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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
                                    FORM 8-K
 
                                 CURRENT REPORT
 
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 22, 1998
 
                     HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
                                 NORTH CAROLINA
                            (State of Organization)
 

                                                              
                          333-3890-01                                                      56-1869557
 
                   (Commission File Number)                                     (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
                3100 SMOKETREE COURT, SUITE 600                                               27604
                    RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
                                                                                           (Zip Code)
 
           (Address of principal executive offices)

 
                                 (919) 872-4924
 
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
 
     The purpose of this filing is to report certain pro forma financial
information of Highwoods/Forsyth Limited Partnership (the "Operating
Partnership") as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and for the
year ended December 31, 1996 and to set forth certain exhibits in connection
with (i) an agreement of Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the "Company") dated
January 22, 1998 to sell 2,000,000 shares of common stock (2,300,000 shares of
common stock if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) in an
underwritten public offering for net proceeds of approximately $68.2 million
(approximately $78.5 million if the over-allotment option is exercised in full)
and (ii) an offering by the Operating Partnership of $100 million of    %
MandatOry Par Put Remarketed SecuritiesSM ("MOPPRSSM") due January   , 2013 and
$100 million of    % Notes due January   ,      .
 
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS
 
     Following is a list of the financial statements, pro forma financial
information and exhibits filed as a part of this report:
 
     (b) Pro Forma Financial Information
 
         Pro Forma Condensed Combining Financial Statements
 
         Pro Forma Condensed Combining Balance Sheet (unaudited) as of September
         30, 1997
 
         Pro Forma Condensed Combining Statement of Operations (unaudited) for
         the nine months ended September 30, 1997
 
         Pro Forma Condensed Combining Statements of Operations (unaudited) for
         the year ended December 31, 1996
 
         Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Combining Financial Statements
 
     (c) The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
 
          8  Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP regarding certain federal tax matters
 
         12  Statement of computation of ratios
 
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
                                         HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
                                         By: HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC., ITS
                                             GENERAL PARTNER
 
                                           /S/ _________CARMAN J. LIUZZO________
                                                      CARMAN J. LIUZZO
                                             VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL
                                                          OFFICER
 
Date: January 22, 1998
 
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                       INDEX TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 

                                                                                                                       
HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Pro Forma Condensed Combining Balance Sheet (unaudited) as of September 30, 1997.......................................    F-2
Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Combining Balance Sheet...................................................................    F-3
Pro Forma Condensed Combining Statement of Operations (unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 1997.........    F-5
Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Combining Statement of Operations.........................................................    F-6
Pro Forma Condensed Combining Statement of Operations (unaudited) for the year ended December 31, 1996.................    F-8
Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Combining Statement of Operations.........................................................    F-9

 
                                      F-1
 

                     HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
            PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)
                               SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)


                                                                            USE OF
                                                                        PREFERRED STOCK       COMMON STOCK       ACQUIRED
                                      HISTORICAL (A)  ACP, INC. (B)  OFFERING PROCEEDS (C)    OFFERING (D)    PROPERTIES (E)
                                      --------------  -------------  ---------------------  ----------------  --------------
                                                                                               
ASSETS
Real estate assets, net..............   $1,717,404      $ 617,000          $      --           $       --        $106,936
Cash and cash equivalents............      183,189        (25,465)          (166,916)               9,192              --
Accounts and notes receivables.......       16,379             --                 --                   --              --
Accrued straight line rent
  receivable.........................       10,024             --                 --                   --              --
Other assets.........................       37,893             --                 --                   --              --
                                      --------------  -------------  ---------------------  ----------------  --------------
                                        $1,964,889      $ 591,535          $(166,916)          $    9,192        $106,936
                                      --------------  -------------  ---------------------  ----------------  --------------
                                      --------------  -------------  ---------------------  ----------------  --------------
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' EQUITY
Mortgages and notes payable..........   $  649,188      $ 481,171          $(166,916)          $ (273,050)       $105,184
Accounts payable, accrued expenses
  and other..........................       40,368         10,500                 --                   --           1,752
                                      --------------  -------------  ---------------------  ----------------  --------------
      Total liabilities..............      689,556        491,671           (166,916)            (273,050)        106,936
Redeemable operating units:
  Class A............................      239,913         96,041                 --                   --              --
  Class B............................        6,615             --                 --                   --              --
Partners' capital:
  Series A preferred units...........      121,809             --                 --                   --              --
  Series B preferred units...........      167,066             --                 --                   --              --
  Class A units:
    General partner..................        8,341             38                 --                2,822              --
    Limited partner..................      731,589          3,785                 --              279,420              --
                                      --------------  -------------  ---------------------  ----------------  --------------
Total partners' equity...............    1,275,333         99,864                 --              282,242              --
                                      --------------  -------------  ---------------------  ----------------  --------------
                                        $1,964,889      $ 591,535          $(166,916)          $    9,192        $106,936
                                      --------------  -------------  ---------------------  ----------------  --------------
                                      --------------  -------------  ---------------------  ----------------  --------------
 

