

                                                                    Exhibit 23.3


                       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 Form 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/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP


Memphis, Tennessee
August 10, 1998



