Highwoods Properties to Present at NAREIT Investor Forum

Live Web-Cast on Wednesday, June 3 at 4:15 PM
RALEIGH, N.C.--(Business Wire)--
Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE: HIW), the largest owner and operator of
suburban office properties in the Southeast, today announced that Ed Fritsch,
Chief Executive Officer and President, will participate in a Company roundtable
presentation at the NAREIT Investor Forum. The presentation will take place on
Wednesday, June 3 at 4:15 p.m. Eastern time and will last approximately 35
minutes.

The presentation will be web-cast in audio-only mode and will be available
through the Company`s Investor Relations section of its corporate website at
www.highwoods.com. A link for the web-cast will be provided on the "Corporate
Profile" page of this section. A replay of the web-cast will be available for
two weeks.

About the Company

Highwoods Properties, Inc., a member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index, is a fully
integrated, self-administered real estate investment trust ("REIT") that
provides leasing, management, development, construction and other
customer-related services for its properties and for third parties. At March 31,
2009, the Company owned or had an interest in 382 in-service office, industrial
and retail properties encompassing approximately 35.4 million square feet.
Highwoods also owned 580 acres of development land. Highwoods is based in
Raleigh, North Carolina, and its properties and development land are located in
Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. For more information about Highwoods
Properties, please visit our Web site at www.highwoods.com.

Highwoods Properties, Inc.
Tabitha Zane
Vice President, Investor Relations
919-431-1529

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