People: Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW)

W. Brian Reames has served as Senior Vice President and Regional Manager of Highwoods Properties Inc. Mr. Reames became senior vice president and regional manager in August 2004. Mr. Reames manages Nashville and oversees Memphis, Greenville and Columbia operations. Prior to that, Mr. Reames was vice president responsible for the Nashville division, a position he held since 1999. Mr. Reames was a partner and owner at Eakin & Smith, Inc., a Nashville-based office real estate firm, from 1989 until its merger with the company in 1996. Mr. Reames is a past Nashville chapter President of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors of H.G. Hill Realty and the Nashville Zoo and as President of the Board of Trustees at Harding Academy in Nashville.