It was a busy third quarter for Highwoods Properties, a real estate investment trust based in Raleigh, North Carolina. In addition to previously announced transitions in the company's CEO and COO roles, the REIT is close to realizing its long-sought goal of entering the Charlotte, North Carolina office market, while preparing to sell all its property in the Greensboro, North Carolina and Memphis, Tennessee markets. It also completed a $400 million bond offering and kicked off its latest new office development in Nashville.