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Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Outstanding Interest Rate Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk | As of March 31, 2016, we had the following outstanding interest rate derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk:
Interest Rate Derivative |  | Number of Instruments |  | Notional Amount
Interest Rate Caps |  | 3 |  | $ | 75,000,000 |
Interest Rate Swaps |  | 7 |  | $ | 550,000,000 |
Effect of Derivative Instruments on Consolidated Statement of Operations | Tabular Disclosure of the Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations The table below presents the effect of our derivative financial instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015. Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 (dollars in thousands)
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships |  | Gain or (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivative (Effective Portion) |  | Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Interest Expense (Effective Portion) |  | Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Interest Expense (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)
Three months ended March 31, |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Interest rate contracts |  | $ | (3,705 | ) |  | $ | (4,347 | ) |  | $ | (1,186 | ) |  | $ | (2,192 | ) |  | $ | (43 | ) |  | $ | (60 | )
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Three months ended March 31, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Interest rate contracts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3 | )
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] | Other Comprehensive Income MAA's other comprehensive income consists entirely of gains and losses attributable to the effective portion of our cash flow hedges. The chart below shows the change in the balance for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 (dollars in thousands):
Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income by Component |  | Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statements Of Operations |  |
|  |  | Gains and Losses on Cash Flow Hedges
For the three months ended March 31, |  |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Beginning balance |  |  |  | $ | (1,589 | ) |  | $ | (412 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  |  |  | (3,705 | ) |  | (4,347 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (interest rate contracts) |  | Interest expense |  | 1,186 |  |  | 2,192 |
Net current-period other comprehensive loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest |  |  |  | 132 |  |  | 114 |
Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income attributable to MAA |  |  |  | (2,387 | ) |  | (2,041 | )
Ending balance |  |  |  | $ | (3,976 | ) |  | $ | (2,453 | )

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