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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-735700
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	POS EX
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161011
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161011
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20161011

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000912595
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				621543819
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		POS EX
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-213591
		FILM NUMBER:		161931227

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6584 POPLAR AVE
		STREET 2:		STE 340
		CITY:			MEMPHIS
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38138
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9016826600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6584 POPLAR AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 340
		CITY:			MEMPHIS
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38138
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;11, 2016 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-213591 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMENDMENT NO. 1 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TO
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-4 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Tennessee</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>6798</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>62-1543819</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Primary Standard Industrial</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Classification Code Number)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>6584 Poplar Avenue</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Memphis, Tennessee 38138</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>(901) 682-6600</B></TD>
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including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>H. Eric Bolton, Jr. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chairman of the Board of Directors and </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>6584 Poplar Avenue </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Memphis, Tennessee 38138 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(901) 682-6600 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Gilbert G. Menna, Esq.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Richard F. Mattern, Esq.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Keith M. Townsend, Esq.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Mark S. Opper, Esq.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Oscar L. Thomas, Esq.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Anthony W. Rothermel, Esq.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Goodwin Procter LLP</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Bass, Berry &amp; Sims PLC</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>King &amp; Spalding LLP</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>The New York Times Building</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>The Tower at Peabody Place</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>1180 Peachtree Street, N.E.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>620 Eighth Avenue</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>100 Peabody Place, Suite 1300</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Atlanta, Georgia 30309</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10018</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Memphis, Tennessee 38103</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Tel: (404) 572-4600</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Tel: (901) 549-5933</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Fax: (212) 355-3333</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effectiveness of this registration statement
and the satisfaction or waiver of all other conditions to the closing of the mergers described herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the securities being registered
on this form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-213591</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting
this transaction: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>This Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-213591) shall hereafter become
effective in accordance with the provisions of Section&nbsp;8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Form S-4 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-213591) is filed solely to file Exhibit 8.3 as an additional
exhibit to the Registration Statement. No other changes have been made. In accordance with Section&nbsp;462(d) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment shall become effective immediately upon filing with the
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;21.</B><B><I> Exhibits</I></B><B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A list of the exhibits included as part of this registration statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index that immediately precedes such
exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Memphis, State of Tennessee, on October&nbsp;11, 2016. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ H. Eric Bolton, Jr.</TD></TR>
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October&nbsp;11, 2016. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ H. Eric Bolton, Jr.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">H. Eric Bolton, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chairman&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Board&nbsp;of&nbsp;Directors,</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President&nbsp;and&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Albert M. Campbell, III</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President and</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal&nbsp;Financial&nbsp;and</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">*</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Alan B. Graf, Jr.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">James K. Lowder</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Thomas H. Lowder</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Monica McGurk</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Claude B. Nielsen</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Philip W. Norwood</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">W. Reid Sanders</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">William B. Sansom</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Gary Shorb</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ H. Eric Bolton, Jr.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">H. Eric Bolton, Jr.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Attorney-in-Fact</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 15, 2016, by and among Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., Mid-America Apartments, L.P., Post Properties, Inc., Post GP Holdings, Inc. and Post Apartment Homes, L.P. (attached as
Annex A to the joint proxy statement/prospectus included in this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Charter of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. dated as of January 10, 1994, as filed with the Tennessee Secretary of State on January 25, 1994 (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Articles of Amendment to the Charter of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. dated as of January 28, 1994, as filed with the Tennessee Secretary of State on January 28, 1994 (Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter Designating and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of a Series of Preferred Stock dated as of October 9, 1996, as filed with the
