10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

[X]    QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011

OR

[   ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file numbers 1-12080 and 0-28226

POST PROPERTIES, INC.

POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Georgia	58-1550675
Georgia	58-2053632
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4401 Northside Parkway, Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30327

(Address of principal executive offices -- zip code)

(404) 846-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to

file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Post Properties, Inc.	Yes	[X	]	No	[	]
Post Apartment Homes, L.P.	Yes	[X	]	No	[	]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants have submitted electronically and posted on their corporate Web site, if any,

every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12

months (or for such shorter period as the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Post Properties, Inc.	Yes	[X	]	No	[	]
Post Apartment Homes, L.P.	Yes	[X	]	No	[	]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, non-accelerated filers or smaller reporting company. See definition of accelerated filer, large accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of

the Exchange Act.

Post Properties, Inc.	Large Accelerated Filer  [X]	Accelerated Filer        [    ]
	Non-Accelerated Filer    [   ]	(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller Reporting Company  [    ]
Post Apartment Homes, L.P.	Large Accelerated Filer  [   ] Non-Accelerated Filer    [X]	Accelerated Filer        [    ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller Reporting Company  [    ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Post Properties, Inc.	Yes	[	]	No	[X	]
Post Apartment Homes, L.P.	Yes	[	]	No	[X	]

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date:

51,878,124 shares of common stock outstanding as of October 31, 2011.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This report combines the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2011, of Post Properties, Inc. and Post Apartment Homes, L.P. Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to “Post Properties” or the “Company” mean Post Properties, Inc. and its controlled and consolidated subsidiaries. References to “Post Apartment Homes” or the “Operating Partnership” mean Post Apartment Homes, L.P. and its controlled and consolidated subsidiaries. The terms “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to the Company or the Company and the Operating Partnership collectively, as the text requires.

The Company is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and the general partner of the Operating Partnership. As of September 30, 2011, the Company owned an approximate 99.7% interest in the Operating Partnership. The remaining 0.3% interests are owned by persons other than the Company.

Management believes that combining the two quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the Company and the Operating Partnership provides the following benefits:

• Combined reports better reflect how management and the analyst community view the business as a single operating unit;

• Combined reports enhance investors’ understanding of the Company and the Operating Partnership by enabling them to view the business and its results as a whole and in the same manner as management;

• Combined reports are more efficiently prepared by the Company and the Operating Partnership and result in time and cost efficiencies; and

• Combined reports are more efficiently reviewed by investors and analysts by reducing the amount of duplicate disclosures.

Management operates the Company and the Operating Partnership as one business. The management of the Company is comprised of the same members as the management of the Operating Partnership. These individuals are officers of the Company and employees of the Operating Partnership.

The Company believes it is important to understand the few differences between the Company and the Operating Partnership in the context of how these two entities operate as a consolidated company. The Company is a REIT, and its only material asset is its ownership of partnership interests of the Operating Partnership. As a result, the Company does not conduct business itself, other than acting as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, issuing public equity from time to time and guaranteeing certain debt of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership holds all of the assets and indebtedness of the Company and retains the ownership interests in the Company’s joint ventures. Except for net proceeds from public equity issuances by the Company, which are contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for partnership units, the Operating Partnership generates all remaining capital required by the Company’s business. These sources include the Operating Partnership’s operations and its direct or indirect incurrence of indebtedness.

There are a few differences in the disclosures for the Company and the Operating Partnership which are reflected and presented as such in the consolidated footnotes to the financial statements to this Form 10-Q. Noncontrolling interests and the presentation of equity are the main areas of difference between the consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Operating Partnership. The Company’s consolidated statement of operations reflects a reduction to income for the noncontrolling interests held by the Operating Partnership’s unitholders other than the Company (0.3% at September 30, 2011). This quarterly report on Form 10-Q presents the following separate financial information for both the Company and the Operating Partnership:

• Consolidated financial statements;

• The following information in the notes to the consolidated financial statements:

• Computation of earnings (loss) per share for the Company

• Computation of earnings (loss) per unit for the Operating Partnership

POST PROPERTIES, INC.

POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

INDEX

Part I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION		Page
	Item 1	Financial Statements
	POST PROPERTIES, INC.
	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010		1
	Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010		2
	Consolidated Statements of Equity and Accumulated Earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010		3
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010		4
	POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.
	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010		5
	Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010		6
	Consolidated Statements of Equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010		7
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010		8
	POST PROPERTIES, INC. & POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		9
	Item 2	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	25
	Item 3	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	45
	Item 4	Controls and Procedures	45
Part II	OTHER INFORMATION
	Item 1	Legal Proceedings	46
	Item 1A	Risk Factors	46
	Item 2	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	47
	Item 3	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	47
	Item 4	Reserved	47
	Item 5	Other Information	47
	Item 6	Exhibits	48
	Signatures		49
	Exhibit Index

POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except per share data)

	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(Unaudited)
Assets
Real estate assets
Land	$	292,396	$	285,005
Building and improvements		2,040,929		2,028,580
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		248,794		240,614
Construction in progress		75,856		25,734
Land held for future development		55,428		72,697
		2,713,403		2,652,630
Less: accumulated depreciation		(748,306)		(692,514)
For-sale condominiums		60,236		82,259
Total real estate assets		2,025,333		2,042,375
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated real estate entities		7,316		7,671
Cash and cash equivalents		93,107		22,089
Restricted cash		4,489		5,134
Deferred charges, net		9,400		8,064
Other assets		29,445		29,446
Total assets	$	2,169,090	$	2,114,779
Liabilities and equity
Indebtedness	$	1,030,852	$	1,033,249
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		69,744		66,977
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities		15,766		15,384
Dividends and distributions payable		11,448		9,814
Accrued interest payable		11,045		5,841
Security deposits and prepaid rents		9,214		10,027
Total liabilities		1,148,069		1,141,292
Redeemable common units		5,454		6,192
Commitments and contingencies
Equity
Company shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 20,000 authorized:
8 1/2% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Shares, liquidation preference $50 per share, 868 shares issued and outstanding		9		9
7 5/8% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Shares, liquidation preference $25 per share, 0 and 1,983 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively		-		20
Common stock, $.01 par value, 100,000 authorized: 51,877 and 48,926 shares issued and 51,877 and 48,913 shares outstanding at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively		518		489
Additional paid-in-capital		1,018,310		965,691
Accumulated earnings		-		4,577
		1,018,837		970,786
Less common stock in treasury, at cost, 98 and 108 shares at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively		(3,331)		(3,696)
Total Company shareholders’ equity		1,015,506		967,090
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated property partnerships		61		205
Total equity		1,015,567		967,295
Total liabilities and equity	$	2,169,090	$	2,114,779

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Revenues
Rental	$	73,607	$	68,384	$	213,199	$	199,897
Other property revenues		4,762		4,288		13,682		12,195
Other		243		223		686		777
Total revenues		78,612		72,895		227,567		212,869
Expenses
Total property operating and maintenance (exclusive of items shown separately below)		34,618		33,958		100,441		100,364
Depreciation		18,823		18,623		56,383		55,737
General and administrative		3,970		3,927		12,332		12,570
Investment and development		239		569		1,013		1,849
Other investment costs		329		669		1,278		1,828
Impairment losses		-		-		-		35,091
Total expenses		57,979		57,746		171,447		207,439
Operating income		20,633		15,149		56,120		5,430
Interest income		374		390		982		755
Interest expense		(14,207)		(13,646)		(43,119)		(38,820)
Amortization of deferred financing costs		(717)		(611)		(2,085)		(2,097)
Net gains on condominium sales activities		2,581		1,184		8,757		2,319
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net		235		18,258		790		18,554
Other income (expense), net		(71)		26		230		(271)
Net gain on extinguishment of indebtedness		-		2,845		-		2,845
Net income (loss)		8,828		23,595		21,675		(11,285)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities		(9)		14		(56)		(47)
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership		(25)		(76)		(54)		60
Net income (loss) available to the Company		8,794		23,533		21,565		(11,272)
Dividends to preferred shareholders		(922)		(1,864)		(3,533)		(5,632)
Preferred stock redemption costs		-		1		(1,757)		(44)
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$	7,872	$	21,670	$	16,275	$	(16,948)
Per common share data - Basic
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$	0.15	$	0.44	$	0.33	$	(0.35)
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic		50,651		48,535		49,862		48,446
Per common share data - Diluted
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$	0.15	$	0.44	$	0.32	$	(0.35)
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted		51,053		48,670		50,259		48,446

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY AND ACCUMULATED EARNINGS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

