of control, such executive officer will be entitled to receive 2.99 times a base amount. An executive’s base amount for these purposes is equal to 12 times the highest monthly salary paid to the executive during the 12-month period ending prior to the change of control plus the greater of (1) the average annual bonus for the preceding three years or (2) the last annual bonus paid or payable to the executive. Additionally, the Stock Option Plan and the 1999 Shareholder Value Plan provide for the immediate vesting of all options and benefits upon a change of control. Certain of the executives also receive a lump sum cash payment equal to a stated multiple of the value of all of the executive’s unexercised stock options. The multiple is three times for Mr. Fritsch, two times for Mr. Harris and one time for Messrs. Anderson and Pridgen. The contracts for each of the Named Executive Officers have varying expiration dates, but are automatically extended for one additional year on each of their respective anniversary dates. For purposes of these contracts, “change in control” generally means any of the following events:

 

    the acquisition by a third party of 20% or more of the then-outstanding Common Stock;

 

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    individuals who currently constitute the Board of Directors (or individuals who subsequently become a director whose election or nomination was approved by at least a majority of the directors currently constituting the Board of Directors) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors;

 

    approval by the Company’s stockholders of a reorganization, merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity; or

 

    approval by the Company’s stockholders of a complete liquidation or dissolution or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

Retirement of Former Chief Executive Officer

 

Mr. Gibson retired as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer on June 30, 2004. In connection with his retirement, the Board of Directors approved a retirement package for him that included a lump sum cash payment, accelerated vesting of stock options and restricted stock, extended lives of stock options and continued coverage under our health and life insurance plan for three years at our expense. Under GAAP, the changes to existing stock options and restricted stock give rise to new measurement dates and revised compensation computations. The total cost recognized under GAAP during 2004 for Mr. Gibson’s retirement was $4.6 million, comprised of a $2.2 million cash payment, $0.6 million related to the vesting of stock options, $1.7 million related to the vesting of restricted stock and approximately $100,000 for continued insurance coverage and other benefits.

 

Compensation and Governance Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

 

During 2004, the compensation and governance committee consisted of Messrs. Orr, Sloan and William E. Graham, Jr., who retired from the Board of Directors effective December 31, 2005. None of these directors is a current or past employee and each was and is independent under the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Sloan was a founder and former officer of our predecessor prior to our initial public offering in 1994.

 

Compensation and Governance Committee Report

 

The following sets forth the Company’s Compensation and Governance Committee Report, dated as of December 22, 2005, with respect to the compensation of the Company’s executive officers:

 

The committee directs the administration of the Stock Option Plan and other management incentive compensation plans. The committee’s compensation policies are designed to (a) attract and retain key individuals critical to our success, (b) motivate and reward such individuals based on corporate, business unit and individual performance and (c) align executives’ and stockholders’ interests through equity-based incentives. During 2004, the compensation and governance committee met six times and set compensation levels in compliance with the executive compensation program adopted in 1999, which was based upon extensive input from and the recommendation of William M. Mercer, Incorporated, an independent compensation consulting firm.

 

Compensation for executives is based generally on the following principles:

 

    variable compensation should comprise a significant part of an executive’s compensation with the percentage at-risk increasing at increased levels of responsibility;

 

    employee stock ownership aligns the interests of employees and stockholders;

 

    compensation must be competitive with that offered by companies that compete with us for executive talent; and

 

    differences in executive compensation within the Company should reflect differing levels of responsibility and performance.

 

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A key determinant of overall levels of compensation remains the pay practices of public equity REITs that have revenues comparable to us. This peer group was chosen by our independent compensation and benefit consultants. Overall compensation is intended to be at, above or below competitive levels depending upon our performance relative to our targeted performance and the performance of our peer group.

 

There are three components to our executive compensation program: base salary; annual bonus; and long-term incentive compensation. The more senior the position, the greater the portion of compensation that varies with performance.

 

Base Salaries and Annual Bonuses. Executive salaries other than that of the Chief Executive Officer are recommended to the committee by the Chief Executive Officer and are designed to be competitive with the peer group companies described above. Changes in base salaries are based on the peer group’s practices, our performance, the individual’s performance, experience and responsibility and increases in cost of living indices. Base salaries are reviewed for adjustment annually and adjustments, if any, are effective in April. The Chief Executive Officer’s base salary is determined by the committee. No changes were made in 2004 to executive officer base salaries.

 

Our executive officers participate in an annual bonus program whereby they are eligible for bonuses based on a percentage of their annual base salary as of the prior December. In addition to considering the pay practices of our peer group in determining each executive’s bonus percentage, the committee also considers the executive’s ability to influence our overall performance. Each executive has a target annual incentive bonus percentage that ranges from 30% to 85% of base salary depending on the executive’s position. The executive’s actual incentive bonus for the year is the product of the target annual incentive bonus percentage times a bonus performance “factor,” which can range from zero to 200%. This bonus performance factor depends upon the relationship between how various performance criteria compare with predetermined goals. For an executive who has division responsibilities, goals for certain performance criteria are based on the division’s budget for the year, and goals for other criteria are fixed objectives that are the same for all divisions. For corporate executives, the bonus performance factor is based on the average of the factors achieved by the division executives.

 

Performance criteria for 2004, which were equally weighted, were the following: average occupancy rates relative to budgeted rates; net operating income relative to budgeted amounts; and average payback on leases (i.e., a metric that compares the investment in a lease to the amount of revenue to be received under the lease) relative to a fixed goal. These criteria provide an objective basis for the committee to determine bonuses for division level and corporate level executive officers. The bonus performance factors for 2004 for division executives ranged from 59% to 134%, and the average bonus performance factor for corporate executives was 88%. Notwithstanding the foregoing criteria, the committee has retained the authority to pay bonuses in its discretion. For 2004, actual incentive bonuses for the Named Executive Officers ranged from 44% to 75% of each officer’s current base salary (not including the effect of any deferral for deemed investment by us in units of phantom stock at a 15% discount as discussed in the next paragraph).

 

The committee has established a nonqualified deferred compensation plan pursuant to which each executive officer can elect to defer a portion of his base salary and annual bonus for investment in units of phantom stock or in various unrelated mutual funds, based on such officer’s election. At the end of each calendar quarter, any executive officer who defers compensation into phantom stock is credited with units of phantom stock at a 15% discount. Dividends on the phantom units are assumed to be issued in additional units of phantom stock at a 15% discount. If an officer that has elected to defer compensation under this plan leaves our employ voluntarily or for cause within two years after the end of the year in which such officer has deferred compensation for units of phantom stock, at a minimum, the 15% discount and any deemed dividends are forfeited. In July 2005, we modified the plan to preclude any deferrals into phantom stock after December 31, 2005.

 

Long-Term Incentives. In addition to the annual bonus and as an incentive to retain executive officers, our long-term incentive plan for officers provides for annual grants of stock options and restricted stock under the Stock Option Plan and other awards under the 1999 Shareholder Value Plan. The stock options issued prior to 2005 vest ratably over four years and remain outstanding for 10 years. The value of such options as of the date of grant is calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The shares of restricted stock issued prior to 2005 vest 50% after three years and 50% after five years.

 

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The 1999 Shareholder Value Plan was intended to reward our executive officers when the total shareholder returns measured by increases in the market value of shares of Common Stock plus the dividends on those shares exceeds a comparable index of our peers over a three-year period. A payout for this program, which can be in cash or other consideration, is determined by the percent change in our shareholder return compared to the composite index of our peer group. If our performance is not at least 100% of the peer group index, no payout is made. To the extent performance exceeds the peer group, the payout increases. A new three-year plan cycle begins each year under this program. No payments were earned under this program in 2004.

 

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code generally denies a deduction for compensation in excess of $1 million paid to certain executive officers, unless certain performance, disclosure and stockholder approval requirements are met. Option grants and certain other awards under the Stock Option Plan and the 1999 Shareholder Value Plan are intended to qualify as “performance-based” compensation not subject to Section 162(m) deduction limitation. The committee believes that a substantial portion of compensation awarded under our compensation program would be exempted from the $1 million deduction limitation. The committee’s intention is to qualify, to the extent reasonable, a substantial portion of each executive officer’s compensation for deductibility under applicable tax laws.

 

Chief Executive Officer Compensation. Effective June 30, 2004, Ronald P. Gibson retired from his position as our Chief Executive Officer. Prior to his retirement, his salary and long-term incentive awards were determined by the committee substantially in conformity with the policies described above for all other executive officers. As in 2003, Mr. Gibson’s base salary remained $403,500 in 2004. As of the date of his retirement, Mr. Gibson had earned $206,406 of his base salary in 2004. Because of his retirement, Mr. Gibson did not receive a bonus in 2004 under the annual bonus program. In 2003, Mr. Gibson’s bonus was $240,083. In addition, during 2004, Mr. Gibson was granted long-term incentive compensation consisting of shares of restricted stock valued at $716,222 on the date of grant, which vested upon his retirement on June 30, 2004. This was an increase of $240,093, or 50%, in restricted stock compensation for 2004 as compared to his restricted stock compensation of $476,129 for 2003. Finally, Mr. Gibson received 222,076 stock options during 2004 with 182,076 having an exercise price of $26.15 and 40,000 having an exercise price of $22.44, the fair market value of Common Stock on the respective dates of grant. Mr. Gibson was also eligible to participate in the 1999 Shareholder Value Plan; however, no payouts were made to Mr. Gibson under this plan in 2004.

 

Effective July 1, 2004, Edward J. Fritsch assumed the responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer upon Mr. Gibson’s retirement. Mr. Fritsch’s salary and long-term incentive awards were determined by the committee substantially in conformity with the policies described above for all other executive officers. Upon becoming Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Fritsch’s annual base salary was set at $403,500. For 2004, Mr. Fritsch earned total base salary of $380,085, which included six months of service as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Fritsch earned a bonus of $302,104 in 2004, which was equal to 75% of his annual base salary as Chief Executive Officer. In addition, during 2004, Mr. Fritsch was granted long-term incentive compensation consisting of shares of restricted stock valued at $485,831 on the date of grant, which vest 50% on the third anniversary and 50% on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant. Finally, Mr. Fritsch received 171,775 stock options during 2004 at an exercise price of $26.15, which was the fair market value of Common Stock on the date of grant. Mr. Fritsch was also eligible to participate in the 1999 Shareholder Value Plan; however, no payouts were made to Mr. Fritsch under this plan in 2004.

 

The committee believes that the total compensation received by each of Messrs. Gibson and Fritsch during 2004 were reasonable, not excessive and consistent with the pay practices of public equity REITs that have revenues comparable to us.

 

Compensation Changes in 2005. For 2005, the annual incentive bonus program will operate similarly as in 2004, except that the following four performance criteria will be used for 2005, all of which are weighted equally: average occupancy rates relative to budgeted rates; net operating income relative to budgeted amounts; average payback on leases relative to a fixed goal; and average lease term relative to a fixed goal. These criteria provide an objective basis for the committee to determine bonuses for division level and corporate level executive officers. Notwithstanding the foregoing criteria, the committee has retained the authority to pay bonuses at its discretion.

 

Effective for 2005, options that are issued to executive officers under the Stock Option Plan will continue to vest ratably over a four-year period, but the option term will be seven years instead of 10 years. The value of such options as of the date of grant will be calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The exercise price

 

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per share for such options will be based on the average of the daily closing prices for Common stock over the 10-day period preceding the date of grant, rather than the closing price for Common Stock on the date immediately preceding the date of grant.

 

We have also prospectively replaced the 1999 Shareholder Value Plan for years beginning in 2005 with a performance-based restricted stock plan under which all or a portion of additional grants of restricted stock will vest if our total shareholder returns exceed the average total returns of a selected group of peer companies over a three-year period. If our performance is not at least 100% of the peer group index, none of the restricted stock will vest at the end of the three-year period. To the extent performance equals or exceeds the peer group, the portion of issued shares that vest can range from 50% to 100%, and for exceptional levels of performance, additional shares can be granted at the end of the three year period up to 100% of the original restricted stock that was issued. These additional shares, if any, would be fully vested when issued. A new three-year plan cycle begins each year under the program. Effective for 2005, shares of time-based restricted stock that are issued to executive officers under the Stock Option Plan will vest one-third on the third anniversary, one-third on the fourth anniversary and one-third on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant.

 

In addition to time-based restricted stock, a portion of the restricted stock issued to executive officers in 2005 will be subject to Company-wide performance-based criteria. For 2005, the performance-based criteria is based on whether or not we meet or exceed operating goals established under our Strategic Management Plan for the four following areas relative to established goals by the end of 2007: average occupancy rates; long-term debt plus preferred equity as a percentage of total assets; fixed charge coverage ratio; and ratio of dividends to cash available for distribution.

 

To the extent performance equals or exceeds the threshold performance goals, the portion of issued shares of restricted stock that vest can range from 50% to 100%, and for exceptional levels of performance, additional shares can be granted at the end of the three year period up to 50% of the original restricted shares that were issued. These additional shares, if any, would be fully vested when issued.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing criteria, the committee has retained the authority to issue long-term incentive awards at its discretion.

 

Compensation and Governance Committee

 

William E. Graham, Jr.*

  L. Glenn Orr, Jr. (chair)   O. Temple Sloan, Jr.

 


* Mr. Graham retired from the Board of Directors effective December 31, 2005.

 

Compensation of Directors

 

The Company pays directors who are not employees fees for their services as directors. During 2004, independent directors received annual compensation of $23,000 plus a fee of $1,250 (plus out-of-pocket expenses) for attendance in person at each meeting of the Board of Directors, $500 for each committee meeting attended, $250 for each telephone meeting of the Board of Directors and between $250 and $400 for each telephone meeting of a committee. In addition, independent directors on the investment committee each received an additional annual retainer of $12,000 and between $500 and $1,000 per day for property visits in 2004 and the chairman of the audit committee received an additional annual retainer of $10,000 and $1,000 per day for non-scheduled audit committee activities.

 

In addition, each person serving as an independent director on February 3, 2004 received 500 shares of restricted stock under the Stock Option Plan. Mr. Sloan, who serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors, received an additional 750 shares of restricted stock. The restricted stock awards vest 25% on each anniversary of the date of grant. Dividends are paid on all restricted stock awards at the same rate and on the same date as on shares of Common Stock.

 

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Stock Option Plan. At the end of each calendar quarter, any director that elects to defer fees in such a manner is credited with units of phantom stock at a 15% discount or with stock options. Dividends on the phantom units are assumed to be issued in additional units of phantom stock at a 15% discount.

 

In order to ensure the continued recruitment and retention of qualified board members and reduce the administrative burden of calculating and documenting independent director compensation, the compensation and governance committee has approved certain changes with respect to independent director compensation after conducting an internal review of the director compensation practices of the Company’s public REIT competitors. Effective after the regularly scheduled Board meeting on January 25, 2005, independent directors now receive annual compensation of $35,000, but no longer receive additional fees for attendance at meetings or participation in conference calls of the Board of Directors or its committees. Members of the audit, executive and compensation and governance committees now receive additional annual retainers of $5,000 for each committee, except that the chairman of the compensation and governance committee receives $10,000 and the chairman of the audit committee receives $20,000. Independent directors on the investment committee now receive an additional annual retainer of $12,000 and $500 per day for property visits. The annual restricted stock award for each independent director has also been increased by 250 shares to 750 shares. No changes have been made with respect to the eligibility of independent directors to receive awards under the Stock Option Plan, including restricted stock awards, nor with respect to the option for independent directors to defer a portion of their retainer and meeting fees for investment in stock options under the Stock Option Plan. However, directors will no longer be able to defer fees for phantom stock after December 31, 2005.

 

Officers of the Company who are directors are not paid any director fees.

 

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock as of December 31, 2004 for each person or group known to us to be holding more than 5% of the Common Stock, each director, each Named Executive Officer and the Company’s directors and executive officers as a group. The number of shares shown represents the number of shares of Common Stock the person “beneficially owns,” as determined by the rules of the SEC, including the number of shares that may be issued upon redemption of Common Units.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner


   Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned


   Percent of All
Shares (1)


 

O. Temple Sloan, Jr. (2)

   604,623    1.11 %

Edward J. Fritsch (3)

   571,389    1.05 %

Ronald P. Gibson (4)

   1,269,367    2.31 %

Michael E. Harris (5)

   237,185    *  

Gene H. Anderson (6)

   999,142    1.83 %

Mack D. Pridgen, III (7)

   350,793    *  

Terry L. Stevens (8)

   34,058    *  

Thomas W. Adler (9)

   110,164    *  

Kay N. Callison (10)

   606,821    1.13 %

William E. Graham, Jr. (11)

   45,052    *  

Lawrence S. Kaplan (12)

   22,244    *  

Sherry A. Kellett

   —      —    

L. Glenn Orr, Jr. (13)

   41,541    *  

Willard H. Smith Jr. (14)

   41,086    *  

John L. Turner (15)

   545,550    1.00 %

F. William Vandiver, Jr (16)

   7,000    *  

AEW Capital Management, L.P. (17)

   2,693,800    5.01 %

Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. (18)

   4,126,125    7.67 %

Deutsche Bank AG and its affiliates (19)

   6,797,649    12.63 %

All executive officers and directors as a group (19 persons)

   5,760,474    9.88 %

* Less than 1%

 

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(1) The total number of shares outstanding used in calculating this percentage assumes that no Common Units, stock options or warrants held by other persons are exchanged for shares of Common Stock.
(2) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 228,059 shares issuable upon exercise of options and 261,635 shares issuable upon redemption of Common Units.
(3) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 479,814 shares issuable upon exercise of options and 9,344 shares issuable upon redemption of Common Units.
(4) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 1,055,500 shares issuable upon exercise of options and 50,241 shares issuable upon redemption of Common Units.
(5) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 206,643 shares issuable upon exercise of options.
(6) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 115,702 shares issuable upon exercise of options and 785,326 shares issuable upon redemption of Common Units.
(7) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 310,980 shares issuable upon exercise of options.
(8) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 12,849 shares issuable upon exercise of options.
(9) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 89,829 shares issuable upon exercise of options.
(10) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 26,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options. Ms. Callison disclaims beneficial ownership of 37,636 shares held in trust for the benefit of her child for which her spouse is trustee and for which she has no voting or investment power. Ms. Callison also disclaims beneficial ownership of 40,000 shares held in trust for the benefit of her husband for which she has no voting or investment power.
(11) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 40,830 shares issuable upon exercise of options. Mr. Graham retired from the Board of Directors effective December 31, 2005.
(12) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 17,228 shares issuable upon exercise of options. The number of shares beneficially owned includes 1,000 shares held in trust for the benefit of his child for which Mr. Kaplan has investment making power. Mr. Kaplan’s spouse is the trustee and Mr. Kaplan disclaims beneficial ownership of those shares.
(13) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 36,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options.
(14) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 36,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options. Mr. Smith retired from the Board of Directors effective December 31, 2005.
(15) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 116,857 shares issuable upon exercise of options, 35,000 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants and 381,000 shares issuable upon redemption of Common Units. Mr. Turner retired from the Board of Directors effective December 31, 2005.
(16) Number of shares beneficially owned includes 5,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options.
(17) AEW Capital Management, L.P. is located at World Trade Center East, Two Seaport Lane, Boston, MA 02110-2021. Information obtained from Schedule 13G filed with the SEC.
(18) Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. is located at 757 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017. Information obtained from Schedule 13G filed with the SEC.
(19) Deutsche Bank AG is located at Taunusanlage 12, D-60325, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany. Information obtained from Schedule 13G filed with the SEC.

 

The following table provides information as of December 31, 2004 with respect to the shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Company’s existing equity compensation plans:

 

Plan Category


   Number of Securities to
be Issued Upon Exercise
of Outstanding Options


   Weighted Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options


   Number of Securities Remaining
Available for Future Issuance
Under Equity Compensation Plans


Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Stockholders (1)

   4,632,691    $ 24.51    2,531,330

Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Stockholders (2)

   —        —      211,150

(1) Consists of the Stock Option Plan, under which the compensation and governance committee may grant stock options, phantom stock, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock to our employees, officers and directors.
(2) Consists of the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, under which all eligible employees have the option to defer a portion of their base salary at the end of each quarter to acquire shares of Common Stock at a 15% discount.

 

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

We have previously reported that we have had a contract to acquire development land in the Bluegrass Valley office development project from GAPI, Inc., a corporation controlled by Gene H. Anderson, an executive officer and director of the Company. Under the terms of the contract, the development land is to be purchased in phases, and the purchase price for each phase or parcel is settled for in cash and/or Common Units. The price for the various parcels is based on an initial value for each parcel, adjusted for an interest factor, currently 6.88% per annum, applied up to the closing date and also for changes in the value of the Common Units. On January 17, 2003, the Company acquired an additional 23.5 acres of this land from GAPI, Inc. for 85,520 shares of Common Stock and $384,000 in cash for total consideration of $2.3 million. In May 2003, 4.0 acres of the remaining acres not yet acquired by us was taken by the Georgia Department of Transportation to develop a roadway interchange for consideration of $1.8 million. The Department of Transportation took possession and title of the property in June 2003. As part of the terms of the contract between us and GAPI, Inc., we were entitled to and received in 2003 the $1.8 million proceeds from the condemnation. In July 2003, we appealed the condemnation and are currently seeking additional payment from the state; the recognition of any gain has been deferred pending resolution of the appeal process. In April 2005, we acquired for cash an additional 12.1 acres of the Bluegrass Valley land from GAPI, Inc. and also settled for cash the final purchase price with GAPI, Inc. on the 4.0 acres that were taken by the Georgia Department of Transportation, which aggregated approximately $2.7 million. In August 2005, we acquired 12.7 acres, representing the last parcel of land to be acquired, for cash aggregating $3.2 million. We believe that the purchase price with respect to each land parcel was at or below market value. These transactions were unanimously approved by the full Board of Directors with Mr. Anderson abstaining from the vote.

 

We entered into a series of agreements in January and February 2005, pursuant to which we, through a third party broker, sold on February 28, 2005 and April 15, 2005, three non-core industrial buildings in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Mr. Turner and certain of his affiliates in exchange for a gross sales price of approximately $27.0 million, of which $20.3 million was paid in cash and the remainder from the surrender of 256,508 Common Units. We recorded a gain of approximately $4.8 million upon the closing of these sales. Mr. Turner retired from the Board of Directors effective December 31, 2005. We believe that the purchase price paid for these assets by Mr. Turner and his affiliates was equal to their fair market value. The sales were approved by the Board of Directors with Mr. Turner not being present to discuss or vote on the matter.

 

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

Principal Accountant Fees

 

Aggregate fees for professional services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP for the Company and its subsidiaries for the 2004 and 2003 fiscal years were as follows:

 

     2004

   2003

Audit Fees (1)

   $ 7,068,541    $ 486,720

Audit Related Fees (2)

   $ 91,986    $ 154,006

Tax Fees (3)

   $ 33,358    $ 26,506

All Other Fees (4)

   $ —      $ 71,059

(1) In 2004, audit fees consisted of fees related to audits of (a) the restated historical financial statements included in our amended 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K, (b) the historical financial statements included in this Annual Report, including the restated 2002 and 2003 financial statements, and (c) the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and management’s assessment of such control included in the Company’s 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(2) Audit-related services generally include 401(k) audits, accounting analysis of business acquisitions and dispositions, accounting consultations and SEC filings.
(3) Tax services generally include tax compliance, tax planning, tax advice and joint venture tax return review.
(4) In 2003, a $71,059 fee was paid related to payment of an agreed upon percentage of a refund resulting from an IRS interest netting study.

 

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Pre-Approval Policies

 

The Company’s audit committee has adopted a policy requiring the pre-approval of all fees paid to our independent auditor. All fees paid to our independent auditor for services rendered during 2004 were pre-approved in accordance with the committee’s policies. Before an independent auditor is engaged to render any service, the proposed services must either be specifically pre-approved by the audit committee or such services must fall within a category of services that are pre-approved by the audit committee without specific case-by-case consideration.

 

The audit committee pre-approved without specific case-by-case consideration the provision by the independent auditor of the following services relating to the Company and its subsidiaries during or with respect to 2005:

 

    Services associated with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings (e.g. consents) and assisting in responding to SEC comment letters in an amount not to exceed $190,000;

 

    Services required in connection with capital transactions (including comfort letters) in an amount not to exceed $30,000;

 

    Due diligence services related to property acquisitions and dispositions (including title-holding entity due diligence) in an amount not to exceed $30,000;

 

    Financial statement audits of property acquisitions if and when Rule 3-14 threshold requirements are met in an amount not to exceed $30,000;

 

    Consultations with our management as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and/or the actual or potential impact of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, FASB, PCAOB or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies in an amount not to exceed $80,000;

 

    Review of federal, state, local, franchise and other tax returns in an amount not to exceed $25,000;

 

    Federal, state, local, franchise and other tax services, including consulting services, other than advocacy-related services such as representation before any taxing or judicial authority with respect to returns under examination or to obtain rulings in advance of proposed transactions, in an amount not to exceed $75,000; and

 

    Review of joint venture tax returns in an amount not to exceed $12,600.

 

The audit committee pre-approved without specific case-by-case consideration the provision by the independent auditor of the following services relating to the Company and its subsidiaries during or with respect to the first four months of 2006:

 

    Services associated with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings (e.g. consents) and assisting in responding to SEC comment letters in an amount not to exceed $37,500;

 

    Due diligence services related to property acquisitions and dispositions (including title-holding entity due diligence) in an amount not to exceed $7,000;

 

    Financial statement audits of property acquisitions if and when Rule 3-14 threshold requirements are met in an amount not to exceed $7,000;

 

    Consultations with our management as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and/or the actual or potential impact of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, FASB, PCAOB or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies in an amount not to exceed $30,000; and

 

    Federal, state, local, franchise and other tax services, including consulting services, other than advocacy-related services such as representation before any taxing or judicial authority with respect to returns under examination or to obtain rulings in advance of proposed transactions, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.

 

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Any services in excess of these pre-approved amounts, or any services not described above, require the pre-approval of the audit committee chair, with a review by the audit committee at its next scheduled meeting.

 

The audit committee has determined that the rendering of the non-audit services by Ernst & Young LLP has been compatible with maintaining the auditor’s independence.

 

The audit committee discussed with our internal and independent auditors the overall scope and plans for their respective audits.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

(a) List of Documents Filed as a Part of this Report

 

  1. Consolidated Financial Statements, Consolidated Financial Statement Schedules and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on the Consolidated Financial Statements. See Index on Page F-1

 

  2. Financial Statement Schedules (see above)

 

  3. Exhibits

 

Ex.

  

Description


3.1    Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (filed as part of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 25, 1997 and amended by articles supplementary filed as part of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 4, 1997 and articles supplementary filed as part of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 20, 1998)
3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
4.1    Indenture among the Operating Partnership, the Company and First Union National Bank of North Carolina dated as of December 1, 1996 (filed as part of the Operating Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 2, 1996)
4.2    Rights Agreement, dated as of October 6, 1997, between the Company and First Union National Bank, as rights agent (filed as part of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 4, 1997)
4.3    Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 7, 2003, to the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 7, 1997, between the Company and Wachovia Bank, N.A., as rights agent (filed as part of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003)
10.1    Second Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of January 1, 2000, of the Operating Partnership (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
10.2    Amendment No. 1, dated as of July 22, 2004, to the Second Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of January 1, 2000, of the Operating Partnership (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
10.3    Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Option Plan (filed as part of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002)
10.4    Form of Executive Supplemental Employment Agreement between the Company and Named Executive Officers (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998)
10.5    Form of warrants to purchase Common Stock of the Company issued to former shareholders of Associated Capital Properties, Inc. (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997)
10.6    1999 Shareholder Value Plan (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999)
10.7    2005 Shareholder Value Plan (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
10.8    Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among the Operating Partnership, the Company, the Subsidiaries named therein and the Lenders named therein, dated as of July 17, 2003 (filed as part of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003)

 

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10.9    First Amendment to Credit Agreement among the Operating Partnership, the Company, the Subsidiaries named therein and the Lenders named therein, dated as of March 29, 2004 (filed as part of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004)
10.10    Second Amendment to Credit Agreement among the Operating Partnership, the Company, the Subsidiaries named therein and the Lenders named therein, dated as of June 10, 2004 (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
10.11    Third Amendment to Credit Agreement among the Operating Partnership, the Company, the Subsidiaries named therein and the Lenders named therein, executed in August 2004 and effective June 30, 2004 (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
10.12    Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement among the Operating Partnership, the Company, the Subsidiaries named therein and the Lenders named therein, dated as of November 1, 2005 (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
10.13    Agreement between the Operating Partnership and G-T Gateway, LLC, effective as of February 11, 2005 (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
10.14    Agreement among Winston-Salem Industrial, LLC, the Operating Partnership and G-T Gateway, LLC, effective as of January 28, 2005 (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
10.15    Agreement among the Operating Partnership, John L. Turner and Robert Goldman, effective as of January 28, 2005 (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
10.16    Agreement among the Operating Partnership, John L. Turner, Robert Goldman and Henry P. Royster, Jr., effective as of February 11, 2005 (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
21    Schedule of subsidiaries of the Company (filed as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
31.1    Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
31.2    Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
32.1    Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
32.2    Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Raleigh, State of North Carolina, on February 17, 2006.

 

HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By:

  Highwoods Properties, Inc., in its capacity as general partner (the “General Partner”)

By:

 

/s/ EDWARD J. FRITSCH


   

Edward J. Fritsch

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacity and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ O. Temple Sloan, Jr.


O. Temple Sloan, Jr.

  

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Partner

  February 17, 2006

/s/ Edward J. Fritsch


Edward J. Fritsch

  

President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of the General Partner

  February 17, 2006

/s/ Gene H. Anderson


Gene H. Anderson

  

Senior Vice President and Director of the General Partner

  February 17, 2006

/s/ Thomas W. Adler


Thomas W. Adler

  

Director of the General Partner

  February 17, 2006

/s/ Kay N. Callison


Kay N. Callison

  

Director of the General Partner

  February 17, 2006

/s/ Ronald P. Gibson


Ronald P. Gibson

  

Director of the General Partner

  February 17, 2006

/s/ Lawrence S. Kaplan


Lawrence S. Kaplan

  

Director of the General Partner

  February 17, 2006

/s/ Sherry A. Kellett


Sherry A. Kellett

  

Director of the General Partner

  February 17, 2006

/s/ L. Glenn Orr, Jr.


L. Glenn Orr, Jr.

  

Director of the General Partner

  February 17, 2006

/s/ F. William Vandiver, Jr.


F. William Vandiver, Jr.

  

Director of the General Partner

  February 17, 2006

/s/ Terry L. Stevens


Terry L. Stevens

  

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of the General Partner

  February 17, 2006

 

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

    

Page


Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership

    

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Financial Statements:

    

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2004 and 2003

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Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

   F-4

Consolidated Statements of Partners’ Capital for the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

   F-5

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   F-8

Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

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Schedule III – Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation

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The Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003 and for the first, second and third quarters of 2004 have been restated, as described in Notes 19 and 20.

 

All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or because the required information is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements or notes thereto.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Directors of the General Partner of Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership (a majority-owned subsidiary of Highwoods Properties, Inc.) as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, partners’ capital, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004. Our audits also included the financial statement schedules listed in the index at Item 15(a). These financial statements and schedules are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedules based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership at December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

 

As discussed in Notes 1 and 19 to the consolidated financial statements, the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, partners’ capital and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2003 have been restated.

