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Mortgages and Notes Receivable (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Financing Receivables [Line Items] |
Schedule of Mortgages and Notes Receivable [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth our mortgages and notes receivable:
| September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Seller financing (first mortgages) | $ | 15,853 |  |  | $ | 17,180 |
Less allowance | — |  |  | — |
| 15,853 |  |  | 17,180 |
Promissory notes | 1,301 |  |  | 1,481 |
Less allowance | (211 | ) |  | (61 | )
| 1,090 |  |  | 1,420 |
Mortgages and notes receivable, net | $ | 16,943 |  |  | $ | 18,600 |
Schedule of Notes Receivable Allowance [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth our notes receivable allowance, which relates only to promissory notes:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Beginning notes receivable allowance | $ | 118 |  |  | $ | 617 |  |  | $ | 61 |  |  | $ | 868 |
Bad debt expense | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 184 |
Recoveries/write-offs/other | 93 |  |  | (72 | ) |  | 150 |  |  | (507 | )
Total notes receivable allowance | $ | 211 |  |  | $ | 545 |  |  | $ | 211 |  |  | $ | 545 |
Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership [Member] |
Financing Receivables [Line Items] |
Schedule of Mortgages and Notes Receivable [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth our mortgages and notes receivable:
| September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Seller financing (first mortgages) | $ | 15,853 |  |  | $ | 17,180 |
Less allowance | — |  |  | — |
| 15,853 |  |  | 17,180 |
Promissory notes | 1,301 |  |  | 1,481 |
Less allowance | (211 | ) |  | (61 | )
| 1,090 |  |  | 1,420 |
Mortgages and notes receivable, net | $ | 16,943 |  |  | $ | 18,600 |
Schedule of Notes Receivable Allowance [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth our notes receivable allowance, which relates only to promissory notes:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Beginning notes receivable allowance | $ | 118 |  |  | $ | 617 |  |  | $ | 61 |  |  | $ | 868 |
Bad debt expense | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 184 |
Recoveries/write-offs/other | 93 |  |  | (72 | ) |  | 150 |  |  | (507 | )
Total notes receivable allowance | $ | 211 |  |  | $ | 545 |  |  | $ | 211 |  |  | $ | 545 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure for financing receivables. Examples of financing receivables include, but are not limited to, loans, notes receivable, credit cards, and receivables relating to a lessor's right(s) to payment(s) from a lease other than an operating lease that is recognized as assets. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of financing receivables (examples of financing receivables include loans, trade accounts receivable and notes receivable) and activity in the allowance for credit losses account. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 11B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7512638&loc=SL6953423-111524 + Details
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