	Preferred Stock		Common Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Earnings		Treasury Stock		Total Company Equity		Noncontrolling Interests - Consolidated Real Estate Entities		Total Equity
2011
Equity & Accum. Earnings, December 31, 2010	$	29	$	489	$	965,691	$	4,577	$	(3,696)	$	967,090	$	205	$	967,295
Comprehensive income
Net income		-		-		-		21,565		-		21,565		56		21,621
Sales of common stock, net		-		23		91,612		-		87		91,722		-		91,722
Employee stock purchase, stock option and other plan issuances		-		6		16,894		-		278		17,178		-		17,178
Conversion of redeemable common units for shares		-		-		527		-		-		527		-		527
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units		-		-		(414)		-		-		(414)		-		(414)
Redemption of preferred stock		(20)		-		(49,613)		-		-		(49,633)		-		(49,633)
Stock-based compensation		-		-		1,867		-		-		1,867		-		1,867
Dividends to preferred shareholders		-		-		-		(3,533)		-		(3,533)		-		(3,533)
Dividends to common shareholders ($0.62 per share)		-		-		(8,838)		(22,609)		-		(31,447)		-		(31,447)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities		-		-		-		-		-		-		(200)		(200)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units		-		-		584		-		-		584		-		584
Equity & Accum. Earnings, September 30, 2011	$	9	$	518	$	1,018,310	$	-	$	(3,331)	$	1,015,506	$	61	$	1,015,567
2010
Equity & Accum. Earnings, December 31, 2009	$	29	$	484	$	960,593	$	57,253	$	(3,240)	$	1,015,119	$	934	$	1,016,053
Comprehensive income (loss)
Net income (loss)		-		-		-		(11,272)		-		(11,272)		47		(11,225)
Sales of common stock, net		-		-		1,121		-		-		1,121		-		1,121
Employee stock purchase, stock option and other plan issuances		-		3		2,623		-		31		2,657		-		2,657
Conversion of redeemable common units for shares		-		-		63		-		11		74		-		74
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units		-		-		5		-		-		5		-		5
Redemption of preferred stock		-		-		(2,021)		-		-		(2,021)		-		(2,021)
Stock-based compensation		-		-		2,110		-		-		2,110		-		2,110
Dividends to preferred shareholders		-		-		-		(5,632)		-		(5,632)		-		(5,632)
Dividends to common shareholders ($0.60 per share)		-		-		(778)		(28,433)		-		(29,211)		-		(29,211)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities		-		-		-		-		-		-		(301)		(301)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units		-		-		(1,595)		-		-		(1,595)		-		(1,595)
Equity & Accum. Earnings, September 30, 2010	$	29	$	487	$	962,121	$	11,916	$	(3,198)	$	971,355	$	680	$	972,035

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

	Nine months ended          September 30,
	2011		2010
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net income (loss)	$	21,675	$	(11,285)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		56,383		55,737
Amortization of deferred financing costs		2,085		2,097
Gains on sales of real estate assets, net		(8,757)		(2,319)
Other, net		1,269		(68)
Asset impairment charges		-		35,091
Equity in income of unconsolidated entities, net		(790)		(18,554)
Distributions of earnings of unconsolidated entities		1,419		664
Deferred compensation		73		110
Stock-based compensation		1,873		2,117
Net gain on extinguishment of indebtedness		-		(2,845)
Changes in assets, decrease (increase) in:
Other assets		640		2,056
Deferred charges		(192)		(265)
Changes in liabilities, increase (decrease) in:
Accrued interest payable		5,204		5,045
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		2,357		4,960
Security deposits and prepaid rents		(168)		(1,066)
Net cash provided by operating activities		83,071		71,475
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Construction and acquisition of real estate assets, net of payables		(55,287)		(39,518)
Net proceeds from sales of real estate assets		46,080		49,395
Capitalized interest		(1,892)		(6,392)
Property capital expenditures		(18,675)		(23,089)
Corporate additions and improvements		(926)		(319)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities		-		(1,080)
Note receivable collections and other investments		434		146
Net cash used in investing activities		(30,266)		(20,857)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Lines of credit proceeds		24,523		112,014
Lines of credit repayments		(24,523)		(82,014)
Payments on indebtedness		(2,397)		(50,428)
Payments of financing costs and other		(3,984)		(942)
Proceeds from sales of common stock		91,722		1,121
Proceeds from employee stock purchase and stock options plans		16,152		1,847
Redemption of preferred stock		(49,633)		(2,021)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - real estate entities		(200)		(301)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - common unitholders		(100)		(104)
Dividends paid to preferred shareholders		(3,533)		(5,632)
Dividends paid to common shareholders		(29,814)		(29,150)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		18,213		(55,610)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		71,018		(4,992)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		22,089		13,347
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	93,107	$	8,355