 

    /S/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Raleigh, North Carolina    

December 16, 2005

except for Note 4, as to which the date is

   
January 23, 2006    

 

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HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

($ in thousands, except per unit amounts)

 

     December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

 
           (restated)  
Assets:                 

Real estate assets, at cost:

                

Land and improvements

   $ 412,883     $ 440,736  

Buildings and tenant improvements

     2,897,462       3,073,325  

Development in process

     26,371       9,240  

Land held for development

     180,069       181,083  

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

     22,398       22,119  
    


 


       3,539,183       3,726,503  

Less – accumulated depreciation

     (598,130 )     (542,226 )
    


 


Net real estate assets

     2,941,053       3,184,277  

Property held for sale

     33,411       70,014  

Cash and cash equivalents

     24,000       21,474  

Restricted cash

     3,875       4,457  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,171 and $1,235, respectively

     15,372       15,410  

Notes receivable

     8,393       8,751  

Accrued straight-line rents receivable, net of allowance of

                

$1,422 and $0, respectively

     61,353       59,378  

Investments in unconsolidated affiliates

     69,319       57,399  

Other assets:

                

Deferred leasing costs

     110,881       101,266  

Deferred financing costs

     16,686       19,286  

Prepaid expenses and other

     10,191       8,876  
    


 


       137,758       129,428  

Less – accumulated amortization

     (62,472 )     (52,925 )
    


 


Other assets, net

     75,286       76,503  
    


 


Total Assets

   $ 3,232,062     $ 3,497,663  
    


 


Liabilities, Redeemable Operating Partnership Units and Partners’ Capital:                 

Mortgages and notes payable

   $ 1,572,574     $ 1,709,274  

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

     119,606       105,002  

Financing obligations

     65,309       125,777  
    


 


Total Liabilities

     1,757,489       1,940,053  

Redeemable operating partnership units:

                

Common Units, 6,101,744 and 6,202,640 outstanding at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively

     169,018       157,547  

Series A Preferred Units (liquidation preference $1,000 per unit), 104,945 outstanding at December 31, 2004 and 2003

     104,945       104,945  

Series B Preferred Units (liquidation preference $25 per unit), 6,900,000 outstanding at December 31, 2004 and 2003

     172,500       172,500  

Series D Preferred Units (liquidation preference $250 per unit), 400,000 outstanding at December 31, 2004 and 2003

     100,000       100,000  

Partners’ Capital:

                

Common Units:

                

General partner Common Units, 595,064 and 592,682 outstanding at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively

     9,352       10,308  

Limited partner Common Units, 52,809,549 and 52,472,912 outstanding at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively

     925,683       1,020,429  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (2,814 )     (3,650 )

Deferred compensation – restricted units

     (4,111 )     (4,469 )
    


 


Total Redeemable Operating Partnership Units and Partners’ Capital

     1,474,573       1,557,610  
    


 


Total Liabilities, Redeemable Operating Partnership Units and Partners’ Capital

   $ 3,232,062     $ 3,497,663  
    


 


See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Income

 

($ in thousands, except per unit amounts)

 

For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

 

     2004

    2003

    2002

 
           (restated)     (restated)  

Rental and other revenues

   $ 464,476     $ 492,259     $ 510,317  
Operating expenses:                         

Rental property and other expenses

     167,731       172,323       165,419  

Depreciation and amortization

     132,386       139,071       136,448  

Impairment of assets held for use

     1,270       —         9,919  

General and administrative

     41,692       26,118       29,909  
    


 


 


Total operating expenses

     343,079       337,512       341,695  
    


 


 


Interest expense:

                        

Contractual

     106,031       119,256       119,991  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     3,698       4,398       3,647  

Financing obligations

     10,123       17,811       12,604  
    


 


 


       119,852       141,465       136,242  

Other income/(expense):

                        

Interest and other income

     6,000       5,292       8,871  

Settlement of bankruptcy claim

     14,435       —         —    

Loss on debt extinguishments

     (12,457 )     (14,653 )     (360 )

Gain on extinguishment of co-venture obligation

     —         16,301       —    
    


 


 


       7,978       6,940       8,511  
    


 


 


Income before disposition of property, co-venture expense and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

     9,523       20,222       40,891  

Gains and impairments on disposition of property, net

     21,636       9,552       22,775  

Co-venture expense

     —         (4,588 )     (7,730 )

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

     7,016       4,488       5,064  
    


 


 


Income from continuing operations

     38,175       29,674       61,000  

Discontinued operations:

                        

Income from discontinued operations

     1,683       3,717       13,192  

Net gains on sale and impairments of discontinued operations

     3,106       8,858       13,134  
    


 


 


       4,789       12,575       26,326  
    


 


 


Net income

     42,964       42,249       87,326  

Distributions on preferred units

     (30,852 )     (30,852 )     (30,852 )
    


 


 


Net income available for common unitholders

   $ 12,112     $ 11,397     $ 56,474  
    


 


 


Net income per common unit – basic:

                        

Income from continuing operations

   $ 0.13     $ (0.02 )   $ 0.51  

Income from discontinued operations

     0.08       0.21       0.44  
    


 


 


Net income

   $ 0.21     $ 0.19     $ 0.95  
    


 


 


Weighted average common units outstanding - basic

     59,056       59,166       59,711  
    


 


 


Net income per common unit – diluted:

                        

Income from continuing operations

   $ 0.12     $ (0.02 )   $ 0.50  

Income from discontinued operations

     0.08       0.21       0.44  
    


 


 


Net income

   $ 0.20     $ 0.19     $ 0.94  
    


 


 


Weighted average common units outstanding -diluted

     59,616       59,502       60,153  
    


 


 


Distributions declared per common unit

     1.70       1.86       2.34  
    


 


 


 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Partners’ Capital

 

($ in thousands)

 

For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

 

     Common Unit

                   
     General
Partners’
Capital


    Limited
Partners’
Capital


    Deferred
Compensation


    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss


    Total
Partners’
Capital


 

Balance at December 31, 2001

   $ 12,204     $ 1,208,329     $ (4,190 )   $ (9,441 )   $ 1,206,902  

Restated amounts

     (299 )     (29,769 )     —         —         (30,068 )
    


 


 


 


 


Restated Balance at December 31, 2001

     11,905       1,178,560       (4,190 )     (9,441 )     1,176,834  

Issuance of Common Units

     58       5,707       —         —         5,765  

Redemption of Common Units

     (32 )     (3,202 )     —         —         (3,234 )

Retirement of treasury units

     (11 )     (1,163 )     —         —         (1,174 )

Distributions paid on Common Units

     (1,402 )     (138,817 )     —         —         (140,219 )

Distributions paid on Preferred Units

     (308 )     (30,544 )     —         —         (30,852 )

Net income, as restated

     874       86,452       —         —         87,326  

Adjustment of Redeemable Common Units to fair value and contributions/distributions from/to the General Partner

     366       36,402       —         —         36,768  

Other comprehensive income

     —         —         —         237       237  

Issuance of deferred compensation

     13       1,333       (1,346 )     —         —    

Repurchase of Common Units

     (12 )     (1,162 )     —         —         (1,174 )

Amortization of deferred compensation

     —         —         1,501       —         1,501  
    


 


 


 


 


Restated Balance at December 31, 2002

     11,451       1,133,566       (4,035 )     (9,204 )     1,131,778  

Issuance of Common Units

     20       1,956       —         —         1,976  

Redemption of Common Units

     (98 )     (9,697 )     —         —         (9,795 )

Distributions paid on Common Units

     (1,110 )     (109,934 )     —         —         (111,044 )

Distributions paid on Preferred Units

     (309 )     (30,543 )     —         —         (30,852 )

Net income, as restated

     422       41,827       —         —         42,249  

Adjustment of Redeemable Common Units to fair value and contributions/distributions from/to the General Partner

     (11 )     (1,164 )     —         —         (1,175 )

Other comprehensive income

     —         —         —         5,554       5,554  

Issuance of deferred compensation

     36       3,602       (3,638 )     —         —    

Repurchase of Common Units

     (93 )     (9,184 )     —         —         (9,277 )

Amortization of deferred compensation

     —         —         3,204       —         3,204  
    


 


 


 


 


Restated Balance at December 31, 2003

     10,308       1,020,429       (4,469 )     (3,650 )     1,022,618  

Issuance of Common Units

     33       3,239       —         —         3,272  

Redemption of Common Units

     (12 )     (1,153 )     —         —         (1,165 )

Distributions paid on Common Units

     (1,009 )     (99,939 )     —         —         (100,948 )

Distributions paid on Preferred Units

     (309 )     (30,543 )     —         —         (30,852 )

Net income

     430       42,534       —         —         42,964  

Adjustment of Redeemable Common Units to fair value and contributions/distributions from/to the General Partner

     (130 )     (12,906 )     —         —         (13,036 )

Other comprehensive income

     —         —         —         836       836  

Issuance of deferred compensation

     28       2,779       (2,807 )     —         —    

Fair market value of options granted

     13       1,243       (1,256 )     —         —    

Amortization of deferred compensation

     —         —         4,421       —         4,421  
    


 


 


 


 


Balance at December 31, 2004

   $ 9,352     $ 925,683     $ (4,111 )   $ (2,814 )   $ 928,110  
    


 


 


 


 


 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

 

     2004

    2003

    2002

 
           (restated)     (restated)  

Operating activities:

                        

Income from continuing operations

   $ 38,175     $ 29,674     $ 61,000  

Adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities:

                        

Depreciation

     115,838       121,972       119,401  

Amortization of lease commissions

     16,548       17,099       17,047  

Amortization of lease incentives

     966       796       551  

Impairment of assets held for use

     1,270       —         9,919  

Amortization of deferred compensation

     4,421       3,204       1,501  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     3,698       4,398       3,647  

Amortization of accumulated other comprehensive loss

     757       1,688       1,543  

Loss on debt extinguishments

     12,457       14,653       360  

Gain on extinguishment of co-venture obligation

     —         (16,301 )     —    

Gains and impairments on disposition of property, net

     (21,636 )     (9,552 )     (22,775 )

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

     (7,016 )     (4,488 )     (5,064 )

Discontinued operations

     3,951       8,034       22,218  

Change in financing obligations

     2,719       3,720       4,291  

Change in co-venture obligation

     —         (987 )     3,029  

Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated affiliates

     6,410       4,320       5,612  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

                        

Accounts receivable, net

     38       943       9,966  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     184       9,130       (8,191 )

Accrued straight-line rents receivable

     (7,401 )     (8,840 )     (5,141 )

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

     733       (11,970 )     (622 )
    


 


 


Net cash provided by operating activities

     172,112       167,493       218,292  
    


 


 


Investing activities:

                        

Additions to real estate assets and deferred leasing costs

     (134,791 )     (139,201 )     (135,242 )

Proceeds from disposition of real estate assets

     174,132       225,464       235,399  

Repayments from unconsolidated affiliates

     —         —         788  

Distributions of capital from unconsolidated affiliates

     9,018       2,848       3,232  

Net repayments in notes receivable

     1,413       505       2,955  

Contributions to unconsolidated affiliates

     (9,866 )     —         —    

Other investing activities

     362       (1,997 )     2,311  
    


 


 


Net cash provided by investing activities

     40,268       87,619       109,443  
    


 


 


Financing activities:

                        

Distributions paid on common units

     (100,948 )     (111,044 )     (140,219 )

Settlement of interest rate swap agreement

     —         3,866       —    

Distributions paid on preferred units

     (30,852 )     (30,852 )     (30,852 )

Net proceeds from the sale of common units

     3,272       1,976       5,573  

Repurchase of common units

     (1,165 )     (19,072 )     (4,408 )

Borrowings on revolving loans

     403,500       276,500       198,500  

Repayment of revolving loans

     (279,500 )     (267,500 )     (362,000 )

Borrowings on mortgages and notes payable

     15,490       247,500       74,537  

Repayment of mortgages and notes payable

     (140,375 )     (302,103 )     (94,794 )

Borrowings on financing obligations

     —         —         41,226  

Payments on financing obligations

     (63,187 )     (609 )     (538 )

Payments on co-venture obligation

     —         (26,223 )     —    

Payments on debt extinguishments

     (12,457 )     (16,282 )     (378 )

Additions to deferred financing costs and other financing activities

     (3,632 )     (5,304 )     (2,265 )
    


 


 


Net cash used in financing activities

     (209,854 )     (249,147 )     (315,618 )
    


 


 


Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     2,526       5,965       12,117  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year

     21,474       15,509       3,392  
    


 


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year

   $ 24,000     $ 21,474     $ 15,509  
    


 


 


 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Continued

 

($ in thousands)

 

For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

 

     2004

   2003

   2002

          (restated)    (restated)

Cash paid for interest

   $ 107,321    $ 123,734    $ 126,355
    

  

  

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

The following table summarizes the net assets contributed by the holders of Common Units in the Operating Partnership (other than the Company), the net assets acquired/disposed subject to mortgage notes payable and other non-cash transactions:

 

     2004

    2003

    2002

 
           (restated)     (restated)  

Assets:

                        

Net real estate assets

   $ (147,202 )   $ 4,219     $ 29,960  

Cash and cash equivalents

     —         —         353  

Accounts receivable

     —         (1,797 )     139  

Notes receivable

     1,055       2,483       447  

Investment in unconsolidated affiliates

     11,131       4,377       75  

Deferred leasing costs

     260       (156 )     (513 )

Prepaid and other

     (104 )     855       —    

Accumulated amortization

     —         13       31  
    


 


 


     $ (134,860 )   $ 9,994     $ 30,492  
    


 


 


Liabilities:

                        

Mortgages and notes payable

   $ (135,815 )   $ —       $ 23,366  

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

     955       6,792       6,934  
    


 


 


     $ (134,860 )   $ 6,792     $ 30,300  
    


 


 


Partners’ Capital:

   $ —       $ 3,202     $ 192  
    


 


 


 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

December 31, 2004 and 2003

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Description of the Operating Partnership

 

Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership, together with its consolidated subsidiaries (the “Operating Partnership”), is managed by its sole general partner, Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), a fully-integrated, self-administered and self-managed equity real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that operates in the southeastern and midwestern United States. As of December 31, 2004, the Operating Partnership’s wholly owned assets included: 444 in-service office, industrial and retail properties; 125 apartment units; 1,115 acres of undeveloped land suitable for future development; and an additional four properties under development.

 

The Company conducts substantially all of its activities through, and substantially all of its interests in the properties are held directly or indirectly by the Operating Partnership. The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. At December 31, 2004, the Company owned 100.0% of the preferred partnership interests (“Preferred Units”) and 89.8% of the common partnership interests (“Common Units”) in the Operating Partnership. Limited partners (including certain officers and directors of the Company) own the remaining Common Units. Each Common Unit not owned by the Company (“Redeemable Common Units”) is redeemable for the cash value of one share of the Company’s common stock $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), or, at the Company’s option, one share of Common Stock. In 2004, the Company redeemed in cash from limited partners 46,588 Common Units and converted 54,308 Common Units to shares of Common Stock, which increased the percentage of Common Units owned by the Company from 89.5% at December 31, 2003 to 89.8% at December 31, 2004. The three series of Preferred Units in the Operating Partnership as of December 31, 2004 were issued to the Company in connection with the Company’s three preferred stock offerings in 1997 and 1998 (the “Preferred Stock”). The net proceeds raised from each of the three Preferred Stock issuances were contributed by the Company to the Operating Partnership in exchange for the Preferred Units. The terms of each series of Preferred Units generally parallel the terms of the respective Preferred Stock as more fully described in Note 9.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Operating Partnership include its wholly owned subsidiaries and those subsidiaries in which the Operating Partnership owns a majority voting interest with the ability to control operations of the subsidiaries and where no approval, veto or other important rights have been granted to the minority stockholders. In accordance with Statement of Position 78-9, “Accounting for Investments in Real Estate Ventures,” the Operating Partnership consolidates partnerships, joint ventures and limited liability companies when the Operating Partnership controls the major operating and financial policies of the entity through majority ownership or in its capacity as general partner or managing member. The Operating Partnership does not consolidate entities where the other interest holders have important rights, including the right to approve decisions to encumber the entities with debt and acquire or dispose of properties. In addition, the Operating Partnership consolidates those entities, if any, where the Operating Partnership is deemed to be the primary beneficiary in a variable interest entity (as defined by FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003) “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“FIN 46”)). All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated.

 

Restated and Reclassified Financial Data

 

As more fully described in Notes 19 and 20, the Operating Partnership has restated its Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the first, second and third quarters of 2004. The restatement resulted from adjustments primarily related to the accounting for lease incentives, depreciation and amortization expense, straight-line ground lease expense on one ground lease, gain recognition on a 2003 land condemnation, land cost allocations, the write-off of undepreciated tenant improvements and commissions, capitalization of interest and internal leasing, construction and development costs on development properties, and purchase accounting for acquisitions completed from 1995 to 1998. The following provides the impact of these restatement adjustments on net income for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002:

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

     Years Ended December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    2002

 

Depreciation and amortization expense

   $ (1,305 )   $ (1,529 )   $ (1,118 )

Ground lease straight line rent expense

     (225 )     (239 )     (251 )

Gain on land condemnation

     —         (1,038 )     —    

Embedded derivatives

     (406 )     (680 )     1,299  

Allocation of land costs

     (10 )     (2,157 )     427  

Write-off of undepreciated tenant improvements and lease commissions

     3,085       (1,466 )     (889 )

Property operating cost recovery income accruals

     112       (703 )     (223 )

Internal cost capitalization (1)

     416       514       320  

Interest capitalization (1)

     1,853       1,516       —    

Purchase accounting (1)

     (625 )     (101 )     (684 )

Expenses paid by the Company on behalf of the Operating Partnership

     (717 )     (723 )     (1,524 )

Other

     (428 )     (1,564 )     (515 )
    


 


 


Total

   $ 2,606     $ (8,170 )   $ (3,238 )
    


 


 


Net income per unit – diluted

   $ 0.04     $ (0.14 )   $ (0.05 )
    


 


 



(1) The effects from these adjustments are shown net of related depreciation expense and gains or losses on sales caused by changes made to the value of real estate assets.

 

Real Estate and Related Assets

 

Real estate and related assets are recorded at cost and stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Renovations, replacements and other expenditures that improve or extend the life of an asset are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Expenditures for ordinary maintenance and repairs are charged to operating expense as incurred. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of 40 years for buildings and depreciable land infrastructure costs, 15 years for building improvements and five to seven years for furniture, fixtures and equipment. Tenant improvements are amortized over the life of the respective leases, using the straight-line method.

 

Expenditures directly related to the development and construction of real estate assets are included in net real estate assets and are stated at cost in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Operating Partnership’s capitalization policy on development properties is in accordance with SFAS No. 67, “Accounting for Costs and the Initial Rental Operations of Real Estate Properties,” SFAS No. 34, “Capitalization of Interest Costs,” and SFAS No. 58, “Capitalization of Interest Cost in Financial Statements That Include Investments Accounted for by the Equity Method.” Development expenditures include pre-construction costs essential to the development of properties, development and construction costs, interest costs, real estate taxes, salaries and related costs and other costs incurred during the period of development. Interest and other carrying costs are capitalized until the building is ready for its intended use. The Operating Partnership considers a construction project as substantially completed and held available for occupancy upon the completion of tenant improvements, but no later than one year from cessation of major construction activity. The Operating Partnership ceases capitalization on the portion substantially completed and occupied or held available for occupancy, and capitalizes only those costs associated with the portion under construction.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

Expenditures directly related to the leasing of properties are included in deferred leasing costs and are stated at cost in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Operating Partnership capitalizes initial direct costs related to its leasing efforts in accordance with SFAS No. 91, “Accounting for Nonrefundable Fees and Costs Associated with Originating or Acquiring Loans and Initial Direct Costs of Leases.” All leasing commissions paid to third parties for new leases or lease renewals are capitalized. Internal leasing costs include primarily compensation, benefits and other costs such as legal fees related to leasing activities that are incurred in connection with successfully securing leases on the properties. Capitalized leasing costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated lives of the respective leases. Estimated costs related to unsuccessful activities are expensed as incurred. If the Operating Partnership’s assumptions regarding the successful efforts of leasing are incorrect, the resulting adjustments could impact earnings.

 

Upon the acquisition of real estate, the Operating Partnership assesses the fair value of acquired tangible assets such as land, buildings and tenant improvements, intangible assets such as above and below market leases, acquired-in-place leases and other identified intangible assets and assumed liabilities in accordance with SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations.” The Operating Partnership allocates the purchase price to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities based on their relative fair values. The Operating Partnership assesses and considers fair value based on estimated cash flow projections that utilize appropriate discount and/or capitalization rates as well as available market information. The fair value of the tangible assets of an acquired property considers the value of the property as if it were vacant.

 

Above and below market leases acquired are recorded at their fair value. Fair value is calculated as the present value of the difference between (1) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to each in-place lease and (2) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for each corresponding in-place lease, using a discount rate that reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired and measured over a period equal to the remaining term of the lease for above-market leases and the initial term plus the term of any below-market fixed rate renewal options for below-market leases. The capitalized above-market lease values are amortized as a reduction of base rental revenue over the remaining term of the respective leases and the capitalized below-market lease values are amortized as an increase to base rental revenue over the remaining term of the respective leases and any below market option periods. If a tenant vacates its space prior to its contractual expiration date, any unamortized balance is adjusted through rental revenue.

 

The value of in-place leases is based on the Operating Partnership’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease. Factors considered include estimates of carrying costs during hypothetical expected lease-up periods, current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, the Operating Partnership includes real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the expected lease-up periods, depending on local market conditions. In estimating costs to execute similar leases, the Operating Partnership considers tenant improvements, leasing commissions and legal and other related expenses. The value of in-place leases is amortized to depreciation and amortization expense over the remaining term of the respective leases. If a tenant vacates its space prior to its contractual expiration date, any unamortized balance of its related intangible asset is expensed.

 

The value of a tenant relationship is based on the Operating Partnership’s overall relationship with the respective tenant. Factors considered include the tenant’s credit quality and expectations of lease renewals. The value of a tenant relationship is amortized to expense over the initial term and any renewal periods defined in the respective leases. Based on the Operating Partnership’s acquisitions since the adoption of SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142, the Operating Partnership has deemed tenant relationships to be immaterial and has not allocated any amounts to this intangible asset.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

Real estate and leasehold improvements are classified as long-lived assets held for sale or as long-lived assets to be held for use. Real estate is classified as held for sale when the criteria set forth in SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” are satisfied; this determination requires management to make estimates and assumptions, including assessing the probability that potential sales transactions may or may not occur. Actual results could differ from those assumptions. In accordance with SFAS No. 144, the Operating Partnership records assets held for sale at the lower of the carrying amount or estimated fair value. Fair value of assets held for sale is equal to the estimated or contracted sales price with a potential buyer, less costs to sell. The impairment loss is the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the estimated fair value. With respect to assets classified as held for use, if events or changes in circumstances, such as a significant decline in occupancy and change in use, indicate that the carrying value may be impaired, an impairment analysis is performed. Such analysis consists of determining whether the asset’s carrying amount will be recovered from its undiscounted estimated future operating cash flows. These cash flows are estimated based on a number of assumptions that are subject to economic and market uncertainties including, among others, demand for space, competition for tenants, changes in market rental rates and costs to operate each property. If the carrying amount of a held for use asset exceeds the sum of its undiscounted future operating and residual cash flows, an impairment loss is recorded for the difference between estimated fair value of the asset and the net carrying amount. The Operating Partnership generally estimates the fair value of assets held for use by using discounted cash flow analysis; in some instances, appraisal information may be available and is used in addition to the discounted cash flow analysis. As the factors used in generating these cash flows are difficult to predict and are subject to future events that may alter the Operating Partnership’s assumptions, the discounted and/or undiscounted future operating and residual cash flows estimated by the Operating Partnership in its impairment analyses or those established by appraisal may not be achieved and the Operating Partnership may be required to recognize future impairment losses on its properties held for sale and held for use.

 

Sales of Real Estate

 

The Operating Partnership accounts for sales of real estate in accordance with SFAS No. 66. For sales transactions meeting the requirements of SFAS No. 66 for full profit recognition, the related assets and liabilities are removed from the balance sheet and the resultant gain or loss is recorded in the period the transaction closes. For sales transactions that do not meet the criteria for full profit recognition, the Operating Partnership accounts for the transactions in accordance with the methods specified in SFAS No. 66. For sales transactions with continuing involvement after the sale, if the continuing involvement with the property is limited by the terms of the sales contract, profit is recognized at the time of sale and is reduced by the maximum exposure to loss related to the nature of the continuing involvement. Sales to entities in which the Operating Partnership has an interest are accounted for in accordance with partial sale accounting provisions as set forth in SFAS No. 66.

 

For sales transactions that do not meet sale criteria as set forth in SFAS No. 66, the Operating Partnership evaluates the nature of the continuing involvement, including put and call provisions, if present, and accounts for the transaction as a financing arrangement, profit-sharing arrangement or other alternate method of accounting rather than as a sale, based on the nature and extent of the continuing involvement. Some transactions may have numerous forms of continuing involvement. In those cases, the Operating Partnership determines which method is most appropriate based on the substance of the transaction.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

If the Operating Partnership has an obligation to repurchase the property at a higher price or at a future indeterminable value (such as fair market value), or it guarantees the return of the buyer’s investment or a return on that investment for an extended period, the Operating Partnership accounts for such transaction as a financing transaction. If the Operating Partnership has an option to repurchase the property at a higher price and it is likely it will exercise this option, the transaction is accounted for as a financing transaction. For transactions treated as financings, the Operating Partnership records the amounts received from the buyer as a financing obligation and continues to keep the property and related accounts recorded on its books. The results of operations of the property, net of expenses other than depreciation (net operating income), will be reflected as “interest expense” on the financing obligation. If the transaction includes an obligation or option to repurchase the asset at a higher price, additional interest is recorded to accrete the liability to the repurchase price. For options or obligations to repurchase the asset at fair market value at the end of each reporting period, the balance of the liability is adjusted to equal the current fair value to the extent fair value exceeds the original financing obligation. The corresponding debit or credit will be recorded to a related discount account and the revised debt discount is amortized over the expected term until termination of the option or obligation. If it is unlikely such option will be exercised, the transaction is accounted for under the deposit method or profit-sharing method. If the Operating Partnership has an obligation or option to repurchase at a lower price, the transaction is accounted for as a leasing arrangement. At such time as these repurchase obligations expire, a sale will be recorded and gain recognized.

 

If the Operating Partnership retains an interest in the buyer and provides certain rent guarantees or other forms of support where the maximum exposure to loss exceeds the gain, the Operating Partnership accounts for such transaction as a profit-sharing arrangement. For transactions treated as profit-sharing arrangements, the Operating Partnership records a profit-sharing obligation for the amount of equity contributed by the other partner and continues to keep the property and related accounts recorded on its books. The results of operations of the property, net of expenses other than depreciation (net operating income), are allocated to the other partner for their percentage interest and reflected as “co-venture expense” in the Operating Partnership’s Consolidated Financial Statements. In future periods, a sale is recorded and profit is recognized when the remaining maximum exposure to loss is reduced below the amount of gain deferred.

 

Lease Incentives

 

The Operating Partnership accounts for lease incentive costs, which are payments made to or on behalf of a tenant, as an incentive to sign the lease, in accordance with FASB Technical Bulletin (FTB) 88-1, “Issues Relating to Accounting for Leases.” These costs are capitalized in deferred leasing costs and amortized on a straight-line basis over the respective lease terms as a reduction of rental revenues.

 

Discontinued Operations

 

Properties that are sold or classified as held for sale are classified as discontinued operations in accordance with SFAS No. 144, provided that (1) the operations and cash flows of the property will be eliminated from the ongoing operations of the Operating Partnership and (2) the Operating Partnership will not have any significant continuing involvement in the operations of the property after it is sold. If the property is sold to a joint venture in which the Operating Partnership retains an interest, the property will not be accounted for as a discontinued operation due to the Operating Partnership’s ongoing interest in the operations through its joint venture interest. If the Operating Partnership is retained to provide property management, leasing and/or other services for the property owner after the sale, the property will not be accounted for as discontinued operations due to the Operating Partnership’s ongoing interest in the operations through its providing of such services. The operations of properties classified as held for sale in which the Operating Partnership could potentially provide future property management, leasing and/or other services are also not classified as discontinued operations. See Note 12 for further discussion.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

Investments in Joint Ventures

 

The Operating Partnership accounts for its investments in unconsolidated affiliates under the equity method of accounting as the Operating Partnership exercises significant influence, but does not control the major operating and financial policies of the entity regarding encumbering the entities with debt and the acquisition or disposal of properties. These investments are initially recorded at cost, as investments in unconsolidated affiliates, and are subsequently adjusted for the Operating Partnership’s share of earnings and cash contributions and distributions. To the extent the Operating Partnership’s cost basis is different than the basis reflected at the joint venture level, the basis difference is amortized over the life of the related asset and included in the Operating Partnership’s share of equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates.

 

From time to time, the Operating Partnership contributes real estate assets to a joint venture in exchange for a combination of cash and an equity interest in the venture. The Operating Partnership assesses its continuing involvement in the joint venture and accounts for the transaction according to the nature and extent of the involvement. If substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership have transferred, a gain is recognized to the extent of the third party investor’s interest and the Operating Partnership accounts for its interest in the joint venture under the equity method of accounting as an unconsolidated affiliate as described in the preceding paragraph. However, if substantially all the risks and rewards have not transferred, depending upon the nature and extent of the involvement, the transaction is accounted for as a financing or profit-sharing arrangement or other alternate method of accounting rather than as a sale under paragraph 25 through 29 of SFAS No. 66 and the assets, liabilities and operations of such joint ventures are included on the Operating Partnership’s Consolidated Financial Statements. See also “Sales of real estate” above.

 

Additionally, the joint ventures will frequently borrow money on their own behalf to finance the acquisition of, and/or leverage the return upon, the properties being acquired by the joint venture or to build or acquire additional buildings. Such borrowings are typically on a non-recourse or limited recourse basis. The Operating Partnership generally is not liable for the debts of its joint ventures, except to the extent of the Operating Partnership’s equity investment, unless the Operating Partnership has directly guaranteed any of that debt. (See Note 15 for further discussion). In most cases, the Operating Partnership and/or its joint venture partners are required to guarantee customary limited exceptions to non-recourse liability in non-recourse loans.

 

Rental and Other Revenues

 

Rental and other revenues from continuing operations consist of the following:

 

     Years Ended December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    2002

 
           (restated)     (restated)  

Contractual rents

   $ 404,870     $ 429,407     $ 451,011  

Straight-line rental income, net

     7,369       8,512       5,576  

Lease incentive amortization

     (966 )     (796 )     (551 )

Property operating cost recovery income

     36,672       39,854       44,223  

Lease termination fees

     3,939       6,091       4,158  

Fee income

     4,648       3,435       3,292  

Other miscellaneous operating income

     7,944       5,756       2,608  
    


 


 


     $ 464,476     $ 492,259     $ 510,317  
    


 


 


 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

In accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), rental revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the respective leases. This means that, with respect to a particular lease, actual amounts billed in accordance with the lease during any given period may be higher or lower than the amount of rental revenue recognized for the period. Accrued straight-line rents receivable represents the amount by which straight-line rental revenue exceeds rents currently billed in accordance with lease agreements. Termination fees are recognized as revenue when the following four conditions are met: a fully executed lease termination agreement has been delivered; the tenant has vacated the space; the amount of the fee is determinable; and collectibility of the fee is reasonably assured.

 

Property operating cost recoveries from tenants (or cost reimbursements) are determined on a lease-by-lease basis. The most common types of cost reimbursements in the Operating Partnership’s leases are common area maintenance (“CAM”) and real estate taxes, where the tenant pays its pro-rata share of operating and administrative expenses and real estate taxes.

 

The computation of cost reimbursements from tenants for CAM and real estate taxes is complex and involves numerous judgments, including the interpretation of terms and other tenant lease provisions. Leases are not uniform in dealing with such cost reimbursements and there are many variations in the computation. Many tenants make monthly fixed payments of CAM, real estate taxes and other cost reimbursement items. The Operating Partnership records these payments as income each month. The Operating Partnership makes adjustments, positive or negative, to cost recovery income to adjust the recorded amounts to the Operating Partnership’s best estimate of the final amounts to be billed and collected with respect to the cost reimbursements. After the end of the calendar year, the Operating Partnership computes each tenant’s final cost reimbursements and, after considering amounts paid by the tenants during the year, issues a bill or credit for the appropriate amount to the tenant. The differences between the amounts billed less previously received payments and the accrual adjustment are recorded as increases or decreases to cost recovery income when the final bills are prepared, usually beginning in March and completed by mid-year. The net amounts of any such adjustments have not been material in any of the years presented.

 

Operating Expenses – Rental Property and Other Expenses

 

Rental property and other operating expenses from continuing operations consist of the following:

 

     Years Ended December 31,

     2004

   2003

   2002

          (restated)    (restated)

Maintenance, cleaning and general building

   $ 60,083    $ 62,112    $ 62,001

Utility, insurance and real estate taxes

     87,181      90,218      87,978

Division and allocated administrative

     12,702      13,326      11,329

Other miscellaneous operating expenses

     7,765      6,667      4,111
    

  

  

     $ 167,731    $ 172,323    $ 165,419
    

  

  

 

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

Accounts receivable are reduced by an allowance for amounts that may become uncollectible in the future. The Operating Partnership’s receivable balance is comprised primarily of rents and operating cost recoveries due from tenants as well as accrued straight-line rents receivable. The Operating Partnership regularly evaluates the adequacy of its allowance for doubtful accounts. The evaluation primarily consists of reviewing past due account balances and considering such factors as the credit quality of the tenant, historical trends of the tenant and/or other debtor, current economic conditions and changes in customer payment terms. Additionally, with respect to tenants in bankruptcy, the Operating Partnership estimates the expected recovery through bankruptcy claims and increases the allowance for amounts deemed uncollectible. If the Operating Partnership’s assumptions regarding the collectibility of accounts receivable and accrued straight-line rents receivable prove incorrect, the Operating Partnership could experience write-offs of accounts receivable or accrued straight-line rents receivable in excess of its allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

Cash Equivalents

 

The Operating Partnership considers highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

 

Restricted Cash

 

Restricted cash includes security deposits for the Operating Partnership’s commercial properties and construction-related escrows. In addition, the Operating Partnership maintains escrow and reserve funds for debt service, real estate taxes and property insurance established pursuant to certain mortgage financing arrangements.

 

Redeemable Common Units and Preferred Units

 

The Operating Partnership accounts for Redeemable Common Units and Preferred Units in accordance with Accounting Series Release No. 268 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Consequently, these Redeemable Common Units and Preferred Units are classified outside of permanent partners’ capital in the accompanying balance sheet. The recorded value of the Redeemable Common Units is based on fair value at the balance sheet date as measured by the closing price of Common Stock on that date multiplied by the total number of Redeemable Common Units outstanding. The recorded value of the Preferred Units is based on their redemption value.

 

Income Taxes

 

No provision has been made for income taxes because such taxes, if any, are the responsibility of the individual partners.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

The Operating Partnership performs ongoing credit evaluations of its tenants. As of December 31, 2004, the properties (excluding apartment units) to which the Operating Partnership holds title and has 100.0% ownership rights (the “Wholly Owned Properties”) were leased to 2,546 tenants in 13 geographic locations. The Operating Partnership’s tenants engage in a wide variety of businesses. No single tenant of the Operating Partnership’s Wholly Owned Properties currently generates more than 4.0% of the Operating Partnership’s consolidated revenues. In addition, as described in Note 15, in connection with various real estate sales transactions, the Operating Partnership has guaranteed to the buyers the rental income during various future periods due from Capital One Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Capital One Financial Services, Inc. The maximum exposure under these guarantees related to Capital One Services, Inc. aggregated $13.8 million and $19.0 million at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

Stock Compensation

 

The Company generally grants stock options for a fixed number of shares to employees with an exercise price equal to the fair value of the shares at the date of grant. Upon exercise of a stock option, the Company will contribute the exercise price to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a Common Unit; therefore, the Operating Partnership accounts for such options as if issued by the Operating Partnership. As described in Note 14, the Operating Partnership elected to follow Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations in accounting for its stock options issued through December 31, 2002. During 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 148 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure,” which provides methods of transition to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. This standard is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2002. The Operating Partnership elected the prospective method as defined by SFAS No. 148 for options issued on or after January 1, 2003.

 

Awards granted under the Company’s Shareholder Value Plans are accounted for using variable plan accounting. See Note 6 for further discussion.

 

Restricted Stock Grants

 

The Company has a long-term incentive plan under which it makes annual grants of restricted shares of Common Stock. Because the Operating Partnership issues a Common Unit to the Company for each share of restricted stock issued to employees, the Operating Partnership accounts for such restricted shares as if issued by the Operating Partnership. The restricted shares generally vest 50.0% three years from the date of grant and the remaining 50.0% five years from date of grant. Restricted shares are recorded at market value on date of grant and amortized to expense over the vesting periods.

 

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

 

In the normal course of business, the Operating Partnership is exposed to the effect of interest rate changes. The Operating Partnership limits its exposure by following established risk management policies and procedures, including the use of derivatives. To mitigate its exposure to unexpected changes in interest rates, derivatives are used primarily to hedge against rate movements on the Operating Partnership’s variable rate debt. The Operating Partnership is required to recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in its Consolidated Balance Sheets and to measure those instruments at fair value. Changes in fair value will affect either stockholders’ equity or net income depending on whether the derivative instrument qualifies as a hedge for accounting purposes.

 

To determine the fair value of derivative instruments, the Operating Partnership uses a variety of methods and assumptions that are based on market conditions and risks existing at each balance sheet date. For the majority of financial instruments, including most derivatives, standard market conventions and techniques such as discounted cash flow analysis, option pricing models, replacement cost and termination cost are used to determine fair value. All methods of assessing fair value result in a general approximation of value, and such value may never actually be realized.

 

Per Unit Information

 

The Operating Partnership computes earnings per Common Unit in accordance with SFAS No. 128, “Earnings per Share.” Basic earnings per Common Unit is computed by dividing net income available for common unitholders by the weighted average number of common units outstanding. Diluted earnings per Common Unit is computed in the same manner except that the denominator is comprised of the weighted average number of Common Units plus the dilutive effect of options, warrants and convertible securities outstanding, using the “treasury stock” method. Earnings per Common Unit data is required for all periods for which an income statement or summary of earnings is presented, including summaries outside the basic financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Impact of Newly Adopted and Issued Accounting Standards

 

In January 2003, the FASB issued FIN 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“VIEs”), the primary objective of which is to provide guidance on the identification of entities for which control is achieved through means other than voting rights and to determine when and which business enterprise should consolidate VIEs. This new model applies when either (1) the equity investors (if any) do not have a controlling financial interest or (2) the equity investment at risk is insufficient to finance the entity’s activities without additional financial support. FIN 46 also requires additional disclosures. According to FIN 46 (revised December 2003), entities shall apply FIN 46 only to special-purpose entities subject to FIN 46 no later than December 31, 2003 and all other entities no later than March 31, 2004. Special-purpose entities are defined as any entity whose activities are primarily related to securitizations or other forms of asset-backed financings or single-lessee leasing arrangements. Given that the Operating Partnership has no significant variable interests in special-purpose entities, FIN 46 became effective March 31, 2004. See Note 2 for further discussion of the Operating Partnership’s variable interest in The Vinings at University Center, LLC.

