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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000921082-08-000010
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	10-K/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		11
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20071231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080304
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080304

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000921082
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				561871668
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		10-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13100
		FILM NUMBER:		08664719

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3100 SMOKETREE CT
		STREET 2:		STE 600
		CITY:			RALEIGH
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27604
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9198724924

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3100 SMOKETREE COURT
		STREET 2:		STE 600
		CITY:			RALEIGH
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27604
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=3>FORM 10-K/A</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;line-height:50%;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=3>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:3.85%;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>For the fiscal year ended December</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>31,</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>2007</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;line-height:25%;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>OR</font></B></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:3.85%;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>For the transition period from________ to___________</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Commission file number 1-13100</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=3>HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in'><b><font size=2>Maryland</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>(I.R.S. Employer </font><br> <font size=1>Identification Number)</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Raleigh, N.C. 27604</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:4pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>919-872-4924</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</font></b></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>New York Stock Exchange</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>New York Stock Exchange</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>New York Stock Exchange</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>NONE</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Exchange Act.  Yes  </font><font face=Wingdings>x</font><font size=2>    No </font><font face=Wingdings>o</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act.  Yes  </font><font face=Wingdings>o</font><font size=2>    No </font><font face=Wingdings>x</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  </font><font face=Wingdings>x</font><font size=2>    No </font><font face=Wingdings>o</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant&#146;s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.   </font><font face=Wingdings>x</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#145;large accelerated filer,&#146; &#145;accelerated filer&#146; and &#145;smaller reporting company&#146; in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act. </font></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act).  Yes  </font><font face=Wingdings>o</font><font size=2>    No </font><font face=Wingdings>x</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The aggregate market value of shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock held by non-affiliates (based upon the closing sale price on the New York Stock Exchange) on June&nbsp;30,&nbsp;2007 was approximately $2.1 billion. As of December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007, there were 57,167,193 shares of Common Stock outstanding. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Portions of the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement to be filed in connection with its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held May&nbsp;15,&nbsp;2008 are incorporated by reference in Part II, Item 5 and Part III, Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of this Form 10-K.</font><u><font size=2> </font></u></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>This amendment to our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K, initially filed on March 3, 2008, is being filed for the sole purpose of correcting an inadvertent typographical error that resulted in the omission of the appropriate conformed signatures of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP on the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm contained in Item 9A, Controls and Procedures, and in the Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm filed as Exhibit 23.1.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Except as described above, no other changes are being made to the Annual Report.  In order to comply with the technical requirements of the SEC&#146;s rules in connection with the filing of this amended Annual Report, we are including the complete text of Part II, Item 9A, Controls and Procedures.  We are also including as exhibits to this amended Annual Report a corrected Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Exhibit 23.1) and updated certifications of our principal executive, financial and accounting officers (Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 32.1, 32.2 and 32.3).</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>PART II</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><small>GENERAL</small></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The purpose of this section is to discuss the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting. The statements in this section represent the conclusions of Edward J. Fritsch, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Terry L. Stevens, our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The CEO and CFO evaluations of our controls and procedures include a review of the controls&#146; objectives and design, the controls&#146; implementation by us and the effect of the controls on the information generated for use in this Annual Report. We seek to identify data errors, control problems or acts of fraud and confirm that appropriate corrective action, including process improvements, is undertaken. Our controls and procedures are also evaluated on an ongoing basis by or through the following:</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>We do not expect that our controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more