                                                          MOPPRS
                                                           AND
                                       OTHER ACQUIRED      DEBT         1998 COMMON
                                       PROPERTIES (F)  OFFERING (G)  STOCK OFFERING (H)  PRO FORMA
                                       --------------  ------------  ------------------  ----------
                                                                             
ASSETS
Real estate assets, net..............     $155,801        $   --          $     --       $2,597,141
Cash and cash equivalents............           --            --            37,442          37,442
Accounts and notes receivables.......           --            --                --          16,379
Accrued straight line rent
  receivable.........................           --            --                --          10,024
Other assets.........................           --         1,600                --          39,493
                                       --------------  ------------       --------       ----------
                                          $155,801        $1,600          $ 37,442       $2,700,479
                                       --------------  ------------       --------       ----------
                                       --------------  ------------       --------       ----------
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' EQUITY
Mortgages and notes payable..........     $145,191        $1,600          $(30,807)      $ 911,561
Accounts payable, accrued expenses
  and other..........................          640            --                --          53,260
                                       --------------  ------------       --------       ----------
      Total liabilities..............      145,831         1,600           (30,807)        964,821
Redeemable operating units:
  Class A............................        9,970            --                --         345,924
  Class B............................           --            --                --           6,615
Partners' capital:
  Series A preferred units...........           --            --                --         121,809
  Series B preferred units...........           --            --                --         167,066
  Class A units:
    General partner..................           --            --               682          11,883
    Limited partner..................           --            --            67,567       1,082,361
                                       --------------  ------------       --------       ----------
Total partners' equity...............        9,970            --            68,249       1,735,658
                                       --------------  ------------       --------       ----------
                                          $155,801        $1,600          $ 37,442       $2,700,479
                                       --------------  ------------       --------       ----------
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                                      F-2
 

                     HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
        NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)
 
                               SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
 
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
     The accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combining balance sheet is
presented as if the following transactions had been consummated on September 30,
1997: (a) the completion of the Operating Partnership's business combination
with Associated Capital Properties, Inc. (together with its affiliates, "ACP")
and the acquisition of an affiliated property portfolio (collectively, the "ACP
Portfolio") (the "Merger"), (b) the completion of the acquisition of the seven
properties that ACP had under contract to purchase (the "1997 Pending
Acquisitions"), (c) the issuance of 8.5 million common partnership interests
("Common Units") to Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the "Company") in exchange for
net proceeds of approximately $282.2 million received upon the sale by the
Company of 8.5 million shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value (the
"Common Stock"), at a price of $35 per share (the "Common Stock Offering"), (d)
the completion of the Operating Partnership's business combination with Riparius
Development Corporation and the acquisition of seven properties in Winston-
Salem, NC and one property in Nashville, TN (collectively, the "Acquired
Properties"), (e) the completion of the pending acquisition of the Garcia
portfolio in Tampa, FL consisting of fourteen properties, six service center
properties and 66 acres of development land and the completion of four other
acquisitions of seven properties (collectively, the "Other Acquired
Properties"), (f) the issuance of $100 million of Mandatory Par Put Remarketed
Securities ("MOPPRSSM") due 2013 at an assumed interest rate of 6.6% and $100
million in debt securities, due 2008, at an assumed interest rate of 6.92% (the
"MOPPRS and Debt Offering") and (g) the issuance of 2.0 million Common Units to
Highwoods Properties, Inc. in exchange for net proceeds of $68.2 million
received upon the sale by the Company of 2.0 million shares of the Company's
Common Stock at a price of $36 per share (the "1998 Common Stock Offering").
 
     The acquisitions have been accounted for using the purchase method of
accounting. Accordingly, assets acquired and liabilities assumed have been
recorded at their estimated fair values, which may be subject to further
refinement, including appraisals and other analyses.
 
