Highwoods Properties, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the operation, acquisition and development of rental office properties. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina and currently employs 345 full-time employees. The firm is a fully integrated office REIT that owns, develops, acquires, leases and manages properties primarily in the best business districts (BBDs) of Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Nashville, Orlando, Raleigh, Richmond and Tampa. Its primary business is the operation, acquisition and development of office properties. The firm provides leasing, management, development, construction and other customer-related services for its properties and for third parties. The firm conducts its activities through Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership (the Operating Partnership). The firm owns an interest in approximately 28.8 million rentable square feet of in-service properties, 1.6 million rentable square feet of office properties under development and development land with approximately 5.1 million rentable square feet of potential office build-out.