Investments In and Advances To Affiliates (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Schedule of Equity Method Investments

The following table sets forth our ownership in unconsolidated affiliates at December 31, 2011:

Joint Venture	Location of Properties	Ownership Interest
Concourse Center Associates, LLC	Greensboro, NC	50.00%
Plaza Colonnade, LLC	Kansas City, MO	50.00%
Lofts at Weston, LLC	Raleigh, NC	50.00%
Board of Trade Investment Company	Kansas City, MO	49.00%
Highwoods DLF 97/26 DLF 99/32, LP	Atlanta, GA; Greensboro, NC; Orlando, FL	42.93%
Highwoods KC Glenridge Office, LLC	Atlanta, GA	40.00%
Highwoods KC Glenridge Land, LLC	Atlanta, GA	40.00%
HIW-KC Orlando, LLC	Orlando, FL	40.00%
Kessinger/Hunter, LLC	Kansas City, MO	26.50%
Highwoods DLF Forum, LLC	Raleigh, NC	25.00%
Highwoods DLF 98/29, LLC	Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC; Greensboro, NC; Raleigh, NC; Orlando, FL	22.81%
4600 Madison Associates, LLC	Kansas City, MO	12.50%

Schedule of Equity Method Investments Summarized Balance Sheet Information [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth combined summarized financial information for our unconsolidated affiliates:

	December 31,
	2011		2010
Balance Sheets:
Assets:
Real estate assets, net	$	536,088	$	580,257
All other assets, net	96,944		92,423
Total Assets	$	633,032	$	672,680
Liabilities and Partners’ or Shareholders’ Equity:
Mortgages and notes payable (1)	$	406,875	$	424,818
All other liabilities	21,808		26,267
Partners’ or shareholders’ equity	204,349		221,595
Total Liabilities and Partners’ or Shareholders’ Equity	$	633,032	$	672,680
Our share of historical partners’ or shareholders’ equity	$	59,584	$	61,022
Advances to unconsolidated affiliate	38,323		—
Net excess of cost of investments over the net book value of underlying net assets (2)	2,460		2,585
Carrying value of investments in unconsolidated affiliates	$	100,367	$	63,607
Our share of unconsolidated non-recourse mortgage debt (1)	$	146,926	$	150,698

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4.    Investments in and Advances to Affiliates – Continued

(1) Our share of scheduled future principal payments, including amortization, due on mortgages and notes payable at December 31, 2011 is as follows:

2012 (a)	$	31,101
2013	23,250
2014	56,737
2015	983
2016	1,052
Thereafter	33,803
	$	146,926

(a) Includes our 22.81% portion of a $38.3 million interest-only secured loan provided by us to the DLF I joint venture.

All of this joint venture debt is non-recourse to us except in the case of customary exceptions pertaining to such matters as misuse of funds, environmental conditions and material misrepresentations.

(2) This amount represents the aggregate difference between our historical cost basis and the basis reflected at the joint venture level, which is typically depreciated over the life of the related asset.

Schedule of Equity Method Investments Summarized Income Statement Information [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Income Statements:
Rental and other revenues	$	100,958	$	119,868	$	149,856
Expenses:
Rental property and other expenses	44,584		56,868		72,344
Depreciation and amortization	26,430		31,401		35,537
Interest expense	23,762		27,956		35,245
Total expenses	94,776		116,225		143,126
Income before disposition of properties	6,182		3,643		6,730
Gains on disposition of properties	—		—		2,963
Net income	$	6,182	$	3,643	$	9,693
Our share of:
Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets	$	8,388	$	10,471	$	12,839
Interest expense	$	8,163	$	10,545	$	14,074
Net gain on disposition of depreciable properties	$	—	$	—	$	582
Net income	$	2,429	$	1,466	$	2,889
Our share of net income	$	2,429	$	1,466	$	2,889
Purchase accounting and management, leasing and other fees adjustments	2,449		2,355		2,532
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	$	4,878	$	3,821	$	5,421