Description of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) $ in Thousands, ft² in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) ft² numberOfEntities customers shares	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Description of Business [Abstract]
Rentable square feet of commercial real estate (in square feet) | ft²	27.5
Rentable square feet of commercial real estate under development (in square feet) | ft²	1.4
Rentable square feet of potential office build (in square feet) | ft²	4.2
Number of common units required to convert to one share of common stock (in shares) | shares	1
Number of trading days preceeding Redemption Notice Date (in days)	10 days
Number of VIE entities | numberOfEntities	6
VIE total assets	$ 6,273,838	$ 6,029,355
VIE total liabilities	3,838,184	3,598,110
Self insurance liability	400
Real estate assets, depreciation expense	$ 255,137	255,979	$ 253,151
Maturity of highly liquid investments (in months)	3 months
Percent of annual REIT taxable income required to pay to the Company's stockholders	90.00%
Customers with leases on wholly owned properties | customers	1,500
Percent of annualized cash rental revenue derived from geographic locations	10.00%
Limit of consolidated revenue generated by any single customer	5.00%
Minimum [Member]
Description of Business [Abstract]
Operating leases, term of leases (in years)	3 years
Adjustment interval of variable debt interest rates, mimimum (in months)	1 month
Maximum [Member]
Description of Business [Abstract]
Operating leases, term of leases (in years)	10 years
Adjustment interval of variable debt interest rates, mimimum (in months)	3 months
Building [Member]
Description of Business [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	40 years
Building Improvements [Member]
Description of Business [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	15 years
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Description of Business [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	5 years
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Description of Business [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	7 years
Leaseholds and Leasehold Improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Description of Business [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	3 years
Leaseholds and Leasehold Improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Description of Business [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	10 years
Highwoods Properties, Inc. [Member]
Description of Business [Abstract]
Common Units of partnership owned (in shares) | shares	109,500,000
Percentage of ownership of Common Units	98.20%
Common units redeemed for a like number of common shares of stock (in shares) | shares	107,044
Common units redeemed for cash (in shares) | shares	326
Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership [Member]
Description of Business [Abstract]
Common Units of partnership not owned by the Company (in shares) | shares	2,000,000.0
VIE total assets	$ 6,273,838	6,029,355
VIE total liabilities	$ 3,838,184	$ 3,598,110
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Description of Business [Abstract]
Number of VIE entities | numberOfEntities	1
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Description of Business [Abstract]
Number of VIE entities | numberOfEntities	5
6HUNDRED Acquisition VIE
Description of Business [Abstract]
VIE term of arrangements	180 days
VIE total assets	$ 195,900
VIE total liabilities	$ 2,700