     This unaudited pro forma condensed combining balance sheet should be read
in conjunction with the pro forma condensed combining statement of operations of
the Operating Partnership for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and for
the year ended December 31, 1996, the consolidated financial statements and
related notes of the Operating Partnership included in its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, the unaudited financial statements
and related notes of the Operating Partnership included in its Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1997, June 30, 1997 and September
30, 1997, and the financial statements and related notes of Associated Capital
Properties Portfolio and 1997 Pending Acquisitions included in the Operating
Partnership's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 1, 1997 (as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 1997).
 
     The pro forma condensed combining balance sheet is unaudited and not
necessarily indicative of what the actual financial position would have been had
the aforementioned transactions actually occurred on September 30, 1997, nor
does it purport to represent the future financial position of the Operating
Partnership.
 
2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING BALANCE SHEET
 
     (a.) Represents the Operating Partnership's historical balance sheet
          contained in the Operating Partnership's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
          for the quarter ended September 30, 1997.
 
     (b.) Reflects the allocation of the $617 million purchase price to the fair
          value of the net assets acquired in the Merger and the 1997 Pending
          Acquisitions (collectively, the "ACP Transaction"). The purchase price
          consisted of the issuance of 2,955,238 Common Units (valued at $32.50
          per Common Unit), the assumption of $481 million of mortgage debt, the
          issuance of 117,617 shares of Common Stock (valued at $32.50 per
          share), a cash payment of approximately $24 million and an $11
          million capital expenditure reserve.
 
     (c.) Reflects the use of the net proceeds from the issuance of 6.9 million
          Series B Preferred Units to the Company in exchange for net proceeds
          of approximately $166.9 million received upon the sale by the Company
          of 6.9 million 8% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (the
          "Series B Preferred Shares") to pay off $166.9 million of debt assumed
          in the ACP Transaction.
 
     (d.) Reflects the issuance of 8.5 million Common Units to the Company in
          exchange for net proceeds of approximately $282.2 million received
          upon the sale by the Company of 8.5 million shares of Common Stock in
          the Common Stock Offering at an offering price of $35 per share and
          the use of the net proceeds to pay off $273.1 million of debt
 
                                      F-3
 

                     HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
 NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED) -- CONTINUED
 
2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING BALANCE
SHEET -- continued
       assumed in the ACP Transaction. Underwriting discounts and other offering
          costs equaled approximately $15.3 million.
 
     (e.) Reflects the allocation of the $106.9 million purchase price to the
          fair value of the net assets acquired in the Acquired Properties. The
          purchase price consisted of a draw on the Operating Partnership's $430
          million unsecured revolving lines of credit (the "Lines of Credit") of
          $105.2 million and a capital expenditure reserve of $1.7 million.
 
     (f.) Reflects the allocation of the $155.8 million purchase price to the
          fair value of the net assets acquired in the Other Acquired
          Properties. The purchase price consisted of the issuance of 299,810
          Class A Units (215,863 of which were valued at $32.50 per Class A Unit
          and 83,947 of which were valued at $35.20), the assumption of $31.0
          million of mortgage debt, a draw on the Lines of Credit of $114.2
          million and a capital expenditure reserve of $.6 million.
 
     (g.) Reflects the issuance of $100 million of MOPPRS due 2013 at an assumed
          interest rate of 6.6% and $100 million in debt securities, due 2008,
          at an assumed interest rate of 6.92% and the use of the net proceeds
          to pay off approximately $201.4 million of debt drawn on the Lines of
          Credit. In determining net proceeds from the MOPPRS and Debt Offering,
          the amount paid to the Operating Partnership by the remarketing dealer
          for the right to remarket the securities was assumed to equal $3.0
          million and the underwriting discounts and other offering costs to be
          paid by the Operating Partnership have been assumed to equal $1.6
          million.
 
     (h.) Reflects the issuance of 2.0 million Common Units to the Company in
          exchange for net proceeds of approximately $68.2 million received upon
          the sale by the Company of 2.0 million shares of Common Stock in the
          1998 Common Stock Offering at an offering price of $36 per share and
          the use of $30.8 million of the net proceeds to pay off debt drawn on
          the Lines of Credit. Underwriting discounts and other offering costs
          have been assumed to equal $3.8 million.
 
