Highwoods Properties COO Mike Harris To Retire

(RTTNews) - Highwoods Properties Inc. (HIW) announced that Mike Harris, 65, will retire as Chief Operating Officer on August 31, 2015. Upon Mike's retirement, Ted Klinck, 49, will become Chief Operating and Investment Officer.

The Company also announced that David Doubman, 36, has been promoted to Vice President, Operations and Analysis.

The Company noted that Klinck will be heavily supported by its operations and development teams. The Company's operations team is led by Mike Starchville, Vice President of Asset Management, and David Doubman, who has been promoted to Vice President, Operations and Analysis.

Starchville, 54, an experienced mechanical engineer and seasoned operations expert who joined Highwoods in 2008, has implemented and oversees a broad range of operational best practices and engineering/mechanical enhancements across our portfolio. Doubman, who joined Highwoods in 2010, is also a mechanical engineer. He leads our operations analytical team, focusing on revenue and NOI growth and forecasting.

The Company's development team is led by Randy Roberson, Vice President of Development. Roberson, 56, a veteran civil engineer who joined Highwoods in 1995, oversees the Company's current and prospective development pipeline.