UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

                                    Form 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                 September 18, 2003
                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

        TENNESSEE                     1-12762                   62-1543819
(State of Incorporation)      (Commission File Number)       (I.R.S. Employer
                                                          Identification Number)

                         6584 POPLAR AVENUE, SUITE 300
                           MEMPHIS, TENNEESSEE 38138
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (901) 682-6600
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

             (Former name or address, if changed since last report)

ITEM 5. Other Events

On September 18, 2003, the registrant issued a press release announcing the sale
of 665,000  shares of its common  stock to certain  advisory  clients of Cohen &
Steers Capital  Management,  Inc. and to Scudder RREEF Real Estate Fund II, Inc.
The release is attached as an exhibit to this Current Report.

ITEM 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

    (c) Exhibits

        Exhibit
        Number   Description
        -------  -----------------------------------
        10.1     Purchase Agreement with Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc.
        10.2     Purchase Agreement with RREEF America LLC
        99.1     Press Release dated September 18, 2003


                                   SIGNATURES

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 the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                            MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

Date:  September 19, 2003   /s/Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                            Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                            Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                            (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)