Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 11, 2012, Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership (the "Operating Partnership") and Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an underwriting agreement with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Jefferies & Company, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, relating to a public offering of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership's 3.625% Notes due January 15, 2023. The terms of the notes are governed by an indenture, dated as of December 1, 1996, among the Operating Partnership, the Company, and US Bank National Association (as successor in interest to Wachovia Bank, N.A.), as trustee, and an officers' certificate to be dated as of December 18, 2012 establishing the terms of the notes.

The notes are being issued pursuant to the Operating Partnership's automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-172134-01), as amended, including the related prospectus dated February 9, 2011, and a prospectus supplement dated December 11, 2012, as the same may be amended or supplemented.

The closing of the offering is expected to occur on December 18, 2012.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

No. Description

1 Underwriting Agreement, dated December 11, 2012, by and among Highwoods Properties, Inc., Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Jefferies & Company, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein