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Derivative Financial Instruments (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
swaps
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]      
Number of derivative instruments obtained 6us-gaap_NumberOfInterestRateDerivativesHeld    
Derivative maturity date Jan. 01, 2019    
Amount of borrowings outstanding $ 225,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount    
Interest rate under derivative instruments 1.678%us-gaap_DerivativeFixedInterestRate    
Cross-default minimum threshold 10,000,000hiw_CrossDefaultMinimumThreshold    
Expected increase to interest expense 3,100,000us-gaap_InterestRateCashFlowHedgeGainLossToBeReclassifiedDuringNext12MonthsNet    
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges in prepaid expenses and other assets [Abstract]      
Interest rate swaps 0us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral 301,000us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral  
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities [Abstract]      
Interest rate swaps 2,412,000us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral 510,000us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral  
Amount of unrealized gains/(losses) recognized in AOCL on derivatives (effective portion) [Abstract]      
Interest rate swaps (5,662,000)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet 5,778,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet (10,358,000)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet
Amount of losses reclassified out of AOCL into contractual interest expense (effective portion) [Abstract]      
Interest rate swaps $ 3,777,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet $ 3,370,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet $ 3,053,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet