Investing in Sunbelt Office REITs - A Discussion With Highwoods Properties (HIW)

August 13, 2026 | Hoya Capital

Investing in Sunbelt Office REITs - A Discussion With Highwoods Properties (HIW) 2026-08-13 David Auerbach, Chief Investment Officer of Hoya Capital, recently hosted Brendan Maiorana, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Highwoods, for an in-depth conversation on the state of Office REITs and its geographic footprint focused on Sunbelt markets. About Hoya Capital Hoya Capital Real Estate ("Hoya Capital") is a research-focused Registered Investment Advisor headquartered in Rowayton, Connecticut.

Founded with a mission to make real estate more accessible to all investors, Hoya Capital specializes in managing institutional and individual portfolios of publicly traded real estate securities, focused on delivering sustainable income, diversification, and attractive total returns. Focused on Real Assets, REITs, Dividend Growth, High Yield, & ETFs. For more information, visit www.HoyaCapital.com. Transcript Good afternoon. Welcome back to another Hoya Capital Webinar. Today, I'm excited to be joined by Brendan Myerana, the Chief Financial Officer of Highwoods Properties.

We're going to start go through a couple of slides through their investor presentations, earnings, and supplement data, turn off the presentation. Brendan and I will have a conversation. If you have any questions for us after, feel free to shoot us a message. You can reach Brendan on LinkedIn. He's very accessible. I'm sure he'll be happy to answer questions as well. But, the goal here is to learn about Highwoods.

So, let's get into it. Starting out, the good old disclaimer, the compliance screen up here so that it's a CYA type situation. We'll leave this up for just a couple of seconds. I will note that all the information that we're going to be sharing has come from their first quarter investor presentation, their NAREIT deck from back in June, or their earnings press release that just came out here recently.

For those that don't know, Highwoods, Sunbelt-focused office REIT based in Raleigh. Big presence in Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Nashville, Orlando, Raleigh, Richmond, and Tampa. FYI, ...