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Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012 | Oct. 11, 2012 Variable Rate Term Loan due 2016 [Member] participants | Oct. 11, 2012 Variable Rate Term Loan due 2018 [Member] participants | Oct. 18, 2012 Greensboro, NC Medical Office Property Acquisition [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership [Member] | Oct. 11, 2012 Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership [Member] Variable Rate Term Loan due 2016 [Member] participants | Oct. 11, 2012 Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership [Member] Variable Rate Term Loan due 2018 [Member] participants | Oct. 18, 2012 Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership [Member] Greensboro, NC Medical Office Property Acquisition [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal amount of debt |  | $ 200,000,000 |  |  |  | $ 200,000,000 |  |
Term of debt instrument (in years) |  | 5 years |  |  |  | 5 years |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | Feb. 24, 2016 | Jan. 12, 2018 |  |  | Feb. 24, 2016 | Jan. 12, 2018 |
Debt instrument, interest rate basis |  | LIBOR plus basis points | LIBOR plus basis points |  |  | LIBOR plus basis points | LIBOR plus basis points |
Debt instrument, interest rate basis spread (in hundredths) |  | 2.20% | 1.65% |  |  | 2.20% | 1.65% |
Deferred financing fees |  |  | 900,000 |  |  |  | 900,000 |
Number of changes in participants |  | 2 | 2 |  |  | 2 | 2 |
Aggregate amount of debt related to changes in participants |  | 35,000,000 | 35,000,000 |  |  | 35,000,000 | 35,000,000 |
Debt instrument, debt extinguishment date |  | Feb. 25, 2013 |  |  |  | Feb. 25, 2013 |  |
Acquisition purchase price | 161,200,000 |  |  | 13,300,000 | 161,200,000 |  |  | 13,300,000
Fair value of secured debt assumed from acquisition |  |  |  | 7,900,000 |  |  |  | 7,900,000
Effective interest rate of debt assumed from acquisition |  |  |  | 4.06% |  |  |  | 4.06%
Maturity date of debt assumed from acquisition |  |  |  | Aug. 01, 2014 |  |  |  | Aug. 01, 2014
Acquisition-related costs | $ 700,000 |  |  | $ 100,000 | $ 700,000 |  |  | $ 100,000

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