                                      F-4
 

                     HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
       PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
 
                  FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
                      (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER UNIT DATA)


                                                                                                     USE OF
                                                                                                    PREFERRED
                               CENTURY CENTER                                          1997           STOCK      COMMON
                                AND ANDERSON         OTHER            ACP            PENDING        OFFERING     STOCK
             HISTORICAL (A)   TRANSACTIONS (B)   OFFERINGS (C)   PORTFOLIO (D)   ACQUISITIONS (E)   PROCEEDS    OFFERING
             --------------   ----------------   -------------   -------------   ----------------   ---------   --------
                                                                                           
REVENUE:
Rental
 property...    $177,246          $  1,047          $    --         $52,411          $ 10,560       $     --    $     --
Other
  Income....       4,705                --               --           1,880               123             --          --
             --------------        -------       -------------   -------------        -------       ---------   --------
                 181,951             1,047               --          54,291            10,683             --          --
OPERATING
  EXPENSES:
Rental
 property...      48,995               317               --          23,956             4,396             --          --
Depreciation
  and
  amortization..      30,915           715               --           9,019                --             --          --
INTEREST
  EXPENSE:
Contractual...      33,082           1,358           (1,077)         25,746                --         (8,604 )(f)  (14,075)(h)
Amortization
  of
  deferred
  financing
  costs.....       1,689                --               --              --                --             --          --
             --------------        -------       -------------   -------------        -------       ---------   --------
                  34,771             1,358           (1,077)         25,746                --         (8,604 )   (14,075)
General and
  adminis-
  trative...       6,694                --               --              --                --             --          --
             --------------        -------       -------------   -------------        -------       ---------   --------
Income
  before
  extraordinary
  item and
  dividends
  on
  preferred
  units.....      60,576            (1,343)           1,077          (4,430)            6,287          8,604      14,075
  Dividends
    on
   preferred
    units...      (6,972)               --           (1,289)             --                --        (10,175 )(g)       --
             --------------        -------       -------------   -------------        -------       ---------   --------
Net income
  before
  extraordinary
  item......    $ 53,604          $ (1,343)         $  (212)        $(4,430)         $  6,287       $ (1,571 )  $ 14,075
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Income per
  Class A
  unit......    $   1.28
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Weighted
  average
  Class A
  units.....      42,025
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                                               MOPPRS    1998
                                                AND     COMMON
                ACQUIRED      OTHER ACQUIRED    DEBT     STOCK     PRO FORMA
              PROPERTIES(I)   PROPERTIES(J)    OFFERING OFFERING  ADJUSTMENTS   PRO FORMA
              -------------   --------------   ------   -------   -----------   ---------
                                                              
REVENUE:
Rental
 property...     $ 9,332         $ 13,255      $  --    $   --     $      --    $263,851
Other
  Income....          --               --         --        --            --       6,708
              -------------   --------------   ------   -------   -----------   ---------
                   9,332           13,255         --        --                   270,559
OPERATING
  EXPENSES:
Rental
 property...       1,727            6,474         --        --           188(n)   86,053
Depreciation
  and
  amortizati          --               --         --        --         3,369(o)   44,018
INTEREST
  EXPENSE:
Contractual.          --               --       (685    ) (1,588      13,245(p)   47,402
Amortization
  of
  deferred
  financing
  costs.....          --               --        178 (l)     --           --       1,867
              -------------   --------------   ------   -------   -----------   ---------
                      --               --       (507 )  (1,588 )      13,245      49,269
General and
  adminis-
  trative...          --               --         --        --            --       6,694
              -------------   --------------   ------   -------   -----------   ---------
Income
  before
  extraordin
  item and
  dividends
  on
  preferred
  units.....       7,605            6,781        507     1,588       (16,802)     84,525
  Dividends
    on
   preferred
    units...          --               --         --        --            --     (18,436 )
              -------------   --------------   ------   -------   -----------   ---------
Net income
  before
  extraordin
  item......     $ 7,605         $  6,781      $ 507    $1,588     $ (16,802)   $ 66,089
              -------------   --------------   ------   -------   -----------   ---------
              -------------   --------------   ------   -------   -----------   ---------
Income per
  Class A
  unit......                                                                    $   1.12
                                                                                ---------
                                                                                ---------
Weighted
  average
  Class A
  units.....                                                                      59,117
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                                      F-5
 

                     HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
   NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
 
