RALEIGH, NC (REIT Media) March 17, 2008 - 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 for the first quarter of 2008 on Thursday, May 1, after the market closes. A conference call will be held the next day, Friday, May 2, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time.

For US/Canada callers, dial (888) 202-5268 and international callers dial (706) 643-7509. 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. Dial-in numbers for the replay are (800) 642-1687 US/Canada, (706) 645-9291 international. The conference ID is 39971191.

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 December 31, 2007, the Company owned or had an interest in 378 in-service office, industrial and retail properties encompassing approximately 33.9 million square feet. Highwoods also owns 634 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, 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, 919-431-1529
Vice President, Investor Relations