 

In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149, “Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” SFAS No. 149 amends and clarifies accounting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” SFAS No. 149 is effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003, with some exceptions, and for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003. The guidance was applied prospectively. The provisions of SFAS No. 149 did not have an impact on our financial condition and results of operations. See Note 10 for further discussion of the Operating Partnership’s derivative instruments.

 

In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity.” SFAS No. 150 establishes standards on the classification and measurement of certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. It requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within its scope as a liability (or an asset in certain circumstances). SFAS No. 150 is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective July 1, 2003. It is to be implemented by reporting the cumulative effect of a change in an accounting principle for financial instruments created before the issuance date of SFAS No. 150 and still existing at the beginning of the interim period of adoption. At its October 29, 2003 meeting, the FASB voted to defer indefinitely SFAS No. 150 as it relates to non-controlling interests in finite-life entities. As of December 31, 2004, the provisions of SFAS No. 150 do not have a material impact on the Operating Partnership’s financial condition or results of operations.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

In July 2005, the FASB issued Staff Position (FSP) SOP 78-9-1, “Interaction of AICPA Statement of Position 78-9 and EITF Issue No. 04-5”. The EITF reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 04-5, “Determining Whether a General Partner or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights,” stating that a general partner is presumed to control a limited partnership and should consolidate the limited partnership unless the limited partners possess substantive kick-out rights or the limited partners possess substantive participating rights. This FSP eliminates the concept of “important rights” of SOP 78-9 and replaces it with the concepts of “kick-out rights” and “substantive participating rights” as defined in Issue 04-5. This FSP is effective after June 29, 2005 for general partners of all new partnerships formed and for existing partnerships for which the partnership agreements are modified. For general partners in all other partnerships, the guidance in this FSP is effective no later than January 1, 2006. The Operating Partnership currently expects to consolidate one of its existing joint ventures upon the adoption of this FSP in January 2006.

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (R), “Share-Based Payment,” which revises SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” and supercedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” to require all share-based payments to employees to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative. SFAS No. 123 (R) must be adopted no later than January 1, 2006. On January 1, 2006, the Operating Partnership plans to adopt the modified prospective method in which compensation cost is based on the requirements of SFAS No. 123 (R) for all share-based payments granted after the effective date and based on the requirements of SFAS No. 123 for all awards granted to employees prior to the effective date of SFAS 123 (R) that remain unvested on the effective date. Because the Operating Partnership has used a fair value based method of accounting for stock-based compensation costs for all employee stock compensation awards granted, modified or settled since January 1, 2003 and does not expect to have significant unvested awards from periods prior to January 1, 2003 outstanding at January 1, 2006, the Operating Partnership does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 123 (R) to have a material impact on its financial condition and results of operations upon adoption.

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 153, “Exchange of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29” (SFAS No. 153). The amendment eliminates the use of the “similar productive assets” concept to account for nonmonetary exchanges at book value with no gain being recognized and requires that nonmonetary exchanges be accounted for at fair value, recognizing any gain or loss, if the transactions meet a commercial-substance criterion and fair value is determinable. The Statement is effective for nonmonetary exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The Operating Partnership does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 153 to have a material impact on its financial condition and results of operations upon adoption.

 

In May 2005, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections” (SFAS No. 154). The Statement replaces Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 20, “Accounting Changes” (APB Opinion No. 20) and Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 3, “Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements” and changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. APB Opinion No. 20 previously required that most voluntary changes in accounting principle be recognized by including in net income of the period of the change the cumulative effect of changing to the new accounting principle. This Statement requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of changes in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. The Statement is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The Operating Partnership does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 154 to have a material impact on its financial condition and results of operations upon adoption.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

2. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AND OTHER AFFILIATES

 

During the past several years, the Operating Partnership has formed various joint ventures with unrelated investors. The Operating Partnership has retained minority equity interests ranging from 22.81% to 50.00% in these joint ventures. The Operating Partnership generally has accounted for its unconsolidated joint ventures using the equity method of accounting. As a result, the assets and liabilities of these joint ventures for which the Operating Partnership uses the equity method of accounting are not included on the Operating Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet. One joint venture is accounted for as a financing arrangement pursuant to SFAS No. 66, as described in Note 3 and another joint venture is consolidated pursuant to FIN 46. These two joint ventures are not reflected in the tables below.

 

Office Property


  

Location


   Total Rentable
Square Feet


   Ownership
Interest


 

Board of Trade Investment Company

   Kansas City, MO    165,714    49.00 %

Dallas County Partners I, LP

   Des Moines, IA    641,223    50.00 %

Dallas County Partners II, LP

   Des Moines, IA    272,490    50.00 %

Dallas County Partners III, LP

   Des Moines, IA    6,500    50.00 %

Fountain Three

   Des Moines, IA    710,197    50.00 %

RRHWoods, LLC

   Des Moines, IA    768,783    50.00 %

Plaza Colonnade, LLC

   Kansas City, MO    285,015    50.00 %

Highwoods DLF 98/29, LP

  

Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC;     Greensboro, NC; Raleigh, NC;

    Orlando, FL; Baltimore, MD

   1,199,194    22.81 %

Highwoods DLF 97/26 DLF 99/32, LP

   Atlanta, GA; Greensboro, NC;     Orlando, FL    821,867    42.93 %

Highwoods KC Glenridge Office, LP

   Atlanta, GA    185,141    40.00 %

Highwoods KC Glenridge Land, LP

   Atlanta, GA    —      40.00 %

HIW-KC Orlando LLC

   Orlando, FL    1,270,058    40.00 %

Concourse Center Associates, LLC

   Greensboro, NC    118,098    50.00 %

Highwoods-Markel Associates, LLC

   Richmond, VA    412,534    50.00 %

Weston Lakeside, LLC

   Raleigh, NC    —      50.00 %
         
      

Total

        6,856,814       
         
      

 

Combined summarized financial information for our unconsolidated joint ventures is as follows:

 

     December 31,

     2004

   2003

          (restated)

Balance Sheets:

             

Assets:

             

Real estate, net of accumulated depreciation

   $ 715,824    $ 474,459

Other assets

     78,999      50,694
    

  

Total assets

   $ 794,823    $ 525,153
    

  

Liabilities and Partners’ Capital:

             

Mortgage debt (1)

   $ 562,935    $ 358,228

Other liabilities

     26,840      16,292

Partners’ capital

     205,048      150,633
    

  

Total Liabilities and Partners’ Capital

   $ 794,823    $ 525,153
    

  

The Operating Partnership’s share of historical partners’ capital

   $ 58,538    $ 43,019

Net excess of cost of investments over the net book value of underlying net assets (net of accumulated depreciation of $1,613 and $1,358, respectively) (2)

     10,784      14,382
    

  

Carrying value of investments in unconsolidated joint ventures

   $ 69,322    $ 57,401
    

  

The Operating Partnership’s share of unconsolidated non-recourse mortgage debt (1)

   $ 243,364    $ 156,650
    

  

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

2. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AND OTHER AFFILIATES - Continued

 

(1) The Operating Partnership’s share of the mortgage debt through maturity as of December 31, 2004 is as follows:

 

2005

   $ 3,156

2006

     5,469

2007

     12,517

2008

     10,155

2009

     14,562

Thereafter

     197,505
    

     $ 243,364
    

 

The Operating Partnership generally is not liable for any of this debt, except to the extent of its investment, unless the Operating Partnership has directly guaranteed any of the debt (see Note 15). In most cases, the Operating Partnership and/or its strategic partners are required to guarantee customary limited exceptions to non-recourse liability in non-recourse loans.

 

(2) This amount represents the aggregate difference between the Operating Partnership’s historical cost basis and the basis reflected at the joint venture level, which is typically amortized over the life of the related asset. In addition, certain acquisition, transaction and other costs may not be reflected on the net assets at the joint venture level.

 

     For the Years Ended December 31,

     2004

   2003

   2002

          (restated)    (restated)

Income Statements:

                    

Revenues

   $ 103,684    $ 81,953    $ 84,858
    

  

  

Expenses:

                    

Interest expense and loan cost amortization

     26,632      21,230      22,185

Depreciation and amortization

     21,947      16,421      16,924

Operating expenses

     41,048      33,199      32,705
    

  

  

Total expenses

     89,627      70,850      71,814
    

  

  

Net income

   $ 14,057    $ 11,103    $ 13,044
    

  

  

The Operating Partnership’s share of:

                    

Net income

   $ 7,016    $ 4,488    $ 5,064
    

  

  

Interest expense and loan cost amortization

   $ 11,328    $ 9,042    $ 9,499
    

  

  

Depreciation and amortization (real estate related)

   $ 8,653    $ 7,056    $ 7,349
    

  

  

 

The following summarizes the formation and principal activities of the various unconsolidated joint ventures in which the Operating Partnership has a minority equity interest.

 

Board of Trade Investment Company

 

In connection with the Company’s merger with J.C. Nichols Company in July 1998, the Operating Partnership acquired a 49.0% interest in Board of Trade Investment Company. The Operating Partnership is the sole and exclusive property manager of Board of Trade Investment Company joint venture, for which it received a nominal amount of fees in 2004, 2003 and 2002.

 

Des Moines Joint Ventures

 

Also in connection with the Company’s merger with J.C. Nichols Company in July 1998, the Operating Partnership succeeded to the interests of J.C. Nichols in a strategic alliance with R&R Investors, Ltd. pursuant to which R&R Investors manages and leases certain joint venture properties located in the Des Moines area. As a result of the merger, the Operating Partnership acquired an ownership interest of 50.0% or more in a series of nine joint ventures with R&R Investors (the “Des Moines Joint Ventures”). Certain of these properties were previously included in the Operating Partnership’s Consolidated Financial Statements. On June 2, 1999, the Operating Partnership agreed with R&R Investors to reorganize its respective ownership interests in the Des Moines Joint Ventures such that each would own a 50.0% interest.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

2. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AND OTHER AFFILIATES - Continued

 

Highwoods DLF 98/29, L.P.

 

On March 15, 1999, the Operating Partnership closed a transaction with Schweiz-Deutschland-USA Dreilander Beteiligung Objekt DLF 98/29-Walker Fink-KG (“DLF”) pursuant to which the Operating Partnership sold or contributed certain office properties at an agreed upon value of $142.0 million to a newly created limited partnership (the “DLF I Joint Venture”). DLF contributed $56.0 million for a 77.19% interest in the DLF I Joint Venture and the DLF I Joint Venture borrowed $71.0 million from third-party lenders. The Operating Partnership retained the remaining 22.81% interest in the DLF I Joint Venture, received net cash proceeds of $124.0 million and is the property manager and leasing agent of the DLF I Joint Venture’s properties. At the formation of this joint venture, the amount DLF contributed in cash to the venture was determined to be in excess of the amount required based on its ownership interest and on the final agreed-upon value of the real estate assets. The Operating Partnership agreed to repay this amount to DLF over 14 years. The payments of $7.2 million were discounted to net present value of $3.8 million using a discount rate of 9.62% specified in the agreement. Payments of $0.5 million were made in each of the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, of which $0.3 million in each year represented imputed interest expense.

 

Highwoods DLF 97/26 DLF 99/32, L.P.

 

On May 9, 2000, the Operating Partnership closed a transaction with Dreilander-Fonds 97/26 and 99/32 (“DLF II”) pursuant to which the Operating Partnership contributed five in-service office properties encompassing 570,000 rentable square feet and a 246,000-square-foot development project at an agreed upon value of $110.0 million to a newly created limited partnership (the “DLF II Joint Venture”). DLF II contributed $24.0 million in cash for a 40.0% ownership interest in the DLF II Joint Venture and the DLF II Joint Venture borrowed $50.0 million from a third-party lender. The Operating Partnership initially retained the remaining 60.0% interest in the DLF II Joint Venture and received net cash proceeds of $73.0 million. During 2001 and 2000, DLF II contributed an additional $10.7 million in cash to the DLF II Joint Venture. As a result, the Operating Partnership decreased its ownership percentage to 42.93% as of December 31, 2001. The Operating Partnership is the property manager and leasing agent of the DLF II Joint Venture’s properties and receives customary management and leasing commissions.

 

Highwoods-Markel Associates, LLC; Concourse Center Associates, LLC

 

During 1999 and 2001, the Operating Partnership closed two transactions with Highwoods-Markel Associates, LLC and Concourse Center Associates, LLC pursuant to which the Operating Partnership sold or contributed certain properties to newly created limited liability companies. Unrelated investors contributed cash for a 50.0% ownership interest in the joint ventures. The Operating Partnership retained the remaining 50.0% interest, received net cash proceeds and is the property manager and leasing agent of the joint ventures’ properties.

 

On December 29, 2003, the Operating Partnership contributed an additional three in-service office properties encompassing 290,853 rentable square feet at an agreed upon value of $35.6 million to the Highwoods-Markel, LLC joint venture. The joint venture’s other partner, Markel Corporation, contributed an additional $3.6 million in cash to maintain its 50.0% ownership interest and the joint venture borrowed and refinanced $40.0 million from a third party lender. The Operating Partnership retained its 50.0% ownership interest in the joint venture and received net cash proceeds of $31.9 million. As a result, the Operating Partnership recognized a $2.7 million gain in accordance with SFAS No. 66, which represents the extent of the Operating Partnership’s interest sold to outside parties. The Operating Partnership is the manager and leasing agent for the properties and receives customary management fees and leasing commissions.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

2. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AND OTHER AFFILIATES - Continued

 

MG-HIW Development Joint Ventures

 

On December 19, 2000, the Operating Partnership formed or agreed to form four development joint ventures with Denver-based Miller Global Properties, LLC (“Miller Global”) pursuant to which the Operating Partnership contributed $7.5 million of development land to various newly created limited liability companies and retained a 50.0% ownership interest. Three of these joint ventures have developed a total of three properties that encompass an aggregate of 347,000 rentable square feet and cost $50.4 million in the aggregate. The Operating Partnership was the developer of these properties. In addition, the Operating Partnership is the property manager and leasing agent for the properties in all of these joint ventures. The fourth joint venture, MG-HIW Metrowest I, LLC, did not develop a property but holds development land.

 

On June 26, 2002, the Operating Partnership acquired Miller Global’s interest in MG-HIW Rocky Point, LLC, which owned Harborview Plaza, a 205,000 rentable square foot office property, to bring its ownership interest in that entity to 100.0%. At that time, the Operating Partnership consolidated the assets and liabilities and recorded revenues and expenses of that entity on a consolidated basis. (See also Note 3 for SF-HIW Harborview, LP discussion).

 

As a part of the MG-HIW, LLC acquisition on July 29, 2003 (see Note 3), the Operating Partnership was assigned Miller Global’s 50.0% equity interest in MG-HIW Peachtree Corners III, LLC, which increased the Operating Partnership’s ownership interest to 100.0%; the Operating Partnership consolidated this entity beginning on July 29, 2003. The entity owned a single property encompassing 53,896 square feet. The construction loan, which was made to this joint venture by a wholly owned affiliate of the Operating Partnership, Highwoods Finance, LLC, had an interest rate of LIBOR plus 200 basis points and was paid in full on July 29, 2003 in connection with the assignment.

 

On July 29, 2003, the Operating Partnership entered into an option agreement with its partner, Miller Global, to acquire Miller Global’s 50.0% interest in the assets encompassing 87,832 square feet of property and 7.0 acres of development land (zoned for the development of 90,000 square feet of office space) of MG-HIW Metrowest I, LLC and MG-HIW Metrowest II, LLC for $3.2 million, to bring its ownership interest in these entities to 100.0%.

 

On March 2, 2004, the Operating Partnership exercised its option to acquire its partner’s 50.0% equity interest in the assets of MG-HIW Metrowest I, LLC and MG-HIW Metrowest II, LLC for $3.2 million. At that time, the Company consolidated the assets and liabilities and recorded revenues and expenses of that entity on a consolidated basis. A $7.4 million construction loan to fund the development of this property, of which $7.3 million was outstanding at December 31, 2003, was paid in full by the Operating Partnership at closing.

 

Plaza Colonnade, LLC

 

On June 14, 2002, the Operating Partnership contributed $1.1 million in cash to Plaza Colonnade, LLC, a limited liability company, for the construction of a 285,000 square foot multi-tenant office property. The Operating Partnership has retained a 50.0% interest in this joint venture. On February 12, 2003, Plaza Colonnade, LLC signed a $61.3 million construction loan to fund the development of this property. The Operating Partnership and its joint venture partner each guaranteed 50.0% of the loan. In addition to the construction loan, the partners collectively provided $12.0 million in letters of credit, $6.0 million by the Operating Partnership and $6.0 million by its partner. In December 2004, the joint venture secured a $50.0 million non-recourse permanent loan and the construction loan was paid off. The related letters of credit were cancelled and the aforementioned guarantee obligations terminated when the construction loan was paid off. (See Note 15 for further discussion).

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

2. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AND OTHER AFFILIATES - Continued

 

Highwoods KC Glenridge, LP

 

On February 25, 2004, the Operating Partnership and Kapital-Consult, a European investment firm, formed Highwoods KC Glenridge, LP, which on February 26, 2004 acquired from a third party Glenridge Point Office Park, consisting of two office buildings aggregating 185,100 square feet located in the Central Perimeter sub-market of Atlanta. At December 31, 2004, the buildings were 89.8% occupied. The Operating Partnership contributed $10.0 million to the joint venture in return for a 40.0% equity interest and Kapital-Consult contributed $14.9 million for a 60.0% equity interest in the partnership. The joint venture entered into a $16.5 million ten-year secured loan on the assets. The Operating Partnership is the manager and leasing agent for this property and receives customary management fees and leasing commissions. The acquisition also included 2.9 acres of development land.

 

The Vinings at University Center, LLC

 

On December 22, 2004, the Operating Partnership and Easlan Investment Group, Inc. formed The Vinings at University Center, LLC. The Operating Partnership contributed 7.8 acres of land at an agreed upon value of $1.6 million to the joint venture in December 2004 in return for a 50.0% equity interest and Easlan Investment Group contributed $1.1 million, in the form of a non-interest bearing promissory note, for a 50.0% equity interest in the entity. Upon formation, the joint venture entered into a $9.7 million secured construction loan to complete the construction of 156 apartment units on the 7.8 acres of land, which is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2005; $392,000 was borrowed on the construction loan at December 31, 2004. The Operating Partnership’s joint venture partner has guaranteed this construction loan. The Easlan Investment Group, Inc. will be the manager and leasing agent for these apartment units and receive customary management fees and leasing commissions. The Operating Partnership will receive development fees throughout the construction project and management fees of 1.0% of gross revenues at the time the apartments are 80.0% occupied. The Operating Partnership is currently consolidating this joint venture under the provisions of FIN 46. As such, the Operating Partnership’s balance sheet at December 31, 2004 includes $1.8 million of development in process and a $0.4 million construction note payable.

 

HIW-KC Orlando, LLC

 

See Note 4 for information regarding this joint venture.

 

Weston Lakeside, LLC

 

On September 27, 2004, the Operating Partnership and an affiliate of Crosland, Inc. formed Weston Lakeside, LLC, in which the Operating Partnership has a 50.0% ownership interest. On June 29, 2005, the Operating Partnership contributed 22.4 acres of land at an agreed upon value of $3.9 million to this joint venture, and its partner contributed approximately $2.0 million in cash; immediately thereafter, the joint venture distributed approximately $1.9 million to the Operating Partnership and a gain of $1.9 million was recorded. Crosland, Inc. will develop, manage and operate this joint venture, which will construct approximately 332 rental residential units at a total estimated cost of approximately $32.0 million expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2007. Crosland, Inc. will receive 3.5% of gross revenue of the joint venture in management fees and 4.25% in development fees. The Operating Partnership will provide limited development services for the project and will receive a fee equal to 1.0% of the development costs excluding land. The joint venture expects to finance the development with a $28.4 million construction loan that will be guaranteed by Crosland, Inc. The Operating Partnership has accounted for this joint venture using the equity method of accounting.

 

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(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

2. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AND OTHER AFFILIATES - Continued

 

Development, Leasing and Management Fees

 

As discussed above, the Operating Partnership receives development, management and leasing fees for services provided to certain of its joint ventures. These fees are recognized as income to the extent of the other joint venture partner’s interest and are shown in rental and other revenues. They are as follows for 2004, 2003 and 2002:

 

     Years Ended December 31,

     2004

   2003

   2002

Development fees

   $ 171    $ 205    $ 35

Management and leasing fees

     1,515      1,104      1,300
    

  

  

Total fees

   $ 1,686    $ 1,309    $ 1,335
    

  

  

 

3. FINANCING AND PROFIT-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS

 

The following summarizes sale transactions that were accounted for as financing and/or profit-sharing arrangements under paragraphs 25 through 29 of SFAS No. 66.

 

SF-HIW Harborview, LP

 

On September 11, 2002, the Operating Partnership contributed Harborview Plaza, an office building located in Tampa, Florida, to SF-HIW Harborview Plaza, LP (“Harborview LP”), a newly formed entity, in exchange for a 20.0% limited partnership interest and $35.4 million in cash. The other partner contributed $12.6 million of cash and a new loan was obtained by the partnership for $22.8 million. In connection with this disposition, the Operating Partnership entered into a master lease agreement with Harborview LP for five years on the then vacant space in the building (approximately 20% of the building); occupancy was 99.7% at December 31, 2004. The Operating Partnership also guaranteed to Harborview LP the payment of tenant improvements and lease commissions of $1.2 million. The Operating Partnership’s maximum exposure to loss under the master lease agreement was $2.1 million at September 11, 2002 and was $1.1 million at December 31, 2004. Additionally, the Operating Partnership’s partner in Harborview LP was granted the right to put its 80.0% equity interest in Harborview LP to the Operating Partnership in exchange for cash at any time during the one-year period commencing on September 11, 2014. The value of the 80.0% equity interest will be determined at the time that such partner elects to exercise its put right, if ever, based upon the then fair market value of Harborview LP’s assets and liabilities less 3.0%, which amount was intended to cover the normal costs of a sale transaction.

 

Because of the put option and the master lease agreement, this transaction is accounted for as a financing transaction as described in Note 1. Accordingly, the assets, liabilities and operations related to Harborview Plaza, the property owned by Harborview LP, including any new financing by the partnership, remain in the financial statements of the Operating Partnership. As a result, the Operating Partnership has established a financing obligation equal to the net equity contributed by the other partner. At the end of each reporting period, the balance of the financing obligation is adjusted to equal the current fair value, which is $14.8 million at December 31, 2004, but not less than the original financing obligation. This adjustment is amortized prospectively through September 2014. Additionally, the net income from the operations before depreciation of Harborview Plaza allocable to the 80.0% partner is recorded as interest expense on financing obligation. The Operating Partnership continues to depreciate the property and record all of the depreciation on its books. Any payments made under the master lease agreement were expensed as incurred ($0.1 million, $0.4 million and $0.3 million was expensed during the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively) and any amounts paid under the tenant improvement and lease commission guarantee are capitalized and amortized to expense over the remaining lease term. At such time as the put option expires or is otherwise terminated, the Operating Partnership will record the transaction as a sale and recognize gain on sale.

 

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3. FINANCING AND PROFIT-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS - Continued

 

Eastshore

 

On November 26, 2002, the Operating Partnership sold three buildings located in Richmond, Virginia (the “Eastshore” transaction) for a total price of $28.5 million in cash, which was paid in full by the buyer at closing. Each of the sold properties is a single tenant building leased on a triple-net basis to Capital One Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Capital One Financial Services, Inc.

 

In connection with the sale, the Operating Partnership entered into a rental guarantee agreement for each building for the benefit of the buyer to guarantee any shortfalls that may be incurred in the payment of rent and re-tenanting costs for a five-year period from the date of sale (through November 2007). The Operating Partnership’s maximum exposure to loss under the rental guarantee agreements was $18.7 million at the date of sale and was $12.4 million as of December 31, 2004. No payments were made by the Operating Partnership during 2003 and 2002 in respect of these rent guarantees. However, in June 2004, the Operating Partnership began to make monthly payments to the buyer at an annual rate of $0.1 million as a result of the existing tenant renewing a lease in one building at a lower rental rate.

 

These rent guarantees are a form of continuing involvement as discussed in paragraph 28 of SFAS No. 66. Because the guarantees cover the entire space occupied by a single tenant under a triple-net lease arrangement, the Operating Partnership’s guarantees are considered a guaranteed return on the buyer’s investment for an extended period of time. Therefore, the transaction has been accounted for as a financing transaction, following the accounting method described in Note 1. Accordingly, the assets, liabilities and operations are included in these Consolidated Financial Statements, and a financing obligation of $28.8 million is recorded which represents the amount received from the buyer, adjusted for subsequent activity. The income from the operations of the properties, other than depreciation, is allocated 100.0% to the owner as interest expense on financing obligation. Payments made under the rent guarantees are charged to expense as incurred. This transaction was recorded as a completed sale transaction in the third quarter of 2005 when the maximum exposure to loss under the guarantees became less than the related gain; deferred gain will be recognized in future periods as the maximum exposure under the guarantees is reduced.

 

MG-HIW, LLC

 

On December 19, 2000, the Operating Partnership formed a joint venture with Miller Global, MG-HIW, LLC, pursuant to which the Operating Partnership sold or contributed to MG-HIW, LLC 19 in-service office properties in Raleigh, Atlanta, Tampa (the “Non-Orlando City Group”) and Orlando (collectively the “City Groups”) for an agreed upon value of $335.0 million. As part of the formation of MG-HIW, LLC, Miller Global contributed $85.0 million in cash for an 80.0% ownership interest and the joint venture borrowed $238.8 million from a third-party lender. The Operating Partnership retained a 20.0% ownership interest and received net cash proceeds of $307.0 million. During 2001, the Operating Partnership contributed a 39,000 square foot development project to MG-HIW, LLC in exchange for $5.1 million. The joint venture borrowed an additional $3.7 million under its existing debt agreement with a third party and the Operating Partnership retained its 20.0% ownership interest and received net cash proceeds of $4.8 million. The assets of each of the City Groups were legally acquired by four separate LLC’s for which MG-HIW, LLC was the sole member.

 

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3. FINANCING AND PROFIT-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS - Continued

 

The Non-Orlando City Group consisted of 15 properties encompassing 1.3 million square feet and were located in Atlanta, Raleigh and Tampa. Based on the nature and extent of certain rental guarantees made by the Operating Partnership with respect to these properties, the transaction did not qualify for sale treatment under SFAS No. 66. The transaction has been accounted for as a profit-sharing arrangement, and accordingly, the assets, liabilities and operations of the properties remain on the books of the Operating Partnership and a co-venture obligation was established for the amount of equity contributed by Miller Global related to the Non-Orlando City Group properties. The income from operations of the properties, excluding depreciation, was allocated 80.0% to Miller Global (which represents its interest in the joint venture) and reported as “co-venture expense” in these Consolidated Financial Statements. The Operating Partnership continues to depreciate the properties and record all of the depreciation on its books. In addition to the co-venture expense, the Operating Partnership recorded expense of $1.3 million and $0.7 million related to payments made under the rental guarantees for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. No expense was recorded related to payments made under the rental guarantees for the year ended December 31, 2004.

 

On July 29, 2003, the Operating Partnership acquired its partner’s 80.0% equity interest in the Non-Orlando City Group. The Operating Partnership paid Miller Global $28.1 million, repaid $41.4 million of debt related to the properties and assumed $64.7 million of debt. The Operating Partnership recognized a $16.3 million gain in 2003 on the settlement of the $43.5 million co-venture obligation recorded on the books of the Operating Partnership.

 

With respect to the Orlando City Group, which consists of five properties encompassing 1.3 million square feet located in the central business district of Orlando, the Operating Partnership assumed obligations to make improvements to the assets as well as master lease obligations and guarantees on certain vacant space. Additionally, the Operating Partnership guaranteed a leveraged internal rate of return (“IRR”) of 20.0% on Miller Global’s equity. The contribution of these Orlando properties is accounted for as a financing arrangement under SFAS No. 66. Consequently, the assets, liabilities and operations related to the properties remained on the books of the Operating Partnership and a financing obligation was established for the amount of equity contributed by Miller Global related to the Orlando City Group. The income from operations of the properties, excluding depreciation, is being allocated 80.0% to Miller Global and reported as “interest on financing obligation” in these Consolidated Financial Statements. This financing obligation was also adjusted each period by accreting the obligation up to the 20.0% guaranteed internal rate of return by a charge to interest expense, such that the financing obligation equaled at the end of each period the amount due to Miller Global including the 20.0% guaranteed return. The Operating Partnership recorded interest expense on the financing obligation of $3.2 million, $11.6 million and $10.1 million, which includes amounts related to this IRR guarantee and payments made under the rental guarantees, for the years ended 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The Operating Partnership continued to depreciate the Orlando properties and record all of the depreciation in its financial statements until June 2004 when the assets were sold to a 40% owned joint venture, HIW-KC Orlando, LLC.

 

On July 29, 2003, the Operating Partnership also entered into an option agreement to acquire Miller Global’s 80.0% interest in the Orlando City Group. On March 2, 2004, the Operating Partnership exercised its option and acquired its partner’s 80.0% equity interest in the Orlando City Group of MG-HIW, LLC. The properties were 86.8% leased as of December 31, 2004 and were encumbered by $136.2 million of floating rate debt with interest based on LIBOR plus 200 basis points. At the closing of the transaction, the Operating Partnership paid its partner, Miller Global, $62.5 million and a $7.5 million letter of credit delivered to the seller in connection with the option was cancelled. Since the initial contribution of these assets was accounted for as a financing arrangement and since the financing obligation was adjusted each period for the IRR guarantee, no gain or loss was recognized upon the extinguishment of the financing obligation. In June 2004, the Operating Partnership contributed these assets to HIW-KC Orlando, LLC for a 40.0% interest.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

4. ASSET DISPOSITIONS

 

Gains and impairments on disposition of properties, net, excluding gains or losses from discontinued operations, consisted of the following:

 

     Years Ended December 31,

     2004

   2003

    2002

          (restated)     (restated)

Gains and impairments on disposition of land, net

   $ 2,756    $ 1,324     $ 7,592

Gains on disposition of depreciable properties

     18,880      8,572       15,183

Impairments of depreciable properties

     —        (344 )     —  
    

  


 

Total

   $ 21,636    $ 9,552     $ 22,775
    

  


 

 

Net gains on sale and impairments of discontinued operations consisted of the following:

 

     Years Ended December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    2002

 
           (restated)     (restated)  

Gains on disposition of depreciable properties

   $ 9,380     $ 8,986     $ 17,191  

Impairments of depreciable properties

     (6,274 )     (128 )     (4,057 )
    


 


 


Total

   $ 3,106     $ 8,858     $ 13,134  
    


 


 


 

As described in more detail in the following paragraphs, during 2004 the Operating Partnership sold approximately 1.3 million rentable square feet of office, industrial and retail properties and 88 apartment units for gross proceeds of $96.5 million and also sold 213.7 acres of development land for gross proceeds of $35.7 million. The Operating Partnership also contributed approximately 1.3 million square feet of buildings and land to joint ventures. The resultant gains and impairments are shown in the preceding table. The larger 2004 transactions are described below.

 

On June 16, 2004, the Operating Partnership sold a 177,000 square foot building (the network operations center) located in the Highwoods Preserve Office Park in Tampa, Florida. Highwoods Preserve is a 816,000 square foot office park that WorldCom vacated as of December 31, 2002. Net proceeds from the sale were $18.5 million. The asset had a net book value of $21.8 million. The Operating Partnership recognized an impairment loss of $3.0 million in discontinued operations in April 2004 when the planned sale met the criteria to be classified as held for sale. In connection with the sale of the network operations center, the buyer also agreed to purchase a 3.3 acre tract of development land located in the office park for $1.4 million, which is subject to the Operating Partnership securing certain development rights for the land from the local municipality. The net book value of the land is $0.9 million and was classified as held for sale in accordance with SFAS No. 144 in April 2004. This land sale is subject to customary closing conditions and no assurances can be provided that the disposition will occur. The remaining assets in the office park were classified as held for use as of December 31, 2003 and continued to be so classified at December 31, 2004 in accordance with SFAS No. 144.

 

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4. ASSET DISPOSITIONS - Continued

 

On June 28, 2004, Kapital-Consult, a European investment firm, bought an interest in HIW-KC Orlando, LLC, an entity formed by the Operating Partnership. HIW-KC Orlando, LLC owns the Orlando City Group assets which had an agreed upon value under the joint venture agreement of $212.0 million, including amounts related to the Operating Partnership’s guarantees described below, and which were subject to a $136.2 million secured mortgage loan. Kapital-Consult contributed $42.1 million in cash and received a 60.0% equity interest in the entity. The joint venture borrowed $143.0 million under a ten-year fixed rate mortgage loan from a third party lender and repaid the $136.2 million loan. The Operating Partnership retained a 40.0% equity interest in the joint venture and received net cash proceeds of $46.6 million, of which $33.0 million was used to pay down the Operating Partnership’s Revolving Loan and $13.6 million was used to pay down additional debt. In connection with this transaction, the Operating Partnership agreed to guarantee rent to the joint venture for 3,248 rentable square feet commencing in August 2004 and expiring in April 2011. In connection with this guarantee, as of June 30, 2004, the Operating Partnership included $0.6 million in other liabilities and reduced the total amount of gain to be recognized by the same amount. During 2004, the Operating Partnership paid $2.4 million in re-tenanting costs related to this guarantee. Additionally, the Operating Partnership agreed to guarantee re-tenanting costs for approximately 11% of the joint venture’s total square footage. The Operating Partnership recorded a $4.1 million liability with respect to such guarantee as of June 30, 2004 and reduced the total amount of gain to be recognized by the same amount. The Operating Partnership believes its estimate related to the re-tenanting costs guarantee is accurate. However, if its assumptions prove to be incorrect, future losses may occur. The contribution was accounted for as a partial sale as defined by SFAS No. 66 and the Operating Partnership recognized a $16.3 million gain in June 2004. Since the Operating Partnership has an ongoing 40.0% financial interest in the joint venture and since the Operating Partnership is engaged by the joint venture to provide management and leasing services for the joint venture, for which the Operating Partnership receives customary management fees and leasing commissions, the operations of these properties were not reflected as discontinued operations consistent with SFAS No. 144 and the related gain on sale was included in continuing operations in the second quarter of 2004.

