Rental and Other Revenues; Rental Property and Other Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Rental and Other Revenues; Operating and Other Expenses [Line Items]

Rental and Other Revenues; Rental Property and Other Expenses

Rental and Other Revenues; Rental Property and Other Expenses

Our real estate assets are leased to customers under operating leases. The minimum rental amounts under the leases are generally subject to scheduled fixed increases. Generally, the leases also require that the customers reimburse us for increases in certain costs above the base-year costs. The following table sets forth rental and other revenues from continuing operations:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Contractual rents, net	$	420,285		$	398,224		$	392,360
Straight-line rental income, net	12,828			11,349			3,644
Amortization of lease incentives	(1,371		)	(1,239		)	(1,100		)
Property operating expense recoveries, net	36,105			41,736			44,462
Lease termination fees	2,443			2,992			1,813
Fee income	5,571			5,466			5,155
Other miscellaneous operating revenues	6,991			2,598			1,684
	$	482,852		$	461,126		$	448,018

The following table sets forth scheduled future minimum base rents to be received from customers for leases in effect at December 31, 2011 for the Wholly Owned Properties:

2012	$	448,420
2013	409,453
2014	352,743
2015	297,859
2016	247,283
Thereafter	809,042
	$	2,564,800

The following table sets forth rental property and other expenses from continuing operations:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Utilities, insurance and real estate taxes	$	97,156	$	90,838	$	91,173
Maintenance, cleaning and general building	61,700		56,877		55,840
Property management and administrative expenses	11,624		11,203		11,702
Other miscellaneous operating expenses	5,668		4,720		3,310
	$	176,148	$	163,638	$	162,025

Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership [Member]

Rental and Other Revenues; Operating and Other Expenses [Line Items]

Rental and Other Revenues; Rental Property and Other Expenses

Rental and Other Revenues; Rental Property and Other Expenses

Our real estate assets are leased to customers under operating leases. The minimum rental amounts under the leases are generally subject to scheduled fixed increases. Generally, the leases also require that the customers reimburse us for increases in certain costs above the base-year costs. The following table sets forth rental and other revenues from continuing operations:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Contractual rents, net	$	420,285		$	398,224		$	392,360
Straight-line rental income, net	12,828			11,349			3,644
Amortization of lease incentives	(1,371		)	(1,239		)	(1,100		)
Property operating expense recoveries, net	36,105			41,736			44,462
Lease termination fees	2,443			2,992			1,813
Fee income	5,571			5,466			5,155
Other miscellaneous operating revenues	6,991			2,598			1,684
	$	482,852		$	461,126		$	448,018

The following table sets forth scheduled future minimum base rents to be received from customers for leases in effect at December 31, 2011 for the Wholly Owned Properties:

2012	$	448,420
2013	409,453
2014	352,743
2015	297,859
2016	247,283
Thereafter	809,042
	$	2,564,800

The following table sets forth rental property and other expenses from continuing operations:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Utilities, insurance and real estate taxes	$	97,129	$	90,478	$	90,648
Maintenance, cleaning and general building	61,700		56,877		55,840
Property management and administrative expenses	11,624		11,203		11,702
Other miscellaneous operating expenses	5,669		4,720		3,309
	$	176,122	$	163,278	$	161,499