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

	September 30, 2011			December  31, 2010
	(Unaudited)
Assets
Real estate assets
Land		$	292,396		$	285,005
Building and improvements			2,040,929			2,028,580
Furniture, fixtures and equipment			248,794			240,614
Construction in progress			75,856			25,734
Land held for future development			55,428			72,697
			2,713,403			2,652,630
Less: accumulated depreciation			(748,306)			(692,514)
For-sale condominiums			60,236			82,259
Total real estate assets			2,025,333			2,042,375
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated real estate entities			7,316			7,671
Cash and cash equivalents			93,107			22,089
Restricted cash			4,489			5,134
Deferred charges, net			9,400			8,064
Other assets			29,445			29,446
Total assets		$	2,169,090		$	2,114,779
Liabilities and equity
Indebtedness		$	1,030,852		$	1,033,249
Accounts payable and accrued expenses			69,744			66,977
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities			15,766			15,384
Dividends and distributions payable			11,448			9,814
Accrued interest payable			11,045			5,841
Security deposits and prepaid rents			9,214			10,027
Total liabilities			1,148,069			1,141,292
Redeemable common units			5,454			6,192
Commitments and contingencies
Equity
Operating Partnership equity
Preferred units			43,392			92,963
Common units
General partner			11,328			10,354
Limited partner			960,786			863,773
Total Operating Partnership equity			1,015,506			967,090
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated property partnerships			61			205
Total equity			1,015,567			967,295
Total liabilities and equity		$	2,169,090		$	2,114,779

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per unit data)

(Unaudited)

	Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Revenues
Rental		$	73,607			$	68,384			$	213,199			$	199,897
Other property revenues			4,762				4,288				13,682				12,195
Other			243				223				686				777
Total revenues			78,612				72,895				227,567				212,869
Expenses
Total property operating and maintenance (exclusive of items shown separately below)			34,618				33,958				100,441				100,364
Depreciation			18,823				18,623				56,383				55,737
General and administrative			3,970				3,927				12,332				12,570
Investment and development			239				569				1,013				1,849
Other investment costs			329				669				1,278				1,828
Impairment losses			-				-				-				35,091
Total expenses			57,979				57,746				171,447				207,439
Operating income			20,633				15,149				56,120				5,430
Interest income			374				390				982				755
Interest expense			(14,207	)			(13,646	)			(43,119	)			(38,820	)
Amortization of deferred financing costs			(717	)			(611	)			(2,085	)			(2,097	)
Net gains on condominium sales activities			2,581				1,184				8,757				2,319
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net			235				18,258				790				18,554
Other income (expense), net			(71	)			26				230				(271	)
Net gain on extinguishment of indebtedness			-				2,845				-				2,845
Net income (loss)			8,828				23,595				21,675				(11,285	)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities			(9	)			14				(56	)			(47	)
Net income (loss) available to the Operating Partnership			8,819				23,609				21,619				(11,332	)
Distributions to preferred unitholders			(922	)			(1,864	)			(3,533	)			(5,632	)
Preferred unit redemption costs			-				1				(1,757	)			(44	)
Net income (loss) available to common unitholders		$	7,897			$	21,746			$	16,329			$	(17,008	)
Per common unit data - Basic
Net income (loss) available to common unitholders		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.33			$	(0.35	)
Weighted average common units outstanding - basic			50,813				48,706				50,029				48,618
Per common unit data - Diluted
Net income (loss) available to common unitholders		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.32			$	(0.35	)
Weighted average common units outstanding - diluted			51,215				48,841				50,426				48,618

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(In thousands) (Unaudited)

					Common Units								Total Operating				Noncontrolling Interests -
	Preferred   Units				General   Partner				Limited   Partners				Partnership Equity				Consolidated Real Estate Entities				Total        Equity
2011
Equity, December 31, 2010		$	92,963			$	10,354			$	863,773			$	967,090			$	205			$	967,295
Comprehensive income
Net income			3,533				181				17,851				21,565				56				21,621
Contributions from the Company related to sales of Company common stock			-				917				90,805				91,722				-				91,722
Contributions from the Company related to employee stock purchase, stock option and other plans			-				172				17,006				17,178				-				17,178
Conversion of redeemable common units			-				-				527				527				-				527
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units			-				-				(414	)			(414	)			-				(414	)
Redemption of preferred units			(49,571	)			-				(62	)			(49,633	)			-				(49,633	)
Equity-based compensation			-				19				1,848				1,867				-				1,867
Distributions to preferred unitholders			(3,533	)			-				-				(3,533	)			-				(3,533	)
Distributions to common unitholders ($0.62 per unit)			-				(315	)			(31,132	)			(31,447	)			-				(31,447	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities			-				-				-				-				(200	)			(200	)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units			-				-				584				584				-				584
Equity, September 30, 2011		$	43,392			$	11,328			$	960,786			$	1,015,506			$	61			$	1,015,567
2010
Equity, December 31, 2009		$	95,000			$	10,786			$	909,333			$	1,015,119			$	934			$	1,016,053
Comprehensive income
Net income (loss)			5,632				(170	)			(16,734	)			(11,272	)			47				(11,225	)
Contributions from the Company related to sales of Company common stock			-				11				1,110				1,121				-				1,121
Contributions from the Company related to employee stock purchase, stock option and other plans			-				27				2,630				2,657				-				2,657
Conversion of redeemable common units			-				-				74				74				-				74
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units			-				-				5				5				-				5
Redemption of preferred units			(2,037	)			-				16				(2,021	)			-				(2,021	)
Equity-based compensation			-				21				2,089				2,110				-				2,110
Distributions to preferred unitholders			(5,632	)			-				-				(5,632	)			-				(5,632	)
Distributions to common unitholders ($0.60 per unit)			-				(293	)			(28,918	)			(29,211	)			-				(29,211	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities			-				-				-				-				(301	)			(301	)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units			-				-				(1,595	)			(1,595	)			-				(1,595	)
Equity, September 30, 2010		$	92,963			$	10,382			$	868,010			$	971,355			$	680			$	972,035