 

In the fourth quarter of 2004, the Operating Partnership sold an additional 14 buildings encompassing 514,191 square feet and one 88 unit apartment building for gross proceeds of $37.5 million and recorded an approximate $5.0 million gain on sales in discontinued operations. The Operating Partnership also sold a 165,000 square foot building located in Orlando, Florida with a net book value of approximately $9.8 million. Gross proceeds from the sale were approximately $6.8 million. The Operating Partnership had recognized an impairment loss of approximately $3.2 million in the fourth quarter 2004 prior to the closing of the sale.

 

During 2004, the Operating Partnership also contributed 7.8 acres of land to the Vinings at University Center, LLC in which the Operating Partnership has a 50.0% equity interest. See Note 2 for further discussion of this joint venture.

 

During 2003, the Operating Partnership sold approximately 3.3 million rentable square feet of office, industrial and retail properties and 122.8 acres of revenue-producing land for $202.9 million and also sold 108.5 acres of non-core development land for gross proceeds of $18.7 million. In addition, the Operating Partnership contributed three properties consisting of 290,853 rentable square feet to Highwoods-Markel Associates, LLC in which the Operating Partnership has a 50.0% equity interest. The resultant gains and impairments are shown in the preceding table.

 

During 2002, the Operating Partnership sold approximately 2.0 million rentable square feet of office and industrial properties for gross proceeds of $213.9 million and also sold 137.7 acres of development land for gross proceeds of $21.3 million. The resultant gains and impairments are shown in the preceding table. The Operating Partnership also sold three buildings in the Eastshore transaction, which was accounted for as a financing arrangement. See Note 3 for further discussion. In September 2002, the Operating Partnership contributed an office property to SF-HIW Harborview, LP and accounted for the contribution as a financing arrangement. See Note 3 for further discussion. No gains or losses were recorded from these financing arrangements.

 

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(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

4. ASSET DISPOSITIONS - CONTINUED

 

From January 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005, the Operating Partnership sold properties aggregating 4.4 million square feet for total gross sales proceeds of approximately $337.1 million. These dispositions included:

 

    two office buildings located in Raleigh, North Carolina, which were sold in a single transaction on February 24, 2005 for aggregate gross sale proceeds of $9.0 million;

 

    industrial buildings sold to a director and certain other parties, as more fully disclosed in Note 8, for aggregate gross sale proceeds of approximately $27.0 million;

 

    an office building in Raleigh, North Carolina that closed on March 31, 2005 for aggregate gross sale proceeds of approximately $27.2 million;

 

    two buildings at the Highwoods Preserve office campus in Tampa, Florida, which were sold in a single transaction that closed on June 30, 2005 for aggregate gross sale proceeds of approximately $24.5 million;

 

    one office and two industrial buildings, located in Atlanta, Georgia, which were sold in a single transaction on June 30, 2005 for aggregate gross sale proceeds of approximately $13.3 million;

 

    the Operating Partnership’s portfolio of office buildings and certain development land in the Charlotte, North Carolina market and its buildings in Sabal Business Park in Tampa, Florida, which were sold in a single transaction on July 22, 2005 for gross sale proceeds of $228.0 million;

 

    24 apartment units located in Kansas City, Missouri that closed on August 2, 2005 for gross sale proceeds of $1.6 million; and

 

    two office buildings located in Raleigh, North Carolina, which were sold in a single transaction on August 29, 2005 for aggregate gross sale proceeds of $6.5 million.

 

In addition, during the same period, the Operating Partnership sold 63.1 acres of non-core development land aggregating $13.4 million in gross sales proceeds and contributed 22.4 acres of non-core development land to the newly formed Weston Lakeside, LLC joint venture (discussed further in Note 2) for an additional $1.9 million in cash proceeds and a 50.0% equity interest in the joint venture.

 

Proceeds from these asset dispositions in 2005 were used to pay-off debt and redeem Preferred Units, as further described in Note 5.

 

On January 9, 2006, the Operating Partnership sold $141.0 million of non-core properties encompassing 1.9 million square feet of office and industrial properties in Atlanta, GA, Columbia, SC and Tampa, FL. The net proceeds were partly used to pay off a $42.8 million variable rate secured construction loan on January 17, 2006 and to pay down the Revolving Loan. In addition, the net proceeds will be partly used to redeem 2.0 million shares of the Company’s 8% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends through the redemption date, which is scheduled to occur on February 23, 2006. As a result of this redemption, the Operating Partnership will redeem at similar terms an equivalent amount of its Series B Preferred Units that are currently owned by the Company.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

5. MORTGAGES, NOTES PAYABLE AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS

 

The Operating Partnership’s consolidated mortgages and notes payable consisted of the following at December 31, 2004 and 2003:

 

     2004

   2003

 
          (restated)  

Mortgage loans payable:

               

9.0% mortgage loan due 2005

   $ 34,165    $ 35,170  

8.1% mortgage loan due 2005

     26,446      27,257  

8.2% mortgage loan due 2007

     65,221      66,896  

7.8% mortgage loan due 2009

     86,567      88,322  

7.9% mortgage loan due 2009

     77,247      88,404  

7.8% mortgage loan due 2010

     137,969      140,498  

6.0% mortgage loan due 2013

     141,864      143,713  

5.7% mortgage loan due 2013

     127,541      127,500  

5.2% to 9.0% mortgage loans due between 2005 and 2017 (1)

     58,981      60,598  

Variable rate mortgage loan due 2006

     46,985      200,883 (2)

Variable rate mortgage loan due 2007

     3,747      4,033  

Variable rate construction loans due 2006 and 2007

     15,841      —    
    

  


       822,574      983,274  
    

  


Unsecured indebtedness:

               

7.0% notes due 2006

     110,000      110,000  

7.125% notes due 2008

     100,000      100,000  

8.125% notes due 2009

     50,000      50,000  

Put Option Notes due 2011 (3)

     —        100,000  

7.5% notes due 2018

     200,000      200,000  

Term loan due 2005

     20,000      20,000  

Term loan due 2005

     100,000      100,000  

Revolving loan due 2006

     170,000      46,000  
    

  


       750,000      726,000  
    

  


Total

   $ 1,572,574    $ 1,709,274  
    

  



(1) Includes $22.8 million related to SF-HIW Harborview, LP, which has been accounted for as a financing arrangement and is included in the Operating Partnership’s mortgages and notes payable in its Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 3.
(2) Includes $136.2 million related to MG-HIW, LLC, which was accounted for as a financing arrangement and included in the Operating Partnership’s mortgages and notes payable in its Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2003. See Note 3.
(3) In 1997, the Operating Partnership sold $100.0 million of Exercisable Put Option Notes due June 15, 2011 (the “Put Option Notes”). The Put Option Notes bore an interest rate of 7.19% from the date of issuance through June 15, 2004. After June 15, 2004, the interest rate to maturity on the Put Option Notes was required to be 6.39% plus the applicable spread determined as of June 10, 2004. In connection with the initial issuance of the Put Option Notes, a counter party was granted an option to purchase the Put Option Notes on June 15, 2004 at 100.0% of the principal amount. The counter party exercised this option and acquired the Put Option Notes on June 15, 2004. On that same date, the Operating Partnership exercised its option to acquire the Put Option Notes from the counter party for a purchase price equal to the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (assuming an interest rate of 6.39%) on the Put Option Notes, or $112.3 million. The difference between the $112.3 million and the $100.0 million was charged to loss on extinguishment of debt in the quarter ended June 30, 2004. The Operating Partnership borrowed funds from its Revolving Loan to make the $112.3 million payment.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

5. MORTGAGES, NOTES PAYABLE AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS - Continued

 

The following table sets forth the principal payments, including amortization, due on the Operating Partnership’s mortgages and notes payable as of December 31, 2004:

 

          Amounts due during year ending December 31,

    
     Total

   2005

   2006

   2007

   2008

   2009

   Thereafter

Fixed Rate Debt:

                                                

Unsecured (1):

                                                

Notes

   $ 460,000    $ —      $ 110,000    $ —      $ 100,000    $ 50,000    $ 200,000

Secured:

                                                

Mortgage loans payable (2)

     756,001      82,322      21,103      82,339      15,090      156,533      398,614
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

Total Fixed Rate Debt

     1,216,001      82,322      131,103      82,339      115,090      206,533      598,614
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

Variable Rate Debt: (3)

                                                

Unsecured:

                                                

Term Loans

     120,000      120,000      —        —        —        —        —  

Revolving Loan (4)

     170,000      —        170,000      —        —        —        —  

Secured:

                                                

Mortgage loans payable (2)

     50,732      291      47,273      3,168      —        —        —  

Construction Loan

     15,841      —        —        15,841      —        —        —  
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

Total Variable Rate Debt

     356,573      120,291      217,273      19,009      —        —        —  
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

Total Mortgages and Notes Payable

   $ 1,572,574    $ 202,613    $ 348,376    $ 101,348    $ 115,090    $ 206,533    $ 598,614
    

  

  

  

  

  

  


(1) The $460.0 million of unsecured notes bear interest at rates ranging from 7.0% to 8.125% with interest payable semi-annually in arrears. Any premium and discount related to the issuance of the unsecured notes, together with other issuance costs, is being amortized to interest expense over the life of the respective notes as an adjustment to interest expense. All of the unsecured notes are redeemable at any time prior to maturity at the Operating Partnership’s option, subject to certain conditions including the payment of make-whole amounts. As of the date of this filing, the Operating Partnership has not yet satisfied its requirement under the indenture governing its unsecured notes to file timely SEC reports, but expects to do so as soon as practicable. Under the indenture, the notes may be accelerated if the trustee or 25% of the holders provide written notice of a default and such default remains uncured after 60 days. To date, neither the trustee nor any holder has sent the Company or the Operating Partnership any such default notice. The Operating Partnership is in compliance with all other covenants under the indenture and is current on all payments required thereunder.
(2) The mortgage loans payable are secured by real estate assets with an aggregate undepreciated book value of $1.3 billion at December 31, 2004. The Operating Partnership’s fixed rate mortgage loans generally are either locked out to prepayment for all or a portion of their term or are prepayable subject to certain conditions including prepayment penalties.
(3) The Operating Partnership had one interest rate hedging arrangement at December 31, 2004, as described in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
(4) In July 2003, the Operating Partnership amended and restated its existing revolving loan and two bank term loans. The amended and restated $250.0 million revolving loan (the “Revolving Loan”) is from a group of eight lender banks and matures in July 2006.

In March 2004, the Operating Partnership amended the Revolving Loan and its then outstanding two bank term loans. The changes modified certain definitions used in all three loans to determine amounts that are used to compute financial covenants and also adjusted one of the financial ratio covenants.

In June 2004, the Operating Partnership further amended the Revolving Loan and its then outstanding two bank term loans. The changes excluded the $12.5 million charge taken related to the refinancing of the Put Option Notes from the calculations used to compute financial covenants.

In August 2004, the Operating Partnership further amended the Revolving Loan and its then outstanding two bank term loans. The changes excluded the effects of accounting for three sales transactions as financing and/or profit sharing arrangements under SFAS No. 66 from the calculations used to compute financial covenants, adjusted one financial covenant and temporarily adjusted a second financial covenant until the earlier of December 31, 2004 or the period when the Operating Partnership could record income from the anticipated settlement of a claim against WorldCom, which occurred in September 2004 (see Note 21).

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

5. MORTGAGES, NOTES PAYABLE AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS - Continued

 

In October 2004, the Operating Partnership obtained a waiver from the lenders under the Operating Partnership’s Revolving Loan and its then outstanding two bank term loans for certain covenant violations caused by the effects of the loss on debt extinguishment from the MOPPRS transaction in early 2003, as described below.

 

In June, July, August, September and December 2005, the Operating Partnership obtained waivers from the lenders under the Revolving Loan and its then outstanding two bank loans related to timely reporting to the lenders of annual and quarterly financial statements and to covenant violations that could arise from future redemptions of Preferred Units due to the reclassification of the Preferred Units from equity to a liability during the period of time from the announcement of the redemption until the redemption is completed.

 

The aforementioned modifications did not change the economic terms of the loans. In connection with these modifications, the Operating Partnership incurred certain loan costs that are capitalized and amortized to interest expense over the remaining term of the loans.

 

The Revolving Loan carries an interest rate based upon the Operating Partnership’s senior unsecured credit ratings. As a result, interest currently accrues on borrowings under the Revolving Loan at an average rate of LIBOR plus 105 basis points. The terms of the Revolving Loan require the Operating Partnership to pay an annual facility fee equal to .25% of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan. The Operating Partnership currently has a credit rating of BBB- assigned by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings and Ba1 assigned by Moody’s Investor Service. In January 2005, Moody’s Investor Service confirmed the Operating Partnership’s Ba1 rating, with a stable outlook. If Standard and Poor’s or Fitch Ratings were to lower the Operating Partnership’s credit ratings without a corresponding increase by Moody’s, the interest rate on borrowings under the Revolving Loan would be automatically increased by 60 basis points.

 

In November 2005, the Operating Partnership amended its $100.0 million bank term loan to extend the maturity date to July 17, 2006 and reduce the spread over the LIBOR interest rate from 130 basis points to 100 basis points.

 

Other Information

 

The terms of the Revolving Loan, the $120.0 million bank loans and the indenture that governs the Operating Partnership’s outstanding notes require the Operating Partnership to comply with certain operating and financial covenants and performance ratios. No circumstance currently exists that would result in an acceleration of any of this debt.

 

On February 2, 1998, the Operating Partnership sold $125.0 million of MandatOry Par Put Remarketed Securities (“MOPPRS”) which were originally expected to mature on February 1, 2013. The fixed interest rate was 6.835% through January 31, 2003, and would be reset at that date at 5.715% plus a spread as determined under the terms of the MOPPRS. In connection with the original issuance, the Operating Partnership granted a remarketing option to one of the underwriters for the MOPPRS, the consideration for which was reflected in the premium price of the bonds and aggregated $3.5 million. This consideration was deferred and included in deferred financing cost and was amortized to income over the term of the MOPPRS. The option, if exercised, allowed the option holder to purchase the MOPPRS on January 31, 2003 from the holders for $125.0 million and then resell the MOPPRS in a new offering to new investors at the reset interest rate (5.715% plus the spread). If the option holder did not exercise the option, the Operating Partnership would be required to repurchase the MOPPRS for $125.0 million plus any accrued interest. The Operating Partnership also had a one-time right to redeem the MOPPRS from the option holder on January 31, 2003 for $125.0 million plus the then present value of the remarketing option.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

5. MORTGAGES, NOTES PAYABLE AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS - Continued

 

On January 28, 2003, the Operating Partnership, the option holder and an intermediary entered into an agreement under which the option holder agreed to exercise its option to acquire the MOPPRS on January 31, 2003 and the intermediary agreed to acquire the MOPPRS from the option holder for $142.7 million. The intermediary and the Operating Partnership also agreed to exchange the MOPPRS for new Operating Partnership debt instruments in the future, subject to certain terms and conditions. The MOPPRS transaction between the option holder and the intermediary occurred on January 31, 2003 and the interest rate on the MOPPRS was reset at 8.975%. On February 4, 2003, a new $142.8 million mortgage loan with a third party, secured by 24 of the Operating Partnership’s properties, was executed; this loan bears a fixed interest rate of 6.03% and matures in February 2013. The intermediary received the proceeds from the new mortgage loan, and the mortgage loan and the MOPPRS were then exchanged between the Operating Partnership and the intermediary. The Operating Partnership then retired the MOPPRS. The retirement of the MOPPRS has been accounted for as an extinguishment. Accordingly, $14.7 million was charged to loss on extinguishment of debt in the quarter ended March 31, 2003.

 

Total interest capitalized was $1.1 million, $1.4 million and $5.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

Refinancings in 2005

 

Through December 31, 2005, the Operating Partnership paid off $153.4 million of outstanding loans, excluding any normal debt amortization, which included the following transactions. In early April 2005, the Operating Partnership paid off $40.9 million of callable secured mortgage debt; in mid-July 2005, the Operating Partnership paid off another $26.0 million of callable secured mortgage debt; and on August 1, 2005, the Operating Partnership paid off $47.0 million of secured variable rate mortgage debt that was due January 1, 2006. In September 2005, the Operating Partnership paid off its $20.0 million term loan at maturity and three secured loans totaling $3.5 million. In November 2005, the Operating Partnership extended the maturity date on its $100.0 million term loan to July 17, 2006 and lowered the interest rate. On December 1, 2005, the Operating Partnership paid off $2.1 million of secured variable rate mortgage debt that was due February 2, 2006. In addition, on December 1, 2005, the Operating Partnership exercised its option to pay down $9.4 million on its AEGON loan that matures in 2009. The Operating Partnership also used some of the proceeds from its disposition activity to redeem, in August 2005, all of the Operating Partnership’s outstanding Series D Preferred Units and a portion of the outstanding Series B Preferred Units, aggregating $130.0 million plus accrued dividends. These reductions in outstanding debt and Preferred Unit balances were made primarily from proceeds from property dispositions that closed in 2005.

 

Deferred Financing Costs

 

As of December 31, 2004, the Operating Partnership had $16.7 million of deferred financing costs, with $6.6 million of accumulated amortization. Deferred financing costs include loan fees, loan closing costs, premium and discounts on bonds, notes payable and debt issuance costs. Amortization of bond premiums and discounts is included in contractual interest expense. All other amortization is shown as amortization of deferred financing costs. The scheduled future amortization of these deferred financings costs will be as follows:

 

     Contractual
Interest


   Deferred
Financing


   Total

2005

   $ 250    $ 3,223    $ 3,473

2006

     239      1,710      1,949

2007

     111      853      964

2008

     70      667      737

2009

     37      506      543

Thereafter

     299      2,107      2,406
    

  

  

     $ 1,006    $ 9,066    $ 10,072
    

  

  

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

5. MORTGAGES, NOTES PAYABLE AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS - Continued

 

In June 2004, $0.9 million of unamortized deferred financing costs were written off in connection with the early extinguishment of the $136.2 million secured loan related to the MG-HIW Orlando assets sold to a 40.0% owned joint venture with Kapital Consult, as described in Note 4.

 

Financing Obligations

 

The Operating Partnership’s financing obligations consisted of the following at December 31, 2004 and 2003:

 

     December 31,
2004


   December 31,
2003


          (restated)

SF-HIW Harborview, LP financing obligation (1)

   $ 14,808    $ 13,566

Eastshore financing obligation (1)

     28,777      28,873

MG-HIW, LLC financing obligation (1)

     —        60,991

Capitalized ground lease obligation (2)

     1,778      1,714

Tax increment financing obligation (3)

     19,946      20,633
    

  

Total

   $ 65,309    $ 125,777
    

  


(1) See Note 3 for further discussion of these financing obligations.
(2) This liability represents a capitalized lease obligation to the lessor of land on which the Operating Partnership owned a building. The Operating Partnership is obligated to make fixed payments to the lessor through March 2010. The net present value of these payments discounted at 7.13% is shown as a liability in the balance sheet, which accretes each month for the difference between the interest on the financing obligation and the fixed payments. The accretion would continue until the liability equals the residual value of the land. As of March 31, 2005, this liability was settled as a result of the sale of the building and assumption by the buyer of the Operating Partnership’s ground lease.
(3) In connection with tax increment financing for construction of a public garage related to an office building constructed by the Operating Partnership, the Operating Partnership is obligated to pay fixed special assessments over a 20-year period. The net present value of these assessments, discounted at 6.93%, is shown as a financing obligation in the balance sheet. The Operating Partnership also receives special tax revenues and property tax rebates which are intended, but not guaranteed, to provide funds to pay the special assessments.

 

The following table sets forth the expected payment obligations on financing obligations as of December 31, 2004:

 

2005

   $ 31,264

2006

     797

2007

     876

2008

     929

2009

     993

Thereafter

     30,450
    

     $ 65,309
    

 

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(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

6. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

 

Management Compensation Program

 

The officers of the Company, which is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, participate in an annual bonus program whereby they are eligible for bonuses based on a percentage of their annual base salary as of the prior December. Each officer’s target level bonus is determined by competitive analysis and the executive’s ability to influence overall performance of the executive’s business unit and/or of the Company as a whole and, ranges from 30.0% to 85.0% of base salary depending on position in the Company. The executive’s actual incentive bonus for the year is the product of the target annual incentive bonus percentage times a performance ‘factor,’ which can range from zero to 200%. This performance factor depends upon the relationship between how various performance criteria compare with predetermined goals. For an executive who has division responsibilities, goals for certain performance criteria are based on the division’s budget for the year, and goals for other criteria are fixed objectives that are the same for all divisions. For corporate executives, the performance factor is based on the average of the factors achieved by the division executives. Bonuses are accrued and expensed in the year earned and are generally paid in the first quarter of the following year.

 

Certain other members of management participate in an annual cash incentive bonus program whereby a target level cash bonus is established based upon the job responsibilities of their position. Cash bonus eligibility ranges from 10.0% to 40.0% of annual base salary as of the prior December. The actual cash bonus is determined by the overall performance of the Company and the individual’s performance during each year. These bonuses are also accrued and expensed in the year earned and are generally paid in the first quarter of the following year.

 

In addition to the annual bonus and as an incentive to retain executive officers, the Company’s long-term incentive plan for officers provides for annual grants of stock options and restricted stock under the Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Option Plan (the “Stock Option Plan”) and other awards under the 1999 Shareholder Value Plan.

 

The stock options issued prior to 2005 vest ratably over four years and remain outstanding for 10 years. The value of such options as of the date of grant is calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

 

The restricted shares issued prior to 2005 generally vest 50.0% three years from the date of grant and the remaining 50.0% five years from date of grant. Such shares are no longer restricted after the vesting date. The restricted share awards are amortized to expense over the explicit service periods, which is the vesting period. Recipients are eligible to receive dividends on restricted stock issued. Restricted stock and annual expense information is as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    2002

 

Restricted shares outstanding at January 1

     334,182       252,355       211,669  

Number of restricted shares awarded

     118,257       104,076       78,969  

Restricted shares vested (1)

     (137,932 )     (21,693 )     (7,876 )

Restricted shares repurchased upon cancellation or forfeiture

     (6,859 )     (556 )     (30,407 )
    


 


 


Restricted shares outstanding at December 31

     307,648       334,182       252,355  
    


 


 


Annual expense (1)

   $ 3,721     $ 1,937     $ 1,158  
    


 


 


Average grant date market value for all restricted shares outstanding

   $ 24.02     $ 24.03     $ 24.90  
    


 


 



(1) Vested shares for 2004 include 106,059 shares that had accelerating vesting upon the retirement of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer on June 30, 2004; annual expense for 2004 includes $1.7 million related to these accelerated vested shares.

 

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(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

6. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - Continued

 

The 1999 Shareholder Value Plan was intended to reward the executive officers of the Company when the total shareholder returns measured by increases in the market value of shares of Common Stock plus dividends on those shares exceeds a comparable index of the Company’s peers over a three-year period. A payout for this program, which can be in cash or other consideration, is determined by the Company’s percentage change in shareholder return compared to the composite index of its peer group. If the Company’s performance is not at least 100% of the peer group, no payout is made. To the extent performance exceeds the peer group, the payout increases. A new three-year plan cycle begins each year under this program. There were no cash payouts under this plan for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 or 2002, respectively. This plan is accounted for under variable plan accounting and accordingly, at each period-end, a liability equal to the current computed fair value under the plan for all outstanding plan units, adjusted for the three-year vesting period, is recorded with corresponding charges or credits to compensation expense. Compensation expense recognized under this plan amounted to $0 in 2004, $0 in 2003 and $(846,000) in 2002.

 

In 1997, the Company adopted the 1997 Performance Award Plan under which 349,990 nonqualified stock options granted to certain executive officers were accompanied by a dividend equivalent right (“DER”). No other options granted by the Company since 1997 have been accompanied by a DER. The plan provided that if the total return on a share of Common Stock exceeded certain thresholds during the five-year vesting period ending in 2002, the exercise price of such options with a DER would be reduced under a formula based on dividends and other distributions made with respect to such a share during the period beginning on the date of grant and ending upon exercise of such stock option. At the end of the five-year vesting period, the total return performance resulted in a reduction in the option exercise price of $6.098 per share. The exercise price per option share was further reduced by $2.964 as of December 31, 2004 as a result of the dividend payments on Common Stock from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2004. Because of the exercise price reduction feature, the stock options accompanied by a DER were accounted for using variable accounting as provided in FASB Interpretation No. 44, “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation.” As a result, the Company recorded compensation expense of $0.06 million, $1.2 million and $0.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. In December 2004, the Company entered into an agreement with the participants to cease the additional reduction in the option exercise price, which fixed the exercise price per share reduction at $9.06. As a result, variable accounting is no longer required as both the number of options and the amount required to exercise are known. As of December 31, 2004, there were 168,948 outstanding options with an accompanying DER.

 

The Company has also established a deferred compensation plan pursuant to which various officers can defer a portion of their salary and/or bonus that would otherwise be paid to such officers for investment in units of phantom Common Stock or in various, unrelated mutual funds, based on the officers’ elections. The Company records compensation expense for the full amount of compensation deferred by participating officers in each deferral period. At the end of each quarter, any officer who defers compensation into phantom stock that otherwise would have been paid in cash is credited with units of phantom stock at a 15.0% discount. Dividends on the phantom stock are assumed to be issued in additional phantom stock at a 15.0% discount. If the officer leaves employment for any reason (other than death, disability, normal retirement or voluntary termination by the Company) within two years after the end of the year in which such officer has deferred compensation, at a minimum, the 15.0% discount and any deemed dividends are forfeited. Over the two-year vesting period, the Company records additional compensation expense equal to the 15.0% discount, the accrued dividends and any changes in the market value of Common Stock from the date of the deferral, which aggregated $0.5 million, $0.7 million and $0.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. In July 2005, the Company modified the plan to preclude any deferrals into phantom stock after December 31, 2005.

 

For 2005, the annual incentive bonus program will operate similarly as in 2004, except that the following four performance criteria will be used for 2005, all of which are weighted equally: (1) average occupancy rates relative to budgeted rates; (2) net operating income relative to budgeted amounts; (3) average payback on leases relative to a fixed goal; and (4) average lease term relative to a fixed goal. These criteria provide an objective basis for the compensation and governance committee of the Company’s board of directors to determine bonuses for division level and corporate level executive officers. Notwithstanding the foregoing criteria, the compensation and governance committee has retained the authority to pay bonuses at its discretion.

 

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(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

6. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - Continued

 

Effective for 2005, options that are issued to executive officers under the Stock Option Plan will continue to vest ratably over a four-year period, but the option term will be seven years instead of 10 years. The value of such options as of the date of grant will be calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The exercise price per share for such options will be based on the average of the daily closing prices for Common Stock over the 10-day period preceding the date of grant, rather than the closing price for Common Stock on the date immediately preceding the date of grant.

 

Beginning in 2005, the Company has also replaced the 1999 Shareholder Value Plan with a performance-based restricted stock plan under which all or a portion of additional grants of restricted stock will vest if the total return of Common Stock exceeds the average total returns of a selected group of peer companies over a three-year period. If the Company’s performance is not at least 100% of the peer group, none of the restricted stock will vest at the end of the three-year period. To the extent performance equals or exceeds the peer group, the portion of issued shares that vest can range from 50.0% to 100.0%, and for exceptional levels of performance, additional shares can be granted at the end of the three-year period up to 100.0% of the original restricted stock that was issued. These additional shares, if any, would be fully vested when issued. A new three-year plan cycle begins each year under the program.

 

Effective for 2005, shares of time-based restricted stock that are issued to executive officers under the Stock Option Plan will vest one-third on the third anniversary, one-third on the fourth anniversary and one-third on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant.

 

In addition to time-based restricted stock, a portion of the restricted stock issued to executive officers in 2005 will be subject to company-wide performance-based criteria. For 2005, the performance-based criteria is based on whether or not the Company meets or exceeds operating goals established under the Company’s Strategic Management Plan for the four following areas relative to established goals by the end of 2007: (1) average occupancy rates; (2) long-term debt plus preferred equity as a percentage of total assets; (3) fixed charge coverage ratio; and (4) ratio of dividends to cash available for distribution. To the extent performance equals or exceeds the threshold performance goals, the portion of issued shares of restricted stock that vest can range from 50.0% to 100.0%, and for exceptional levels of performance, additional shares can be granted at the end of the three-year period up to 50.0% of the original restricted shares that were issued. These additional shares, if any, would be fully vested when issued.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing criteria, the compensation and governance committee of the Company’s board of directors has retained the authority to issue long-term incentive awards at its discretion.

 

The Company’s obligations to its executive officers are reimbursed by the Operating Partnership.

 

Dividends received on restricted stock under all prior and current grants are non-forfeitable by the officer and are paid at the same rate and on the same date as on shares of Common Stock on all shares held, whether or not vested.

 

401(k) Savings Plan

 

The Operating Partnership has a 401(k) savings plan covering substantially all employees who meet certain age and employment criteria. The Operating Partnership contributes amounts for each participant at a rate of 75% of the employee’s contribution (up to 6% of each employee’s salary). During 2004, 2003 and 2002, the Operating Partnership contributed $1.2 million, $1.0 million and $0.9 million, respectively, to the 401(k) savings plan. Administrative expenses of the plan are paid by the Operating Partnership.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

6. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - Continued

 

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

The Company has an Employee Stock Purchase Plan for all active employees under which employees can elect to contribute up to 25.0% of their base compensation. At the end of each three-month offering period, the contributions in each participant’s account balance, which includes accrued dividends, is applied to acquire shares of Common Stock at a cost that is calculated at 85.0% of the lower of the average closing price on the New York Stock Exchange on the five consecutive days preceding the first day of the quarter or the five days preceding the last day of the quarter. During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, the Company issued 33,693, 50,812 and 47,488 new shares of Common Stock, respectively under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Operating Partnership issues one Common Unit to the Company in exchange for the price paid for each share of Common Stock. The discount on issued shares is expensed by the Operating Partnership as additional compensation and aggregated $0.2 million, $0.2 million and $0.1 million in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

7. RENTAL INCOME

 

The Operating Partnership’s real estate assets are leased to tenants under operating leases, substantially all of which expire over the next 10 years. The minimum rental amounts under the leases are generally either subject to scheduled fixed increases or adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index. Generally, the leases also require that the tenants reimburse the Operating Partnership for increases in certain costs above the base- year costs.

 

Expected future minimum rents to be received over the next five years and thereafter from tenants for leases in effect at December 31, 2004 for the Operating Partnership’s Wholly Owned Properties are as follows:

 

2005

   $ 377,310

2006

     336,603

2007

     286,978

2008

     235,047

2009

     180,788

Thereafter

     513,857
    

     $ 1,930,583
    

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Operating Partnership has previously reported that it had a contract to acquire development land in the Bluegrass Valley office development project from GAPI, Inc., a corporation controlled by Gene H. Anderson, an executive officer and director of the Company. Under the terms of the contract, the development land is to be purchased in phases, and the purchase price for each phase or parcel is settled for in cash and/or Common Units. The price for the various parcels is based on an initial value for each parcel, adjusted for an interest factor, currently 6.88% per annum, applied up to the closing date and also for changes in the value of the Common Units. On January 17, 2003, the Company acquired an additional 23.5 acres of this land from GAPI, Inc. for 85,520 shares of Common Stock and $384,000 in cash for total consideration of $2.3 million. In May 2003, 4.0 acres of the remaining acres not yet acquired by the Operating Partnership was taken by the Georgia Department of Transportation to develop a roadway interchange for consideration of $1.8 million. The Department of Transportation took possession and title of the property in June 2003. As part of the terms of the contract between the Operating Partnership and GAPI, Inc., the Operating Partnership was entitled to and received in 2003 the $1.8 million proceeds from the condemnation. In July 2003, the Operating Partnership appealed the condemnation and is currently seeking additional payment from the state; the recognition of any gain has been deferred pending resolution of the appeal process. In April 2005, the Operating Partnership acquired for cash an additional 12.1 acres of the Bluegrass Valley land from GAPI, Inc. and also settled for cash the final purchase price with GAPI, Inc. on the 4.0 acres that were taken by the Georgia Department of Transportation, which aggregated approximately $2.7 million, of which $0.7 million was recorded as a payable to GAPI, Inc. on the Operating Partnership’s financial statements as of December 31, 2004. In August 2005, the Operating Partnership acquired 12.7 acres, representing the last parcel of land to be acquired, for cash aggregating $3.2 million. The Operating Partnership believes that the purchase price with respect to each land parcel was at or below market value. These transactions were unanimously approved by the full Board of Directors with Mr. Anderson abstaining from the vote. The contract provided that the land parcels could be paid in Common Units or in cash, at the option of the seller. This feature constituted an embedded derivative pursuant to SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” The embedded derivative feature is accounted for separately and adjusted based on changes in the fair value of the Common Units. This results in an increase to other income of $1.3 million in 2002, and a decrease to other income of $0.7 and $0.4 million in 2003 and 2004, respectively. In 2005, an additional $0.2 million expense was recorded related to the embedded derivative, which expired upon the closing of the final land transaction in August 2005.

 

The Operating Partnership entered into a series of agreements in January and February 2005, pursuant to which the Operating Partnership, through a third party broker, sold on February 28, 2005 and April 15, 2005, three non-core industrial buildings in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to John L. Turner and certain of his affiliates in exchange for a gross sales price of approximately $27.0 million, of which $20.3 million was paid in cash and the remainder from the surrender of 256,508 Common Units. The Operating Partnership recorded a gain of approximately $4.8 million upon the closing of these sales. Mr. Turner retired from the Company’s Board of Directors effective December 31, 2005. The Operating Partnership believes that the purchase price paid for these assets by Mr. Turner and his affiliates was equal to their fair market value. The sales were unanimously approved by the full Board of Directors with Mr. Turner not being present to discuss or vote on the matter.

 

9. PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

 

Distributions

 

Distributions paid per Common Unit (including Redeemable Common Units) were $1.70, $1.86 and $2.34 for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

The Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s tax returns have not been examined by the IRS and, therefore, the taxability of dividends is subject to change. As of December 31, 2004, the tax basis of the Operating Partnership’s assets and liabilities was approximately $2.4 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

9. PARTNERS’ CAPITAL - Continued

 

On January 25, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a distribution of $0.425 per Common Unit payable on March 4, 2005 to common unitholders of record on February 7, 2005. On April 26, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a distribution of $0.425 per Common Unit payable on June 3, 2005 to unitholders of record on May 17, 2005. On July 26, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a distribution of $0.425 per Common Unit payable on September 2, 2005 to unitholders of record on August 8, 2005. On November 15, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a distribution of $0.425 per Common Unit payable on December 16, 2005 to unitholders of record on November 28, 2005.

 

Redeemable Common Units

 

Generally, the Operating Partnership is obligated to redeem each Redeemable Common Unit at the request of the holder thereof for cash equal to the fair market value of one share of Common Stock at the time of such redemption, provided that the Company at its option may elect to acquire any such Redeemable Common Unit presented for redemption for cash or one share of Common Stock. When a holder redeems a Redeemable Common Unit for a share of Common Stock or cash, the Company’s share in the Operating Partnership will be increased. The Common Units owned by the Company are not redeemable.

