EX-32.3 12 exh32_3.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 exh32_3.htm
 
Exhibit 32.3

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Edward J. Fritsch, President and Chief Executive Officer of Highwoods Properties, Inc., general partner of the Operating Partnership, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
 
1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
 
 
2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Operating Partnership.
 

 
/s/ Edward J. Fritsch
 
Edward J. Fritsch
President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner
 
April 28, 2010