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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-287706
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180928
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180928
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180928

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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12762
		FILM NUMBER:		181094867

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6815 POPLAR AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			GERMANTOWN
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38138
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9016826600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6815 POPLAR AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			GERMANTOWN
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38138

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930927

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Mid-America Apartments, L.P.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581776
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				621543816
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-190028-01
		FILM NUMBER:		181094866

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6815 POPLAR AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			GERMANTOWN
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38138
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(901) 248-4126

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6815 POPLAR AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			GERMANTOWN
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38138
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <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>
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REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September&nbsp;28, 2018 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">MID-AMERICA</FONT> APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-12762</FONT></B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">MID-AMERICA</FONT> APARTMENTS, L.P. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-190028-01</FONT></FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>6815 Poplar Avenue, Suite 500<BR>Germantown, Tennessee</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(901) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">682-6600</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code) </B></P>
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former address, if changed since last report) </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:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below
if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17
CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR &#167;230.405) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#167;240.12b-2).</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>ITEM&nbsp;1.01</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Entry into Material Definitive Agreement. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As previously reported, on December&nbsp;9, 2015, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartments, L.P. (the &#147;Operating Partnership&#148;) entered into separate Distribution Agreements (collectively, the &#147;Base Agreements&#148;) with each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BMO
Capital Markets Corp. and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (the &#147;Agents&#148;) for the purpose of selling shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, in
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">at-the-market</FONT></FONT> offerings or negotiated transactions. In accordance with the terms of the Base Agreements, the Company may issue and sell up to 4,000,000 shares of its
common stock (the &#147;Shares&#148;), from time to time, through the Agents, as sales agents, or directly to the Agents, acting as principal. The Shares were to be offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement jointly filed by the Company and
the Operating Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;9, 2015 (File Nos. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-208398</FONT> and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-208398-01),</FONT></FONT> and a related prospectus supplement dated December&nbsp;9, 2015. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September&nbsp;27, 2018, the Company and the Operating Partnership jointly filed a new registration statement (the &#147;New Shelf&#148;) on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File&nbsp;Nos.&nbsp;333-227553 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">and&nbsp;333-227553-01)&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;and&nbsp;Exchange&nbsp;Commission.</FONT></FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September&nbsp;28, 2018, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the respective Agents entered into separate Amendment No. 1s to each of the Base
Agreements (collectively, the &#147;Amendments&#148;), which modify certain defined terms in each Base Agreement to properly reflect and reference the New Shelf and the prospectus filed as part of the New Shelf, and extend the outside date of the
term of each Base Agreement until September&nbsp;28, 2021, unless otherwise terminated in accordance with the respective Base Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Shares will
be offered pursuant to the New Shelf and a new prospectus supplement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;28, 2018. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the
Shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of the Base Agreements and Amendments are qualified in their entirety by the full text of the Base Agreements and
Amendments, which are being filed as Exhibits 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 to this Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> and are incorporated herein by reference. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>1.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912595/000119312515398957/d83735dex11.htm">Distribution Agreement, dated December&nbsp;
9, 2015, by and among <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc., <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartments, L.P. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current
 Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on December&nbsp;9, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>1.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912595/000119312515398957/d83735dex12.htm">Distribution Agreement, dated December&nbsp;
9, 2015, by and among <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc., <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartments, L.P. and BMO Capital Markets Corp. (filed as Exhibit 1.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current
 Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on December&nbsp;9, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>1.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912595/000119312515398957/d83735dex13.htm">Distribution Agreement, dated December&nbsp;