                  FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
 
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
     The accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combining statement of
operations is presented as if the following transactions had been consummated on
January 1, 1996: (a) the completion of the business combination with Anderson
Properties, Inc. ("Anderson Properties") and the purchase of a portfolio of
properties from affiliates of Anderson Properties (the "Anderson Transaction")
and the purchase of Century Center Office Park and an affiliated property
portfolio (the "Century Center Transaction"), (b) the completion of the issuance
of 125,000 Series A Preferred Units issued to the Company in exchange for net
proceeds of approximately $121.9 million received by the Company upon the sale
of 125,000 8 5/8% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (the "Series A
Preferred Shares") and of $100,000,000 of Exercisable Put Option Notes
(collectively the "Other Offerings"), (c) the completion of the Merger (d) the
completion of the 1997 Pending Acquisitions, (e) the issuance of 6.9 million
Series B Preferred Units to the Company in exchange for net proceeds of
approximately $166.9 million received upon the sale by the Company of 6.9
million Series B Preferred Shares at a price of $25 per share (the "Preferred
Stock Offering"), (f) the completion of the Common Stock Offering, (g) the
completion of the Acquired Properties, (h) the completion of the Other Acquired
Properties, (i) the completion of the MOPPRS and Debt Offering and (j) the
completion of the 1998 Common Stock Offering.
 
     This unaudited pro forma condensed combining statement of operations should
be read in conjunction with the pro forma condensed combining balance sheet of
the Operating Partnership as of September 30, 1997, the consolidated financial
statements and related notes of the Operating Partnership included in its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, the unaudited
financial statements and related notes of the Operating Partnership included in
its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1997, June
30, 1997 and September 30, 1997, and the financial statements and related notes
of Associated Capital Properties Portfolio and 1997 Pending Acquisitions
included in the Operating Partnership's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October
1, 1997 (as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16,
1997).
 
     The pro forma condensed combining statement of operations is unaudited and
is not necessarily indicative of what the Operating Partnership's actual results
would have been had the aforementioned transactions actually occurred on January
1, 1996 nor does it purport to represent the future operating results of the
Operating Partnership.
 
2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
 
     (a.) Represents the Operating Partnership's historical statement of
          operations contained in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine
          months ended September 30, 1997.
 
     (b.) Reflects the historical statement of operations of Century Center
          Office Park and an affiliated portfolio ("Century Center") and the
          properties acquired in the Anderson Transaction for the period from
          January 1, 1997 through the respective dates of their acquisition,
          adjusted on a pro forma basis for interest expense and depreciation
          expense.
 
     (c.) Reflects the estimated interest expense savings on $127.5 million of
          the Lines of Credit and $63.1 million of other loans repaid with the
          proceeds of the Other Offerings and the dividends incurred on the
          Operating Partnership's Series A Preferred Units from January 1, 1997
          through the date of the offering of the Series A Preferred Units.
 
     (d.) Represents the historical revenues and operating expenses of the ACP
          Portfolio for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and the
          historical operations of properties acquired by ACP during 1997 from
          January 1, 1997 to the respective dates of their acquisition adjusted
          on a pro forma basis for incremental revenue related to owner-occupied
          buildings, interest expense and depreciation expense related to the
          ACP Portfolio and the 1997 Pending Acquisitions.
 
     (e.) Reflects the historical revenues and operating expenses of the 1997
          Pending Acquisitions for the nine months ended September 30, 1997.
 
                                      F-6
 

                     HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
         NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                            (UNAUDITED) -- CONTINUED
 
2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS -- continued
      (f.) Represents the estimated interest expense savings on $166.9 million
           of the Lines of Credit repaid with the proceeds of the Preferred
           Stock Offering.
 
      (g.) Represents the 8% dividend on the Series B Preferred Units issued to
           the Company in exchange for the net proceeds of the Preferred Stock
           Offering.
 
      (h.) Represents the estimated interest expense savings on $273.1 million
           of the Lines of Credit repaid with the net proceeds of the Common
           Stock Offering.
 
      (i.) Reflects the historical revenues and operating expenses of Acquired
           Properties for the nine months ended September 30, 1997.
 
      (j.) Reflects the historical revenues and operating expenses of Other
           Acquired Properties for the nine months ended September 30, 1997.
 
      (k.) Represents the estimated interest expense on $100 million of MOPPRS
           due 2013 at an assumed interest rate of 6.6% and $100 million in debt
           securities, due 2008 (at an assumed rate of 6.92%) offset by the
           interest expense savings on the $201.4 million of the Lines of Credit
           repaid with the proceeds of the MOPPRS and Debt Offering.
 
