Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 27, 2009, Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an underwriting agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters, relating to an offering of 6,100,000 shares of the Company's common stock. In addition, the Company granted to the underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase up to 915,000 additional shares of common stock to cover overallotments, if any. The offering was made pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-149733). The closing of the offering, which included the full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option, occurred on June 1, 2009.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

No. Description

1 Underwriting Agreement

5 Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US) re legality

8 Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US) re tax matters

23 Consent of DLA Piper LLP (US) (included in Exhibits 5 and 8)