9, 2015, by and among <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc., <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartments, L.P. and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (filed as Exhibit 1.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Current
 Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on December&nbsp;9, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d628538dex14.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Distribution Agreement, dated September&nbsp;
28, 2018, by and among <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc., <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartments, L.P. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d628538dex15.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Distribution Agreement, dated September&nbsp;
28, 2018, by and among <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc., <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartments, L.P. and BMO Capital Markets Corp. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d628538dex16.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Distribution Agreement, dated September&nbsp;
28, 2018, by and among <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc., <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartments, L.P. and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d628538dex51.htm">Opinion of Bass, Berry&nbsp;&amp; Sims PLC. </A></TD></TR>
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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 Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">MID-AMERICA</FONT> APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">DISTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">DATED DECEMBER&nbsp;9, 2015 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">among </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">MID-AMERICA</FONT> APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC., </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">MID-AMERICA</FONT> APARTMENTS,
L.P. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">J.P. MORGAN
SECURITIES LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2018 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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">AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of the 28th day of September, 2018 (this &#147;<B>Amendment No.</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;1</B>&#148;), by and among <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartments, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership (the
&#147;<B>Operating Partnership</B>&#148;), the sole general partner of which is the Company, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as agent and/or principal (the &#147;<B>Subject Agent</B>&#148;) to that certain Distribution Agreement, dated
December&nbsp;9, 2015 (the &#147;<B>Agreement</B>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>W I T N E S S E T H: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to the Agreement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subject Agent wish to amend the Agreement to modify the definition of certain defined
terms set forth in the Agreement and used therein and for certain other administrative matters, with effect on and after September&nbsp;28, 2018 (the &#147;<B>Effective Date</B>&#148;); and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 shall constitute an amendment to the Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect as amended by
this Amendment No.&nbsp;1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreement to amend the Agreement, the parties hereto, intending
legally to be bound, hereby amend and modify the Agreement as of the date hereof as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Definitions</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representation and Warranty</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Subject Agent
that this Amendment&nbsp;No.&nbsp;1 has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company and the Operating Partnership. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Amendment of the Agreement</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On and after the Effective Date, the references to &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148; shall refer to the
registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-227553)</FONT> filed by the Company and the Operating Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) on September&nbsp;27, 2018, as amended at the time of such registration statement&#146;s effectiveness for purposes of Section&nbsp;11 of the Act, as such section applies to the Subject Agent, including (1)&nbsp;all
documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein and (2)&nbsp;any information contained or incorporated by reference in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act,
to the extent such information is deemed, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Act, to be part of the registration statement at the effective time. </P>
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to: (i) &#147;<B>Basic Prospectus</B>&#148; shall mean the prospectus dated September&nbsp;27, 2018, filed as part of the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such prospectus; (ii)
&#147;<B>Prospectus Supplement</B>&#148; shall mean the most recent prospectus supplement relating to the Shares, filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act on or before the second business day after the date of
its first use in connection with a public offering or sale of Shares pursuant hereto (or such earlier time as may be required under the Act), in the form furnished by the Company to the Subject Agent in connection with the offering of the Shares;
and (iii) &#147;<B>Prospectus</B>&#148; shall mean the Prospectus Supplement (and any additional prospectus supplement prepared in accordance with the provision of Section&nbsp;4(h) of this Agreement and filed in accordance with the provisions of
Rule 424(b)) together with the Basic Prospectus attached to or used with the Prospectus Supplement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On and
after the Effective Date, all references in the Agreement to &#147;Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell&nbsp;&amp; Berkowitz, PC&#148; shall be replaced with &#147;Bass, Berry&nbsp;&amp; Sims PLC.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On and after the Effective Date, Section&nbsp;8(c) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such section in
its entirety and substituting therefor the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(c) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest of
(A)&nbsp;termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section&nbsp;8(a) or 8(b) above or otherwise by mutual written agreement of the parties, (B)&nbsp;such date that the Maximum Number of Shares has been sold in accordance with the terms of the
Distribution Agreements and any Terms Agreements and Alternative Terms Agreements and (C)&nbsp;September&nbsp;28, 2021 (the &#147;<B>Third Anniversary Date</B>&#148;), in each case except that the provisions of Section&nbsp;3, 4 (except that if no
