HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby appoints Jeffrey D. Miller
and Allison N. McMasters, and each of them singly, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described to:

A.	Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC) a Form ID, including amendments
thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned
to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by
Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or any successor rule or
regulation of the SEC;

B.	Prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file such
Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect
to the securities (including derivative securities) of Highwoods
Properties, Inc. (the Company? with the SEC as considered necessary
or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended
from time to time;

C.	Seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and
on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the
Company'ssecurities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to the undersigned
and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

D.	Perform any and all other acts which in the discretion
of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or advisable for and on
behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing, and the
undersigned hereby ratifies any such action taken by such
attorney-in-fact for all purposes.

   The undersigned acknowledges that:

A.	This Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not
require, such attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on
information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent
verification of such information;

B.	Any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney
will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure
as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion deems necessary
or advisable;



C.	Neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i)
any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with
the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the
undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or
(iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

D.	This Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the
undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the
undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without
limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

      This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until revoked in writing.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of July, 2019.


						/s/ Brendan C. Maiorana
		                                Name:Brendan C. Maiorana