 

Preferred Units

 

Below is a tabular presentation of the Operating Partnership’s preferred units as of December 31, 2004:

 

Preferred Unit Issuances


  

Issue

Date


  

Number

of Units
Issued
Originally


  

Number

of Units
Outstanding


   Carrying
Value


   Liquidation
Preference
Per Unit


   Optional
Redemption
Date


  

Annual
Distributions
Payable

Per Unit


          (in thousands)    (in thousands)                    

Series A Preferred Units

   2/12/1997    125    105    $ 104,945    $ 1,000    02/12/2027    $ 86.25

Series B Preferred Units

   9/25/1997    6,900    6,900    $ 172,500    $ 25    09/25/2002    $ 2.00

Series D Preferred Units

   4/23/1998    400    400    $ 100,000    $ 250    04/23/2003    $ 20.00

 

The net proceeds raised from each of three Preferred Stock issuances were contributed by the Company to the Operating Partnership in exchange for Preferred Units in the Operating Partnership. The terms of each series of Preferred Units generally parallel the terms of the respective Preferred Stock.

 

On August 22, 2005, the Company redeemed all of the outstanding Series D Preferred Units at a redemption value aggregating $100.0 million plus accrued distributions and a portion of its Series B Preferred Units at a redemption value aggregating $30.0 million plus accrued distributions. In accordance with EITF Topic D-42, net income allocable to common unitholders in the third quarter of 2005 will be reduced by approximately $4.3 million, or $0.07 per share, representing the amount of original issuance costs related to the redeemed Preferred Units.

 

Unit Repurchases

 

During 2004, the Operating Partnership redeemed a total of 46,588 Common Units at a weighted average price of $25.04 per unit. Since 1999, the Operating Partnership has redeemed 2.5 million Common Units at a weighted average price of $24.22 per unit for a total purchase price of $59.5 million.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

10. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

SFAS No. 133, as amended by SFAS No. 149, requires the Operating Partnership to recognize all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. Derivatives that are not hedges must be adjusted to fair value through income. If the derivative is a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative will either be offset against the change in fair value of the hedged assets, liabilities or firm commitments through earnings or will be recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (“AOCL”) until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value is recognized in earnings.

 

The Operating Partnership’s interest rate risk management objectives are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, from time to time the Operating Partnership may enter into interest rate hedge contracts such as collars, swaps, caps and treasury lock agreements in order to mitigate its interest rate risk with respect to various debt instruments. The Operating Partnership does not hold these derivatives for trading or speculative purposes.

 

The interest rate on all of the Operating Partnership’s variable rate debt is adjusted at one to three month intervals, subject to settlements under these contracts. The Operating Partnership received only a nominal amount of payments under interest rate hedge contracts in 2004 and 2003. Net payments made to counter parties under interest rate hedge contracts were $0.4 million in 2002 and were recorded as increases to interest expense.

 

The Operating Partnership is exposed to certain losses in the event of nonperformance by the counter party under any outstanding hedge contracts. The Operating Partnership expects the counter parties, which are major financial institutions, to perform fully under any such contracts. However, if any counter party was to default on its obligation under an interest rate hedge contract, the Operating Partnership could be required to pay the full rates on its debt, even if such rates were in excess of the rate in the contract.

 

On the date that the Operating Partnership enters into a derivative contract, the Operating Partnership designates the derivative as (1) a hedge of the variability of cash flows that are to be received or paid in connection with a recognized liability (a “cash flow” hedge), (2) a hedge of changes in the fair value of an asset or a liability attributable to a particular risk (a “fair value” hedge) or (3) an instrument that is held as a non-hedge derivative. Changes in the fair value of highly effective cash flow hedges, to the extent that the hedges are effective, are recorded in AOCL, until earnings are affected by the hedged transaction (i.e., until periodic settlements of a variable-rate liability are recorded in earnings). Any hedge ineffectiveness (which represents the amount by which the changes in the fair value of the derivative exceed the variability in the cash flows of the transaction) is recorded in current-period earnings. For derivatives designated as fair value hedges, changes in the fair value of the derivative and the hedged item related to the hedged risk are recognized in current-period earnings. Changes in the fair value of non-hedging instruments are reported in current-period earnings.

 

The Operating Partnership formally documents all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items as well as its risk-management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes linking all derivatives that are designated as cash flow hedges to (1) specific assets and liabilities on the balance sheet or (2) forecasted transactions. The Operating Partnership also assesses and documents, both at the hedging instrument’s inception and on an ongoing basis, whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows associated with the hedged items. When the Operating Partnership determines that a derivative is not (or has ceased to be) highly effective as a hedge, the Operating Partnership discontinues hedge accounting prospectively.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

10. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Continued

 

During 2002, the Operating Partnership entered into and terminated two $24.0 million treasury lock agreements related to an anticipated fixed rate financing with two financial counterparties, which effectively lock the treasury rate at 3.7%. These treasury lock agreements are designated as cashflow hedges and the effective portion of the cumulative loss on the derivative instruments was $1.1 million at December 31, 2004 and is being reported as a component of AOCL in partners’ capital with the related offset included in other assets. These costs will be recognized into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings (as the underlying debt is paid down). The Operating Partnership expects that the portion of the cumulative loss recorded in AOCL at December 31, 2004 associated with the derivative instruments which will be recognized within the next 12 months will be approximately $0.3 million.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Operating Partnership entered into and subsequently terminated a treasury lock agreement to hedge the change in the fair market value of the MOPPRS and related remarketing option issued by the Operating Partnership. The termination of this treasury lock agreement resulted in a payment of $1.5 million to the Operating Partnership, which was included as part of the $14.7 million loss on extinguishment recorded in early 2003 (see Note 5).

 

In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2003, the Operating Partnership entered into and subsequently terminated three interest rate swap agreements related to a ten-year fixed rate financing completed on December 1, 2003. These swap agreements were designated as cash flow hedges. The unamortized effective portion of the cumulative gain on these derivative instruments was $3.5 million at December 31, 2004 and is being reported as a component of AOCL in partners’ capital with the related offset included in other assets. This deferred gain will be recognized in net income as a reduction of interest expense in the same period or periods during which interest expense on the hedged fixed rate financing affects net income. The Operating Partnership expects that $0.3 million will be recognized in the next 12 months.

 

In 2003, the Operating Partnership also entered into two interest rate swaps related to a floating rate credit facility. The swaps effectively fixed the one-month LIBOR rate on $20.0 million of floating rate debt at 0.99% from August 1, 2003 to January 1, 2004 and at 1.59% from January 2, 2004 until June 1, 2005. These swap agreements are designated as cash flow hedges and the effective portion of the cumulative gain on these derivative instruments was $0.1 million at December 31, 2004 and is being reported as a component of AOCL in partners’ capital with the related offset included in other assets. The Operating Partnership expects that the portion of the cumulative gain recorded in AOCL at December 31, 2004 associated with these derivative instruments, which will be recognized within the next 12 months, will be $0.1 million.

 

At December 31, 2004, $5.3 million of deferred financing costs from past cash flow hedging instruments is being reported as a component of AOCL in partners’ capital. These costs will be recognized as interest expense as the underlying debt is repaid. The Operating Partnership expects that the portion of the cumulative loss recorded in AOCL at December 31, 2004 associated with these derivative instruments, which will be recognized as interest expense within the next 12 months, will be approximately $0.7 million.

 

As described in Note 8, the land purchase agreement with GAPI, Inc. included an embedded derivative feature due to the price for the land parcels being determined by the fair value of Common Units, which was accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 133.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

11. OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

Other comprehensive income represents net income plus the results of certain partners’ capital changes not reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The components of other comprehensive income are as follows:

 

     December 31,
2004


   December 31,
2003


   December 31,
2002


 
          (restated)    (restated)  

Net income

   $ 42,964    $ 42,249    $ 87,326  

Other comprehensive income:

                      

Realized derivative gains on cashflow hedges

     79      3,866      (1,306 )

Amortization as interest expense of hedging gains and losses included in other comprehensive income

     757      1,688      1,543  
    

  

  


Total other comprehensive income

     836      5,554      237  
    

  

  


Total comprehensive income

   $ 43,800    $ 47,803    $ 87,563  
    

  

  


 

12. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND THE IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS

 

In October 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, which supersedes SFAS No. 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be disposed of” and the accounting and reporting provisions for disposals of a segment of a business as addressed in APB Opinion No. 30. SFAS No. 144 was effective as of January 1, 2002 and extended the reporting requirements of discontinued operations to include those long-lived assets that were classified as held for sale at December 31, 2003 as a result of disposal activities that were initiated subsequent to January 1, 2002, or were sold during 2002 or 2003 as a result of disposal activities that were initiated subsequent to January 1, 2002. The operations and cash flows of qualifying dispositions have been or will be eliminated from the ongoing operations of the Operating Partnership and the Operating Partnership will not have any significant continuing involvement in the operations after the disposal transaction.

 

Per SFAS No. 144, those long-lived assets that were sold during 2002 as a result of disposal activities initiated prior to January 1, 2002 should be accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 121 and APB Opinion No. 30. During 2002, the Operating Partnership sold three properties as a result of disposal activities initiated prior to January 1, 2002, and the gains realized on these sales are included in the gains and impairments on disposition of property, net in the Operating Partnership’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

As part of its business strategy, the Operating Partnership will from time to time selectively dispose of non-core properties in order to use the net proceeds for investments or other purposes. The table below sets forth the net operating results and net carrying value of those assets classified as discontinued operations in the Operating Partnership’s Consolidated Financial Statements. These assets classified as discontinued operations comprise 3.5 million square feet of office and industrial property, 88 apartment units and 7.8 acres of revenue-producing land sold during 2002, 2003 and 2004 and 0.09 million square feet of property held for sale at December 31, 2004. These long-lived assets relate to disposal activities that were initiated subsequent to the effective date of SFAS No. 144, or that met certain stipulations prescribed by SFAS No. 144. The operations and cash flows of these assets have been or will be eliminated from the ongoing operations of the Operating Partnership and the Operating Partnership will not have any significant continuing involvement in the operations after the disposal transaction:

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

12. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND THE IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS - Continued

 

     Year Ended December 31,

     2004

   2003

   2002

          (restated)    (restated)

Rental and other revenues

   $ 8,561    $ 14,329    $ 32,724

Operating expenses:

                    

Rental property and other expenses

     4,410      6,373      10,685

Depreciation and amortization

     1,768      4,317      9,026

Impairment of assets held for use

     500      —        —  

General and administrative

     222      —        —  
    

  

  

Total operating expenses

     6,900      10,690      19,711

Other income

     22      78      179
    

  

  

Income from discontinued operations

     1,683      3,717      13,192
    

  

  

Net gains on sale and impairments of discontinued operations

     3,106      8,858      13,134
    

  

  

Total discontinued operations

   $ 4,789    $ 12,575    $ 26,326
    

  

  

Carrying value of assets held for sale and assets sold during the year

   $ 6,410    $ 94,585    $ 133,347
    

  

  

 

SFAS No. 144 also requires that a long-lived asset classified as held for sale be measured at the lower of the carrying value or fair value less cost to sell. During 2004, the Operating Partnership determined that five office properties held for sale, which have now been sold, had a carrying value that was greater than fair value less cost to sell; therefore, an impairment loss of $6.3 million was recognized in net gains on sale and impairments of discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statement of Income for the year ended December 31, 2004. For 2003, an impairment loss related to one office property whose carrying value was greater than its fair value less cost to sell, which has now been sold, was $0.1 million. This impairment loss is included in net gains on sale and impairments of discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statement of Income for the year ended December 31, 2003. For 2002, the impairment loss related to two office properties whose carrying value was greater than their fair value less cost to sell, which have now been sold, was $4.1 million. This impairment loss is included in net gains on sale and impairments of discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statement of Income for the year ended December 31, 2002. At December 31, 2004, the Operating Partnership had 248,400 rentable square feet of properties and 31.1 acres of land classified as held for sale. As of November 30, 2005, most of these properties have been sold.

 

The following table includes the major classes of assets and liabilities of the properties held for sale as of December 31, 2004 and 2003:

 

     December 31,

 
     2004 (1)

    2003 (2)

 
           (restated)  

Land

   $ 2,822     $ 6,418  

Land held for development

     7,546       25,619  

Buildings and tenant improvements

     24,234       43,637  

Development in process

     —         4  

Accumulated depreciation

     (1,411 )     (6,839 )
    


 


Net real estate assets

     33,191       68,839  

Deferred leasing costs

     127       412  

Accrued straight line rents receivable

     165       350  

Prepaid expenses and other

     7       603  

Accumulated amortization

     (79 )     (190 )
    


 


Total assets

   $ 33,411     $ 70,014  
    


 


Tenant security deposits and deferred rents (3)

   $ 179     $ 133  
    


 



(1) Includes two office properties and a retail property.
(2) Includes four office properties and two retail properties.
(3) Included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

12. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND THE IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS - Continued

 

SFAS No. 144 also requires that if indicators of impairment exist, the carrying value of a long-lived asset classified as held for use be compared to the sum of its estimated undiscounted future cash flows. If the carrying value is greater than the sum of its undiscounted future cash flows, an impairment loss should be recognized for the excess of the carrying amount of the asset over its estimated fair value. During 2004, there were two properties held for use, one of which was later sold in 2004, with indicators of impairment where the carrying value exceeded the sum of undiscounted future cash flows. Accordingly, the Operating Partnership recognized an impairment loss of $1.6 million, of which $0.4 million is related to the property sold in 2004 and is included in income from discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statement of Income. The remaining impairment loss is included as impairment of assets held for use. For the year ended December 31, 2003, there was no impairment loss on assets held for use. For the year ended December 31, 2002, the carrying value of one property was greater than the sum of its undiscounted future cash flows and, accordingly, an impairment loss of $0.8 million was recognized. In addition, in 2002, the Operating Partnership recognized a $9.1 million impairment loss related to one office property that has been demolished and may be redeveloped into a class A suburban office property in the future. The carrying value of this property exceeded the sum of its undiscounted future cash flows. These impairment losses aggregating $9.9 million are included as impairment of assets held for use in the Consolidated Statement of Income for the year ended December 31, 2002.

 

13. EARNINGS PER COMMON UNIT

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per Common Unit:

 

     2004

    2003

    2002

 
           (restated)     (restated)  

Numerator:

                        

Net income

   $ 42,964     $ 42,249     $ 87,326  

Non-convertible preferred unit distributions (1)

     (30,852 )     (30,852 )     (30,852 )
    


 


 


Numerator for basic earnings per Common Unit – net income available for Common Unit holders

   $ 12,112     $ 11,397     $ 56,474  
    


 


 


Numerator for diluted earnings per Common Unit – net income available for Common Unit holders – after assumed conversions

   $ 12,112     $ 11,397     $ 56,474  
    


 


 


Denominator:

                        

Denominator for basic earnings per Common Unit – weighted-average units (2)

     59,056       59,166       59,711  

Add:

                        

Employee stock options (1)

     380       216       334  

Warrants (1)

     5       3       5  

Unvested restricted units (2)

     175       117       103  
    


 


 


Denominator for diluted earnings per Common Unit – adjusted weighted average Common Units and assumed conversions

     59,616       59,502       60,153  
    


 


 


Basic earnings per Common Unit

   $ 0.21     $ 0.19     $ 0.95  
    


 


 


Diluted earnings per Common Unit

   $ 0.20     $ 0.19     $ 0.94  
    


 


 



(1) For additional disclosures regarding outstanding Preferred Units, employee stock options and warrants, see Notes 9 and 14 included herein. The number of additional units has been determined using the treasury stock method.
(2) Weighted average units for basic earnings per unit exclude unvested units of restricted stock, per SFAS No. 128. The number of unvested restricted units included in diluted earnings per unit has been determined using the treasury stock method.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

13. EARNINGS PER COMMON UNIT - Continued

 

The number of Common Units reserved for future issuance is as follows:

 

     December 31,
2004


   December 31,
2003


Outstanding warrants

   921,715    921,715

Outstanding stock options

   4,632,691    4,229,461

Possible future issuance under stock option plan

   2,531,330    3,254,406
    
  
     8,085,736    8,405,582
    
  

 

14. STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS

 

As of December 31, 2004, 6.0 million shares of Common Stock were authorized for issuance under the Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Option Plan. Stock options granted under this plan generally vest over a four or five-year period beginning with the date of grant. Upon exercise of a stock option, the Company will contribute the exercise price to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a Common Unit; therefore, the Operating Partnership accounts for such options as if issued by the Operating Partnership.

 

In 1995, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123, which recommends the use of a fair value based method of accounting for an employee stock option whereby compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized over the service period (generally the vesting period of the award). However, SFAS No. 123 specifically allows an entity to continue to measure compensation cost under APB Opinion No. 25, so long as pro forma disclosures of net income and earnings per share are made as if SFAS No. 123 had been adopted. Through December 31, 2002, the Operating Partnership elected to follow APB Opinion No. 25 and related interpretations in accounting for its employee stock options. In 2002 and 2001, 494,329 and 95,443 options were exercised whereby the Company simultaneously repurchased shares from the employees sufficient to pay for the option exercise price and the employees’ withholding taxes. Accordingly, these option exercises were considered to represent new measurement dates and the entire intrinsic value of the options was expensed in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 44, “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Options, An Interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25.” The amounts expensed aggregated $3.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2002. There were no similar option exercises during the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003.

 

In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148 to provide alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. In addition, the statement amends the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123 to require prominent disclosures in both annual and interim financial statements about the method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results. On January 1, 2003, the Operating Partnership adopted the fair value method of accounting for stock-based compensation provisions of SFAS No. 123. The Operating Partnership applied the prospective method of accounting and expenses all employee stock options (and similar awards) issued on or after January 1, 2003 over the vesting period based on the fair value of the award on the date of grant. The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on the Operating Partnership’s results of operations.

 

As more fully described in Note 1, SFAS No. 123 (R) will become effective January 1, 2006 and will require recognition of compensation costs for currently unvested options the Company granted before January 1, 2003.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

14. STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS - Continued

 

Under SFAS No. 123, the fair value of a stock option is estimated by using an option-pricing model that takes into account as of the grant date the exercise price and expected life of the option, the current price of the underlying stock and its expected volatility, expected dividends on the stock and the risk-free interest rate for the expected term of the option. SFAS No. 123 provides examples of possible pricing models and includes the Black-Scholes pricing model, which the Operating Partnership used to develop its pro forma disclosures. The Black-Scholes model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable rather than for use in estimating the fair value of employee stock options subject to vesting and transferability restrictions.

 

Because SFAS No. 123 is applicable only to options granted subsequent to December 31, 1994, only options granted subsequent to that date were valued using the Black-Scholes model. The fair values of the options granted were estimated at the grant dates using the following weighted average assumptions:

 

     2004

    2003

    2002

 

Risk free interest rate

   3.81 %   3.70 %   4.97 %

Common stock dividend yield

   6.59 %   11.11 %   8.65 %

Expected volatility

   16.05 %   16.32 %   16.37 %

Average expected option life (years)

   9.2     10.0     10.0  

 

Had the compensation cost for the options issued before January 1, 2003 been determined based on the fair values at the grant dates for awards granted between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 2002 consistent with the provisions of SFAS No. 123, the Operating Partnership’s net income and net income per unit would have decreased to the pro forma amounts indicated below:

 

     Year Ended December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    2002

 
           (restated)     (restated)  

Net income available for common unitholders - as reported

   $ 12,112     $ 11,397     $ 56,474  

Add: Stock option expense included in reported net income

     341 (1)     1,249 (1)     155 (1)

Deduct: Total stock option expense determined under fair value recognition method for all awards

     (784 )(1)     (1,838 )(1)     (941 )(1)
    


 


 


Pro forma net income available for common unitholders

   $ 11,669     $ 10,808     $ 55,688  
    


 


 


Basic net income per common unit - as reported

   $ 0.21     $ 0.19     $ 0.95  

Basic net income per common unit - pro forma

   $ 0.20     $ 0.18     $ 0.93  

Diluted net income per common unit - as reported

   $ 0.20     $ 0.19     $ 0.94  

Diluted net income per common unit - pro forma

   $ 0.20     $ 0.18     $ 0.93  

(1) Amounts include the effects of accounting for dividend equivalent rights.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

14. STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS - Continued

 

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at December 31, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001:

 

     Options Outstanding

     Number of
Shares


    Weighted Average
Exercise Price


Balances at December 31, 2001

   3,659,788     $ 23.24

Options granted

   570,338       26.96

Options terminated

   (204,739 )     25.68

Options exercised

   (494,329 )     19.64
    

 

Balances at December 31, 2002

   3,531,058       23.96

Options granted

   756,953       21.03

Options terminated

   (2,250 )     30.34

Options exercised

   (56,300 )     19.08
    

 

Balances at December 31, 2003

   4,229,461       23.48

Options granted

   834,078       25.81

Options terminated

   (257,007 )     23.54

Options exercised

   (173,841 )     19.14
    

 

Balances at December 31, 2004

   4,632,691     $ 24.51
    

 

     Options Exercisable

     Number of
Shares


    Weighted Average
Exercise Price


December 31, 2002

   1,729,325     $ 23.55

December 31, 2003

   2,478,781     $ 23.60

December 31, 2004

   3,343,740     $ 24.12

 

Exercise prices for options outstanding as of December 31, 2004 ranged from $11.63 to $35.00. The weighted average remaining contractual life of those options is 6.1 years. Using the Black-Scholes options valuation model, the weighted average fair values of options granted during 2004, 2003 and 2002 were $1.50, $0.19 and $1.00, respectively, per option.

 

Warrants

 

The following table sets forth information regarding warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2004:

 

Date of Issuance


   Number of
Warrants


   Exercise
Price


February 1995

   35,000    $ 21.00

April 1996

   150,000    $ 28.00

October 1997

   626,715    $ 32.50

December 1997

   110,000    $ 34.13
    
      

Total

   921,715       
    
      

 

The warrants granted in February 1995, April 1996 and December 1997 expire 10 years from the respective dates of issuance. All warrants are exercisable from the dates of issuance. The warrants granted in October 1997 do not have an expiration date. Upon exercise of a warrant, the Company will contribute the exercise price to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a Common Unit; therefore, the Operating Partnership accounts for such warrants as if issued by the Operating Partnership. All of the February 1995 warrants were exercised by the holder in February 2005, and 120,000 of the April 1996 warrants were exercised by the holder in June and September 2005.

 

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(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

15. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

The Operating Partnership maintains its cash and cash equivalent investments at financial institutions. The combined account balances at each institution typically exceed FDIC insurance coverage and, as a result, there is a concentration of credit risk related to amounts on deposit in excess of FDIC insurance coverage. Management of the Operating Partnership believes that the potential risk of loss is remote.

 

Land Leases

 

Certain properties in the Operating Partnership’s wholly owned portfolio are subject to land leases expiring through 2082. Rental payments on these leases are adjusted annually based on either the consumer price index or on a predetermined schedule. Land leases subject to increases under a pre-determined schedule are accounted for under the straight-line method.

 

For three properties, the Operating Partnership has the option to purchase the leased land during the lease term at the greater of 85.0% of appraised value or $0.03 million per acre.

 

The Operating Partnership’s payment obligations for future minimum payments on operating leases (which include scheduled fixed increases, but exclude increases based on CPI) are as follows:

 

2005

   $ 1,160

2006

     1,113

2007

     1,110

2008

     1,126

2009

     1,166

Thereafter

     44,725
    

     $ 50,400
    

 

In addition, the Operating Partnership has recorded $0.5 million in capitalized lease obligations as of December 31, 2004, which is reflected in other liabilities.

 

Contracts

 

The Operating Partnership has entered into contracts related to tenant improvements and the development of certain properties totaling $58.1 million as of December 31, 2004. The amounts remaining to be paid under these contracts as of December 31, 2004 totaled $27.1 million.

 

Development Projects

 

At September 30, 2005, the Operating Partnership had development projects in process with a total estimated investment at completion of approximately $128 million. At September 30, 2005, $54.8 million was incurred and the remainder expected to be funded in the next 27 months.

 

Environmental Matters

 

Substantially all of the Operating Partnership’s in-service properties have been subjected to Phase I environmental assessments (and, in certain instances, Phase II environmental assessments). Such assessments and/or updates have not revealed, nor is management aware of, any environmental liability that management believes would have a material adverse effect on the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

15. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Continued

 

Joint Ventures

 

Certain properties owned in joint ventures with unaffiliated parties have buy/sell options that may be exercised to acquire the other partner’s interest by either the Operating Partnership or its joint venture partner if certain conditions are met as set forth in the respective joint venture agreement.

 

Guarantees and Other Obligations

 

The following is a tabular presentation and related discussion of various guarantees and other obligations as of December 31, 2004:

 

Entity or Transaction


  

Type of
Guarantee or Other Obligation


   Amount
Recorded/Deferred


   Date Guarantee
Expires


Des Moines Joint Ventures (1),(6)

   Debt    $ —      Various through
11/2015

RRHWoods, LLC (2),(7)

   Debt    $ —      8/2006

Plaza Colonnade (2),(8)

   Indirect Debt (4)    $ 58    12/2009

SF-HIW Harborview, LP (3),(5)

   Rent and tenant improvement (4)    $ —      9/2007

Eastshore (Capital One) (3),(9)

   Rent (4)    $ —      11/2007

Capital One (3),(10)

   Rent (4)    $ 1,366    10/2009

Industrial (3),(11)

   Rent (4)    $ 1,497    12/2006

Highwoods DLF 97/26 DLF 99/32, LP (2),(12)

   Rent (4)    $ 855    6/2008

RRHWoods, LLC and Dallas County Partners (2),(13)

   Indirect Debt (4)    $ 649    6/2014

HIW-KC Orlando, LLC (3),(14)

   Rent (4)    $ 594    4/2011

HIW-KC Orlando, LLC (3),(14)

   Leasing Costs    $ 1,718    12/2024

(1) Represents guarantees entered into prior to the January 1, 2003 effective date of FIN 45 for initial recognition and measurement.
(2) Represents guarantees that fall under the initial recognition and measurement requirements of FIN 45.
(3) Represents guarantees that are excluded from the fair value accounting and disclosure provisions of FIN 45 since the existence of such guarantees prevents sale treatment and/or the recognition of profit from the sale transaction.
(4) The maximum potential amount of future payments disclosed below for these guarantees assumes the Operating Partnership pays the maximum possible liability under the guaranty with no offsets or reductions. If the space is leased, it assumes the existing tenant defaults at December 31, 2004 and the space remains unleased through the remainder of the guaranty term. If the space is vacant, it assumes the space remains vacant through the expiration of the guaranty. Since it is assumed that no new tenant will occupy the space, lease commissions, if applicable, are excluded.
(5) As more fully described in Note 3, in 2002 the Operating Partnership granted its partner in SF-HIW Harborview, LP a put option and also entered into a master lease arrangement for five years covering vacant space in the building owned by the partnership and agreed to pay certain tenant improvement costs. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Operating Partnership could be required to make related to the rent guarantees and tenant improvements is $1.1 million as of December 31, 2004.
(6) The Operating Partnership has guaranteed certain loans in connection with the Des Moines joint ventures. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Operating Partnership could be required to make under the guarantees is $24.7 million. Of this amount, $8.6 million arose from housing revenue bonds that require credit enhancements in addition to the real estate mortgages. The bonds bear a floating interest rate, which at December 31, 2004 averaged approximately 2.0% and mature in 2015. Guarantees of $9.4 million will expire upon two industrial buildings becoming 93.8% and 95.0% leased or when the related loans mature. As of December 31, 2004, these buildings were 93.2% and 75.0% leased, respectively. The remaining $6.7 million in guarantees relate to loans on four office buildings that were in the lease-up phase at the time the loans were initiated. Each of the loans will expire by May 2008. The average occupancy of the four buildings at December 31, 2004 is 94.0%. If the joint ventures are unable to repay the outstanding balances under the loans, the Operating Partnership will be required, under the terms of the agreements, to repay the outstanding balances. Recourse provisions exist to enable the Operating Partnership to recover some or all of such payments from the joint ventures’ assets and/or the other partners. The joint ventures currently generate sufficient cash flow to cover the debt service required by the loans.

 

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15. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Continued

 

(7) In connection with the RRHWoods, LLC joint venture, the Operating Partnership renewed its guarantee of $6.2 million to a bank in July 2003; this guarantee expires in August 2006 and may be renewed by the Operating Partnership. The bank provides a letter of credit securing industrial revenue bonds, which mature in 2015. The Operating Partnership would be required to perform under the guarantee should the joint venture be unable to repay the bonds. The Operating Partnership has recourse provisions in order to recover from the joint venture’s assets and the other partner for amounts paid in excess of the Operating Partnership’s proportionate share. The property collateralizing the bonds is 100.0% leased and currently generates sufficient cash flow to cover the debt service required by the bond financing. As a result, no liability has been recorded in the Operating Partnership’s Balance Sheet.
(8) On December 9, 2004, the Plaza Colonnade, LLC joint venture refinanced its construction loan with a $50.0 million non-recourse permanent loan, thereby releasing the Operating Partnership from its former guarantees of a construction loan agreement and a construction completion agreement, which arose from the formation of the joint venture to construct an office building. The $50.0 million mortgage bears a fixed interest rate of 5.72%, requires monthly principal and interest payments and matures on January 31, 2017. The Operating Partnership and its joint venture partner have signed a contingent master lease limited to 30,772 square feet for five years. The Operating Partnership’s maximum exposure under this master lease is $2.1 million. However, the current occupancy level of the building is sufficient to cover all debt service requirements. The likelihood of the Operating Partnership paying on the master lease is remote.

 

On March 30, 2004, the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Kansas City, Missouri issued $18.5 million in non-recourse bonds to finance public improvements made by the joint venture for the benefit of the Kansas City Missouri Public Library. Since the joint venture leases the land for the office building from the library, the joint venture was obligated to build certain public improvements. The net bond proceeds were $18.1 million and will be used for project and debt service costs. The joint venture has recorded this obligation on its balance sheet. The bonds are ultimately paid by the tax increment financing revenue generated by the building and its tenants.

(9) As more fully described in Note 3, in connection with the sale of three office buildings to a third party in 2002 (the “Eastshore” transaction), the Operating Partnership agreed to guarantee rent shortfalls and re-tenanting costs for a five-year period of time from the date of sale (through November 2007). The Operating Partnership’s maximum exposure to loss under these agreements as of December 31, 2004 is $12.4 million. These three buildings are currently leased to a single tenant, Capital One Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Capital One Financial Services, Inc., under leases that expire from May 2006 to March 2010.
(10) In connection with an unrelated disposition of 298,000 square feet of property in 2003 (the “Capital One” transaction), which was fully leased to Capital One Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Capital One Financial Services, Inc., the Operating Partnership agreed to guarantee to the buyer, over various contingency periods through October 2009, any rent shortfalls on certain space. Because of this guarantee, in accordance with SFAS No. 66, the Operating Partnership deferred $4.4 million of the total $8.4 million gain. The deferred portion of the gain is recognized when each contingency period is concluded. As a result, the Operating Partnership recognized $1.3 million of the deferred gain in 2003 and an additional $1.7 million during 2004. The remaining deferred gain representing the Operating Partnership’s contingent liability with respect to the guarantee is $1.4 million as of December 31, 2004.
(11) In December 2003, the Operating Partnership sold 1.9 million square feet of industrial property for $58.4 million in cash, a $5.0 million note receivable that bears interest at 12.0% and a $1.7 million note receivable that bears interest at 8.0%. In addition, the Operating Partnership agreed to guarantee, over various contingency periods through December 2006, any rent shortfalls on 16.3% of the rentable square footage of the industrial property, which is occupied by two tenants. The Operating Partnership’s contingent liability with respect to such guarantee as of December 31, 2004 is $1.5 million. The total gain as a result of the transaction was $6.4 million. Because the terms of the notes require only interest payments to be made by the buyer until 2005, in accordance with SFAS No. 66, the entire $6.4 million gain was deferred and offset against the note receivable on the balance sheet and the cost recovery method is being used for this transaction. Accordingly, once sufficient principal amounts have been paid on the note receivable so that the note receivable balance is equal to the deferred gain, the gain will be recognized as additional payments are made on the notes. On June 30, 2005, the Operating Partnership agreed to modify the note receivable to reduce the amount due by $0.3 million. The modified note balance and all accrued interest aggregating $6.2 million was paid in full on July 1, 2005. Because the maximum exposure to loss from the rent guarantee at July 1, 2005 is $0.8 million, that amount of gain will remain deferred and $5.3 million of the deferred gain will be recognized at that date.

 

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15. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Continued

 

(12) In the Highwoods DLF 97/26 DLF 99/32, LP joint venture, a single tenant currently leases an entire building under a lease scheduled to expire on June 30, 2008. The tenant also leases space in other buildings owned by the Operating Partnership. In conjunction with an overall restructuring of the tenant’s leases with the Operating Partnership and with this joint venture, the Operating Partnership agreed to certain changes to the lease with the joint venture in September 2003. The modifications included allowing the tenant to vacate the premises on January 1, 2006, and reducing the rent obligation by 50.0% and converting the “net” lease to a “full service” lease with the tenant liable for 50.0% of these costs at that time. In turn, the Operating Partnership agreed to compensate the joint venture for any economic losses incurred as a result of these lease modifications. Based on the lease guarantee agreement, in September 2003, the Operating Partnership recorded approximately $0.9 million in other liabilities and $0.9 million as a deferred charge in other assets on its Consolidated Balance Sheet. However, should new tenants occupy the vacated space during the two and a half year guarantee period, the Operating Partnership’s liability under the guarantee would diminish. The Operating Partnership’s maximum potential amount of future payments with regard to this guarantee as of December 31, 2004 is $1.1 million. No recourse provisions exist to enable the Operating Partnership to recover any amounts paid to the joint venture under this lease guarantee arrangement.
(13) RRHWOODS, LLC and Dallas County Partners each developed a new office building in Des Moines, Iowa. On June 25, 2004, the joint ventures financed both buildings with a $7.4 million ten-year loan from a lender. As an inducement to make the loan at a 6.3% long-term rate, the Operating Partnership and its partner agreed to master lease the vacant space and each guaranteed $0.8 million of the debt with limited recourse. As leasing improves, the guarantee obligations under the loan agreement diminish. As of December 2004, the Operating Partnership expensed its share of the master lease payments totaling $0.2 million and recorded $0.6 million in other liabilities and $0.6 million as a deferred charge included in other assets on its Consolidated Balance Sheet with respect to this guarantee. The maximum potential amount of future payments that the Operating Partnership could be required to make based on the current leases in place is approximately $3.6 million as of December 31, 2004. The likelihood of the Operating Partnership paying on its $0.8 million guarantee is remote since the master lease payments enable the joint venture to satisfy the minimum debt coverage ratio and should the Operating Partnership have to pay its portion of the guarantee, it would recover the $0.8 million from other joint venture assets.
(14) As more fully described in Note 4, in connection with the formation of HIW-KC Orlando, LLC, the Operating Partnership agreed to guarantee rent to the joint venture for 3,248 rentable square feet commencing in August 2004 and expiring in April 2011. Additionally, the Operating Partnership agreed to guarantee the initial leasing costs, currently estimated at $1.7 million, for approximately 11% of the joint venture’s total square footage. The Operating Partnership believes its estimate related to the leasing costs guarantee is accurate. However, if the Operating Partnership’s assumptions prove to be incorrect, future losses may occur.