      (l.) Represents the amortization of the deferred financing costs
           associated with the MOPPRS and Debt Offering, straight-line over the
           terms of the securities offset by the amortization of the $3.0
           million MOPPRS premium paid by the remarketing dealer, using the
           effective interest method over the term of the securities.
 
     (m.) Represents the estimated interest expense savings on $30.8 million of
          the Lines of Credit repaid with a portion of the net proceeds of the
          1998 Common Stock Offering.
 
      (n.) Represents the incremental operating expenses to be incurred by the
           Operating Partnership upon completion of the Acquired Properties and
           the Other Acquired Properties.
 
      (o.) Represents the net adjustment to depreciation expense for Acquired
           Properties and the Other Acquired Properties based upon an assumed
           allocation of the purchase price to land, buildings and development
           in process. Building depreciation is computed on a straight-line
           basis using an estimated life of 40 years.
 
      (p.) Represents the net adjustment to interest expense to reflect interest
           costs on $219.4 million in borrowings under the Lines of Credit at an
           assumed rate of 6.87% (the capped interest rate based on a 30-day
           LIBOR rate of 5.87% plus 100 basis points) and $31.0 million in
           assumed debt at a weighted average interest rate of 8.33%.
 
                                      F-7
 

                     HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
       PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
                      FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
                      (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER UNIT DATA)


                                          CROCKER
                                        TRANSACTION                           CENTURY CENTER
                                            AND       EAKIN &       1996       AND ANDERSON       OTHER          ACP
                        HISTORICAL(A)    MERGER(B)    SMITH(C)  OFFERINGS(D)  TRANSACTIONS(E)  OFFERINGS(F)  PORTFOLIO(G)
                        -------------  -------------  --------  ------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------
                                                                                                     
REVENUE:
Rental property........   $ 125,987       $47,892      $3,000      $   --         $27,128        $     --      $ 63,118
Other Income...........       6,315        (1,424)        512          --              --              --         1,615
                        -------------  -------------  --------  ------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------
                            132,302        46,468       3,512          --          27,128              --        64,733
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Rental property........      33,657        15,709         957          --          18,218              --        32,195
Depreciation and
 amortization..........      21,105         9,048         453          --           5,722              --        12,025
INTEREST EXPENSE:
Contractual............      23,360        13,048       1,207      (4,504)         10,861          (7,421)       34,328
Amortization of
 deferred financing
 costs.................       1,870           374          --       1,059              --              --            --
                        -------------  -------------  --------  ------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------
                             25,230        13,422       1,207      (3,445)         10,861          (7,421)       34,328
General and
 administrative........       5,636           271         200          --              --              --            --
                        -------------  -------------  --------  ------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------
Income before
 extraordinary items
 and dividends on
 preferred units.......      46,674         8,018         695       3,445          (7,673)          7,421       (13,815)
Dividends on preferred
 units.................          --            --          --          --              --         (10,781)           --
                        -------------  -------------  --------  ------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------
Net Income before
 extraordinary items...   $  46,674       $ 8,018      $  695      $3,445         $(7,673)       $ (3,360)     $(13,815)
                        -------------  -------------  --------  ------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------
                        -------------  -------------  --------  ------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------
Income per Class A
 unit..................   $    1.56
                        -------------
                        -------------
Weighed average Class A
 units.................      29,852
                        -------------
                        -------------
 

                                              USE OF                                               MOPPRS    1998
                              1997        PREFERRED STOCK   COMMON                      OTHER        AND    COMMON
                             PENDING         OFFERING       STOCK      ACQUIRED       ACQUIRED      DEBT     STOCK      PRO FORMA
                         ACQUISITIONS(H)     PROCEEDS      OFFERING  PROPERTIES(L)  PROPERTIES(M)  OFFERING OFFERING   ADJUSTMENTS
                         ---------------  ---------------  --------  -------------  -------------  -------  -------    -----------
                       