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands, except per unit data)

(Unaudited)

	Nine months  ended September 30,
	2011				2010
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net income (loss)		$	21,675			$	(11,285	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation			56,383				55,737
Amortization of deferred financing costs			2,085				2,097
Gains on sales of real estate assets, net			(8,757	)			(2,319	)
Other, net			1,269				(68	)
Asset impairment charges			-				35,091
Equity in income of unconsolidated entities, net			(790	)			(18,554	)
Distributions of earnings of unconsolidated entities			1,419				664
Deferred compensation			73				110
Equity-based compensation			1,873				2,117
Net gain on extinguishment of indebtedness			-				(2,845	)
Changes in assets, decrease (increase) in:
Other assets			640				2,056
Deferred charges			(192	)			(265	)
Changes in liabilities, increase (decrease) in:
Accrued interest payable			5,204				5,045
Accounts payable and accrued expenses			2,357				4,960
Security deposits and prepaid rents			(168	)			(1,066	)
Net cash provided by operating activities			83,071				71,475
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Construction and acquisition of real estate assets, net of payables			(55,287	)			(39,518	)
Net proceeds from sales of real estate assets			46,080				49,395
Capitalized interest			(1,892	)			(6,392	)
Property capital expenditures			(18,675	)			(23,089	)
Corporate additions and improvements			(926	)			(319	)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities			-				(1,080	)
Note receivable collections and other investments			434				146
Net cash used in investing activities			(30,266	)			(20,857	)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Lines of credit proceeds			24,523				112,014
Lines of credit repayments			(24,523	)			(82,014	)
Payments on indebtedness			(2,397	)			(50,428	)
Payments of financing costs and other			(3,984	)			(942	)
Contributions from the Company related to stock sales, employee stock purchase and stock option plans			107,874				2,968
Redemption of preferred units			(49,633	)			(2,021	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - real estate entities			(200	)			(301	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - non-Company common unitholders			(100	)			(104	)
Distributions to preferred unitholders			(3,533	)			(5,632	)
Distributions to common unitholders			(29,814	)			(29,150	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			18,213				(55,610	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents			71,018				(4,992	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			22,089				13,347
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period		$	93,107			$	8,355

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Organization

Post Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries develop, own and manage upscale multi-family apartment communities in selected markets in the United States. The Company through its wholly-owned subsidiaries is the sole general partner, a limited partner and owns a majority interest in Post Apartment Homes, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), a Georgia limited partnership. The Operating Partnership, through its operating divisions and subsidiaries conducts substantially all of the on-going operations of the Company, a publicly traded corporation which operates as a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”). As used herein, the term “Company” includes Post Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Post Apartment Homes, L.P., unless the context indicates otherwise.

The Company has elected to qualify and operate as a self-administrated and self-managed REIT for federal income tax purposes. A REIT is a legal entity which holds real estate interests and is generally not subject to federal income tax on the income it distributes to its shareholders. The Operating Partnership is governed under the provisions of a limited partnership agreement, as amended. Under the provisions of the limited partnership agreement, as amended, Operating Partnership net profits, net losses and cash flow (after allocations to preferred ownership interests) are allocated to the partners in proportion to their common ownership interests. Cash distributions from the Operating Partnership shall be, at a minimum, sufficient to enable the Company to satisfy its annual dividend requirements to maintain its REIT status under the Code.

At September 30, 2011, the Company had interests in 21,431 apartment units in 57 communities, including 1,747 apartment units in five communities held in unconsolidated entities and 1,568 apartment units in five communities currently under development. The Company is also selling luxury for-sale condominium homes in two communities through a taxable REIT subsidiary. At September 30, 2011, approximately 34.7%, 22.7%, 12.9% and 10.6% (on a unit basis) of the Company’s operating communities were located in the Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas, Texas, the greater Washington, D.C. and Tampa, Florida metropolitan areas, respectively.