 

Litigation, Claims and Assessments

 

The Operating Partnership is from time to time a party to a variety of legal proceedings, claims and assessments arising in the ordinary course of its business. The Operating Partnership regularly assesses the liabilities and contingencies in connection with these matters based on the latest information available. For those matters where it is probable that the Operating Partnership has incurred or will incur a loss and the loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated, reserves are recorded in the Consolidated Financial Statements. In other instances, because of the uncertainties related to both the probable outcome and amount or range of loss, a reasonable estimate of liability, if any, cannot be made. Based on the current expected outcome of any such matters, none of these proceedings, claims or assessments is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Operating Partnership’s business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

Notwithstanding the above, the SEC’s Division of Enforcement has issued a confidential formal order of investigation in connection with the Company’s previous restatement of its financial results. Even though the Company is cooperating fully, the Operating Partnership cannot provide any assurances that the SEC’s Division of Enforcement will not take any action that would adversely affect the Operating Partnership.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

16. DISCLOSURE ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

The following disclosures of estimated fair value were determined by management using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. Considerable judgment is used to interpret market data and develop estimated fair values. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Operating Partnership could realize upon disposition of the financial instruments. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair values. The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Operating Partnership’s financial instruments at December 31, 2004 were as follows:

 

     Carrying
Amount


   Fair Value

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 24,000    $ 24,000

Accounts and notes receivable

   $ 23,765    $ 23,765

Mortgages and notes payable

   $ 1,572,574    $ 1,670,072

Financing obligations

   $ 65,309    $ 66,718

 

The fair values of the Operating Partnership’s fixed rate mortgages and notes payable were estimated using discounted cash flow analysis based on the Operating Partnership’s estimated incremental borrowing rate at December 31, 2004 for similar types of borrowing arrangements. The carrying amounts of the Operating Partnership’s variable rate borrowings approximate fair value.

 

Disclosures about the fair value of financial instruments are based on relevant information available to the Operating Partnership at December 31, 2004. Although management is not aware of any factors that would have a material effect on the fair value amounts reported herein, such amounts have not been revalued since that date and current estimates of fair value may significantly differ from the amounts presented herein.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

17. SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

The sole business of the Operating Partnership is the acquisition, development and operation of rental real estate properties. The Operating Partnership operates office, industrial and retail properties and apartment units. There are no material inter-segment transactions.

 

The Operating Partnership’s chief operating decision maker (“CDM”) assesses and measures operating results based upon property level net operating income. The operating results for the individual assets within each property type have been aggregated since the CDM evaluates operating results and allocates resources on a property-by-property basis within the various property types.

 

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 1 included herein. Further, all operations are within the United States and, at December 31, 2004, no tenant of the Operating Partnership’s Wholly Owned Properties comprised more than 4.0% of the Operating Partnership’s consolidated revenues. The following table summarizes the rental income, net operating income and assets for each reportable segment for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002:

 

     Year Ended December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    2002

 
           (restated)     (restated)  

Rental and Other Revenues (1):

                        

Office segment

   $ 391,063     $ 412,853     $ 432,712  

Industrial segment

     33,858       40,283       39,529  

Retail segment

     38,402       38,007       36,973  

Apartment segment

     1,153       1,116       1,103  
    


 


 


Total Rental and Other Revenues

   $ 464,476     $ 492,259     $ 510,317  
    


 


 


Net Operating Income (1):

                        

Office segment

   $ 243,562     $ 261,071     $ 286,985  

Industrial segment

     26,248       32,105       31,866  

Retail segment

     26,313       26,192       25,379  

Apartment segment

     622       568       668  
    


 


 


Total Net Operating Income

     296,745       319,936       344,898  

Reconciliation to income before disposition of property, co-venture expense and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates:

                        

Depreciation and amortization

     (132,386 )     (139,071 )     (136,448 )

Impairment of assets held for use

     (1,270 )     —         (9,919 )

General and administrative expenses

     (41,692 )     (26,118 )     (29,909 )

Interest expense

     (119,852 )     (141,465 )     (136,242 )

Interest and other income

     6,000       5,292       8,871  

Settlement of bankruptcy claim

     14,435       —         —    

Loss on debt extinguishment

     (12,457 )     (14,653 )     (360 )

Gain on extinguishment of co-venture obligation

     —         16,301       —    
    


 


 


Income before disposition of property, co-venture expense and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

   $ 9,523     $ 20,222     $ 40,891  
    


 


 


     December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    2002

 
           (restated)     (restated)  

Total Assets:

                        

Office segment

   $ 2,527,081     $ 2,761,399     $ 2,933,367  

Industrial segment

     256,340       269,878       344,457  

Retail segment

     259,793       276,916       252,781  

Apartment segment

     10,369       12,189       11,218  

Corporate and other

     178,479       177,281       153,404  
    


 


 


Total Assets

   $ 3,232,062     $ 3,497,663     $ 3,695,227  
    


 


 



(1) Net of discontinued operations.

 

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(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

18. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (Unaudited)

 

The following table sets forth quarterly financial information for the Operating Partnership’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 and has been adjusted to reflect the reporting requirements of discontinued operations under SFAS No. 144:

 

     For the Year Ended December 31, 2004

 
     First
Quarter


    Second
Quarter


    Third
Quarter


    Fourth
Quarter


    Total

 
     (restated)     (restated)     (restated)              

Rental and other revenues (1)

   $ 123,598     $ 119,902     $ 117,664     $ 118,889     $ 480,053  

Income from continuing operations

     2,115       9,468       21,540       5,052       38,175  

Income/(loss) from discontinued operations

     4,160       (3,030 )     1,065       2,594       4,789  
    


 


 


 


 


Net income

     6,275       6,438       22,605       7,646       42,964  

Distributions on preferred units

     (7,713 )     (7,713 )     (7,713 )     (7,713 )     (30,852 )
    


 


 


 


 


Net (loss attributable to)/income available for common unitholders

   $ (1,438 )   $ (1,275 )   $ 14,892     $ (67 )   $ 12,112  
    


 


 


 


 


Net (loss)/income per unit-basic:

                                        

(Loss)/income from continuing operations

   $ (0.09 )   $ 0.03     $ 0.23     $ (0.04 )   $ 0.13  

Discontinued operations

     0.07       (0.05 )     0.02       0.04       0.08  
    


 


 


 


 


Net (loss)/income

   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.02 )   $ 0.25     $ —       $ 0.21  
    


 


 


 


 


Net (loss)/income per unit-diluted:

                                        

(Loss)/income from continuing operations

   $ (0.09 )   $ 0.03     $ 0.23     $ (0.04 )   $ 0.12  

Discontinued operations

     0.07       (0.05 )     0.02       0.04       0.08  
    


 


 


 


 


Net (loss)/income

   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.02 )   $ 0.25     $ —       $ 0.20  
    


 


 


 


 



(1) Includes rental and other revenues from both continuing and discontinued operations and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates.

 

Quarterly financial information for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 which has been restated and adjusted to reflect the reporting requirements of discontinued operations under SFAS No. 144 appear in Note 20.

 

19. RESTATED FINANCIAL DATA

 

The Operating Partnership has restated its Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the first, second and third quarters of 2004. The restatement resulted from adjustments primarily related to accounting for lease incentives, depreciation and amortization expense, straight-line ground lease expense on one ground lease, gain recognition on a 2003 land condemnation, accounting for an embedded derivative, land cost allocations, the write-off of undepreciated tenant improvements and commissions, capitalization of interest and internal leasing, construction and development costs on development properties, and purchase accounting for acquisitions completed in 1995 to 1998. The tables that follow provide a reconciliation between amounts previously reported and the restated amounts in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 and in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2004 and 2003. In addition, some of the adjustments impacted periods prior to 2002 and the net effect of these prior adjustments is a $30.1 million reduction in total Partners’ Capital at January 1, 2002. Following is a description of the primary elements of the restatement:

 

Lease incentives. Lease incentives are payments to tenants for costs such as moving allowances, reimbursement of rent payable to a former landlord and any other payments not associated with the physical space improvements. Pursuant to FASB Technical Bulletin 88-1, such costs should be deferred as an intangible asset and the amortization recorded as a reduction to rental revenue on a straight-line basis. The Operating Partnership previously classified such costs as tenant improvements and amortized the costs on a straight-line basis over the lease term as part of depreciation and amortization expense. Amortization reclassified in the Consolidated Statements of Income as a reduction of rental income was $1.31 million, $1.02 million and $0.64 million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. This adjustment had no impact on net income.

 

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(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

19. RESTATED FINANCIAL DATA - Continued

 

Depreciation and amortization expense. The Operating Partnership has made adjustments to depreciation and amortization expense related to three matters. First, additional depreciation expense was recorded to commence recording depreciation expense on tenant and building improvement costs at the appropriate times. Under the Operating Partnership’s prior practices, depreciation commenced in a number of instances several months after the related assets were placed in service. Second, excess depreciation expense was reversed from an isolated error whereby two buildings acquired in 1999 were set up with an incorrect useful life that was shorter than the Operating Partnership’s policy of 40 years. Third, additional depreciation expense was recorded on purchase price allocated to the investment in the Operating Partnership’s Kansas City and Des Moines joint ventures that was in excess of the net assets reflected in the joint ventures’ financial statements. These joint ventures were acquired as part of the 1998 J.C. Nichols merger. Such excess purchase price related to the fair value of the underlying real estate assets as of the acquisition date and should have been amortized over the life of the related real estate; previously, the Operating Partnership did not depreciate the excess investment amount. These adjustments in the aggregate increased depreciation expense by $1.30 million, $1.53 million and $1.12 million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. These amounts exclude the depreciation expense effects directly related to adjustments to the write-off of undepreciated tenant improvements and lease commissions, purchase accounting, and capitalization of interest and internal costs described below.

 

Straight-line ground lease expense. Additional straight-line ground lease expense was recorded with respect to one ground lease in accordance with FAS 13, “Accounting for Leases,” which in prior periods had been accounted for based on cash rents paid. The additional ground lease expense amounted to $0.22 million, $0.24 million and $0.25 million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

Land condemnation gain recognition. An adjustment was made to reverse a gain recorded in the second quarter of 2003. In 2003, the Operating Partnership received $1.8 million in condemnation proceeds and recognized a $1.04 million gain related to approximately 4.0 acres of land that was taken by the Georgia Department of Transportation to develop a roadway interchange. This land was under contract to be acquired by the Operating Partnership from GAPI, Inc., a corporation controlled by Gene H. Anderson, an executive officer and director of the Company. The purchase price of the land was not determinable at the time of the condemnation, as described in Note 8, but was finalized and paid for in cash in the second quarter of 2005. In July 2003, the Operating Partnership appealed the condemnation and is currently seeking additional payment from the state; the recognition of any gain has been deferred pending resolution of the appeal process. In addition, the contract provided that the land parcels could be paid in Common Units or in cash, at the option of the seller. This feature constituted an embedded derivative pursuant to SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” An adjustment was recorded to account for the embedded derivative feature separately, which is adjusted each period based on changes in the value of Common Units. This resulted in an increase to other income of $1.30 million in 2002, and a decrease to other income of $0.68 and $0.41 million in 2003 and 2004, respectively.

 

Land cost allocations. Adjustments were made to land costs allocated to specific parcels to reflect the relative fair value of the parcels, as required by GAAP. Previously, such costs allocated to parcels were determined using methods other than relative fair value. The adjustments increased or (decreased) gains on sales of land and buildings for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 by $(0.01) million, $(2.16) million and $0.43 million, respectively.

 

Write-off of undepreciated tenant improvements and lease commissions. These adjustments were made primarily to properly record in the correct period the write-off of undepreciated tenant allowances and lease commissions from certain early lease terminations. Such adjustments increased or (decreased) depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 by $(3.09) million, $1.47 million and $0.89 million, respectively.

 

Property operating cost recovery income accruals. Adjustments were made to record accruals for property operating cost recovery income as of December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001. The increase/(decrease) to rental revenues from these adjustments was $0.11 million, $(0.70) million and $(0.22) million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

19. RESTATED FINANCIAL DATA - Continued

 

Capitalization of internal costs. Adjustments were recorded to capitalized internal leasing, development and construction costs to conform to the guidance in FAS 91 and FAS 67. Certain costs were previously over-capitalized and other costs were previously under-capitalized. On a net basis, internal costs were over-capitalized by $0.30 million, $0.27 million and $0.47 million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Depreciation expense was reduced by $0.72 million, $0.78 million and $0.79 million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, related to adjustments to such capitalized assets made during the three years ended December 31, 2004 and in prior periods.

 

Capitalization of interest and related carrying costs on development property. Adjustments were recorded to correct previous over-capitalization of interest and related carrying costs, which mainly affected periods prior to 2002. These adjustments relate primarily to capitalization during the lease-up period after the building structure was complete (not to exceed one year) and other aspects of the capitalization computations including adjustments to the interest rates used, the amount of qualifying assets, the amount of qualifying carrying costs, and computation methods. Capitalized interest and other carrying costs were decreased for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 by $0.06 million, $0.05 million and $1.63 million, respectively. Consequently, depreciation expense was reduced and gains on sales of real estate were increased during the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 by $1.92 million, $1.57 million and $1.63 million, respectively.

 

Purchase accounting related to acquisitions completed from 1995 to 1998. Adjustments were recorded relative to ten acquisitions and mergers completed by the Company and the Operating Partnership from 1995 to 1998. The adjustments relate primarily to record assumed mortgage liabilities at estimated fair value, record the value of property management businesses acquired in two of the purchase transactions and adjust the purchase price allocated to certain assets. The effect of these adjustments on the financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 was to decrease interest expense by $0.10 million, $0.11 million and $0.20 million, respectively, increase depreciation expense by $0.10 million, $0.11 million and $0.12 million, respectively, and increase/(decrease) gains on sales of real estate by $(0.63) million, $(0.10) million and $(0.76) million, respectively.

 

Expenses paid by the Company on behalf of the Operating Partnership. Adjustments were recorded to reflect in these separate consolidated financial statements of the Operating Partnership certain expenses incurred by the Company on behalf of the Operating Partnership. Such expenses included NYSE fees, Director fees and expenses, and franchise taxes. Under Staff Accounting Bulletin, Topic 1.B., expenses incurred by a parent on behalf of a subsidiary should be reflected in the subsidiary’s separate financial statements. These amounts incurred by the Company on behalf of the Operating Partnership have been historically refunded by the Operating Partnership and deemed a distribution to the Company. Consequently, these adjustments have no impact on previously reported equity balances. These adjustments reduced net income by $0.72 million, $0.72 million and $1.52 million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

The following condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Income data reconciles previously reported and restated consolidated financial information:

 

Balance Sheet

 

     December 31, 2003

     As Reported

   Discontinued
Operations


    As Reported
with
Discontinued
Operations


   Restatement
Adjustments


    Restated

Net real estate assets

   $ 3,212,280    $ (1,840 )   $ 3,210,440    $ (26,163 )   $ 3,184,277

Property held for sale

     65,724      1,876       67,600      2,414       70,014

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

     25,931      —         25,931      —         25,931

Accounts, notes and straight-line rents receivable, net

     87,069      —         87,069      (3,530 )     83,539

Investments in unconsolidated affiliates

     59,005      —         59,005      (1,606 )     57,399

Other assets, net

     77,049      (36 )     77,013      (510 )     76,503
    

  


 

  


 

Total Assets

   $ 3,527,058    $ —       $ 3,527,058    $ (29,395 )   $ 3,497,663
    

  


 

  


 

Mortgages and notes payable

   $ 1,708,765    $ —       $ 1,708,765    $ 509     $ 1,709,274

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

     95,845      —         95,845      9,157       105,002

Financing obligations

     124,063      —         124,063      1,714       125,777
    

  


 

  


 

Total Liabilities

     1,928,673      —         1,928,673      11,380       1,940,053

Total Redeemable Operating Partnership Units and Partners’ Capital

     1,598,385      —         1,598,385      (40,775 )     1,557,610
    

  


 

  


 

Total Liabilities, Redeemable Operating Partnership Units and Partners’ Capital

   $ 3,527,058    $ —       $ 3,527,058    $ (29,395 )   $ 3,497,663
    

  


 

  


 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

19. RESTATED FINANCIAL DATA - Continued

 

Income Statement

 

    December 31, 2003

    December 31, 2002

 
    As Reported

    Discontinued
Operations


    As Reported with
Discontinued
Operations


    Restatement
Adjustments


    Restated

    As Reported

    Discontinued
Operations


    As Reported with
Discontinued
Operations


    Restatement
Adjustments


    Restated

 

Rental and other revenues

  $ 504,453     $ (7,804 )   $ 496,649     $ (4,390 )   $ 492,259     $ 521,627     $ (9,897 )   $ 511,730     $ (1,413 )   $ 510,317  

Operating expenses:

                                                                               

Rental property and other expenses

    177,897       (4,092 )     173,805       (1,482 )     172,323       168,727       (3,853 )     164,874       545       165,419  

Depreciation and amortization

    142,073       (3,001 )     139,072       (1 )     139,071       140,788       (3,714 )     137,074       (626 )     136,448  

Impairment of assets held and used

    —         —         —         —         —         9,919       —         9,919       —         9,919  

General and administrative

    24,641       —         24,641       1,477       26,118       27,927       —         27,927       1,982       29,909  

Interest expense:

                                                                               

Contractual

    119,165       —         119,165       91       119,256       119,167       —         119,167       824       119,991  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

    4,405       —         4,405       (7 )     4,398       3,470       —         3,470       177       3,647  

Financing obligations

    17,691       —         17,691       120       17,811       12,488       —         12,488       116       12,604  

Other income/expense:

                                                                               

Interest and other income

    6,025       (45 )     5,980       (688 )     5,292       7,688       (29 )     7,659       1,212       8,871  

Loss on debt extinguishments

    (14,653 )     —         (14,653 )     —         (14,653 )     (378 )     —         (378 )     18       (360 )

Gain on extinguishment of co-venture obligation

    16,301       —         16,301       —         16,301       —         —         —         —         —    

Gains and impairments on disposition of property, net

    12,316       —         12,316       (2,764 )     9,552       22,695       —         22,695       80       22,775  

Co-venture expense

    (4,588 )     —         (4,588 )     —         (4,588 )     (7,730 )     —         (7,730 )     —         (7,730 )

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

    4,680       —         4,680       (192 )     4,488       5,282       —         5,282       (218 )     5,064  
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Income from continuing operations

    38,662       (756 )     37,906       (8,232 )     29,674       66,698       (2,359 )     64,339       (3,339 )     61,000  

Discontinued operations:

                                                                               

Income

    2,923       756       3,679       38       3,717       10,744       2,359       13,103       89       13,192  

Net gains on sale

    8,834       —         8,834       24       8,858       13,122       —         13,122       12       13,134  
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income

    50,419       —         50,419       (8,170 )     42,249       90,564       —         90,564       (3,238 )     87,326  

Distributions on preferred units

    (30,852 )     —         (30,852 )     —         (30,852 )     (30,852 )     —         (30,852 )     —         (30,852 )
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income available for common unitholders

  $ 19,567     $ —       $ 19,567     $ (8,170 )   $ 11,397     $ 59,712     $ —       $ 59,712     $ (3,238 )   $ 56,474  
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income/(loss) per common unit – basic:

                                                                               

Income/(loss) from continuing operations

  $ 0.13     $ (0.01 )   $ 0.12     $ (0.14 )   $ (0.02 )   $ 0.60     $ (0.04 )   $ 0.56     $ (0.05 )   $ 0.51  

Discontinued operations

    0.20       0.01       0.21       —         0.21       0.40       0.04       0.44       —         0.44  
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income (1)

  $ 0.33     $ —       $ 0.33     $ (0.14 )   $ 0.19     $ 1.00     $ —       $ 1.00     $ (0.05 )   $ 0.95  
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income/(loss) per common unit – diluted:

                                                                               

Income/(loss) from continuing operations

  $ 0.13     $ (0.01 )   $ 0.12     $ (0.14 )   $ (0.02 )   $ 0.59     $ (0.04 )   $ 0.55     $ (0.05 )   $ 0.50  

Discontinued operations

    0.20       0.01       0.21       —         0.21       0.40       0.04       0.44       —         0.44  
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income (1)

  $ 0.33     $ —       $ 0.33     $ (0.14 )   $ 0.19     $ 0.99     $ —       $ 0.99     $ (0.05 )   $ 0.94  
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



(1) Amounts represent net income available to common unitholders per unit, which is after deducting preferred distributions.

 

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HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

20. RESTATED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (Unaudited)

 

The Operating Partnership has set forth selected quarterly financial data for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2004 and each of the quarters in the year ended December 31, 2003. As discussed in Note 19, the Operating Partnership restated its results for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002. Because certain of the data set forth in the following tables varies from amounts previously reported on the Form 10-Q for the applicable period, the following tables reconcile the previously reported quarterly financial information to the restated quarterly financial information and summarize the reason for the differences:

 

     First Quarter 2004

    Second Quarter 2004

 
     As
Reported


    Discontinued
Operations


    As Reported
with
Discontinued
Operations


    Restatement
Adjustment


    Restated

    As
Reported


    Discontinued
Operations


    As Reported
with
Discontinued
Operations


    Restatement
Adjustment


    Restated

 

Rental and other revenues

   $ 120,864     $ (2,018 )   $ 118,846     $ 1,118     $ 119,964     $ 118,420     $ (1,407 )   $ 117,013     $ (660 )   $ 116,353  

Rental property and other expenses

     44,347       (1,101 )     43,246       1,434       44,680       42,279       (676 )     41,603       (156 )     41,447  

Depreciation and amortization

     35,997       (707 )     35,290       (2,881 )     32,409       34,403       (414 )     33,989       (661 )     33,328  

Impairment of assets held for use

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

General and administrative

     10,351       —         10,351       856       11,207       7,627       —         7,627       803       8,430  

Interest expense

     33,003       —         33,003       286       33,289       29,673       —         29,673       16       29,689  

Other income/expense

     1,605       (6 )     1,599       36       1,635       (11,012 )     (3 )     (11,015 )     396       (10,619 )

Gain on disposition of property, net

     1,070       —         1,070       (182 )     888       14,405       —         14,405       794       15,199  

Co-venture expense

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

     1,257       —         1,257       (44 )     1,213       1,465       —         1,465       (36 )     1,429  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Income from continuing operations

     1,098       (216 )     882       1,233       2,115       9,296       (320 )     8,976       492       9,468  

Discontinued operations

     4,024       216       4,240       (80 )     4,160       (3,872 )     320       (3,552 )     522       (3,030 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income

     5,122       —         5,122       1,153       6,275       5,424       —         5,424       1,014       6,438  

Distributions on preferred units

     (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )     (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income available for common unitholders

   $ (2,591 )   $ —       $ (2,591 )   $ 1,153     $ (1,438 )   $ (2,289 )   $ —       $ (2,289 )   $ 1,014     $ (1,275 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income per unit-basic:

                                                                                

Income/(loss) from continuing operations

   $ (0.11 )   $ —       $ (0.11 )   $ 0.02     $ (0.09 )   $ 0.03     $ (0.01 )   $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.03  

Discontinued operations

     0.07       —         0.07       —         0.07       (0.07 )     0.01       (0.06 )     0.01       (0.05 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income (1)

   $ (0.04 )   $ —       $ (0.04 )   $ 0.02     $ (0.02 )   $ (0.04 )   $ —       $ (0.04 )   $ 0.02     $ (0.02 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income per unit-diluted:

                                                                                

Income/(loss) from continuing operations

   $ (0.11 )   $ —       $ (0.11 )   $ 0.02     $ (0.09 )   $ 0.03     $ (0.01 )   $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.03  

Discontinued operations

     0.07       —         0.07       —         0.07       (0.07 )     0.01       (0.06 )     0.01       (0.05 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income (1)

   $ (0.04 )   $ —       $ (0.04 )   $ 0.02     $ (0.02 )   $ (0.04 )   $ —       $ (0.04 )   $ 0.02     $ (0.02 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

    Third Quarter 2004

 
    As Reported

   Discontinued
Operations


    As Reported
with
Discontinued
Operations


    Restatement
Adjustment


    Restated

 

Rental and other revenues

  $114,198    $ (768 )   $ 113,430     $ (512 )   $ 112,918  

Rental property and other expenses

  41,556      (297 )     41,259       (92 )     41,167  

Depreciation and amortization

  33,411      (199 )     33,212       (435 )     32,777  

Impairment of assets held for use

  500      (500 )     —         —         —    

General and administrative

  10,069      —         10,069       824       10,893  

Interest expense

  27,756      —         27,756       (64 )     27,692  

Other income/expense

  16,195      (1 )     16,194       (211 )     15,983  

Gain on disposition of property, net

  2,308      —         2,308       349       2,657  

Co-venture expense

  —        —         —         —         —    

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

  2,557      —         2,557       (46 )     2,511  
   
  


 


 


 


Income from continuing operations

  21,966      227       22,193       (653 )     21,540  

Discontinued operations

  1,314      (227 )     1,087       (22 )     1,065  
   
  


 


 


 


Net income

  23,280      —         23,280       (675 )     22,605  

Distributions on preferred units

  (7,713)      —         (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )
   
  


 


 


 


Net income available for common unitholders

  $15,567    $ —       $ 15,567     $ (675 )   $ 14,892  
   
  


 


 


 


Net income per unit-basic:

                                    

Income/(loss) from continuing operations

  $0.24      —       $ 0.24     $ (0.01 )   $ 0.23  

Discontinued operations

  0.02      —         0.02       —         0.02  
   
  


 


 


 


Net income (1)

  $0.26    $ —       $ 0.26     $ (0.01 )   $ 0.25  
   
  


 


 


 


Net income per unit-diluted:

                                    

Income/(loss) from continuing operations

  $0.24    $ —       $ 0.24     $ (0.01 )   $ 0.23  

Discontinued operations

  0.02      —         0.02       —         0.02  
   
  


 


 


 


Net income (1)

  $0.26    $ —       $ 0.26     $ (0.01 )   $ 0.25  
   
  


 


 


 



(1) Amounts represent net income available to common unitholders per unit, which is after deducting preferred distributions.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

20. RESTATED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (Unaudited) - Continued

 

     First Quarter 2003

    Second Quarter 2003

 
     As
Reported


    Discont.
Oper.


   

As

Reported
with

Discont.
Oper.


   

Re-

statement
Adj.


    Restated

    As
Reported


    Discont.
Oper.


    As
Reported
with
Discont.
Oper.


   

Re-

statement
Adj.


    Restated

 

Rental and other revenues

   $ 127,416     $ (1,910 )   $ 125,506     $ (576 )   $ 124,930     $ 126,758     $ (1,906 )   $ 124,852     $ (709 )   $ 124,143  

Rental property and other expenses

     43,093       (980 )     42,113       (61 )     42,052       44,252       (1,006 )     43,246       7       43,253  

Depreciation and amortization

     36,377       (690 )     35,687       (404 )     35,283       36,003       (717 )     35,286       (543 )     34,743  

Impairment of assets held for use

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

General and administrative

     4,543       —         4,543       222       4,765       6,845       —         6,845       281       7,126  

Interest expense

     50,461       —         50,461       (14,631 )     35,830       35,246       —         35,246       (68 )     35,178  

Other income/expense

     1,217       (14 )     1,203       (14,397 )     (13,194 )     1,891       (4 )     1,887       (366 )     1,521  

Gain on disposition of property, net

     805       —         805       (580 )     225       1,610       —         1,610       (1,538 )     72  

Co-venture expense

     (2,086 )     —         (2,086 )     —         (2,086 )     (2,169 )     —         (2,169 )     —         (2,169 )

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

     1,106       —         1,106       (48 )     1,058       1,340       —         1,340       (53 )     1,287  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Income from continuing operations

     (6,016 )     (254 )     (6,270 )     (727 )     (6,997 )     7,084       (187 )     6,897       (2,343 )     4,554  

Discontinued operations

     943       254       1,197       12       1,209       2,000       187       2,187       (18 )     2,169  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income

     (5,073 )     —         (5,073 )     (715 )     (5,788 )     9,084       —         9,084       (2,361 )     6,723  

Distributions on preferred units

     (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )     (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income available for common unitholders

   $ (12,786 )   $ —       $ (12,786 )   $ (715 )   $ (13,501 )   $ 1,371     $ —       $ 1,371     $ (2,361 )   $ (990 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income per unit-basic:

                                                                                

Income from continuing operations

   $ (0.23 )   $ —       $ (0.23 )   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.25 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.04 )   $ (0.06 )

Discontinued operations

     0.02       —         0.02       —         0.02       0.03       0.01       0.04       —         0.04  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income (1)

   $ (0.21 )   $ —       $ (0.21 )   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.23 )   $ 0.02     $ —       $ 0.02     $ (0.04 )   $ (0.02 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income per unit-diluted:

                                                                                

Income from continuing operations

   $ (0.23 )   $ —       $ (0.23 )   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.25 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.04 )   $ (0.06 )

Discontinued operations

     0.02       —         0.02       —         0.02       0.03       0.01       0.04       —         0.04  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income (1)

   $ (0.21 )   $ —       $ (0.21 )   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.23 )   $ 0.02     $ —       $ 0.02     $ (0.04 )   $ (0.02 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


     Third Quarter 2003

    Fourth Quarter 2003

 
     As
Reported


    Discont.
Oper.


    As
Reported
with
Discont.
Oper.


   

Re-

statement
Adj.


    Restated

    As
Reported


    Discont.
Oper.


    As
Reported
with
Discont.
Oper.


   

Re-

statement
Adj.


    Restated

 

Rental and other revenues

   $ 123,267     $ (1,954 )   $ 121,313     $ 122     $ 121,435     $ 127,012     $ (2,034 )   $ 124,978     $ (3,227 )   $ 121,751  

Rental property and other expenses

     43,718       (1,056 )     42,662       452       43,114       46,834       (1,050 )     45,784       (1,880 )     43,904  

Depreciation and amortization

     34,560       (835 )     33,725       46       33,771       35,133       (759 )     34,374       900       35,274  

Impairment of assets held for use

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

General and administrative

     6,520       —         6,520       275       6,795       6,733       —         6,733       699       7,432  

Interest expense

     36,048       —         36,048       (80 )     35,968       34,159       —         34,159       330       34,489  

Other income/expense

     17,551       (5 )     17,546       (316 )     17,230       1,667       (22 )     1,645       (262 )     1,383  

Gain on disposition of property, net

     5,556       —         5,556       (807 )     4,749       4,345       —         4,345       161       4,506  

Co-venture expense

     (333 )     —         (333 )     —         (333 )     —         —         —         —         —    

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

     1,020       —         1,020       (40 )     980       1,214       —         1,214       (51 )     1,163  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Income from continuing operations

     26,215       (68 )     26,147       (1,734 )     24,413       11,379       (247 )     11,132       (3,428 )     7,704  

Discontinued operations

     8,399       68       8,467       139       8,606       415       247       662       (71 )     591  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income

     34,614       —         34,614       (1,595 )     33,019       11,794       —         11,794       (3,499 )     8,295  

Distributions on preferred units

     (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )     (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )     —         (7,713 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income available for common unitholders

   $ 26,901     $ —       $ 26,901     $ (1,595 )   $ 25,306     $ 4,081     $ —       $ 4,081     $ (3,499 )   $ 582  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income per unit-basic:

                                                                                

Income from continuing operations

   $ 0.31     $ —       $ 0.31     $ (0.03 )   $ 0.28     $ 0.06     $ —       $ 0.06     $ (0.06 )   $ —    

Discontinued operations

     0.14       —         0.14       0.01       0.15       0.01       —         0.01       —         0.01  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income (1)

   $ 0.45     $ —       $ 0.45     $ (0.02 )   $ 0.43     $ 0.07     $ —       $ 0.07     $ (0.06 )   $ 0.01  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income per unit-diluted:

                                                                                

Income from continuing operations

   $ 0.31     $ —       $ 0.31     $ (0.03 )   $ 0.28     $ 0.06     $ —       $ 0.06     $ (0.06 )   $ —    

Discontinued operations

     0.14       —         0.14       0.01       0.15       0.01       —         0.01       —         0.01  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income (1)

   $ 0.45     $ —       $ 0.45     $ (0.02 )   $ 0.43     $ 0.07     $ —       $ 0.07     $ (0.06 )   $ 0.01  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



(1) Amounts represent net income available to common unitholders per unit, which is after deducting preferred distributions.

 

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HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

(tabular dollar amounts in thousands, except per unit data)

 

21. OTHER EVENTS

 

Retirement of Former Chief Executive Officer

 

The Company’s former Chief Executive Officer retired on June 30, 2004. In connection with his retirement, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a retirement package for him that included a lump sum cash payment, accelerated vesting of stock options and restricted stock, extended lives of stock options and continued coverage under the Operating Partnership’s health and life insurance plan for three years at the Operating Partnership’s expense. Under GAAP, the changes to existing stock options and restricted stock give rise to new measurement dates and revised compensation computations. The total cost recognized under GAAP for the six months ended June 30, 2004 was $4.6 million, comprised of a $2.2 million cash payment, $0.6 million related to the vesting of stock options, $1.7 million related to the vesting of restricted shares and about $0.1 million for continued insurance coverage. Certain components of this retirement package were required to be recognized as of the Board’s approval date, which was in the first quarter, while other components were required to be amortized from that date until his June 30, 2004 retirement date. Accordingly, $3.2 million was expensed in the first quarter of 2004 and the remaining $1.4 million was expensed in the second quarter of 2004.

 

WorldCom/MCI Settlement

 

On July 21, 2002, WorldCom filed a voluntary petition with the United States Bankruptcy Court seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. In connection with the bankruptcy filing, WorldCom rejected leases with the Operating Partnership encompassing 819,653 square feet, including the entire 816,000 square foot Highwoods Preserve office campus in Tampa, Florida. The Operating Partnership submitted bankruptcy claims against WorldCom aggregating $21.2 million related to these rejected leases and other matters. WorldCom emerged from bankruptcy (now MCI, Inc.) on April 20, 2004. On August 27, 2004, the Operating Partnership and various MCI subsidiaries and affiliates (the “MCI Entities”) executed a settlement agreement pursuant to which the MCI Entities paid the Operating Partnership $8.6 million in cash and transferred to it approximately 340,000 shares of new MCI, Inc. stock in September 2004. The Operating Partnership subsequently sold the stock for net proceeds of approximately $5.8 million, and recorded the full settlement of $14.4 million as Other Income in the third quarter of 2004.