REVENUE:
Rental property........      $13,689         $      --     $    --      $12,925        $13,996     $   --   $   --      $      --
Other Income...........          300                --          --           --             --         --       --             --
                         ---------------  ---------------  --------  -------------  -------------  -------  -------    -----------
                              13,989                --          --       12,925         13,996         --       --             --
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Rental property........        6,388                --          --        2,755          7,989         --       --            250(q)
Depreciation and
 amortization..........           --                --          --           --             --         --       --          4,492(r)
INTEREST EXPENSE:
Contractual............           --           (11,472)(i) (18,767       )         --         --     (914  (n) (2,117 )(p)     17,66
0(s)
Amortization of
 deferred financing
 costs.................           --                --          --           --             --        238 (o)     --           --
                         ---------------  ---------------  --------  -------------  -------------  -------  -------    -----------
                                  --           (11,472)    (18,767 )         --             --       (676 ) (2,117 )       17,660
General and
 administrative........           --                --          --           --             --         --       --             --
                         ---------------  ---------------  --------  -------------  -------------  -------  -------    -----------
Income before
 extraordinary items
 and dividends on
 preferred units.......        7,601            11,472      18,767       10,170          6,007        676    2,117        (22,402)
Dividends on preferred
 units.................           --        -- (13,800)(j)      --           --             --         --       --             --
                         ---------------  ---------------  --------  -------------  -------------  -------  -------    -----------
Net Income before
 extraordinary items...      $ 7,601         $  (2,328)    $18,767      $10,170        $ 6,007     $  676   $2,117      $ (22,402)
                         ---------------  ---------------  --------  -------------  -------------  -------  -------    -----------
                         ---------------  ---------------  --------  -------------  -------------  -------  -------    -----------
Income per Class A
 unit..................
 
Weighed average Class A
 units.................
 

 
                           PRO
                          FORMA
                         --------
REVENUE:
Rental property........  $307,735
Other Income...........     7,318
                         --------
                          315,053
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Rental property........   118,118
Depreciation and
 amortization..........    52,845
INTEREST EXPENSE:
Contractual............    55,269
Amortization of
 deferred financing
 costs.................     3,541
                         --------
                           58,810
General and
 administrative........     6,107
                         --------
Income before
 extraordinary items
 and dividends on
 preferred units.......    79,173
Dividends on preferred
 units.................   (24,581)
                         --------
Net Income before
 extraordinary items...  $ 54,592
                         --------
                         --------
Income per Class A
 unit..................  $    .92
                         --------
                         --------
Weighed average Class A
 units.................    59,117
                         --------
                         --------

 
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                     HIGHWOODS /FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
   NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
 
                      FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
 
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
     The accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combining statement of
operations is presented as if the following transactions had been consummated on
January 1, 1996:
 
     (a.) the acquisition of 70 properties and the business operations of
          Crocker Realty Trust, Inc. and its affiliates (the "Crocker
          Transaction");
 
     (b.) the acquisition of seven properties and 18 acres of development land,
          a 103,000-square foot suburban office development project and the
          business operations of Eakin & Smith, Inc. (collectively, the "Eakin &
          Smith Transaction");
 
     (c.) the Operating Partnership's 1996 offerings including: (i) $100 million
          of 6 3/4% Notes due December 1, 2003 and $110 million of 7% Notes due
          December 1, 2006, (ii) 2,250,000 Common Units issued to the Company in
          exchange for the net proceeds received by the Company upon the sale of
          2,250,000 shares of Common Stock at $29.50 per share and (iii)
          1,093,577 Common Units issued to the Company in exchange for the net
          proceeds received by the Company upon the sale of 1,093,577 shares of
          Common Stock at prices of $29.16, $29.01, and $28.86 for 137,198,
          344,753 and 611,626 shares, respectively, (collectively, the "1996
          Offerings");
 
     (d.) the completion of the Anderson and Century Center Transactions,
 
     (e.) the completion of the Other Offerings;
 
     (f.) the completion of the Merger;
 
     (g.) the completion of the 1997 Pending Acquisitions;
 
     (h.) the completion of the Preferred Stock Offering;
 
     (i.) the completion of the Common Stock Offering;
 
     (j.) the completion of the Acquired Properties;
 
     (k.) the completion of the Other Acquired Properties;
 
     (l.) the completion of the MOPPRS and Debt Offering; and
 
     (m.) the completion of the 1998 Common Stock Offering
 
     This unaudited pro forma condensed combining statement of operations should
be read in conjunction with the pro forma condensed combining balance sheet of
the Operating Partnership as of September 30, 1997, the consolidated financial
statements and related notes of the Operating Partnership included in its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, the unaudited
financial statements and related notes of the Operating Partnership included in
its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1997, June
30, 1997 and September 30, 1997 and the financial statements and related notes
of Associated Capital Properties Portfolio and 1997 Pending Acquisitions
included in the Operating Partnership's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October
1, 1997 (as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16,
1997).
 