Shares have been previously sold hereunder or under any Terms Agreement, only Section&nbsp;4(m)), 9, 13, 14 and 17 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On and after the Effective Date, Section&nbsp;10 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such section in its
entirely and substituting therefor for the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;10. <U>Notices</U>. All notices and other communications under this Agreement
and any Terms Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of communication, and, if to the Subject Agent, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or
sent to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Corporate Equity Derivatives, Stephanie Little (email stephanie.y.little@jpmorgan.com), Felipe Concha (email felipe.concha@jpmorgan.com) and
Marlee Burr (email marlee.k.burr@jpmorgan.com), and, if to the Company or the Operating Partnership, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to it at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc.,
6815 Poplar Avenue, Suite 500 Germantown, Tennessee 38138, Attn: Leslie B.C. Wolfgang (email leslie.wolfgang@maac.net). Notwithstanding the foregoing, </P>
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Transaction Proposals shall be delivered by the Company to the Subject Agent by telephone or email to Ara H. Movsesian (telephone number (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">622-2619;</FONT>
email ara.movsesian@jpmorgan.com), Jemil D. Salih (telephone number (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">622-2723;</FONT> email jemil.d.salih@jpmorgan.com), Stephanie Little (email stephanie.y.little@jpmorgan.com), Felipe Concha (email
felipe.concha@jpmorgan.com) and Marlee Burr (email marlee.k.burr@jpmorgan.com); and Transaction Acceptances shall be delivered by the Subject Agent to the Company by email to Leslie B.C. Wolfgang (email leslie.wolfgang@maac.net). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Subject Agent hereby notifies the Company that in accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">107-56</FONT> (signed into law October&nbsp;26, 2001)), the Subject Agent is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies its clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and
address of its clients, as well as other information that will allow the Subject Agent to properly identify its clients.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 shall not have any effect on
offerings or sales of Shares prior to the Effective Date or on the terms of the Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, insofar as they relate to such offerings or sales, including, without limitation, the
representations, warranties and agreements (including the indemnification and contribution provisions), as well as the definitions of &#147;Registration Statement,&#148; &#147;Basic Prospectus,&#148; &#147;Prospectus Supplement&#148; and
&#147;Prospectus,&#148; contained in the Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Governing Law</U>. THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1,
AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW&nbsp;YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Entire Agreement</U>. This Amendment No.&nbsp;1 and the Agreement, as amended hereby, contain the
entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any
nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as amended hereby, all of the terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed in all respects. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Execution in Counterparts</U>. This Amendment No. 1&nbsp;may be executed by any one or more of the
parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be delivered by any party by facsimile or
other electronic transmission. This Amendment No.&nbsp;1 shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories. </P>
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Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Subject Agent, the Company and the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms. </P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">DISTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">DATED DECEMBER&nbsp;9, 2015 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">among </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">MID-AMERICA</FONT> APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC., </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">MID-AMERICA</FONT> APARTMENTS,
L.P. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">BMO CAPITAL
MARKETS CORP. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2018 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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">AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of the 28th day of September, 2018 (this &#147;<B>Amendment No.</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;1</B>&#148;), by and among <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartments, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership (the
&#147;<B>Operating Partnership</B>&#148;), the sole general partner of which is the Company, and BMO Capital Markets Corp., as agent and/or principal (the &#147;<B>Subject Agent</B>&#148;) to that certain Distribution Agreement, dated
December&nbsp;9, 2015 (the &#147;<B>Agreement</B>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>W I T N E S S E T H: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to the Agreement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subject Agent wish to amend the Agreement to modify the definition of certain defined
terms set forth in the Agreement and used therein and for certain other administrative matters, with effect on and after September&nbsp;28, 2018 (the &#147;<B>Effective Date</B>&#148;); and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 shall constitute an amendment to the Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect as amended by
this Amendment No.&nbsp;1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreement to amend the Agreement, the parties hereto, intending
legally to be bound, hereby amend and modify the Agreement as of the date hereof as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Definitions</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representation and Warranty</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Subject Agent
that this Amendment&nbsp;No.&nbsp;1 has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company and the Operating Partnership. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Amendment of the Agreement</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On and after the Effective Date, the references to &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148; shall refer to the
registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-227553)</FONT> filed by the Company and the Operating Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) on September&nbsp;27, 2018, as amended at the time of such registration statement&#146;s effectiveness for purposes of Section&nbsp;11 of the Act, as such section applies to the Subject Agent, including (1)&nbsp;all
documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein and (2)&nbsp;any information contained or incorporated by reference in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act,
to the extent such information is deemed, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Act, to be part of the registration statement at the effective time. </P>
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to: (i) &#147;<B>Basic Prospectus</B>&#148; shall mean the prospectus dated September&nbsp;27, 2018, filed as part of the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such prospectus; (ii)
&#147;<B>Prospectus Supplement</B>&#148; shall mean the most recent prospectus supplement relating to the Shares, filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act on or before the second business day after the date of
its first use in connection with a public offering or sale of Shares pursuant hereto (or such earlier time as may be required under the Act), in the form furnished by the Company to the Subject Agent in connection with the offering of the Shares;
and (iii) &#147;<B>Prospectus</B>&#148; shall mean the Prospectus Supplement (and any additional prospectus supplement prepared in accordance with the provision of Section&nbsp;4(h) of this Agreement and filed in accordance with the provisions of
Rule 424(b)) together with the Basic Prospectus attached to or used with the Prospectus Supplement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On and
after the Effective Date, all references in the Agreement to &#147;Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell&nbsp;&amp; Berkowitz, PC&#148; shall be replaced with &#147;Bass, Berry&nbsp;&amp; Sims PLC.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On and after the Effective Date, Section&nbsp;8(c) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such section in
its entirety and substituting therefor the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(c) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest of
(A)&nbsp;termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section&nbsp;8(a) or 8(b) above or otherwise by mutual written agreement of the parties, (B)&nbsp;such date that the Maximum Number of Shares has been sold in accordance with the terms of the
Distribution Agreements and any Terms Agreements and Alternative Terms Agreements and (C)&nbsp;September&nbsp;28, 2021 (the &#147;<B>Third Anniversary Date</B>&#148;), in each case except that the provisions of Section&nbsp;3, 4 (except that if no
Shares have been previously sold hereunder or under any Terms Agreement, only Section&nbsp;4(m)), 9, 13, 14 and 17 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On and after the Effective Date, Section&nbsp;10 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such section in its
entirely and substituting therefor for the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;10. <U>Notices</U>. All notices and other communications under this Agreement
and any Terms Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of communication, and, if to the Subject Agent, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or
sent to BMO Capital Markets Corp., 3 Times Square, 25<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Syndicate Department (telephone number (800) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">414-3627),</FONT>
and, if to the Company or the Operating Partnership, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to it at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc., 6815 Poplar Avenue, Suite 500 Germantown,
Tennessee 38138, Attn: Leslie B.C. Wolfgang (email leslie.wolfgang@maac.net). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Transaction Proposals shall be delivered by the Company to the Subject Agent by email to Daniel Rusbarsky (email daniel.rusbarsky@bmo.com),
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Eric Dobi (email eric.dobi@bmo.com), Mehran Feyz (email mehran.feyz@bmo.com), Eric Benedict (email eric.benedict@bmo.com), Jaryd&nbsp;Banach (email jaryd.banach@bmo.com); and Transaction
Acceptances shall be delivered by the Subject Agent to the Company by email to Leslie B.C. Wolfgang (email leslie.wolfgang@maac.net). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Subject Agent hereby notifies the Company that in accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">107-56</FONT> (signed into law October&nbsp;26, 2001)), the Subject Agent is required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies its clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of its clients, as well as other information that will allow the Subject Agent to properly identify its
clients.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 shall not
have any effect on offerings or sales of Shares prior to the Effective Date or on the terms of the Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, insofar as they relate to such offerings or sales, including, without limitation,
the representations, warranties and agreements (including the indemnification and contribution provisions), as well as the definitions of &#147;Registration Statement,&#148; &#147;Basic Prospectus,&#148; &#147;Prospectus Supplement&#148; and
&#147;Prospectus,&#148; contained in the Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Governing Law</U>. THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1,
AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Entire Agreement</U>. This Amendment No.&nbsp;1 and the Agreement, as amended hereby, contain the
entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any
nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as amended hereby, all of the terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed in all respects. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Execution in Counterparts</U>. This Amendment No. 1&nbsp;may be executed by any one or more of the
parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be delivered by any party by facsimile or
other electronic transmission. This Amendment No.&nbsp;1 shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories. </P>
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Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Subject Agent, the Company and the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Albert M. Campbell, III</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">DISTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">DATED DECEMBER&nbsp;9, 2015 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">among </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">MID-AMERICA</FONT> APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC., </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">MID-AMERICA</FONT> APARTMENTS,
L.P. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">KEYBANC CAPITAL
MARKETS INC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2018 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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">AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of the 28th day of September, 2018 (this &#147;<B>Amendment No.</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;1</B>&#148;), by and among <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartments, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership (the
