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Investments In and Advances To Affiliates (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Equity Method Investments | The following table sets forth our ownership in unconsolidated affiliates at December 31, 2011:
Joint Venture |  | Location of Properties |  | Ownership Interest
Concourse Center Associates, LLC |  | Greensboro, NC |  | 50.00%
Plaza Colonnade, LLC |  | Kansas City, MO |  | 50.00%
Lofts at Weston, LLC |  | Raleigh, NC |  | 50.00%
Board of Trade Investment Company |  | Kansas City, MO |  | 49.00%
Highwoods DLF 97/26 DLF 99/32, LP |  | Atlanta, GA; Greensboro, NC; Orlando, FL |  | 42.93%
Highwoods KC Glenridge Office, LLC |  | Atlanta, GA |  | 40.00%
Highwoods KC Glenridge Land, LLC |  | Atlanta, GA |  | 40.00%
HIW-KC Orlando, LLC |  | Orlando, FL |  | 40.00%
Kessinger/Hunter, LLC |  | Kansas City, MO |  | 26.50%
Highwoods DLF Forum, LLC |  | Raleigh, NC |  | 25.00%
Highwoods DLF 98/29, LLC |  | Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC; Greensboro, NC; Raleigh, NC; Orlando, FL |  | 22.81%
4600 Madison Associates, LLC |  | Kansas City, MO |  | 12.50%
Schedule of Equity Method Investments Summarized Balance Sheet Information [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth combined summarized financial information for our unconsolidated affiliates:
| December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010
Balance Sheets: |  |  |
Assets: |  |  |
Real estate assets, net | $ | 536,088 |  |  | $ | 580,257 |
All other assets, net | 96,944 |  |  | 92,423 |
Total Assets | $ | 633,032 |  |  | $ | 672,680 |
Liabilities and Partners’ or Shareholders’ Equity: |  |  |
Mortgages and notes payable (1) | $ | 406,875 |  |  | $ | 424,818 |
All other liabilities | 21,808 |  |  | 26,267 |
Partners’ or shareholders’ equity | 204,349 |  |  | 221,595 |
Total Liabilities and Partners’ or Shareholders’ Equity | $ | 633,032 |  |  | $ | 672,680 |
Our share of historical partners’ or shareholders’ equity | $ | 59,584 |  |  | $ | 61,022 |
Advances to unconsolidated affiliate | 38,323 |  |  | — |
Net excess of cost of investments over the net book value of underlying net assets (2) | 2,460 |  |  | 2,585 |
Carrying value of investments in unconsolidated affiliates | $ | 100,367 |  |  | $ | 63,607 |
Our share of unconsolidated non-recourse mortgage debt (1) | $ | 146,926 |  |  | $ | 150,698 |
__________ 4. Investments in and Advances to Affiliates – Continued
(1) | Our share of scheduled future principal payments, including amortization, due on mortgages and notes payable at December 31, 2011 is as follows:
2012 (a) | $ | 31,101 |
2013 | 23,250 |
2014 | 56,737 |
2015 | 983 |
2016 | 1,052 |
Thereafter | 33,803 |
| $ | 146,926 |
(a) Includes our 22.81% portion of a $38.3 million interest-only secured loan provided by us to the DLF I joint venture. All of this joint venture debt is non-recourse to us except in the case of customary exceptions pertaining to such matters as misuse of funds, environmental conditions and material misrepresentations.
(2) | This amount represents the aggregate difference between our historical cost basis and the basis reflected at the joint venture level, which is typically depreciated over the life of the related asset.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments Summarized Income Statement Information [Table Text Block] |
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Income Statements: |  |  |  |  |
Rental and other revenues | $ | 100,958 |  |  | $ | 119,868 |  |  | $ | 149,856 |
Expenses: |  |  |  |  |
Rental property and other expenses | 44,584 |  |  | 56,868 |  |  | 72,344 |
Depreciation and amortization | 26,430 |  |  | 31,401 |  |  | 35,537 |
Interest expense | 23,762 |  |  | 27,956 |  |  | 35,245 |
Total expenses | 94,776 |  |  | 116,225 |  |  | 143,126 |
Income before disposition of properties | 6,182 |  |  | 3,643 |  |  | 6,730 |
Gains on disposition of properties | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,963 |
Net income | $ | 6,182 |  |  | $ | 3,643 |  |  | $ | 9,693 |
Our share of: |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets | $ | 8,388 |  |  | $ | 10,471 |  |  | $ | 12,839 |
Interest expense | $ | 8,163 |  |  | $ | 10,545 |  |  | $ | 14,074 |
Net gain on disposition of depreciable properties | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 582 |
Net income | $ | 2,429 |  |  | $ | 1,466 |  |  | $ | 2,889 |
Our share of net income | $ | 2,429 |  |  | $ | 1,466 |  |  | $ | 2,889 |
Purchase accounting and management, leasing and other fees adjustments | 2,449 |  |  | 2,355 |  |  | 2,532 |
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates | $ | 4,878 |  |  | $ | 3,821 |  |  | $ | 5,421 |

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