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EXHIBIT 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement 
on Form S-3 (File No. 333-_____) of our reports dated September 12, 1997, 
on our audits of the combined statement of revenues and certain operating 
expenses of the Associated Capital Properties Portfolio for the year ended 
December 31, 1996, and the combined statement of revenues and certain 
operating expenses of the 1997 Pending Acquisitions for the year ended 
December 31, 1996, which reports are included in the Forms 8-K of Highwoods 
Properties, Inc. dated August 27, 1997 (as amended on September 23, 1997) 
and October 1, 1997. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the 
caption "Experts".

                                                    /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Memphis, Tennessee
April 29, 1998
