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Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Line Items] |
Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Comprehensive income represents net income plus the changes in certain amounts deferred in accumulated other comprehensive loss related to hedging activities and changes in fair market value of an available for-sale security. The following table sets forth the components of comprehensive income:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Net income | $ | 47,971 |  |  | $ | 72,303 |  |  | $ | 61,694 |
Other comprehensive income: |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized gain/(loss) on tax increment financing bond | 234 |  |  | (177 | ) |  | 293 |
Unrealized gains/(losses) on cash flow hedges | (2,202 | ) |  | — |  |  | 937 |
Amortization of settled cash flow hedges | (118 | ) |  | 237 |  |  | (249 | )
Sale of cash flow hedge related to disposition of investment in unconsolidated affiliate | — |  |  | 103 |  |  | — |
Total other comprehensive income/(loss) | (2,086 | ) |  | 163 |  |  | 981 |
Total comprehensive income | $ | 45,885 |  |  | $ | 72,466 |  |  | $ | 62,675 |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss represents certain amounts deferred related to hedging activities and an available for-sale security. The following table sets forth the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss:
| December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010
Tax increment financing bond | $ | (2,308 | ) |  | $ | (2,543 | )
Settled and outstanding cash flow hedges | (3,426 | ) |  | (1,105 | )
| $ | (5,734 | ) |  | $ | (3,648 | )
Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership [Member] |
Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Line Items] |
Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Comprehensive income represents net income plus the changes in certain amounts deferred in accumulated other comprehensive loss related to hedging activities and changes in fair market value of an available for-sale security. The following table sets forth the components of comprehensive income:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Net income | $ | 48,032 |  |  | $ | 72,276 |  |  | $ | 61,640 |
Other comprehensive income: |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized gain/(loss) on tax increment financing bond | 234 |  |  | (177 | ) |  | 293 |
Unrealized gains/(losses) on cash flow hedges | (2,202 | ) |  | — |  |  | 937 |
Amortization of settled cash flow hedges | (118 | ) |  | 237 |  |  | (249 | )
Sale of cash flow hedge related to disposition of investment in unconsolidated affiliate | — |  |  | 103 |  |  | — |
Total other comprehensive income/(loss) | (2,086 | ) |  | 163 |  |  | 981 |
Total comprehensive income | $ | 45,946 |  |  | $ | 72,439 |  |  | $ | 62,621 |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss represents certain amounts deferred related to hedging activities and an available for-sale security. The following table sets forth the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss:
| December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010
Tax increment financing bond | $ | (2,308 | ) |  | $ | (2,543 | )
Settled and outstanding cash flow hedges | (3,426 | ) |  | (1,105 | )
| $ | (5,734 | ) |  | $ | (3,648 | )

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- Definition The entire disclosure for comprehensive income. Includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. Components of comprehensive income include: (1) foreign currency translation adjustments; (2) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (3) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (4) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (5) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (6) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (7) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6920433&loc=d3e998-108581 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 15 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6920043&loc=d3e689-108580 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 11 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6920043&loc=d3e637-108580 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 17 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6920043&loc=d3e716-108580 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 14 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6920043&loc=d3e681-108580 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Reclassification Adjustments -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6522872 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 130 -Paragraph 14-26 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6920043&loc=d3e640-108580 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6959260&loc=d3e187085-122770 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 13 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6920043&loc=d3e653-108580 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 16 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6920043&loc=d3e709-108580 + Details
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