people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><small>MANAGEMENT'S</small> <small>ANNUAL</small> <small>REPORT</small> <small>ON</small> <small>INTERNAL</small> <small>CONTROL</small> <small>OVER</small> <small>FINANCIAL</small> <small>REPORTING</small></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>We are required to establish and maintain internal control over financial reporting designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. As defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act, internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: </font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect our transactions and dispositions of assets;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepting accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Under the supervision of our CEO and CFO, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007 based on the criteria established in Internal Control &#151; Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>We have concluded that, as of December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007, our internal control over financial reporting was effective. Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, has issued their attestation report, which is included below, on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><small>REPORT</small> <small>OF</small> <small>INDEPENDENT</small> <small>REGISTERED</small> <small>PUBLIC</small> <small>ACCOUNTING</small> <small>FIRM</small></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Highwoods Properties, Inc.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Raleigh, North Carolina</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the "Company") as of December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007, based on the criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Company's management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management&#146;s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management's assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the company's board of directors, management, and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1)&nbsp;pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2)&nbsp;provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3)&nbsp;provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Because of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>4</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>In our opinion, Highwoods Properties, Inc., maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007, based on the criteria established in </font><i><font size=2>Internal Control-Integrated Framework</font></i><font size=2> issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules as of and for the year ended December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007, of Highwoods Properties, Inc., and our report dated March&nbsp;2,&nbsp;2008, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements and financial statement schedules.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>/s/ Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Raleigh, North Carolina</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>March&nbsp;2,&nbsp;2008</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><small>CHANGES</small> <small>IN</small> <small>INTERNAL</small> <small>CONTROL</small> <small>OVER</small> <small>FINANCIAL</small> <small>REPORTING</small></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>In Item 9A of our 2006 Annual Report, our management reported that the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2006 due to material weaknesses that existed as of such date in the internal control environment associated with our accounting for real estate assets. In 2007, we developed and implemented remediation plans to improve the internal control environment associated with the material weaknesses that existed as of December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2006. First, we converted from a supplemental software package, which had been used for tracking detailed fixed asset records and for calculating depreciation, to the detailed fixed asset and depreciation module contained within and integrated to our general ledger package. This conversion eliminated the need to reconcile the supplemental system to the general ledger, enhanced the
effectiveness of our current fixed asset account reconciliations, and allowed for the development and use of additional integrity reports to analyze our fixed asset and related depreciation accounts. Second, we began using our centralized lease approval software to identify and properly account for all tenant improvements undertaken by tenants. Third, we implemented additional analytical procedures to reasonably assure that costs related to in-process building improvements, tenant improvements and new development completion costs are identified and properly accrued in our consolidated financial statements on a timely basis. Fourth, we set up an internal steering committee and hired an outside consultant to evaluate our current use of the job-cost module within our general ledger package. As a result, we designed and are implementing improved procedures in our use of the software to track the percentage of completion of jobs that are in process. Fifth, we developed and are implementing
a plan to use our centralized invoice approval software to process all invoices related to in-process building improvements, tenant improvements and new development completion costs. Sixth, we created a Director of SOX Compliance position, which was filled in November 2007, to oversee our current project to develop and implement a Company-wide policy and procedures manual for use by our divisional and accounting staff to reasonably assure consistent and appropriate assessment and application of generally accepted accounting principles. Seventh, we hired a Chief Accounting Officer who started with the Company in August 2007. As a result of the foregoing activities, the material weaknesses that existed as of December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2006 were determined to have been remediated as of December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><small>DISCLOSURE</small> <small>CONTROLS</small> <small>AND</small> <small>PROCEDURES</small></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>SEC rules also require us to maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our annual and periodic reports filed with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC&#146;s rules and forms. As defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our CEO and CFO believe that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the end of the period covered by this Annual Report.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Raleigh, State of North Carolina, on March&nbsp;4,&nbsp;2008. </font></p>

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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><br> <font size=2>/s/ </font><small>TERRY</small> <small>L.</small> <small>STEVENS</small></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Terry L. Stevens</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></i></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>By:&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><br> <font size=2>/s/ </font><small>DANIEL</small> <small>L.</small> <small>CLEMMENS</small></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Daniel L. Clemmens</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</font></i></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font size=2>Exhibit 23.1</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statements No. 333-38878, 333-12117, 333-29759 and 333-55901 on Form S-8 of our report relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules of Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), dated March 2, 2008 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the Company&#146;s change in its method of accounting for share-based payments, effective January 1, 2006, to conform to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, and the Company&#146;s change in its method of accounting for joint ventures, effective January 1, 2006, to conform to Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 04-5, Determining Whether a General Partner or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have
