Highwoods Properties to Release Third Quarter Financial Results and Operating Statistics on Thursday, November 2.

Conference Call on Friday, November 3 at 11:00 a.m.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW), the largest owner and operator of suburban office properties in the Southeast, today announced that it will release unaudited financial results and operating statistics for the third quarter of 2006 on Thursday, November 2. A conference call will be held the next day, Friday, November 3 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time.

For US/Canada callers, dial [phone] and international callers dial [phone]. A live listen-only Web cast can be accessed through the Company's Web site at www.highwoods.com under the "Investor Relations" section.

Telephone, Web and Pod cast replays will be available two hours after the completion of the call. The telephone replay will be available for one week beginning at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Dial-in numbers for the replay are [phone] US/Canada, [phone] international. The conference ID is 8305164.

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 June 30, 2006, the Company owned or had an interest in 418 in-service office, industrial and retail properties encompassing approximately 35.1 million square feet. Highwoods also owns 830 acres of development land. Highwoods is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and its properties are located in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. For more information about Highwoods Properties, please visit our Web site at www.highwoods.com.