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Intangible Assets and Below Market Lease Liabilities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
Total Intangible Assets and Below Market Lease Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth total intangible assets and acquisition-related below market lease liabilities, net of accumulated amortization:
| June 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Assets: |  |  |
Deferred financing costs | $ | 20,112 |  |  | $ | 18,044 |
Less accumulated amortization | (7,488 | ) |  | (5,797 | )
| 12,624 |  |  | 12,247 |
Deferred leasing costs (including lease incentives and acquisition-related intangible assets) | 177,140 |  |  | 172,049 |
Less accumulated amortization | (63,084 | ) |  | (56,522 | )
| 114,056 |  |  | 115,527 |
Deferred financing and leasing costs, net | $ | 126,680 |  |  | $ | 127,774 |
Liabilities (in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities): |  |  |
Acquisition-related below market lease liabilities | $ | 16,346 |  |  | $ | 16,441 |
Less accumulated amortization | (1,966 | ) |  | (971 | )
| $ | 14,380 |  |  | $ | 15,470 |
Amortization of Intangible Assets and Below Market Lease Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth amortization of intangible assets and acquisition-related below market lease liabilities:
| Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Amortization of deferred financing costs | $ | 900 |  |  | $ | 821 |  |  | $ | 1,802 |  |  | $ | 1,642 |
Amortization of deferred leasing costs and acquisition-related intangible assets (in depreciation and amortization) | $ | 7,266 |  |  | $ | 4,401 |  |  | $ | 13,706 |  |  | $ | 8,757 |
Amortization of lease incentives (in rental and other revenues) | $ | 340 |  |  | $ | 303 |  |  | $ | 683 |  |  | $ | 641 |
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets (in rental and other revenues) | $ | 324 |  |  | $ | 191 |  |  | $ | 594 |  |  | $ | 377 |
Amortization of acquisition-related below market lease liabilities (in rental and other revenues) | $ | (553 | ) |  | $ | (25 | ) |  | $ | (1,097 | ) |  | $ | (50 | )
Scheduled Future Amortization of Intangible Assets and Below Market Lease Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth scheduled future amortization of intangible assets and below market lease liabilities:
|  | Amortization of Deferred Financing Costs |  | Amortization of Deferred Leasing Costs and Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets (in Depreciation and Amortization) |  | Amortization of Lease Incentives (in Rental and Other Revenues) |  | Amortization of Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets (in Rental and Other Revenues) |  | Amortization of Acquisition-Related Below Market Lease Liabilities (in Rental and Other Revenues)
July 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 2,234 |  |  | $ | 14,242 |  |  | $ | 772 |  |  | $ | 579 |  |  | $ | (1,229 | )
2013 |  | 3,262 |  |  | 21,834 |  |  | 1,167 |  |  | 765 |  |  | (2,081 | )
2014 |  | 2,987 |  |  | 17,877 |  |  | 1,013 |  |  | 504 |  |  | (2,005 | )
2015 |  | 2,264 |  |  | 13,879 |  |  | 779 |  |  | 328 |  |  | (1,768 | )
2016 |  | 957 |  |  | 10,880 |  |  | 608 |  |  | 280 |  |  | (1,498 | )
Thereafter |  | 920 |  |  | 25,453 |  |  | 2,379 |  |  | 717 |  |  | (5,799 | )
|  | $ | 12,624 |  |  | $ | 104,165 |  |  | $ | 6,718 |  |  | $ | 3,173 |  |  | $ | (14,380 | )
Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership [Member] |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
Total Intangible Assets and Below Market Lease Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth total intangible assets and acquisition-related below market lease liabilities, net of accumulated amortization:
| June 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Assets: |  |  |
Deferred financing costs | $ | 20,112 |  |  | $ | 18,044 |
Less accumulated amortization | (7,488 | ) |  | (5,797 | )
| 12,624 |  |  | 12,247 |
Deferred leasing costs (including lease incentives and acquisition-related intangible assets) | 177,140 |  |  | 172,049 |
Less accumulated amortization | (63,084 | ) |  | (56,522 | )
| 114,056 |  |  | 115,527 |
Deferred financing and leasing costs, net | $ | 126,680 |  |  | $ | 127,774 |
Liabilities (in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities): |  |  |
Acquisition-related below market lease liabilities | $ | 16,346 |  |  | $ | 16,441 |
Less accumulated amortization | (1,966 | ) |  | (971 | )
| $ | 14,380 |  |  | $ | 15,470 |
Amortization of Intangible Assets and Below Market Lease Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth amortization of intangible assets and acquisition-related below market lease liabilities:
| Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Amortization of deferred financing costs | $ | 900 |  |  | $ | 821 |  |  | $ | 1,802 |  |  | $ | 1,642 |
Amortization of deferred leasing costs and acquisition-related intangible assets (in depreciation and amortization) | $ | 7,266 |  |  | $ | 4,401 |  |  | $ | 13,706 |  |  | $ | 8,757 |
Amortization of lease incentives (in rental and other revenues) | $ | 340 |  |  | $ | 303 |  |  | $ | 683 |  |  | $ | 641 |
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets (in rental and other revenues) | $ | 324 |  |  | $ | 191 |  |  | $ | 594 |  |  | $ | 377 |
Amortization of acquisition-related below market lease liabilities (in rental and other revenues) | $ | (553 | ) |  | $ | (25 | ) |  | $ | (1,097 | ) |  | $ | (50 | )
Scheduled Future Amortization of Intangible Assets and Below Market Lease Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth scheduled future amortization of intangible assets and below market lease liabilities:
|  | Amortization of Deferred Financing Costs |  | Amortization of Deferred Leasing Costs and Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets (in Depreciation and Amortization) |  | Amortization of Lease Incentives (in Rental and Other Revenues) |  | Amortization of Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets (in Rental and Other Revenues) |  | Amortization of Acquisition-Related Below Market Lease Liabilities (in Rental and Other Revenues)
July 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 2,234 |  |  | $ | 14,242 |  |  | $ | 772 |  |  | $ | 579 |  |  | $ | (1,229 | )
2013 |  | 3,262 |  |  | 21,834 |  |  | 1,167 |  |  | 765 |  |  | (2,081 | )
2014 |  | 2,987 |  |  | 17,877 |  |  | 1,013 |  |  | 504 |  |  | (2,005 | )
2015 |  | 2,264 |  |  | 13,879 |  |  | 779 |  |  | 328 |  |  | (1,768 | )
2016 |  | 957 |  |  | 10,880 |  |  | 608 |  |  | 280 |  |  | (1,498 | )
Thereafter |  | 920 |  |  | 25,453 |  |  | 2,379 |  |  | 717 |  |  | (5,799 | )
|  | $ | 12,624 |  |  | $ | 104,165 |  |  | $ | 6,718 |  |  | $ | 3,173 |  |  | $ | (14,380 | )

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