At September 30, 2011, the Company had outstanding 51,877 shares of common stock and owned the same number of units of common limited partnership interests (“Common Units”) in the Operating Partnership, representing a 99.7% common ownership interest in the Operating Partnership. Common Units held by persons other than the Company totaled 157 at September 30, 2011 and represented a 0.3% common noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership. Each Common Unit may be redeemed by the holder thereof for either one share of Company common stock or cash equal to the fair market value thereof at the time of redemption, at the option, but outside the control, of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership presently anticipates that it will cause shares of common stock to be issued in connection with each such redemption rather than paying cash (as has been done in all redemptions to date). With each redemption of outstanding Common Units for Company common stock, the Company’s percentage ownership interest in the Operating Partnership will increase. In addition, whenever the Company issues shares of common stock, the Company will contribute any net proceeds therefrom to the Operating Partnership and the Operating Partnership will issue an equivalent number of Common Units to the Company. The Company’s weighted average common ownership interest in the Operating Partnership was 99.7% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared by the Company’s management in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normally recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the “Form 10-K”).

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the consolidated accounts of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company also consolidates other entities in which it has a controlling financial interest or entities where it is determined to be the primary beneficiary under ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation.” Under ASC Topic 810, variable interest entities (“VIEs”) are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate a

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

VIE for financial reporting purposes. The application of ASC Topic 810 requires management to make significant estimates and judgments about the Company’s and its other partners’ rights, obligations and economic interests in such entities. For entities in which the Company has less than a controlling financial interest or entities where it is not deemed to be the primary beneficiary, the entities are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Accordingly, the Company’s share of the net earnings or losses of these entities is included in consolidated net income. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company’s noncontrolling interest of common unitholders (also referred to as “Redeemable Common Units”) in the operations of the Operating Partnership is calculated based on the weighted average unit ownership during the period.

Revenue recognition

Residential properties are leased under operating leases with terms of generally one year or less. Rental revenues from residential leases are recognized on the straight-line method over the approximate life of the leases, which is generally one year. The recognition of rental revenues from residential leases when earned has historically not been materially different from rental revenues recognized on a straight-line basis.

Under the terms of residential leases, the residents of the Company’s residential communities are obligated to reimburse the Company for certain utility usage, water and electricity (at selected properties), where the Company is the primary obligor to the public utility entity. These utility reimbursements from residents are reflected as other property revenues in the consolidated statements of operations.

Sales and the associated gains or losses of real estate assets and for-sale condominiums are recognized in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 360-20, “Property, Plant and Equipment – Real Estate Sales.” For newly developed condominiums, the Company accounts for each project under either the “Deposit Method” or the “Percentage of Completion Method,” based on a specific evaluation of the factors specified in ASC Topic 360-20. The factors used to determine the appropriate accounting method are the legal commitment of the purchaser in the real estate contract, whether the construction of the project is beyond a preliminary phase, whether sufficient units have been contracted to ensure the project will not revert to a rental project, the ability to reasonably estimate the aggregate project sale proceeds and aggregate project costs and the determination that the buyer has made an adequate initial and continuing cash investment under the contract in accordance with ASC Topic 360-20. As of September 30, 2011, all newly developed condominium communities are accounted for under the Deposit Method. Under ASC Topic 360-20, the Company uses the relative sales value method to allocate costs and recognize profits from condominium sales. Under the relative sales value method, estimates of aggregate project revenues and aggregate project costs are used to determine the allocation of project cost of sales and the resulting profit in each accounting period. In subsequent periods, cumulative project cost of sale allocations and the resulting profits are adjusted to reflect changes in the actual and estimated costs and revenues of each project.

Real estate assets, depreciation and impairment

Real estate assets are stated at the lower of depreciated cost or fair value, if deemed impaired. Major replacements and betterments are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of the properties (buildings and components and related land improvements – 20-40 years; furniture, fixtures and equipment – 5-10 years).

The Company continually evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its real estate assets using the methodology prescribed in ASC Topic 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment.” Factors considered by management in evaluating impairment of its existing real estate assets held for investment include significant declines in property operating profits, annually recurring property operating losses and other significant adverse changes in general market conditions that are considered permanent in nature. Under ASC Topic 360, a real estate asset held for investment is not considered impaired if the undiscounted, estimated future cash flows of an asset (both the annual estimated cash flow from future operations and the estimated cash flow from the theoretical sale of the asset) over its estimated holding period are in excess of the asset’s net book value at the balance sheet date. If any real estate asset held for investment is considered impaired, a loss is provided to reduce the carrying value of the asset to its estimated fair value. In addition, for-sale condominium units completed and ready for their intended use are evaluated for impairment using the methodology for assets held for sale (using discounted projected future cash flows).

