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| Highwoods Properties | |
|---|---|
| Name | Highwoods Properties |
| Type | Public company |
| Industry | Real estate investment trust |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Headquarters | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
| Area served | United States |
| Products | Office buildings, mixed-use developments |
Highwoods Properties Highwoods Properties is a publicly traded real estate investment trust headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. It engages in acquisition, development, ownership, and management of office and mixed-use properties across the United States, with notable exposure in the Southeast and Texas markets. The company operates within the context of capital markets, corporate finance, and urban development, interacting with institutional investors, municipal authorities, and commercial tenants.
Founded in 1977 in Raleigh, Highwoods emerged during a period of expansion in American commercial real estate alongside firms such as Equity Office Properties Trust, Vornado Realty Trust, Boston Properties, SL Green Realty Corp., and Tishman Speyer. During the 1980s and 1990s it expanded regionally through acquisitions and developments similar to strategies pursued by Cousins Properties, Beacon Capital Partners, Cousins Properties Incorporated, and Trammell Crow Company. In the 2000s Highwoods undertook transactions and portfolio repositioning comparable to moves by Prologis, CBRE Group, Jones Lang LaSalle, and Cushman & Wakefield. The company navigated macroeconomic cycles including the Savings and loan crisis, the Dot-com bubble, and the Great Recession (2007–2009), adapting capital structures in ways seen among peers such as Kilroy Realty Corporation and Host Hotels & Resorts. Post-2010, Highwoods executed developments and divestitures that paralleled strategies by Hines Interests Limited Partnership, Related Companies, and Skanska USA. Its regional focus intersected with metropolitan trends in Raleigh, North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, Orlando, Florida, Tampa, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Houston, Texas, Dallas, Texas, and Austin, Texas.
Highwoods employs a real estate investment trust structure, akin to entities like Simon Property Group, Public Storage, Ventas, Inc., and Digital Realty. The company generates rental income from office tenants represented by firms comparable to Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Duke Energy, and General Electric. Its operations include property management, leasing, capital markets activity, and development, functions often coordinated with service providers such as Marcus & Millichap, Newmark Group, Colliers International, and Avison Young. Highwoods finances acquisitions and development through instruments including unsecured debt, credit facilities, and equity issuances analogous to transactions by Blackstone Group, Brookfield Asset Management, KKR, and Apollo Global Management. It engages with rating agencies like Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch Ratings and complies with listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange.
The company’s portfolio has emphasized office and mixed-use properties across Sun Belt and East Coast markets, with concentrations in metropolitan areas such as Raleigh, North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia, Houston, Texas, Dallas, Texas, Austin, Texas, Orlando, Florida, Tampa, Florida, Nashville, Tennessee, Jacksonville, Florida, Richmond, Virginia, St. Petersburg, Florida, Greensboro, North Carolina, Greenville, South Carolina, Birmingham, Alabama, and Louisville, Kentucky. Major assets have included multi-tenant office buildings, suburban corporate campuses, and downtown towers comparable to properties owned by One Liberty Plaza, Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta), Truist Center, and SunTrust Plaza. The portfolio management strategy reflects trends seen at Equity Residential and UDR, Inc. with active asset rotation, redevelopment, and tenant mix optimization.
Highwoods' financial outcomes have been influenced by leasing spreads, occupancy rates, same-store NOI, and capital recycling similar to metrics tracked by Kimco Realty, VEREIT, Crown Castle International, and American Tower Corporation. Revenue streams derive from base rent, recoveries, and ancillary services; profitability and dividends follow REIT tax rules under Internal Revenue Code provisions governing real estate trusts. The company's stock performance has been affected by interest rate cycles, Federal Reserve policy decisions, and macroeconomic indicators including Consumer Price Index, Gross Domestic Product, and employment data such as the Nonfarm payrolls. It reports quarterly results in forms comparable to filings by Publicly traded companies on Securities and Exchange Commission platforms and engages in earnings calls with sell-side analysts at firms like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and UBS.
Corporate governance at Highwoods follows practices seen across U.S. public companies with a board of directors, executive management, and committees for audit, compensation, and nominating comparable to structures at Apple Inc., ExxonMobil, Microsoft, and The Walt Disney Company. Senior leadership roles such as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer interact with institutional investors like Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street Corporation, and Fidelity Investments. Compensation and succession planning reflect benchmarks from indices such as the S&P 500 and proxy advisory firms like Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis.
Highwoods has addressed sustainability, energy efficiency, and green building standards in ways similar to initiatives led by U.S. Green Building Council, LEED, Energy Star, Global Reporting Initiative, and corporate programs at Microsoft Corporation and Google. The company reports on environmental metrics, tenant engagement, and community investment consistent with practices at Prologis, Inc. and Boston Properties. Its initiatives intersect with municipal planning agencies in cities like Raleigh, North Carolina and regional transit projects such as MARTA and SunRail through transit-oriented development considerations.
As a large real estate owner and developer, Highwoods has been subject to lease disputes, zoning appeals, tax assessments, and litigation analogous to matters faced by Brookfield Property Partners, Crown Castle, Vornado Realty Trust, and Simon Property Group. Disputes often involve local regulatory bodies, county assessors, and state courts such as those in North Carolina, Florida, and Texas. The company navigates labor, construction, and environmental compliance issues comparable to cases involving United States Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and state utility commissions.
Category:Real estate investment trusts Category:Companies based in Raleigh, North Carolina Category:Companies established in 1977