Certain Rights) and our report relating to the effectiveness of the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Highwoods Properties, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2007.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>/s/ Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Raleigh, North Carolina </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>March 2, 2008</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font size=2>Exhibit 32.1</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>In connection with the amended Annual Report of Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) on Form 10-K for the period ended December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the &#147;Report&#148;), I, Edward J. Fritsch, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. &sect; 1350, as adopted pursuant to &sect; 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>1)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>2)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><br> <font size=2>/s/ </font><small>EDWARD</small> <small>J.</small> <small>FRITSCH</small></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Edward J. Fritsch</font><br> <font size=2>President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font size=2>Exhibit 31.3</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><img src="img2.gif"><br> <img src="img3.gif"><br> <B><font SIZE=2>CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>I, Daniel L. Clemmens, certify that: </font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>I have reviewed this amended Annual Report on Form 10-K of Highwoods Properties, Inc.;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The Registrant&#146;s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant&#146;s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant&#146;s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>5.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The Registrant&#146;s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant&#146;s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(a)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Date: March&nbsp;4,&nbsp;2008</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><br> <font size=2>/s/ </font><small>DANIEL</small> <small>L.</small> <small>CLEMMENS</small></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Daniel L. Clemmens</font><br> <font size=2>Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>* Paragraph 3, omitted here, is included in Exhibit 31.3 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Highwoods Properties, Inc. on March 3, 2008.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font size=2>Exhibit 31.2</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><img src="img1.gif"><br> <img src="img2.gif"><br> <B><font SIZE=2>CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>I, Terry L. Stevens, certify that: </font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>1.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>I have reviewed this amended Annual Report on Form 10-K of Highwoods Properties, Inc.;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>2.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>3.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Intentionally omitted;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>4.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The Registrant&#146;s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(a)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(b)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(c)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(d)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant&#146;s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant&#146;s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>5.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The Registrant&#146;s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant&#146;s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(a)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(b)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Date: March&nbsp;4,&nbsp;2008</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><br> <font size=2>/s/ </font><small>TERRY</small> <small>L.</small> <small>STEVENS</small></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Terry L. Stevens</font><br> <font size=2>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>* Paragraph 3, omitted here, is included in Exhibit 31.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Highwoods Properties, Inc. on March 3, 2008.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font size=2>Exhibit 31.1</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>I, Edward J. Fritsch, certify that: </font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>1.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>I have reviewed this amended Annual Report on Form 10-K of Highwoods Properties, Inc.;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The Registrant&#146;s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(a)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(c)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant&#146;s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant&#146;s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The Registrant&#146;s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant&#146;s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(a)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Date: March&nbsp;4,&nbsp;2008</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><br> <font size=2>/s/ </font><small>EDWARD</small> <small>J.</small> <small>FRITSCH</small></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>* Paragraph 3, omitted here, is included in Exhibit 31.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Highwoods Properties, Inc. on March 3, 2008.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font size=2>Exhibit 32.2</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>In connection with the amended Annual Report of Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) on Form 10-K for the period ended December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the &#147;Report&#148;), I, Terry L. Stevens, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. &sect; 1350, as adopted pursuant to &sect; 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>1)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>2)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><br> <font size=2>/s/ </font><small>TERRY</small> <small>L.</small> <small>STEVENS</small></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Terry L. Stevens</font><br> <font size=2>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>March&nbsp;4,&nbsp;2008</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font size=2>Exhibit 32.3</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:3.85%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>In connection with the amended Annual Report of Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) on Form 10-K for the period ended December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the &#147;Report&#148;), I, Daniel L. Clemmens, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. &sect; 1350, as adopted pursuant to &sect; 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>1)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>2)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><br> <font size=2>/s/ </font><small>DANIEL</small> <small>L.</small> <small>CLEMMENS</small></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Daniel L. Clemmens</font><br> <font size=2>Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</font></p> </td>
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