     The pro forma condensed combining statement of operations is unaudited and
is not necessarily indicative of what the Operating Partnership's actual results
would have been had the aforementioned transactions actually occurred on January
1, 1996 nor does it purport to represent the future operating results of the
Operating Partnership.
 
2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
 
     (a.) Represents the Operating Partnership's historical statement of
          operations contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
          ended December 31, 1996.
 
     (b.) Reflects the historical operations of Crocker Realty Trust, Inc.
          adjusted on a pro forma basis for interest expense, depreciation
          expense and other items, for the period of time during 1996 prior to
          its acquisition by the Operating Partnership.
 
     (c.) Reflects the historical operations of Eakin & Smith, adjusted on a pro
          forma basis for interest expense, depreciation expense and other
          items, for the period of time during 1996 prior to its acquisition by
          the Operating Partnership.
 
     (d.) Reflects the pro forma effects of the 1996 Offerings.
 
     (e.) Reflects the historical statement of operations of Century Center and
          Anderson Properties for the year ended December 31, 1996, adjusted on
          a pro forma basis for interest expense, depreciation expense and other
          items.
 
                                      F-9
 

                     HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
        NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                            (UNAUDITED) -- CONTINUED
 
2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS -- Continued
 
     (f.) Reflects the estimated interest expense savings on $127.5 million of
the Lines of Credit and $63.1 million of other loans repaid with the proceeds of
the Other Offerings and the dividends incurred on the Operating Partnership's
Series A Preferred Units.
 
     (g.) Represents the historical revenues and operating expenses of the ACP
Portfolio, for the year ended December 31, 1996, the historical statement of
operations from January 1, 1996 to the date of acquisition of the properties
that were acquired by ACP in 1996 and the historical statement of operations for
the 12 months ended December 31, 1996 of the properties that were acquired by
ACP in 1997. These amounts have been adjusted on a pro forma basis for
incremental revenue related to owner-occupied buildings, interest expense and
depreciation expense related to the ACP Portfolio and the 1997 Pending
Acquisitions.
 
     (h.) Reflects the historical revenues and operating expenses of 1997
Pending Acquisitions for the year ended December 1996.
 
     (i.) Represents the estimated interest expense savings on $166.9 million of
the Lines of Credit repaid with the proceeds of the Preferred Stock Offering.
 
     (j.) Represents the 8% dividend on the Series B Preferred Units issued to
the Company in exchange for the net proceeds of the Preferred Stock Offering.
 
     (k.) Represents the estimated interest expense savings on $273.1 million of
the Lines of Credit repaid with the net proceeds of the Common Stock Offering.
 
     (l) Reflects the historical revenues and operating expenses of Acquired
Properties for the year ended December 31, 1996.
 
     (m) Reflects the historical revenues and operating expenses of the Other
Acquired Properties for the year ended December 31, 1996.
 
     (n.) Represents the estimated interest expense on the $100 million of
MOPPRS due 2013 at an assumed interest rate of 6.6% and $100 million in debt
securities, due 2008 (at an assumed rate of 6.92%) offset by the interest
expense savings on the $201.4 million of the Lines of Credit repaid with the
proceeds of the MOPPRS and Debt Offering.
 
     (o.) Represents the amortization of the deferred financing costs associated
with the MOPPRS and Debt Offering, straight-line over the terms of the
securities offset by the amortization of the $3.0 million MOPPRS premium paid by
the remarketing dealer, using the effective interest method over the term of the
securities.
 
     (p.) Represents the estimated interest expense savings on $30.8 million of
the Lines of Credit repaid with a portion of the net proceeds of the 1998 Common
Stock Offering.
 
     (q.) Represents the incremental operating expenses to be incurred by the
Operating Partnership upon completion of the Acquired Properties and the Other
Acquired Properties.
 
     (r.) Represents the net adjustment of depreciation expense for Acquired
Properties and Other Acquired Properties based upon an assumed allocation of the
purchase price to land, buildings and development in process. Building
depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis using an estimated life of 40
years.
 
     (s.) Represents the net adjustment to interest expense to reflect interest
costs on $219.4 million in borrowings under the Lines of Credit at an assumed
rate of 6.87% capped (the effective interest rate based on a 30-day LIBOR rate
of 5.87% plus 100 basis points) and $31.0 million in assumed debt at a weighted
average interest rate of 8.33%.
 
                                      F-10