Tennessee Secretary of State on October 10, 1996 (Filed as Exhibit 1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on October 11, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter dated November 17, 1997, as filed with the Tennessee Secretary of State on November 18, 1997 (Filed as Exhibit 3.6 to the
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.5</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter Designating and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of a Series of Shares of Preferred Stock dated as of November 17, 1997, as filed
with the Tennessee Secretary of State on November 18, 1997 (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on November 19, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.6</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter Designating and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of a Series of Shares of Preferred Stock dated as of June 25, 1998, as filed with
the Tennessee Secretary of State on June&nbsp;30, 1998 (Filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on June 26, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.7</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter Designating and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of a Series of Shares of Preferred Stock dated as of December&nbsp;24, 1998, as
filed with the Tennessee Secretary of State on December 30, 1998 (Filed as Exhibit 3.7 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3/A (File Number 333-112469) and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter Designating and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of a Series of Shares of Preferred Stock dated as of October 11, 2002, as filed with
the Tennessee Secretary of State on October 14, 2002 (Filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on October 11, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.9</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter Designating and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of a Series of Shares of Preferred Stock dated as of October 28, 2002, as filed with
the Tennessee Secretary of State on October 28, 2002 (Filed as Exhibit 3.9 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3/A (File Number 333-112469) and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>3.10</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter Designating and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of a Series of Shares of Preferred Stock dated as of August&nbsp;7, 2003, as filed
with the Tennessee Secretary of State on August&nbsp;7, 2003 (Filed as Exhibit 3.10 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3/A (File Number 333-112469) and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>3.11</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Articles of Amendment to the Charter of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. dated as of May 20, 2008, as filed with the Tennessee Secretary of State on June 2, 2008 (Filed as Exhibit 99.A to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement
filed on March 31, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Articles of Amendment to the Charter of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. dated as of May 24, 2015, as filed with the Tennessee Secretary of State on May 25, 2015 (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
on May 25, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>3.13</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., dated as of December 3, 2013 (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 4, 2013 and incorporated herein
by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Articles of Amendment to the Charter of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (attached as Annex B to the joint proxy statement/prospectus included in this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Articles of Amendment to the Charter of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Designating and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of the MAA Series I Preferred Stock (attached as Annex C to the joint proxy
statement/prospectus included in this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Common Share Certificate of the Combined Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to MAA&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.2**</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of 8.50% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Certificate</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2013, among Mid-America Apartments, L.P., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
on October 16, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.4</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2013, among Mid-America Apartments, L.P., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, including the form of 4.300% Senior Notes due 2023 (Filed as
Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 16, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.5</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture governing 6.05% Senior Notes due 2016, dated December 13, 2013, by and among Mid-America Apartments, L.P., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, including the form of 6.05% Senior
Notes due 2016 (Filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 19, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.6</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Registration Rights Agreement related to the 6.05% Senior Notes due 2016, dated December 13, 2013, between Mid-America Apartments, L.P. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (Filed as Exhibit 4.9 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on December 19, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.7</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of 6.05% Senior Note due 2016 (Included in Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 19, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.8</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2014, among Mid-America Apartments, L.P., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. and U.S. Bank national Association, including the form of 3.7500% Senior Notes due 2024 (Filed as
Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 13, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.9</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 9, 2015, among Mid-America Apartments, L.P., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. and U.S. Bank national Association, including the form of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (Filed as
Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 9, 205 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>5.1**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &amp; Sims PLC as to the legality of the securities.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;8.1**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Tax Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;8.2**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Tax Opinion of King &amp; Spalding LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;8.3*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Tax Opinion of Bass, Berry &amp; Sims PLC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>10.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Mid-America Apartments, L.P., dated as of October 1, 2013 (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2013 and
incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>21.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">List of Subsidiaries of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (Filed as Exhibit 21.1 to Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 and incorporated herein
by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Bass, Berry &amp; Sims PLC as to the legality of the securities (included as part of the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP as to tax issues (included as part of the opinion filed as Exhibit 8.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.3**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of King &amp; Spalding LLP as to tax issues (included as part of the opinion filed as Exhibit 8.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.4**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.5**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.6*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Bass, Berry &amp; Sims PLC as to tax issues (included as part of the opinion filed as Exhibit 8.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.2**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.3**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Proxy Card of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.4**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Proxy Card of Post Properties, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.5**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Russell R. French named to become director of the Combined Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.6**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Toni Jennings named to become director of the Combined Corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.7**</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of David P. Stockert named to become director of the Combined Corporation.</TD></TR>
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similar attachments upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">The Tower at Peabody Place </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">100 Peabody Place, Suite 1300 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Memphis, Tennessee 38103 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(901)
543-5900 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;11, 2016 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Board of
Directors </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6584
Poplar Avenue, Suite 300 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Memphis, TN 38138 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Agreement and Plan of Merger &#151; Opinion Regarding Status of Mid-America Apartment</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Communities, Inc. as a Real Estate Investment Trust</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as tax counsel to Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (&#147;<U>Mid-America</U>&#148;) and
Mid-America Apartments, L.P. (the &#147;<U>Operating Partnership</U>&#148;) in connection with the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August&nbsp;15, 2016 (the &#147;<U>Merger Agreement</U>&#148;), by
and among Mid-America, the Operating Partnership, Post Properties, Inc., a Georgia corporation (&#147;<U>Post Properties</U>&#148;), Post Apartment Homes, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Post GP Holdings, Inc., a Georgia corporation, which
transactions include the merger of Post Properties with and into Mid-America (the &#147;<U>Merger</U>&#148;) as further described in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.&nbsp;333-213591) filed by Mid-America on September&nbsp;12, 2016,
as amended from time to time (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;). We are providing the opinion set out below concerning the qualification and taxation of Mid-America as a real estate investment trust (a &#147;<U>REIT</U>&#148;) under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;<U>Code</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In rendering this opinion, we have examined and, with your
consent, are expressly relying upon (without any independent investigation or review thereof) the truth and accuracy of the factual statements, representations and warranties contained in: (i)&nbsp;the Merger Agreement (including any Exhibits and
Schedules thereto); (ii)&nbsp;the Registration Statement; (iii)&nbsp;the respective tax representation letters of Mid-America and of Post Properties delivered to us for purposes of this opinion (the &#147;<U>Officer&#146;s Certificates</U>&#148;);
and (iv)&nbsp;such other documents and corporate records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of our opinion. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
addition, we have assumed, with your consent: (i)&nbsp;that the Merger will be consummated in the manner contemplated by, and in accordance with the provisions of, the Merger Agreement; (ii)&nbsp;that the parties to the Merger Agreement have
complied with and, if applicable, will continue to comply with, the covenants contained in the Merger Agreement; and (iii)&nbsp;the continuing truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the parties to the Merger Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on such facts, assumptions and representations, and subject to the qualifications and limitations stated in the Merger Agreement, the
Registration Statement and the Officer&#146;s Certificates, it is our opinion that commencing with its taxable year ending December&nbsp;31, 2010 through the date hereof, Mid-America has been organized and operated in conformity with the
requirements for qualification as a REIT under the Code, and Mid-America&#146;s proposed method of operation will enable Mid-America to continue to satisfy the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is based on various statutory provisions, regulations promulgated thereunder and interpretations thereof by the Internal Revenue
Service and the courts having jurisdiction over such matters, all of which are subject to change either prospectively or retroactively. Any such change may affect the conclusions stated herein. As described in the Registration Statement,
Mid-America&#146;s qualification and taxation as a REIT depends upon Mid-</P>

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America&#146;s ability to meet the various requirements imposed under the Code, including through actual annual operating results, asset composition, distribution levels and diversity of stock
ownership, the results of which have not been and will not be reviewed by us. No assurance can be given that the actual results of Mid-America&#146;s operation for any particular taxable year will satisfy such requirements. This opinion is rendered
as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update this opinion subsequent to the date hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is rendered only
to you and is solely for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement upon the understanding that we are not hereby assuming professional responsibility to any other person whatsoever. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any
other purpose, or furnished to, quoted to, or relied upon by any other person, firm, or corporation, for any purpose, without our prior written consent, which may be granted or withheld in our discretion, except that this opinion may be relied on by
persons entitled to rely on it pursuant to applicable provisions of federal securities law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We hereby consent to the references to Bass,
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