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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Line Items] |
Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth the components of AOCL:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
Tax increment financing bond: |  |  |
Beginning balance | $ | (1,898 | ) |  | $ | (2,309 | )
Unrealized gains on tax increment financing bond | 390 |  |  | 287 |
Ending balance | (1,508 | ) |  | (2,022 | )
Cash flow hedges: |  |  |
Beginning balance | (10,730 | ) |  | (3,425 | )
Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges | 280 |  |  | 1,104 |
Amortization of cash flow hedges (1) | 788 |  |  | (33 | )
Ending balance | (9,662 | ) |  | (2,354 | )
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss | $ | (11,170 | ) |  | $ | (4,376 | )
__________ (1) Amounts reclassified out of AOCL into contractual interest expense.
Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership [Member] |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Line Items] |
Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth the components of AOCL:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
Tax increment financing bond: |  |  |
Beginning balance | $ | (1,898 | ) |  | $ | (2,309 | )
Unrealized gains on tax increment financing bond | 390 |  |  | 287 |
Ending balance | (1,508 | ) |  | (2,022 | )
Cash flow hedges: |  |  |
Beginning balance | (10,730 | ) |  | (3,425 | )
Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges | 280 |  |  | 1,104 |
Amortization of cash flow hedges (1) | 788 |  |  | (33 | )
Ending balance | (9,662 | ) |  | (2,354 | )
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss | $ | (11,170 | ) |  | $ | (4,376 | )
__________ (1) Amounts reclassified out of AOCL into contractual interest expense.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 14A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=20435746&loc=SL7669686-108580 + Details
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