HRLP - Consolidated Statements of Capital (Parentheticals) - Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership [Member] - $ / shares	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021
Distributions on Common Units (per unit)	$ 0.50	$ 0.48	$ 1.00	$ 0.96
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares [Member]
Distributions on Preferred Units (per unit)	$ 21.5625	$ 21.5625	$ 43.125	$ 43.125

Per unit of ownership amount of cash distributions declared to unit-holder of a limited partnership (LP).

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120397183&loc=d3e187085-122770

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