The Company periodically classifies real estate assets as held for sale. An asset is classified as held for sale after the approval of the Company’s board of directors and after an active program to sell the asset has commenced. Upon the classification of a real estate asset as held for sale, the carrying value of the asset is reduced to the lower of its net book value or its estimated fair value, less costs

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

to sell the asset. Subsequent to the classification of assets as held for sale, no further depreciation expense is recorded. Real estate assets held for sale are stated separately on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Upon a decision to no longer market an asset for sale, the asset is classified as an operating asset and depreciation expense is reinstated. As of September 30, 2011, except for for-sale condominium units, there were no real estate assets held for sale.

For newly developed condominium communities, the operating results and associated gains and losses are reflected in continuing operations (see discussion under “revenue recognition” above), and the net book value of the condominium assets is reflected separately on the consolidated balance sheet in the caption titled, “For-sale condominiums.”

Supplemental cash flow information

Supplemental cash flow information for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010
Interest paid, including interest capitalized		$	39,807			$	40,167
Income tax payments (refunds), net			705				(1,886	)
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Dividends and distributions declared			11,448				9,784
Conversions of redeemable common units			527				79
Common stock 401k matching contribution			655				700
Construction cost accruals, decrease			716				8,667
Adjustments to redeemable common units, net			(170	)			(1,590	)
Distribution of assets and liabilities to the Company in settlement of its equity interest in an unconsolidated entity (see notes 2 & 3):
For-sale condominium and other assets			-				27,343
Cash			-				28
Indebtedness			-				44,553
Accounts payable and accrued expenses			-				3,029

2. REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY

Acquisitions / Dispositions

In the second quarter of 2011, the Company acquired the land under its Post Renaissance^® apartment community for approximately $6,670 and the former ground leases associated with the land were terminated. During the third quarter of 2010, the Company sold a land parcel located in Citrus Park, Florida for net proceeds of approximately $3,177. No gain or loss was recognized, as the land was previously recorded as held for sale at fair value.

The Company did not acquire or dispose of any apartment communities for the three or nine months ended September 30, 2011 or 2010. At September 30, 2011, the Company did not have any apartment communities or land parcels classified as held for sale.

Condominium activities

As of September 30, 2011, the Company is selling condominium homes in two wholly owned condominium communities. The Company’s condominium community in Austin, Texas (the “Austin Condominium Project”), originally consisting of 148 condominium units, had an aggregate carrying value of $37,730 at September 30, 2011. The Austin Condominium Project commenced closings of condominium units in the second quarter of 2010. The Company’s condominium community in Atlanta, Georgia (the “Atlanta Condominium Project”), originally consisting of 129 condominium units, had an aggregate carrying value of $22,506 at September 30, 2011. The Atlanta Condominium Project commenced closings of condominium units in the fourth quarter of 2010. These amounts were included in the accompanying balance sheet under the caption, “For-sale condominiums.” Additionally, in the first half of 2010, the Company completed its final sales of condominium units at two condominium conversion communities.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

The revenues, costs and expenses associated with the Company’s condominium activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

	Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Condominium revenues		$	13,678			$	28,470			$	46,443			$	46,218
Condominium costs and expenses			(11,097	)			(27,286	)			(37,686	)			(43,899	)
Net gains on sales of condominiums		$	2,581			$	1,184			$	8,757			$	2,319

The Company closed 14 and 28 condominium homes for the three months and 44 and 45 condominium homes for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, at its condominium communities.

In the second quarter of 2010, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $34,691 to write down the Austin Condominium Project to its estimated fair value at that time. The impairment charge was recorded at the time the Austin Condominium Project began delivering and closing units and, consequently, was classified as held for sale for financial reporting purposes. The estimated fair value of the project was derived from the discounted present value of the project’s estimated future cash flows over an extended sell-out period, considering current market conditions in the Austin market at that time.

In the third quarter of 2010 (as discussed in note 3), the condominium portion of a mixed-use development, the Atlanta Condominium Project, and associated liabilities (including construction indebtedness) were conveyed to a majority owned entity of the Company in full redemption of the entity’s equity investment in the mixed-use limited partnership that was developing the project. In addition, a separate wholly owned subsidiary of the Company acquired the lenders’ interest in the construction indebtedness of the Atlanta Condominium Project and adjacent land and infrastructure. Subsequent to the purchase of the construction indebtedness, and in exchange for the release of the guarantors of the indebtedness, the Company acquired the remaining noncontrolling interest in the consolidated entity that owned the community and a related land entity. As a result of these transactions, the Company wholly owned and consolidated the Atlanta Condominium Project for financial reporting purposes as of September 30, 2010 (see note 3 for related discussion).