&#147;<B>Operating Partnership</B>&#148;), the sole general partner of which is the Company, and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., as agent and/or principal (the &#147;<B>Subject Agent</B>&#148;) to that certain Distribution Agreement, dated
December&nbsp;9, 2015 (the &#147;<B>Agreement</B>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>W I T N E S S E T H: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to the Agreement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subject Agent wish to amend the Agreement to modify the definition of certain defined
terms set forth in the Agreement and used therein and for certain other administrative matters, with effect on and after September&nbsp;28, 2018 (the &#147;<B>Effective Date</B>&#148;); and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 shall constitute an amendment to the Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect as amended by
this Amendment No.&nbsp;1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreement to amend the Agreement, the parties hereto, intending
legally to be bound, hereby amend and modify the Agreement as of the date hereof as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Definitions</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representation and Warranty</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Subject Agent
that this Amendment&nbsp;No.&nbsp;1 has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company and the Operating Partnership. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Amendment of the Agreement</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On and after the Effective Date, the references to &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148; shall refer to the
registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-227553)</FONT> filed by the Company and the Operating Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) on September&nbsp;27, 2018, as amended at the time of such registration statement&#146;s effectiveness for purposes of Section&nbsp;11 of the Act, as such section applies to the Subject Agent, including (1)&nbsp;all
documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein and (2)&nbsp;any information contained or incorporated by reference in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act,
to the extent such information is deemed, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Act, to be part of the registration statement at the effective time. </P>
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to: (i) &#147;<B>Basic Prospectus</B>&#148; shall mean the prospectus dated September&nbsp;27, 2018, filed as part of the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such prospectus; (ii)
&#147;<B>Prospectus Supplement</B>&#148; shall mean the most recent prospectus supplement relating to the Shares, filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act on or before the second business day after the date of
its first use in connection with a public offering or sale of Shares pursuant hereto (or such earlier time as may be required under the Act), in the form furnished by the Company to the Subject Agent in connection with the offering of the Shares;
and (iii) &#147;<B>Prospectus</B>&#148; shall mean the Prospectus Supplement (and any additional prospectus supplement prepared in accordance with the provision of Section&nbsp;4(h) of this Agreement and filed in accordance with the provisions of
Rule 424(b)) together with the Basic Prospectus attached to or used with the Prospectus Supplement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On and
after the Effective Date, all references in the Agreement to &#147;Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell&nbsp;&amp; Berkowitz, PC&#148; shall be replaced with &#147;Bass, Berry&nbsp;&amp; Sims PLC.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On and after the Effective Date, Section&nbsp;8(c) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such section in
its entirety and substituting therefor the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(c) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest of
(A)&nbsp;termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section&nbsp;8(a) or 8(b) above or otherwise by mutual written agreement of the parties, (B)&nbsp;such date that the Maximum Number of Shares has been sold in accordance with the terms of the
Distribution Agreements and any Terms Agreements and Alternative Terms Agreements and (C)&nbsp;September&nbsp;28, 2021 (the &#147;<B>Third Anniversary Date</B>&#148;), in each case except that the provisions of Section&nbsp;3, 4 (except that if no
Shares have been previously sold hereunder or under any Terms Agreement, only Section&nbsp;4(m)), 9, 13, 14 and 17 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On and after the Effective Date, Section&nbsp;10 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such section in its
entirely and substituting therefor for the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;10. <U>Notices</U>. All notices and other communications under this Agreement
and any Terms Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of communication, and, if to the Subject Agent, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or
sent to KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Attention: Equity Syndicate, 127 Public Square, 4th Floor, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, and, if to the Company or the Operating Partnership, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to it at <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc., 6815 Poplar Avenue, Suite 500 Germantown, Tennessee 38138, Attn: Leslie B.C. Wolfgang (email leslie.wolfgang@maac.net). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Transaction Proposals
shall be delivered by the Company to the Subject Agent by telephone (telephone number (216) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">689-3910)</FONT> </P>
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or email to David Gruber (email dgruber@key.com), Michael Hawkins (email michael.hawkins@key.com), Paul Hodermarsky (email phodermarsky@key.com), and Michael Jones (email
michael.c.jones@key.com); and Transaction Acceptances shall be delivered by the Subject Agent to the Company by email to Leslie B.C. Wolfgang (email leslie.wolfgang@maac.net). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Subject Agent hereby notifies the Company that in accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">107-56</FONT> (signed into law October&nbsp;26, 2001)), the Subject Agent is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies its clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and
address of its clients, as well as other information that will allow the Subject Agent to properly identify its clients.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 shall not have any effect on
offerings or sales of Shares prior to the Effective Date or on the terms of the Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, insofar as they relate to such offerings or sales, including, without limitation, the