 

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HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

SCHEDULE II

(In Thousands)

 

For the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

 

A summary of activity for Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

 

     Balance at
January 1, 2004


   Additions:
Charged to
Expense


   Deductions:
Adjustments and
Settlements


    Balance at
December 31,
2004


Allowance for Bad Debt - Deferred Rent

   —      1,708    (286 )   1,422

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - Accounts Receivable

   1,235    2,742    (2,806 )   1,171

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - Notes Receivable

   —      122    —       122

Disposition Reserve

   750    162    (732 )   180
    
  
  

 

Total Allowances

   1,985    4,734    (3,824 )   2,895
    
  
  

 
     Balance at
January 1, 2003


   Additions:
Charged to
Expense


   Deductions:
Adjustments and
Settlements


    Balance at
December 31,
2003


Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - Accounts Receivable

   1,457    1,519    (1,741 )   1,235
     Balance at
January 1, 2002


   Additions:
Charged to
Expense


   Deductions:
Adjustments and
Settlements


    Balance at
December 31,
2002


Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - Accounts Receivable

   1,213    2,813    (2,569 )   1,457


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HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, INC.

SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

12/31/2004

(In Thousands)

 

                Initial Costs

    Cost Capitalized Subsquent to
Acquisition


    Gross Value at Close of Period

              

Description


   City

   2004
Encumberance (10)


    Beginning
Land


   Beginning
Building


    Land

    Building &
Improvements


    Final
Land


   Final
Building


   Total
Assets


   Accumulated
Depr-Final


   Date of
Construction


   Life on Which
Depreciation is
Calculated


Atlanta, GA

                                                               

1700 Century Center

   Atlanta          —      3,168     —       (286 )        2,882    2,882    304    1972    5-40 yrs.

1700 Century Circle

   Atlanta          1,117    2,482     2     1,187     1,119    3,669    4,788    831    1983    5-40 yrs.

1800 Century Boulevard

   Atlanta          1,443    29,081     —       9,193     1,443    38,274    39,717    7,735    1975    5-40 yrs.

1825 Century Center (CDC)

   Atlanta          864    —       302     15,173     1,166    15,173    16,339    1,178    2002    5-40 yrs.

1875 Century Boulevard

   Atlanta          —      8,924     —       1,839     —      10,763    10,763    2,182    1976    5-40 yrs.

1900 Century Boulevard

   Atlanta          —      4,744     —       689     —      5,433    5,433    1,375    1971    5-40 yrs.

2200 Century Parkway

   Atlanta          —      14,432     —       1,580     —      16,012    16,012    3,553    1971    5-40 yrs.

2400 Century Center

   Atlanta          —      —       406     14,770     406    14,770    15,175    1,832    1998    5-40 yrs.

2600 Century Parkway

   Atlanta          —      10,679     —       1,049     —      11,728    11,728    2,545    1973    5-40 yrs.

2635 Century Parkway

   Atlanta          —      21,643     —       2,214     —      23,856    23,856    4,727    1980    5-40 yrs.

2800 Century Parkway

   Atlanta          —      20,449     —       384     —      20,833    20,833    4,198    1983    5-40 yrs.

400 North Business Park

   Atlanta          979    6,235     —       664     979    6,899    7,878    1,367    1985    5-40 yrs.

50 Glenlake

   Atlanta          2,500    20,006     —       211     2,500    20,217    22,717    3,567    1997    5-40 yrs.

6348 Northeast Expressway

   Atlanta          275    1,655     —       182     275    1,837    2,112    355    1978    5-40 yrs.

6438 Northeast Expressway

   Atlanta          180    2,216     —       130     180    2,346    2,525    509    1981    5-40 yrs.

Bluegrass Valley Land

   Atlanta          19,711    —       (5,387 )   —       14,324    —      14,324    —      N/A    N/A

Bluegrass Lakes I

   Atlanta          816    —       336     3,273     1,152    3,273    4,425    702    1999    5-40 yrs.

Bluegrass Place I

   Atlanta          491    2,061     —       55     491    2,116    2,607    402    1995    5-40 yrs.

Bluegrass Place II

   Atlanta          412    2,583     —       11     412    2,594    3,006    478    1996    5-40 yrs.

Bluegrass Valley

   Atlanta          1,500    —       409     4,102     1,909    4,102    6,011    907    2000    5-40 yrs.

Century Plaza I

   Atlanta          1,290    8,567     —       1,240     1,290    9,807    11,097    1,622    1981    5-40 yrs.

Century Plaza II

   Atlanta          1,380    7,733     —       1,430     1,380    9,163    10,543    1,406    1984    5-40 yrs.

Chastain Place I

   Atlanta          468    (17 )   324     2,862     792    2,845    3,637    553    1997    5-40 yrs.

Chastain Place II

   Atlanta          599    —       193     1,503     792    1,503    2,296    236    1998    5-40 yrs.

Chastain Place III

   Atlanta          539    —       173     1,104     712    1,104    1,815    166    1999    5-40 yrs.

Chattahoochee Avenue

   Atlanta          246    1,861     —       138     246    1,999    2,245    436    1970    5-40 yrs.

Corporate Lakes

   Atlanta          1,265    7,243     —       264     1,265    7,507    8,772    1,504    1988    5-40 yrs.

Cosmopolitan North

   Atlanta          2,833    4,147     —       1,294     2,833    5,442    8,274    1,216    1980    5-40 yrs.

Deerfield I

   Atlanta      (3)   1,204    3,900     149     (234 )   1,353    3,666    5,019    1,322    1999    5-40 yrs.

Deerfield II

   Atlanta      (3)   1,705    5,521     202     (356 )   1,907    5,165    7,072    1,439    1999    5-40 yrs.

Deerfield III

   Atlanta          1,010    —       161     3,983     1,171    3,983    5,154    302    2001    5-40 yrs.

EKA Chemical

   Atlanta      (1)   609    9,886     —       —       609    9,886    10,495    1,679    1998    5-40 yrs.

Gwinnett Distribution Center

   Atlanta          1,119    5,960     —       709     1,119    6,669    7,788    1,469    1991    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Center I at Tradeport

   Atlanta      (1)   307    —       139     3,152     446    3,152    3,598    975    1999    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Center II at Tradeport

   Atlanta      (1)   641    —       162     3,798     803    3,798    4,601    1,152    1999    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Center III at Tradeport

   Atlanta      (1)   409    —       130     2,153     539    2,153    2,692    171    2001    5-40 yrs.

Kennestone Corporate Center

   Atlanta          518    4,922     —       468     518    5,390    5,908    1,081    1985    5-40 yrs.

La Vista Business Park

   Atlanta          815    5,224     —       1,114     815    6,338    7,152    1,380    1973    5-40 yrs.

National Archives and Records Administration

   Atlanta    15,449     1,484    —       —       15,468     1,484    15,468    16,952    113    2004    5-40 yrs.

Newpoint Place I

   Atlanta          819    —       356     2,432     1,175    2,432    3,607    414    1998    5-40 yrs.

Newpoint Place II

   Atlanta          1,499    —       394     4,084     1,893    4,084    5,977    1,095    1999    5-40 yrs.

Newpoint Place III

   Atlanta          668    —       252     1,652     920    1,652    2,572    251    1998    5-40 yrs.

Newpoint Place IV

   Atlanta          989    —       406     4,577     1,395    4,577    5,972    344    2001    5-40 yrs.

Newpoint Place Land

   Atlanta          2,112    —       —       10     2,112    10    2,122    1    N/A    N/A

Norcross I & II

   Atlanta          323    2,000     —       135     323    2,135    2,459    426    1970    5-40 yrs.

Nortel

   Atlanta          3,342    32,111     —       12     3,342    32,123    35,465    5,456    1998    5-40 yrs.

Oakbrook I

   Atlanta      (2)   880    4,993     —       569     880    5,562    6,441    1,260    1981    5-40 yrs.

 

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                Initial Costs

   Cost Capitalized Subsquent to
Acquisition


    Gross Value at Close of Period

              

Description


  

City


   2004
Encumberance (10)


    Beginning
Land


   Beginning
Building


   Land

    Building &
Improvements


    Final
Land


   Final
Building


   Total
Assets


   Accumulated
Depr-Final


   Date of
Construction


   Life on Which
Depreciation is
Calculated


Oakbrook II

   Atlanta      (2)   1,591    9,030    —       696     1,591    9,726    11,317    2,163    1983    5-40 yrs.

Oakbrook III

   Atlanta      (2)   1,491    8,463    —       585     1,491    9,048    10,539    1,842    1984    5-40 yrs.

Oakbrook IV

   Atlanta      (2)   960    5,449    —       375     960    5,824    6,784    1,376    1985    5-40 yrs.

Oakbrook V

   Atlanta      (2)   2,223    12,613    —       566     2,223    13,179    15,402    2,842    1985    5-40 yrs.

Oakbrook Summit

   Atlanta          943    6,636    —       396     943    7,032    7,975    1,482    1981    5-40 yrs.

Oxford Lake Business Center

   Atlanta          855    7,155    —       443     855    7,598    8,453    1,558    1985    5-40 yrs.

Peachtree Corners II

   Atlanta      (3)   1,923    7,992    (665 )   (362 )   1,258    7,630    8,888    2,513    1999    5-40 yrs.

Peachtree Corners III

   Atlanta          880    2,014    (72 )   1,741     808    3,755    4,563    253    2002    5-40 yrs.

Peachtree Corners Land

   Atlanta          1,221    —      569     —       1,790    —      1,790    —      N/A    N/A

South Park Residential Land

   Atlanta          50    —      7     —       57    —      57    —      N/A    N/A

Southside Distribution Center

   Atlanta          804    4,553    —       1,117     804    5,670    6,474    975    1988    5-40 yrs.

Tradeport I

   Atlanta          557    —      261     2,650     818    2,650    3,468    422    1999    5-40 yrs.

Tradeport II

   Atlanta          557    —      261     2,465     818    2,465    3,283    632    1999    5-40 yrs.

Tradeport III

   Atlanta          673    —      370     3,481     1,043    3,481    4,523    1,065    1999    5-40 yrs.

Tradeport IV

   Atlanta          667    —      365     3,412     1,032    3,412    4,444    575    2001    5-40 yrs.

Tradeport V

   Atlanta          463    —      180     2,328     643    2,328    2,971    199    2002    5-40 yrs.

Tradeport Land

   Atlanta          5,243    —      38     —       5,281    —      5,281    —      N/A    N/A

Two Point Royal

   Atlanta      (1)   1,793    14,964    —       81     1,793    15,045    16,838    2,596    1997    5-40 yrs.

Baltimore, MD

                                                              

Sportsman Club Land

   Baltimore          24,931    —      (7,987 )   —       16,944    —      16,944    —      N/A    N/A

Charlotte, NC

                                                              

4601 Park Square

   Charlotte          2,601    7,808    —       1,153     2,601    8,961    11,562    1,564    1972    5-40 yrs.

First Citizens Building

   Charlotte          647    5,505    —       562     647    6,067    6,714    1,651    1989    5-40 yrs.

Mallard Creek I

   Charlotte      (4)   1,248    4,184    —       859     1,248    5,043    6,291    940    1986    5-40 yrs.

Mallard Creek III

   Charlotte          845    4,810    —       441     845    5,251    6,096    925    1990    5-40 yrs.

Mallard Creek IV

   Charlotte          348    1,164    —       26     348    1,190    1,538    208    1993    5-40 yrs.

Mallard Creek V

   Charlotte      (4)   1,665    —      352     10,023     2,017    10,023    12,040    1,628    1999    5-40 yrs.

Mallard Creek VI

   Charlotte          845    —      —       —       845    —      845    —      N/A    N/A

Oakhill Business Park English Oak

   Charlotte          756    4,286    —       240     756    4,527    5,282    972    1984    5-40 yrs.

Oakhill Business Park Laurel Oak

   Charlotte          475    2,695    —       271     475    2,966    3,441    732    1984    5-40 yrs.

Oakhill Business Park Live Oak

   Charlotte          1,403    5,620    —       1,565     1,403    7,185    8,588    1,753    1989    5-40 yrs.

Oakhill Business Park Scarlet Oak

   Charlotte          1,081    6,133    —       319     1,081    6,452    7,534    1,485    1982    5-40 yrs.

Oakhill Business Park Twin Oak

   Charlotte          1,252    7,111    —       791     1,252    7,901    9,154    1,841    1985    5-40 yrs.

Oakhill Business Park Water Oak

   Charlotte          1,635    9,279    —       773     1,635    10,052    11,688    2,209    1985    5-40 yrs.

Oakhill Business Park Willow Oak

   Charlotte          445    2,529    —       597     445    3,126    3,571    865    1982    5-40 yrs.

Oakhill Land

   Charlotte          3,899    —      (204 )   —       3,695         3,695    —      N/A    N/A

Pinebrook

   Charlotte          846    4,630    —       427     846    5,057    5,903    1,058    1986    5-40 yrs.

Ridgefield

   Charlotte          795    —      (795 )   —       —      —      —      —      N/A    N/A

One Parkway Plaza Building

   Charlotte          1,110    4,748    —       973     1,110    5,721    6,831    1,504    1982    5-40 yrs.

Two Parkway Plaza Building

   Charlotte          1,694    6,785    —       892     1,694    7,677    9,371    2,112    1983    5-40 yrs.

Three Parkway Plaza Building

   Charlotte      (5)   1,570    6,282    —       825     1,570    7,107    8,677    1,698    1984    5-40 yrs.

Six Parkway Plaza Building

   Charlotte          —      —      122     2,864     122    2,864    2,986    543    1996    5-40 yrs.

Seven Parkway Plaza Building

   Charlotte          —      4,648    —       273     —      4,921    4,921    1,158    1985    5-40 yrs.

Eight Parkway Plaza Building

   Charlotte          —      4,698    —       488     —      5,186    5,186    1,141    1986    5-40 yrs.

Eleven Parkway Plaza

   Charlotte          160    —      98     2,124     258    2,124    2,382    458    1999    5-40 yrs.

Twelve Parkway Plaza

   Charlotte          112    —      69     1,401     181    1,401    1,582    206    1999    5-40 yrs.

Fourteen Parkway Plaza Building

   Charlotte          483    —      273     7,139     756    7,139    7,895    1,929    1999    5-40 yrs.

University Center

   Charlotte          1,245    —      (1,245 )   —       —      —      —      —      2001    5-40 yrs.

University Center East

   Charlotte          1,289    —      (1,289 )   —       —      —      —      —      N/A    N/A

University Center - Land

   Charlotte          7,122    —      (1,014 )   —       6,108         6,108    —      N/A    N/A

Columbia, SC

                                                              

Centerpoint I

   Columbia          1,323    7,509    —       575     1,323    8,084    9,407    1,868    1988    5-40 yrs.

Centerpoint II

   Columbia          1,192    8,096    246     107     1,438    8,203    9,641    1,567    1996    5-40 yrs.

Centerpoint V

   Columbia          265    —      58     1,334     323    1,334    1,657    247    1997    5-40 yrs.

 

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                Initial Costs

   Cost Capitalized Subsquent to
Acquisition


    Gross Value at Close of Period

              

Description


  

City


   2004
Encumberance (10)


    Beginning
Land


   Beginning
Building


   Land

    Building &
Improvements


    Final
Land


   Final
Building


   Total
Assets


   Accumulated
Depr-Final


   Date of
Construction


   Life on Which
Depreciation is
Calculated


Centerpoint VI

   Columbia          276    —      —       —       276    —      276    —      N/A    N/A

Fontaine I

   Columbia          1,228    6,960    —       1,495     1,228    8,455    9,683    2,154    1985    5-40 yrs.

Fontaine II

   Columbia          948    5,376    —       389     948    5,765    6,713    1,177    1987    5-40 yrs.

Fontaine III

   Columbia          859    4,869    —       (523 )   859    4,346    5,205    1,116    1988    5-40 yrs.

Fontaine V

   Columbia          398    2,257    —       16     398    2,273    2,671    473    1990    5-40 yrs.

Greenville, SC

                                                              

385 Building 1

   Greenville          1,413    —      —       3,997     1,413    3,997    5,410    1,493    1998    5-40 yrs.

385 Land

   Greenville          1,800    —      27     —       1,827    —      1,827    —      N/A    N/A

770 Pelham Road

   Greenville          705    2,812    —       493     705    3,305    4,010    651    1989    5-40 yrs.

Bank of America Plaza

   Greenville          642    9,485    (642 )   (9,485 )   —      —      —      —      1973    5-40 yrs.

Brookfield Plaza

   Greenville      (2)   1,500    8,514    —       814     1,500    9,328    10,829    2,316    1987    5-40 yrs.

Brookfield-Jacobs-Sirrine

   Greenville          3,050    17,280    (23 )   200     3,027    17,480    20,507    3,396    1990    5-40 yrs.

MetLife @ Brookfield

   Greenville          1,039    —      353     10,493     1,392    10,493    11,884    1,330    2001    5-40 yrs.

Patewood Business Center

   Greenville          1,322    7,504    —       170     1,322    7,674    8,996    1,616    1983    5-40 yrs.

Patewood I

   Greenville          942    5,117    —       1,250     942    6,367    7,309    1,254    1985    5-40 yrs.

Patewood II

   Greenville          942    5,176    —       731     942    5,907    6,849    1,311    1987    5-40 yrs.

Patewood III

   Greenville      (2)   841    4,776    —       180     841    4,956    5,797    1,011    1989    5-40 yrs.

Patewood IV

   Greenville      (2)   1,219    6,918    —       211     1,219    7,129    8,348    1,476    1989    5-40 yrs.

Patewood V

   Greenville      (2)   1,690    9,589    —       152     1,690    9,741    11,431    2,006    1990    5-40 yrs.

Patewood VI

   Greenville          2,360    —      321     8,056     2,681    8,056    10,737    2,054    1999    5-40 yrs.

Verizon Wireless

   Greenville          1,790    —      (1,790 )   —       —      —      —      —      2002    5-40 yrs.

Jacksonville, FL

                                                              

Belfort Park VI - Land

   Jacksonville          480    —      (480 )   —       —      —      —      —      N/A    N/A

Belfort Park VII - Land

   Jacksonville          1,858    —      27     —       1,885    —      1,885    —      N/A    N/A

Kansas City, MO

                                                              

Country Club Plaza

   Kansas City      (6)   14,286    142,725    372     91,538     14,658    234,263    248,921    32,494    1920-2002    5-40 yrs.

Alameda Towers

   Kansas City          —      —      —       —       —      —      —      —      N/A    N/A

Colonial Shops

   Kansas City          141    657    —       101     141    758    899    132    1907    5-40 yrs.

Corinth Executive Building

   Kansas City          526    2,341    —       541     526    2,882    3,408    576    1973    5-40 yrs.

Corinth Office Building

   Kansas City    611     541    2,199    —       399     541    2,598    3,139    496    1960    5-40 yrs.

Corinth Shops South

   Kansas City          1,043    4,447    —       98     1,043    4,545    5,588    761    1953    5-40 yrs.

Corinth Square North Shops

   Kansas City          2,756    11,490    —       434     2,756    11,924    14,680    2,020    1962    5-40 yrs.

Fairway North

   Kansas City          771    3,283    —       343     771    3,626    4,396    726    1985    5-40 yrs.

Fairway Shops

   Kansas City    2,254     689    3,215    —       (167 )   689    3,048    3,737    583    1940    5-40 yrs.

Fairway West

   Kansas City          871    3,527    —       293     871    3,820    4,691    653    1983    5-40 yrs.

Land - Hotel Land - Valencia

   Kansas City          978    —      1,297     —       2,275    —      2,275    —      N/A    N/A

Land - JCN Parkway 4502-1

   Kansas City          50    —      —       —       50    —      50    —      N/A    N/A

Land - JCN Parkway 4510 & 4518

   Kansas City          119    —      —       —       119    —      119    —      N/A    N/A

Land - Lionsgate

   Kansas City          3,506    —      —       —       3,506    —      3,506    —      N/A    N/A

Neptune Apartments

   Kansas City    4,023     1,098    6,282    —       416     1,098    6,698    7,796    1,088    1988    5-40 yrs.

Wornall Road Apartments

   Kansas City          187    177    —       21     187    198    385    34    1918    5-40 yrs.

Nichols Building

   Kansas City    648     502    2,030    —       456     502    2,486    2,988    448    1978    5-40 yrs.

One Ward Parkway

   Kansas City          682    3,937    —       (92 )   682    3,845    4,526    974    1980    5-40 yrs.

Park Plaza

   Kansas City      (6)   1,384    6,410    —       1,332     1,384    7,742    9,126    1,409    1983    5-40 yrs.

Parkway Building

   Kansas City          404    2,044    —       48     404    2,092    2,496    445    1906-1910    5-40 yrs.

Prairie Village Rest & Bank

   Kansas City      (8)   —      —      —       1,372     —      1,372    1,372    202    1948    5-40 yrs.

Prairie Village Shops

   Kansas City      (8)   3,366    14,686    —       2,592     3,366    17,278    20,644    2,906    1948    5-40 yrs.

Shannon Valley Shopping Center

   Kansas City    5,449     1,930    7,625    —       1,344     1,930    8,969    10,900    1,813    1988    5-40 yrs.

Somerset

   Kansas City          31    125    —       —       31    125    156    20    1998    5-40 yrs.

Two Brush Creek

   Kansas City          984    4,402    —       171     984    4,573    5,557    873    1983    5-40 yrs.

Valencia Place Office

   Kansas City      (6)   1,576    —      970     35,592     2,546    35,592    38,138    6,538    1999    5-40 yrs.

 

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                Initial Costs

   Cost Capitalized Subsquent to
Acquisition


    Gross Value at Close of Period

              

Description


   City

   2004
Encumberance (10)


    Beginning
Land


   Beginning
Building


   Land

    Building &
Improvements


    Final
Land


   Final
Building


   Total
Assets


   Accumulated
Depr-Final


   Date of
Construction


   Life on Which
Depreciation is
Calculated


Memphis, TN

                                                              

3400 Players Club Parkway

   Memphis      (2)   1,005    —      207     4,415     1,212    4,415    5,627    794    1997    5-40 yrs.

6000 Poplar Ave

   Memphis          2,340    11,385    —       826     2,340    12,211    14,551    1,406    1985    5-40 yrs.

6060 Poplar Ave

   Memphis          1,980    8,677    —       737     1,980    9,414    11,394    1,088    1987    5-40 yrs.

Atrium I & II

   Memphis          1,570    6,253    —       741     1,570    6,994    8,564    1,474    1984    5-40 yrs.

Centrum

   Memphis          1,013    5,580    —       210     1,013    5,790    6,803    1,057    1979    5-40 yrs.

Hickory Hill Medical Plaza

   Memphis          401    2,276    —       (1,116 )   401    1,160    1,561    567    1988    5-40 yrs.

International Place II

   Memphis      (4)   4,884    27,782    —       1,942     4,884    29,724    34,608    6,379    1988    5-40 yrs.

Shadow Creek I

   Memphis          924    —      242     7,185     1,166    7,185    8,352    1,192    2000    5-40 yrs.

Shadow Creek II

   Memphis          734    —      242     6,226     976    6,226    7,202    429    2001    5-40 yrs.

Southwind Office Center A

   Memphis          1,004    5,694    —       691     1,004    6,386    7,389    1,315    1991    5-40 yrs.

Southwind Office Center B

   Memphis          1,366    7,754    —       295     1,366    8,049    9,415    1,743    1990    5-40 yrs.

Southwind Office Center C

   Memphis      (2)   1,070    —      221     5,530     1,291    5,530    6,821    1,301    1998    5-40 yrs.

Southwind Office Center D

   Memphis          744    —      192     5,397     936    5,397    6,334    1,106    1999    5-40 yrs.

The Colonnade

   Memphis          1,300    6,481    267     886     1,567    7,367    8,934    1,876    1998    5-40 yrs.

Nashville, TN

                                                              

3322 West End

   Nashville          3,025    27,490    —       1,812     3,025    29,302    32,327    3,618    1986    5-40 yrs.

3401 West End

   Nashville          5,864    22,917    (1,278 )   (881 )   4,586    22,036    26,623    5,581    1982    5-40 yrs.

5310 Maryland Way

   Nashville          1,863    7,201    (400 )   (982 )   1,463    6,220    7,682    1,442    1994    5-40 yrs.

BNA Corporate Center

   Nashville          —      18,506    —       2,436     —      20,943    20,943    5,110    1985    5-40 yrs.

Century City Plaza I

   Nashville          903    6,919    —       (2,644 )   903    4,275    5,178    956    1987    5-40 yrs.

Cool Springs I

   Nashville          1,583    —      (815 )   13,776     768    13,776    14,544    3,307    1999    5-40 yrs.

Cool Springs II

   Nashville          1,824    —      91     21,721     1,915    21,721    23,636    3,120    1999    5-40 yrs.

Cool Springs Land

   Nashville          7,635    —      599     —       8,234    —      8,234    —      N/A    N/A

Eastpark I, II, & III

   Nashville          2,840    10,993    (610 )   1,194     2,230    12,187    14,417    3,260    1978    5-40 yrs.

Harpeth on the Green II

   Nashville      (1)   1,419    5,677    —       1,061     1,419    6,738    8,157    1,473    1984    5-40 yrs.

Harpeth on the Green III

   Nashville      (1)   1,660    6,649    —       1,001     1,660    7,650    9,310    1,611    1987    5-40 yrs.

Harpeth on the Green IV

   Nashville      (1)   1,713    6,842    —       842     1,713    7,684    9,397    1,777    1989    5-40 yrs.

Harpeth on The Green V

   Nashville      (1)   662    —      197     5,166     859    5,166    6,025    1,602    1998    5-40 yrs.

Hickory Trace

   Nashville      (4)   1,164    —      165     5,713     1,329    5,713    7,041    832    N/A    N/A

Highwoods Plaza I

   Nashville      (1)   1,552    —      321     8,399     1,873    8,399    10,272    2,660    1996    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Plaza II

   Nashville      (1)   1,448    —      306     6,798     1,754    6,798    8,552    1,702    1997    5-40 yrs.

Lakeview Ridge I

   Nashville          2,069    7,267    (404 )   (1,026 )   1,665    6,241    7,906    1,451    1986    5-40 yrs.

Lakeview Ridge II

   Nashville      (1)   605    —      186     4,608     791    4,608    5,399    1,273    1998    5-40 yrs.

Lakeview Ridge III

   Nashville      (1)   1,073    —      399     10,670     1,472    10,670    12,142    1,783    1999    5-40 yrs.

Seven Springs I

   Nashville          2,076    —      389     13,222     2,465    13,222    15,687    995    2002    5-40 yrs.

Seven Springs -Land I

   Nashville          3,122    —      27     —       3,149         3,149    —      N/A    N/A

Seven Springs - Land II

   Nashville          3,715    —      342     —       4,057         4,057    —      N/A    N/A

SouthPointe

   Nashville          1,655    —      310     7,161     1,965    7,161    9,126    1,628    1998    5-40 yrs.

Southwind Land

   Nashville          3,662    —      3     448     3,665    448    4,113    —      N/A    N/A

Sparrow Building

   Nashville          1,262    5,047    —       826     1,262    5,873    7,135    1,156    1982    5-40 yrs.

The Ramparts at Brentwood

   Nashville          2,394    12,806    —       559     2,394    13,365    15,759    1,505    1986    5-40 yrs.

Westwood South

   Nashville      (1)   2,106    —      382     9,928     2,488    9,928    12,416    2,128    1999    5-40 yrs.

Winners Circle

   Nashville      (1)   1,497    7,258    —       642     1,497    7,900    9,397    1,535    1987    5-40 yrs.

Orlando, FL

                                                              

Capital Plaza III

   Orlando          2,994    —      10     —       3,004    —      3,004    5    N/A    N/A

In Charge Institute

   Orlando          501    —      96     2,683     597    2,683    3,280    606    2000    5-40 yrs.

Interlachen Village

   Orlando          900    2,689    (900 )   (2,689 )   —      —      —      —      1987    5-40 yrs.

Lake Mary Land

   Orlando          9,805    —      (3,935 )   —       5,870    —      5,870    9    N/A    N/A

Landmark I

   Orlando          6,785    30,652    (6,785 )   (30,652 )   —      —      —      —      1983    5-40 yrs.

Landmark II

   Orlando          6,785    29,411    (6,785 )   (29,411 )   —      —      —      —      1983    5-40 yrs.

Metrowest Center

   Orlando          1,354    7,687    17     1,029     1,371    8,716    10,088    1,871    1988    5-40 yrs.

Windsor at Metro Center

   Orlando          —      —      2,060     9,224     2,060    9,224    11,284    259    2001    5-40 yrs.

MetroWest Land

   Orlando          3,134    —      1,347     —       4,481    —      4,481    —      N/A    N/A

Pine Street I

   Orlando          2,774    34,359    (2,774 )   (34,359 )   —      —      —      —      1999    5-40 yrs.

 

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   Cost Capitalized Subsquent to
Acquisition


    Gross Value at Close of Period

              

Description


   City

   2004
Encumberance (10)


    Beginning
Land


   Beginning
Building


   Land

    Building &
Improvements


    Final
Land


   Final
Building


   Total
Assets


   Accumulated
Depr-Final


   Date of
Construction


   Life on Which
Depreciation is
Calculated


Pine Street II

   Orlando          3,030    48,043    (3,030 )   (48,043 )   —      —      —      —      1999    5-40 yrs.

Signature Plaza

   Orlando          4,308    33,637    (4,308 )   (33,637 )   —      —      —      —      1982    5-40 yrs.

Sunport Center

   Orlando          1,505    9,982    (1,505 )   (9,982 )   —      —      —      —      1990    5-40 yrs.

Piedmont Triad, NC

                                                              

101 Stratford

   Piedmont Triad          1,205    6,916    —       1,041     1,205    7,957    9,162    1,403    1986    5-40 yrs.

150 Stratford

   Piedmont Triad          2,788    11,511    —       695     2,788    12,206    14,994    3,071    1991    5-40 yrs.

160 Stratford - Land

   Piedmont Triad          966    —      —       —       966    —      966    19    N/A    N/A

500 Radar Road

   Piedmont Triad          202    1,507    —       209     202    1,716    1,918    450    1981    5-40 yrs.

502 Radar Road

   Piedmont Triad          39    285    —       52     39    337    376    94    1986    5-40 yrs.

504 Radar Road

   Piedmont Triad          39    292    —       85     39    377    416    96    1986    5-40 yrs.

506 Radar Road

   Piedmont Triad          39    285    —       15     39    300    339    71    1986    5-40 yrs.

531 Northridge Office

   Piedmont Triad          1,602    3,811    (895 )   (2,134 )   707    1,677    2,384    183    1989    5-40 yrs.

531 Northridge Warehouse

   Piedmont Triad          4,545    10,823    56     135     4,601    10,958    15,559    520    1989    5-40 yrs.

6348 Burnt Poplar

   Piedmont Triad          724    2,900    —       36     724    2,936    3,660    727    1990    5-40 yrs.

6350 Burnt Poplar

   Piedmont Triad          340    1,374    —       60     340    1,434    1,775    389    1992    5-40 yrs.

7341 West Friendly Avenue

   Piedmont Triad          113    841    —       158     113    999    1,112    261    1988    5-40 yrs.

7343 West Friendly Avenue

   Piedmont Triad          72    555    —       109     72    664    736    200    1988    5-40 yrs.

7345 West Friendly Avenue

   Piedmont Triad          66    492    —       45     66    537    603    122    1988    5-40 yrs.

7347 West Friendly Avenue

   Piedmont Triad          97    719    —       61     97    780    877    180    1988    5-40 yrs.

7349 West Friendly Avenue

   Piedmont Triad          53    393    —       52     53    445    498    109    1988    5-40 yrs.

7351 West Friendly Avenue

   Piedmont Triad          106    788    —       125     106    913    1,019    217    1988    5-40 yrs.

7353 West Friendly Avenue

   Piedmont Triad          123    912    —       52     123    964    1,087    233    1988    5-40 yrs.

7355 West Friendly Avenue

   Piedmont Triad          72    538    —       49     72    587    659    162    1988    5-40 yrs.

7906 Industrial Village Road

   Piedmont Triad          62    460    —       18     62    478    540    116    1985    5-40 yrs.

7908 Industrial Village Road

   Piedmont Triad          62    475    —       84     62    559    621    149    1985    5-40 yrs.

7910 Industrial Village Road

   Piedmont Triad          62    460    —       42     62    502    564    116    1985    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Building 1

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   378    1,516    —       37     378    1,553    1,931    381    1990    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Building 2

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   463    1,849    —       182     463    2,031    2,494    526    1986    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Building 3

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   322    1,293    —       209     322    1,502    1,824    454    1986    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Building A

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   509    2,921    —       570     509    3,491    4,000    919    1986    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Building B

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   739    3,237    —       633     739    3,870    4,609    976    1988    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Building C

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   2,393    9,576    —       2,037     2,393    11,613    14,006    3,069    1990    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Building D

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   850    —      699     4,319     1,549    4,319    5,868    938    1997    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Copier Consultants

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   224    1,068    —       342     224    1,410    1,634    471    1990    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-HewlettPackard

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   465    —      380     1,100     845    1,100    1,945    331    1996    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Highland

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   146    1,081    —       (3 )   146    1,078    1,223    257    1990    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Inacom Building

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   265    —      270     766     535    766    1,301    162    1996    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Service Center 1

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   237    1,103    —       173     237    1,276    1,513    352    1985    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Service Center 2

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   193    946    —       303     193    1,249    1,442    442    1985    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Service Center 3

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   305    1,219    —       319     305    1,538    1,843    441    1985    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Service Center 4

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   225    928    —       184     225    1,112    1,337    399    1985    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Service Court

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   171    777    —       58     171    835    1,006    214    1990    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Simplex

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   271    —      239     744     510    744    1,254    167    1997    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Warehouse 1

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   355    1,613    —       94     355    1,707    2,062    505    1985    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Warehouse 2

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   373    1,523    —       82     373    1,605    1,978    426    1985    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Warehouse 3

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   341    1,486    —       484     341    1,970    2,311    503    1986    5-40 yrs.

Airpark East-Warehouse 4

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   660    2,676    —       202     660    2,878    3,538    723    1988    5-40 yrs.

Airpark North - DC1

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   860    2,919    —       568     860    3,487    4,347    875    1986    5-40 yrs.

Airpark North - DC2

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   1,302    4,392    —       393     1,302    4,785    6,087    1,230    1987    5-40 yrs.

Airpark North - DC3

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   449    1,517    —       89     449    1,606    2,055    413    1988    5-40 yrs.

Airpark North - DC4

   Piedmont Triad      (7)   451    1,514    —       106     451    1,620    2,071    418    1988    5-40 yrs.

Airpark South Warehouse 1

   Piedmont Triad          546    —      —       2,677     546    2,677    3,223    492    1998    5-40 yrs.

Airpark South Warehouse 2

   Piedmont Triad          749    —      —       2,477     749    2,477    3,226    343    1999    5-40 yrs.

Airpark South Warehouse 3

   Piedmont Triad          603    —      —       2,273     603    2,273    2,876    271    1999    5-40 yrs.

Airpark South Warehouse 4

   Piedmont Triad          499    —      —       2,043     499    2,043    2,542    323    1999    5-40 yrs.

Airpark South Warehouse 6

   Piedmont Triad          1,733    —      —       5,561     1,733    5,561    7,294    1,368    1999    5-40 yrs.

