8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2020

HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600

Raleigh, NC 27604

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

919-872-4924

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

During the third quarter of 2019, we announced a series of planned investment activities. First, during the fourth quarter of 2019, we acquired Bank of America Tower at Legacy Union in Charlotte’s uptown CBD submarket for a total investment of $436 million. Bank of America Tower at Legacy Union is a trophy, LEED gold-registered office building encompassing 841,000 square feet with structured parking that delivered in 2019. Second, we have a two-phased plan to exit the Greensboro and Memphis markets. The first phase consisted of selling a select portfolio of assets in Greensboro and Memphis by mid-2020 with a total sales price that approximates the total investment for Bank of America Tower at Legacy Union (with the intent of executing a reverse 1031 exchange) and closing the division offices. On March 31, 2020, we completed the first phase with the sale of four office buildings encompassing 599,000 square feet in the Poplar corridor submarket of Memphis.

The following table summarizes the disposition transactions that comprised the first phase of our planned exit of Greensboro and Memphis ($ in millions):

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The second phase is the planned sale of the remaining assets in both markets. There is no pre-determined timetable for the second phase.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: March 31, 2020