representations, warranties and agreements (including the indemnification and contribution provisions), as well as the definitions of &#147;Registration Statement,&#148; &#147;Basic Prospectus,&#148; &#147;Prospectus Supplement&#148; and
&#147;Prospectus,&#148; contained in the Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Governing Law</U>. THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1,
AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Entire Agreement</U>. This Amendment No.&nbsp;1 and the Agreement, as amended hereby, contain the
entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any
nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as amended hereby, all of the terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed in all respects. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Execution in Counterparts</U>. This Amendment No. 1&nbsp;may be executed by any one or more of the
parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be delivered by any party by facsimile or
other electronic transmission. This Amendment No.&nbsp;1 shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories. </P>
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Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Subject Agent, the Company and the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc.,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Albert M. Campbell, III</P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 5.1 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">The Tower at Peabody Place </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">100 Peabody Place, Suite 1300 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Memphis, TN 38103-3672 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(901) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">543-5900</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">September&nbsp;28, 2018 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6815 Poplar Avenue, Suite 500 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Germantown, TN 38138 </P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc.&#146;s <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">At-The-Market</FONT></FONT> Offering Program</B> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as counsel to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the
&#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-America</FONT> Apartments, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership (the &#147;<U>Operating Partnership</U>&#148;), in connection with the offering of up to 4,000,000 shares (the
&#147;<U>Shares</U>&#148;) of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, which Shares are to be offered and sold by the Company from time to time in accordance with the terms of separate distribution agreements entered into by the
Company and the Operating Partnership on December&nbsp;9, 2015 with each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp. and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (collectively, the &#147;<U>Base Agreements</U>&#148;), each as amended by separate
Amendment No. 1s to the Base Agreements dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2018 (collectively, the &#147;<U>Amendments</U>&#148;), and as described in the prospectus supplement dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2018 (the &#147;<U>Prospectus
Supplement</U>&#148;) and the accompanying prospectus dated September&nbsp;27, 2018 (such documents, collectively, the &#147;<U>Prospectus</U>&#148;) that form part of the Company&#146;s and the Operating Partnership&#146;s effective registration
statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3,</FONT> as amended (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-227553</FONT> and Registration
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-227553-01)</FONT></FONT> (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;). This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT>
under the Securities Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Base Agreements and the Amendments. We also have examined the originals, or
duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such corporate and other records, agreements, documents and other instruments as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinion hereinafter set forth. As to questions of fact
material to this opinion, we have relied, without independent verification or investigation, upon the representations and warranties made by the parties in the Base Agreements and the Amendments, and upon certificates or comparable documents of
public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company and the Operating Partnership. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In rendering the opinions set forth
below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or
certified or conformed copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September 28, 2018 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Page 2 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on the foregoing and the other
matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, when the Shares have been duly issued and sold as described in the Registration Statement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable.</FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our opinion rendered in the above paragraph is subject to the following exceptions, limitations and qualifications: (i)&nbsp;the effect
of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights and remedies generally; and (ii)&nbsp;the effect of
general principles of equity (including, without limitation, laches and estoppel as equitable defenses, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, matters of public policy, the possible unavailability of specific
performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies, the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought, and considerations of impracticability or impossibility of performance and defenses based upon unconscionability),
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our opinion as set forth herein is limited to the laws of the State
of Tennessee. No opinion is given regarding the laws of any other jurisdiction. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This letter speaks as of the date hereof. We disclaim any
obligation to provide any subsequent opinion or advice by reason of any future changes or events which may affect or alter any opinion rendered herein. Our opinion is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is to be implied or inferred
beyond the matters stated herein. </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 filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s and Operating
Partnership&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2018 and to the reference to this firm under the caption &#147;Legal Matters&#148; in the Prospectus constituting a part of the
Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the Commission&#146;s rules and regulations thereunder. </P>
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