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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-09-007050.txt : 20090205
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-09-007050.hdr.sgml : 20090205
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090205194309
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-09-007050
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090203
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090205
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090205

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hartzell David John
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001455394

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13100
		FILM NUMBER:		09574430

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9198724924

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3100 SMOKETREE COURT, SUITE 600
		CITY:			RALEIGH
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27604

ISSUER:		

	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

	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
</SEC-HEADER>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>doc3.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3 SUBMISSION
<TEXT>
<XML>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0203</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-02-03</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000921082</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HIW</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001455394</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Hartzell David John</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>411 IRONWOODS DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>RALEIGH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>27516</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>Reporting person did not directly or indirectly beneficially own Highwoods securities prior to joining the Company's board of directors.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Willis B. Howard Attorney-in-fact for David J. Hartzell</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-02-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24.3_272647
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	The undersigned hereby appoints Jeffrey D. Miller, Willis B. Howard each of
them singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described to:

A.	Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate
to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any successor rule or
regulation of the SEC;

B.	Prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file such Forms 3, 4 and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities (including
derivative securities) of Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the "Company") with the
SEC as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to
time;

C.	Seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

D.	Perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or advisable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing, and the undersigned hereby ratifies any such
action taken by such attorney-in-fact for all purposes.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

A.	This Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

B.	Any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form
and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in
his or her discretion deems necessary or advisable;



C.	Neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for
the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange
Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

D.	This Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked in writing.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this _3rd_ day of February 2009.


												                                 David J. Hartzell

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
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