 

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Table of Contents
                Initial Costs

   Cost Capitalized Subsquent to
Acquisition


    Gross Value at Close of Period

              

Description


  

City


   2004
Encumberance (10)


    Beginning
Land


   Beginning
Building


   Land

    Building &
Improvements


    Final
Land


   Final
Building


   Total
Assets


   Accumulated
Depr-Final


   Date of
Construction


   Life on Which
Depreciation is
Calculated


Airpark West 1

   Piedmont Triad      (5)   944    3,831    —       592     944    4,423    5,367    1,294    1984    5-40 yrs.

Airpark West 2

   Piedmont Triad      (5)   887    3,550    —       262     887    3,812    4,699    982    1985    5-40 yrs.

Airpark West 4

   Piedmont Triad      (5)   227    907    —       151     227    1,058    1,284    288    1985    5-40 yrs.

Airpark West 5

   Piedmont Triad      (5)   243    971    —       283     243    1,254    1,497    342    1985    5-40 yrs.

Airpark West 6

   Piedmont Triad      (5)   327    1,309    —       82     327    1,391    1,718    354    1985    5-40 yrs.

ALO

   Piedmont Triad          177    —      80     902     257    902    1,158    105    1998    5-40 yrs.

Brigham Road - Land

   Piedmont Triad          7,059    —      7     —       7,066    —      7,066    —      N/A    N/A

Chesapeake

   Piedmont Triad      (5)   1,241    4,963    —       7     1,241    4,970    6,211    1,230    1993    5-40 yrs.

Chimney Rock A/B

   Piedmont Triad          1,613    4,045    —       21     1,613    4,066    5,679    665    1981    5-40 yrs.

Chimney Rock C

   Piedmont Triad          605    1,514    (368 )   (914 )   237    600    836    99    1983    5-40 yrs.

Chimney Rock D

   Piedmont Triad          236    592    368     936     604    1,528    2,132    249    1983    5-40 yrs.

Chimney Rock E

   Piedmont Triad          1,696    4,265    —       (73 )   1,696    4,192    5,888    714    1985    5-40 yrs.

Chimney Rock F

   Piedmont Triad          1,434    3,608    —       (262 )   1,434    3,346    4,779    591    1987    5-40 yrs.

Chimney Rock G

   Piedmont Triad          1,045    2,622    —       (172 )   1,045    2,450    3,495    429    1987    5-40 yrs.

Consolidated Center/ Building I

   Piedmont Triad          625    2,183    —       153     625    2,336    2,961    390    1983    5-40 yrs.

Consolidated Center/ Building II

   Piedmont Triad          625    4,435    —       207     625    4,642    5,267    822    1983    5-40 yrs.

Consolidated Center/ Building III

   Piedmont Triad          680    3,572    —       72     680    3,644    4,324    643    1989    5-40 yrs.

Consolidated Center/ Building IV

   Piedmont Triad          376    1,655    —       150     376    1,805    2,181    338    1989    5-40 yrs.

Deep River Corporate Center

   Piedmont Triad          1,041    5,892    970     375     2,011    6,267    8,278    1,520    1989    5-40 yrs.

Enterprise Warehouse I

   Piedmont Triad          453    —      360     3,160     813    3,160    3,973    408    2002    5-40 yrs.

Forsyth Corporate Center

   Piedmont Triad      (2)   328    1,867    —       678     328    2,545    2,874    773    1985    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Park Building I

   Piedmont Triad          1,993    —      (517 )   8,494     1,476    8,494    9,970    672    2001    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Square Land

   Piedmont Triad          —      —      1,828     —       1,828    —      1,828    —      N/A    N/A

Jefferson Pilot Land

   Piedmont Triad          11,759    —      (4,258 )   —       7,501    —      7,501    —      N/A    N/A

Madison Park - Building 5620

   Piedmont Triad          942    2,220    —       (20 )   942    2,200    3,142    363    1983    5-40 yrs.

Madison Park - Building 5630

   Piedmont Triad          1,488    3,507    —       (9 )   1,488    3,498    4,985    574    1983    5-40 yrs.

Madison Park - Building 5635

   Piedmont Triad          894    2,106    —       14     894    2,120    3,014    350    1986    5-40 yrs.

Madison Park - Building 5640

   Piedmont Triad          1,831    6,531    —       (41 )   1,831    6,490    8,321    1,082    1985    5-40 yrs.

Madison Park - Building 5650

   Piedmont Triad          1,082    2,551    —       25     1,082    2,576    3,658    432    1984    5-40 yrs.

Madison Park - Building 5655

   Piedmont Triad          1,947    7,123    —       157     1,947    7,280    9,228    1,207    1987    5-40 yrs.

Madison Park - Building 5660

   Piedmont Triad          1,912    4,506    —       (34 )   1,912    4,472    6,384    737    1984    5-40 yrs.

Madison Parking Deck

   Piedmont Triad          5,755    8,822    —       496     5,755    9,318    15,073    1,388    1987    5-40 yrs.

Regency One-Piedmont Center

   Piedmont Triad          515    —      383     2,518     898    2,518    3,415    904    1996    5-40 yrs.

Regency Two-Piedmont Center

   Piedmont Triad          435    —      288     1,676     723    1,676    2,399    349    1996    5-40 yrs.

Sears Cenfact

   Piedmont Triad      (1)   834    3,459    —       25     834    3,485    4,319    870    1989    5-40 yrs.

The Knollwood-370

   Piedmont Triad          1,826    7,495    —       619     1,826    8,114    9,940    2,208    1994    5-40 yrs.

The Knollwood-380

   Piedmont Triad          2,989    12,028    —       1,351     2,989    13,379    16,368    3,485    1990    5-40 yrs.

The Knollwood -380 Retail

   Piedmont Triad          —      1    —       149     —      150    150    83    1995    5-40 yrs.

University Commercial Center-Archer 4

   Piedmont Triad          516    2,066    —       286     516    2,352    2,868    592    1986    5-40 yrs.

University Commercial Center-Landmark 3

   Piedmont Triad          431    1,785    —       573     431    2,358    2,788    571    1985    5-40 yrs.

University Commercial Center-Service Center 1

   Piedmont Triad          277    1,159    —       146     277    1,305    1,582    367    1983    5-40 yrs.

University Commercial Center-Service Center 2

   Piedmont Triad          216    862    —       61     216    923    1,139    237    1983    5-40 yrs.

University Commercial Center-Service Center 3

   Piedmont Triad          168    702    —       341     168    1,043    1,210    379    1984    5-40 yrs.

University Commercial Center-Warehouse 1

   Piedmont Triad          204    815    —       24     204    839    1,043    206    1983    5-40 yrs.

University Commercial Center-Warehouse 2

   Piedmont Triad          197    789    —       42     197    831    1,028    212    1983    5-40 yrs.

US Airways

   Piedmont Triad      (2)   2,625    15,069    (1,175 )   (3,723 )   1,450    11,346    12,796    2,026    1970-
1987
   5-40 yrs.

Westpoint Business Park Land

   Piedmont Triad          868    —      103     —       971    —      971    —      N/A    5-40 yrs.

Westpoint Business Park-BMF

   Piedmont Triad          798    3,193    —       4     798    3,197    3,995    789    1986    5-40 yrs.

Westpoint Business Park-Luwabahnson

   Piedmont Triad          347    1,389    —       103     347    1,492    1,840    387    1990    5-40 yrs.

Westpoint Business Park-Wp 13

   Piedmont Triad          298    1,219    —       22     298    1,241    1,539    310    1988    5-40 yrs.

Research Triangle, NC

                                                              

3600 Glenwood Avenue

   Research Triangle          —      10,994    —       —       —      10,994    10,994    2,142    1986    5-40 yrs.

3737 Glenwood Avenue

   Research Triangle          —      —      318     16,651     318    16,651    16,969    3,051    1999    5-40 yrs.

4101 Research Commons

   Research Triangle          1,348    8,346    221     (698 )   1,569    7,648    9,217    1,284    1999    5-40 yrs.

4201 Research Commons

   Research Triangle          1,204    11,858    —       (39 )   1,204    11,819    13,023    4,408    1991    5-40 yrs.

4301 Research Commons

   Research Triangle          900    8,237    —       29     900    8,266    9,166    1,974    1989    5-40 yrs.

 

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Table of Contents
                Initial Costs

   Cost Capitalized Subsquent to
Acquisition


    Gross Value at Close of Period

              

Description


  

City


   2004
Encumberance (10)


    Beginning
Land


   Beginning
Building


   Land

    Building &
Improvements


    Final
Land


   Final
Building


   Total
Assets


   Accumulated
Depr-Final


   Date of
Construction


   Life on Which
Depreciation is
Calculated


4401 Research Commons

   Research Triangle          1,249    9,387    —       6,149     1,249    15,536    16,785    7,144    1987    5-40 yrs.

4501 Research Commons

   Research Triangle          785    5,856    —       106     785    5,962    6,747    2,048    1985    5-40 yrs.

4800 North Park

   Research Triangle          2,678    17,630    —       1,528     2,678    19,158    21,836    5,653    1985    5-40 yrs.

4900 North Park

   Research Triangle    1,056     770    1,983    —       577     770    2,560    3,330    622    1984    5-40 yrs.

5000 North Park

   Research Triangle      (2)   1,010    4,612    —       2,067     1,010    6,679    7,689    1,964    1980    5-40 yrs.

3645 Trust Drive - One North Commerce Center

   Research Triangle          793    2,976    —       858     793    3,835    4,628    947    1984    5-40 yrs.

5200 Greens Dairy-One North Commerce Center

   Research Triangle          170    968    —       158     170    1,126    1,297    234    1984    5-40 yrs.

5220 Greens Dairy-One North Commerce Center

   Research Triangle          385    2,185    —       340     385    2,525    2,909    563    1984    5-40 yrs.

Phase I - One North Commerce Center

   Research Triangle          774    4,496    —       1,437     774    5,933    6,707    1,604    1981    5-40 yrs.

W Building - One North Commerce Center

   Research Triangle          1,172    6,865    —       2,080     1,172    8,945    10,117    2,582    1983    5-40 yrs.

801 Corporate Center

   Research Triangle          828    —      272     9,463     1,100    9,463    10,563    502    2002    5-40 yrs.

Blue Ridge I

   Research Triangle      (1)   722    4,606    —       572     722    5,178    5,900    1,441    1982    5-40 yrs.

Blue Ridge II

   Research Triangle      (1)   462    1,410    —       449     462    1,859    2,321    758    1988    5-40 yrs.

BTI

   Research Triangle          —      —      1,421     17,100     1,421    17,100    18,521    —      1979    5-40 yrs.

Cape Fear

   Research Triangle          131    1,630    —       807     131    2,437    2,568    1,673    1979    5-40 yrs.

Catawba

   Research Triangle          125    1,635    —       1,021     125    2,656    2,781    1,451    1980    5-40 yrs.

CentreGreen One - Weston

   Research Triangle      (4)   1,529    —      (392 )   9,595     1,137    9,595    10,732    1,478    2000    5-40 yrs.

CentreGreen Two - Weston

   Research Triangle      (4)   1,653    —      (393 )   9,682     1,260    9,682    10,942    1,172    2001    5-40 yrs.

CentreGreen Three Land - Weston

   Research Triangle          1,876    —      92     —       1,968    —      1,968    —      N/A    N/A

CentreGreen Four

   Research Triangle      (4)   1,779    —      (394 )   12,685     1,385    12,685    14,070    837    2002    5-40 yrs.

CentreGreen Five Land - Weston

   Research Triangle          3,062    —      114     —       3,176    —      3,176         N/A    N/A

Concourse

   Research Triangle      (3)   986    15,125    —       387     986    15,512    16,498    5,041    1986    5-40 yrs.

Cottonwood

   Research Triangle          609    3,244    —       201     609    3,445    4,054    883    1983    5-40 yrs.

Creekstone Crossings

   Research Triangle          728    3,841    —       217     728    4,058    4,786    1,039    1990    5-40 yrs.

Day Tract Residential

   Research Triangle          7,668    —      (32 )   —       7,636    —      7,636    —      N/A    N/A

Day Tract Land

   Research Triangle          8,524    —      (8,524 )   —       —      —      —      —      N/A    N/A

Dogwood

   Research Triangle          766    2,769    —       464     766    3,233    3,999    807    1983    5-40 yrs.

EPA

   Research Triangle          2,601    —      4     1,656     2,605    1,656    4,260    1    2003    5-40 yrs.

GlenLake Land

   Research Triangle          5,335    —      7,196     —       12,531         12,531         N/A    N/A

GlenLake Bldg I

   Research Triangle      (4)   924    —      705     21,849     1,629    21,849    23,478    1,792    2002    5-40 yrs.

Global Software

   Research Triangle      (2)   465    —      279     6,984     744    6,984    7,728    2,462    1996    5-40 yrs.

Hawthorn

   Research Triangle          904    3,769    —       368     904    4,137    5,041    2,478    1987    5-40 yrs.

Healthsource

   Research Triangle          1,304    —      540     11,712     1,844    11,712    13,556    3,152    1996    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Centre-Weston

   Research Triangle      (1)   531    —      (267 )   7,268     264    7,268    7,532    1,526    1998    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Office Center North Land

   Research Triangle          355    49    2     —       357    49    406    21    N/A    N/A

Highwoods Office Center South Land

   Research Triangle          2,411    —      (226 )   —       2,185    —      2,185    —      N/A    N/A

Highwoods Tower One

   Research Triangle      (2)   203    16,744    —       1,373     203    18,117    18,320    6,220    1991    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Tower Two

   Research Triangle          365    —      503     22,454     868    22,454    23,322    2,768    2001    5-40 yrs.

Holiday Inn Reservations Center

   Research Triangle          867    2,727    —       1,020     867    3,747    4,614    821    1984    5-40 yrs.

Inveresk Land Parcel 2

   Research Triangle          657    —      —       —       657    —      657    —      N/A    N/A

Inveresk Land Parcel 3

   Research Triangle          548    —      —       —       548    —      548    —      N/A    N/A

Ironwood

   Research Triangle          319    1,337    —       603     319    1,940    2,259    511    1978    5-40 yrs.

Magnolia

   Research Triangle          133    3,576    —       806     133    4,382    4,515    2,159    1988    5-40 yrs.

Lake Plaza East

   Research Triangle      (3)   856    6,325    (856 )   (6,325 )   —      —      —      —      1984    5-40 yrs.

Laurel

   Research Triangle          884    2,517    —       845     884    3,362    4,246    1,052    1982    5-40 yrs.

Leatherwood

   Research Triangle          213    891    —       620     213    1,511    1,724    463    1979    5-40 yrs.

Maplewood

   Research Triangle      (1)   149    —      107     3,496     256    3,496    3,752    631    N/A    5-40 yrs.

Northpark Land - Wake Forest

   Research Triangle          1,586    —      (815 )   —       771         771    —      N/A    N/A

Overlook

   Research Triangle          398    —      293     9,288     691    9,288    9,979    1,252    1999    5-40 yrs.

Pamlico

   Research Triangle          289    —      —       11,798     289    11,798    12,087    5,372    1980    5-40 yrs.

ParkWest One - Weston

   Research Triangle          383    —      (141 )   4,035     242    4,035    4,277    687    2001    5-40 yrs.

ParkWest Two - Weston

   Research Triangle          503    —      (147 )   3,110     356    3,110    3,466    300    2001    5-40 yrs.

ParkWest Three - Land - Weston

   Research Triangle          834    —      (227 )   —       607    —      607    —      N/A    N/A

Progress Center Renovation

   Research Triangle          —      —      —       359     —      359    359    —      2003    5-40 yrs.

Raleigh Corp Center Lot D

   Research Triangle          1,211    —      7     —       1,218    —      1,218    —      N/A    N/A

Red Oak

   Research Triangle          389    —      195     5,853     584    5,853    6,437    1,787    1999    5-40 yrs.

Rexwoods Center I

   Research Triangle      (5)   878    3,730    —       391     878    4,121    4,999    1,622    1990    5-40 yrs.

 

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Table of Contents
                Initial Costs

   Cost Capitalized Subsquent to
Acquisition


    Gross Value at Close of Period

              

Description


  

City


   2004
Encumberance (10)


    Beginning
Land


   Beginning
Building


   Land

    Building &
Improvements


    Final
Land


   Final
Building


   Total
Assets


   Accumulated
Depr-Final


   Date of
Construction


   Life on Which
Depreciation is
Calculated


Rexwoods Center II

   Research Triangle          362    1,818    —       501     362    2,319    2,681    523    1993    5-40 yrs.

Rexwoods Center III

   Research Triangle          919    2,816    —       968     919    3,784    4,703    1,136    1992    5-40 yrs.

Rexwoods Center IV

   Research Triangle      (5)   586    —      127     3,222     713    3,222    3,935    800    1995    5-40 yrs.

Rexwoods Center V

   Research Triangle      (2)   1,301    —      184     5,447     1,485    5,447    6,932    1,317    1998    5-40 yrs.

Riverbirch

   Research Triangle      (2)   469    4,038    —       1,031     469    5,069    5,538    1,932    1987    5-40 yrs.

Situs I

   Research Triangle          692    4,646    178     (51 )   870    4,595    5,465    1,720    1996    5-40 yrs.

Situs II

   Research Triangle          718    6,254    181     (76 )   899    6,178    7,077    2,167    1998    5-40 yrs.

Situs III

   Research Triangle      (3)   440    4,078    118     (450 )   558    3,628    4,187    215    2000    5-40 yrs.

Six Forks Center I

   Research Triangle          666    2,665    —       1,077     666    3,742    4,408    852    1982    5-40 yrs.

Six Forks Center II

   Research Triangle          1,086    4,533    —       972     1,086    5,505    6,591    1,430    1983    5-40 yrs.

Six Forks Center III

   Research Triangle      (2)   862    4,411    —       468     862    4,879    5,741    1,286    1987    5-40 yrs.

Smoketree Tower

   Research Triangle          2,353    11,743    —       2,248     2,353    13,991    16,344    4,118    1984    5-40 yrs.

Sycamore

   Research Triangle      (2)   255    —      216     4,832     471    4,832    5,304    935    1997    5-40 yrs.

Weston Land

   Research Triangle          22,771    —      (5,193 )   988     17,578    988    18,566    182    N/A    N/A

Willow Oak

   Research Triangle      (2)   458    —      268     4,843     726    4,843    5,569    1,122    1995    5-40 yrs.

Other Property

   Research Triangle          47    9,496    2,638     20,604     2,685    30,100    32,785    16,334    N/A    N/A

Richmond, VA

                                                              

4900 Cox Road

   Richmond          1,324    5,311    —       686     1,324    5,997    7,321    1,713    1991    5-40 yrs.

Colonade Building

   Richmond      (4)   1,364    6,105    —       69     1,364    6,174    7,538    461    2003    5-40 yrs.

Dominion Place - Pitts Parcel

   Richmond          1,101    —      71     51     1,172    51    1,223    —      N/A    N/A

East Shore I

   Richmond          1,537    5,971    (337 )   (19 )   1,200    5,952    7,152    1,041    1999    5-40 yrs.

East Shore II

   Richmond          907    6,853    443     (83 )   1,350    6,770    8,120    2,019    1999    5-40 yrs.

East Shore III

   Richmond          1,784    6,095    (388 )   (57 )   1,396    6,038    7,434    1,156    1999    5-40 yrs.

East Shore IV

   Richmond          1,445    —      (1,445 )   —       —      —      —      —      N/A    N/A

Grove Park I

   Richmond          713    —      381     4,675     1,094    4,675    5,770    845    1997    5-40 yrs.

Hamilton Beach

   Richmond          1,086    4,345    —       472     1,086    4,817    5,903    1,157    1986    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Commons

   Richmond          521    —      1,001     3,322     1,522    3,322    4,844    475    1999    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Five

   Richmond          806    —      (23 )   5,875     783    5,875    6,658    881    1998    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods One

   Richmond      (2)   1,846    —      (158 )   9,690     1,688    9,690    11,378    2,275    1996    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Plaza

   Richmond          909    —      175     5,624     1,084    5,624    6,708    687    2000    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Two

   Richmond      (4)   786    —      213     6,057     999    6,057    7,056    1,287    1997    5-40 yrs.

Innslake Center

   Richmond      (1)   845    —      196     6,586     1,041    6,586    7,626    846    2001    5-40 yrs.

Liberty Mutual

   Richmond    2,708     1,205    4,825    —       793     1,205    5,618    6,823    1,291    1990    5-40 yrs.

North Park

   Richmond          2,163    8,659    —       763     2,163    9,422    11,585    2,065    1989    5-40 yrs.

North Shore Commons A

   Richmond      (4)   1,344    —      (393 )   12,285     951    12,285    13,236    1,871    2002    5-40 yrs.

North Shore Commons B - Land

   Richmond          2,067    —      —       —       2,067    —      2,067    —      N/A    N/A

North Shore Commons C - Land

   Richmond          1,902    —      (405 )   —       1,497    —      1,497    —      N/A    N/A

North Shore Commons D - Land

   Richmond          1,261    —      —       —       1,261    —      1,261    —      N/A    N/A

One Shockoe Plaza

   Richmond          —      —      356     15,052     356    15,052    15,408    3,473    1996    5-40 yrs.

Pavilion

   Richmond          —      46    181     —       181    46    227    8    N/A    N/A

Sadler & Cox Land

   Richmond          1,827    —      (104 )   —       1,723    —      1,723    —      N/A    N/A

Stony Point F Land

   Richmond          2,078    —      (237 )   —       1,841    —      1,841    5    N/A    N/A

Stony Point I

   Richmond          1,384    11,630    52     1,145     1,436    12,775    14,211    2,647    1990    5-40 yrs.

Stony Point II

   Richmond          1,633    —      (399 )   12,227     1,234    12,227    13,461    2,593    1999    5-40 yrs.

Stony Point III

   Richmond          1,194    —      (205 )   10,374     989    10,374    11,363    1,480    2002    5-40 yrs.

Stony Point IV land

   Richmond          —      —      1,316     —       1,316    —      1,316    —      N/A    N/A

Technology Park 1

   Richmond          541    2,166    —       772     541    2,938    3,479    774    1991    5-40 yrs.

Technology Park 2

   Richmond          264    1,058    —       32     264    1,090    1,354    252    1991    5-40 yrs.

Vantage Place A

   Richmond      (4)   203    811    —       100     203    911    1,114    216    1987    5-40 yrs.

Vantage Place B

   Richmond      (4)   233    931    —       147     233    1,078    1,311    249    1988    5-40 yrs.

Vantage Place C

   Richmond      (4)   235    940    —       91     235    1,031    1,266    239    1987    5-40 yrs.

Vantage Place D

   Richmond      (4)   218    873    —       119     218    992    1,210    235    1988    5-40 yrs.

Vantage Pointe

   Richmond      (4)   1,089    4,500    —       521     1,089    5,021    6,110    1,260    1990    5-40 yrs.

Virginia Mutual

   Richmond          1,301    6,036    —       (17 )   1,301    6,019    7,320    684    1996    5-40 yrs.

Waterfront Plaza

   Richmond          585    2,347    —       434     585    2,781    3,366    733    1988    5-40 yrs.

West Shore I

   Richmond      (1)   358    1,431    (26 )   47     332    1,478    1,810    323    1995    5-40 yrs.

 

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                Initial Costs

   Cost Capitalized Subsquent to
Acquisition


    Gross Value at Close of Period

              

Description


  

City


   2004
Encumberance (10)


    Beginning
Land


   Beginning
Building


   Land

    Building &
Improvements


    Final
Land


   Final
Building


   Total
Assets


   Accumulated
Depr-Final


   Date of
Construction


   Life on Which
Depreciation is
Calculated


West Shore II

   Richmond      (1)   545    2,181    (56 )   163     489    2,344    2,833    537    1995    5-40 yrs.

West Shore III

   Richmond      (1)   961    —      141     3,909     1,102    3,909    5,011    835    1997    5-40 yrs.

South Florida

                                                              

The 1800 Eller Drive Building

   South Florida          —      9,851    —       449     —      10,299    10,299    2,326    1983    5-40 yrs.

Tampa, FL

                                                              

380 Park Place

   Tampa          1,502    —      240     7,608     1,742    7,608    9,350    1,355    N/A    N/A

Anchor Glass

   Tampa      (3)   1,281    11,318    (970 )   783     311    12,101    12,412    2,020    1988    5-40 yrs.

Atrium

   Tampa          1,363    9,373    (2 )   3,225     1,361    12,598    13,959    2,383    1989    5-40 yrs.

Bay View Office Centre

   Tampa          1,304    5,964    (369 )   (500 )   935    5,464    6,399    1,267    1982    5-40 yrs.

Bay Vista Gardens

   Tampa          445    4,806    (9 )   441     436    5,247    5,683    843    1982    5-40 yrs.

Bay Vista Gardens II

   Tampa          1,323    7,074    139     (63 )   1,462    7,011    8,473    1,028    1997    5-40 yrs.

Bayshore

   Tampa      (3)   2,276    11,817    —       20     2,276    11,837    14,113    2,156    1990    5-40 yrs.

Cypress Center I

   Tampa          3,172    12,764    —       783     3,172    13,547    16,719    1,724    1982    5-40 yrs.

Cypress Center III

   Tampa          1,194    7,613    —       814     1,194    8,427    9,621    1,182    1983    5-40 yrs.

Cypress Center IV - Land

   Tampa      (4)   3,087    301    144     3,908     3,231    4,209    7,441    759    N/A    N/A

Cypress Commons

   Tampa      (4)   1,211    11,477    —       1,416     1,211    12,893    14,104    1,755    1985    5-40 yrs.

Cypress West

   Tampa    1,927     617    5,148    —       835     617    5,984    6,600    1,331    1985    5-40 yrs.

Feathersound Corporate Center II

   Tampa    2,234     802    7,463    —       806     802    8,269    9,071    1,462    1986    5-40 yrs.

Firemans Fund Building

   Tampa      (4)   500    4,193    (500 )   (4,193 )   —      —      —      —      1982    5-40 yrs.

Harborview Plaza

   Tampa    22,800     3,537    29,944    970     (799 )   4,507    29,145    33,652    2,768    2001    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Plaza

   Tampa          558    76    (558 )   (76 )   —      —      —      —      1999    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Preserve Energy Plant

   Tampa          —      —      —       —       —      —      —      —      N/A    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Preserve I

   Tampa          1,618    —      (627 )   25,885     991    25,885    26,876    4,386    1999    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Preserve II

   Tampa          276    —      (113 )   1,713     163    1,713    1,876    664    2001    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Preserve IV

   Tampa          1,639    —      (607 )   25,573     1,032    25,573    26,605    3,780    1999    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Preserve V

   Tampa          1,440    —      (559 )   24,106     881    24,106    24,987    1,841    2001    5-40 yrs.

Highwoods Preserve VI - Land

   Tampa          639    —      330     —       969    —      969    —      N/A    N/A

Highwoods Preserve Land

   Tampa          1,802    —      770     —       2,572    —      2,572    —      N/A    N/A

Horizon

   Tampa      (9)   —      6,257    —       1,649     —      7,905    7,905    1,318    1980    5-40 yrs.

LakePointe I

   Tampa      (9)   2,000    15,848    772     15,610     2,772    31,458    34,229    5,736    1999    5-40 yrs.

LakePointe II

   Tampa      (9)   2,106    89    (100 )   27,783     2,006    27,872    29,878    5,325    1986    5-40 yrs.

Lakeside

   Tampa      (9)   —      7,369    —       120     —      7,489    7,489    1,336    1978    5-40 yrs.

Lakeside/Parkside Garage

   Tampa          —      —      —       3,206     —      3,206    3,206    13    2004    5-40 yrs.

Northside Square Office

   Tampa          599    3,623    199     (741 )   798    2,882    3,680    503    1986    5-40 yrs.

Northside Square Office/Retail

   Tampa          797    2,825    (199 )   1,248     598    4,073    4,671    761    1986    5-40 yrs.

One Harbour Place

   Tampa      (5)   2,016    25,252    —       1,625     2,016    26,877    28,893    3,018    1985    5-40 yrs.

Parkside

   Tampa      (9)   —      9,407    —       1,825     —      11,232    11,232    1,787    1979    5-40 yrs.

Pavilion

   Tampa      (9)   —      16,394    —       1,812     —      18,206    18,206    3,451    1982    5-40 yrs.

Pavilion Parking Garage

   Tampa      (9)   —      —      —       5,600     —      5,600    5,600    727    1999    5-40 yrs.

Registry I

   Tampa          750    4,254    —       560     750    4,814    5,564    1,093    1985    5-40 yrs.

Registry II

   Tampa          915    5,194    —       493     915    5,687    6,602    1,309    1987    5-40 yrs.

Registry Square

   Tampa          347    1,969    —       173     347    2,142    2,488    497    1988    5-40 yrs.

Sabal Business Center I

   Tampa          378    2,147    —       212     378    2,360    2,738    548    1982    5-40 yrs.

Sabal Business Center II

   Tampa          345    1,953    —       112     345    2,065    2,409    435    1984    5-40 yrs.

Sabal Business Center III

   Tampa          292    1,658    —       (6 )   292    1,652    1,944    350    1984    5-40 yrs.

Sabal Business Center IV

   Tampa          825    4,680    —       288     825    4,968    5,794    1,135    1984    5-40 yrs.

Sabal Business Center V

   Tampa          1,034    5,866    —       262     1,034    6,128    7,162    1,281    1988    5-40 yrs.

Sabal Business Center VI

   Tampa          1,621    9,198    —       519     1,621    9,717    11,338    2,025    1988    5-40 yrs.

Sabal Business Center VII

   Tampa          1,531    8,683    —       1,113     1,531    9,796    11,326    1,967    1990    5-40 yrs.

Sabal Industrial Park Land

   Tampa          323    —      (130 )   —       193    —      193    —      N/A    N/A

Sabal Lake Building

   Tampa          576    3,271    —       565     576    3,835    4,412    803    1986    5-40 yrs.

Sabal Park Plaza

   Tampa          616    3,491    —       69     616    3,560    4,176    747    1987    5-40 yrs.

Sabal Pavilion I

   Tampa          964    —      175     10,833     1,139    10,833    11,972    1,843    1998    5-40 yrs.

Spectrum

   Tampa      (9)   1,454    14,502    —       1,758     1,454    16,259    17,713    2,900    1984    5-40 yrs.

Tower Place

   Tampa      (3)   3,218    19,898    —       731     3,218    20,629    23,847    4,778    1988    5-40 yrs.

 

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               Initial Costs

   Cost Capitalized Subsquent to
Acquisition


   Gross Value at Close of Period

              

Description


  

City


   2004
Encumberance (10)


   Beginning
Land


   Beginning
Building


   Land

    Building &
Improvements


   Final
Land


   Final
Building


   Total
Assets


   Accumulated
Depr-Final


   Date of
Construction


   Life on Which
Depreciation is
Calculated


St. Paul Building

   Tampa         1,376    7,813    —       2,054    1,376    9,867    11,243    3,174    1988    5-40 yrs.

Watermark

   Tampa         2,233    —      4,876     —      7,109         7,109         N/A    N/A

Westshore Square

   Tampa    2,408    1,126    5,186    —       197    1,126    5,383    6,509    981    1976    5-40 yrs.
               637,084    2,054,558    (33,760 )   867,354    603,324    2,921,912    3,525,236    583,204          
              
  
  

 
  
  
  
  
         

(1) These assets are pledged as collateral for a $141,865 first mortgage loan.
(2) These assets are pledged as collateral for an $163,814 first mortgage loan.
(3) These assets are pledged as collateral for a $46,985 first mortgage loan.
(4) These assets are pledged as collateral for a $127,541 first mortgage loan.
(5) These assets are pledged as collateral for a $26,446 first mortgage loan.
(6) These assets are pledged as collateral for a $137,969 first mortgage loan.
(7) These assets are pledged as collateral for a $41,204 first mortgage loan.
(8) These assets are pledged as collateral for a $9,573 first mortgage loan.
(9) These assets are pledged as collateral for a $65,218 first mortgage loan.
(10) Excludes $ 392 of mortgage debt related to property under development at December 31, 2004

 

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HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.

 

NOTE TO SCHEDULE III

(In Thousands)

 

As of December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002

 

A summary of activity for Real estate and accumulated depreciation is as follows

 

     December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    2002

 

Real Estate:

                  

Balance at beginning of year

   3,771,003     3,896,965     3,890,698  

Additions

                  

Acquisitions, Development and Improvements

   110,565     109,560     212,060  

Cost of real estate sold and retired

   (356,332 )   (235,522 )   (205,793 )
    

 

 

Balance at close of year (a)

   3,525,236     3,771,003     3,896,965  
    

 

 

Accumulated Depreciation

                  

Balance at beginning of year

   535,149     455,454     361,176  

Depreciation expense

   115,572     121,354     120,965  

Real estate sold and retired

   (67,517 )   (41,634 )   (26,687 )
    

 

 

Balance at close of year (b)

   583,204     535,363     455,454  
    

 

 


(a)    Reconciliation of total cost to balance sheet caption at December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 (in Thousands)

      

     
     2004

    2003

    2002

 

Total per schedule III

   3,525,236     3,771,003     3,896,965  

Construction in progress exclusive of land included in schedule III

   26,371     9,240     6,862  

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

   22,398     22,119     20,960  

Property held for sale

   (34,822 )   (76,852 )   (127,438 )

Reclassification adjustment for discontinued operations

         993     4  
    

 

 

Total real estate assets at cost

   3,539,183     3,726,503     3,797,353  
    

 

 


(b)    Reconciliation of total Accumulated Depreciation to balance sheet caption at December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 (in Thousands)

       

     
     2004

    2003

    2002

 

Total per Schedule III

   583,204     535,149     455,454  

Accumulated Depreciation - furniture, fixtures and equipment

   16,337     13,916     9,208  

Property held for sale

   (1,411 )   (6,839 )   (9,898 )
    

 

 

Total accumulated depreciation

   598,130     542,226     454,764  
    

 

 

 

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EX-31.1 2 dex311.htm SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION Section 302 CEO Certification

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

 

I, Edward J. Fritsch, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

 

  (a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c) evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Registrant’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 17, 2006

 

/s/ EDWARD J. FRITSCH


Edward J. Fritsch

President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner

EX-31.2 3 dex312.htm SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION Section 302 CFO Certification

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

 

I, Terry L. Stevens, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

 

  (a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c) evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Registrant’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 17, 2006

 

/s/ TERRY L. STEVENS


Terry L. Stevens

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner

EX-32.1 4 dex321.htm SECTION 906 CEO CERTIFICATION Section 906 CEO Certification

Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Edward J. Fritsch, President and Chief Executive Officer of Highwoods Properties Inc., general partner of the Operating Partnership, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Operating Partnership.

 

/s/ EDWARD J. FRITSCH


Edward J. Fritsch

President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner

February 17, 2006

EX-32.2 5 dex322.htm SECTION 906 CFO CERTIFICATION Section 906 CFO Certification

Exhibit 32.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Terry L. Stevens, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Highwoods Properties Inc., general partner of the Operating Partnership, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Operating Partnership.

 

/s/ TERRY L. STEVENS


Terry L. Stevens

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner

February 17, 2006

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