As part of the conveyance of the condominium assets and liabilities to the Company in 2010, the Company also modified its licensing and branding arrangement with the third party licensor for the Atlanta Condominium Project. This modified arrangement provides for the payment of a licensing fee based on a percentage of actual sales prices for condominium units sold through September 2013 (previously September 2012), at which point, subject to a potential further extension, the remaining fee is payable as a lump sum calculated on all unsold units at a minimum assumed sales price. The licensing fee is expected to be paid from the proceeds of condominium sales of the Atlanta Condominium Project. In exchange for the extension of the outside payment date and the removal of a transfer fee that would have been payable upon the resale of every condominium unit, the Company increased its guaranty to 100% from 50% of the payment of the licensing fee, and guaranteed any unfunded condominium assessments on Company-owned units. As a result, the contractual obligation related to the licensing fee arrangement was recorded as an other asset and an accrued liability at its estimated fair value (see note 8).

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

3. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED REAL ESTATE ENTITIES

Apartment LLCs

At September 30, 2011, the Company held investments in various individual limited liability companies (the “Apartment LLCs”) with institutional investors that own five apartment communities, including four communities located in Atlanta, Georgia and one community located in Washington, D.C. The Company has a 25% to 35% equity interest in these Apartment LLCs.

The Company accounts for its investments in the Apartment LLCs using the equity method of accounting. At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company’s investment in the 35% owned Apartment LLCs totaled $7,316 and $7,671, respectively, excluding the credit investments discussed below. The excess of the Company’s investment over its equity in the underlying net assets of these Apartment LLCs was approximately $4,653 at September 30, 2011. The excess investment related to these Apartment LLCs is being amortized as a reduction to earnings on a straight-line basis over the lives of the related assets. The Company’s investment in the 25% owned Apartment LLCs at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 reflects a credit investment of $15,766 and $15,384, respectively. These credit balances resulted from distribution of financing proceeds in excess of the Company’s historical cost upon the formation of the Apartment LLCs and are reflected in consolidated liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The operating results of the Company include its allocable share of net income from the investments in the Apartment LLCs. The Company provides property and asset management services to the Apartment LLCs for which it earns fees.

A summary of financial information for the Apartment LLCs in the aggregate is as follows:

Apartment LLCs - Balance Sheet Data	September 30,           2011				December 31,           2010
Real estate assets, net of accumulated depreciation of $39,536 and $35,520 at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively		$	247,585			$	250,651
Cash and other			5,910				6,518
Total assets		$	253,495			$	257,169
Mortgage notes payable		$	206,495			$	206,495
Other liabilities			2,409				2,460
Total liabilities			208,904				208,955
Members’ equity			44,591				48,214
Total liabilities and members’ equity		$	253,495			$	257,169
Company’s equity investment in Apartment LLCs (1)		$	(8,450	)		$	(7,713	)

(1)        At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company’s equity investment includes its credit investments of $15,766 and $15,384, respectively, discussed above.

	Three months  ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
Apartment LLCs - Income Statement Data	2011			2010			2011			2010
Revenues
Rental	$	6,967		$	6,562		$	20,540		$	19,556
Other property revenues		529			554			1,562			1,525
Total revenues		7,496			7,116			22,102			21,081
Expenses
Property operating and maintenance		3,026			2,956			8,673			8,764
Depreciation and amortization		1,730			1,690			5,158			5,602
Interest		3,019			3,019			8,958			8,958
Total expenses		7,775			7,665			22,789			23,324
Net loss	$	(279	)	$	(549	)	$	(687	)	$	(2,243	)
Company’s share of net income in Apartment LLCs	$	235		$	154		$	790		$	450

At September 30, 2011, mortgage notes payable included five mortgage notes. The first $50,500 mortgage note bears interest at 5.82%, requires monthly interest only payments and matures in 2013. The note is prepayable without penalty beginning in September

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

2011. The second mortgage note payable totals $29,272, bears interest at 5.83%, requires monthly interest only payments and matures in 2013. The note is prepayable without penalty beginning in September 2011. The third and fourth mortgage notes total $85,723, bear interest at 5.63%, require interest only payments and mature in 2017. The fifth mortgage note totals $41,000, bears interest at 5.71%, requires interest only payments, and matures in January 2018 with a one-year automatic extension at a variable interest rate.

In accordance with the special sale rights provisions of the applicable Apartment LLC operating agreement, the 35% owned Apartment LLC that owns an apartment community in Atlanta, Georgia expects to initiate a marketing process in the fourth quarter of 2011 that could result in the sale of the community. There can be no assurance that the process will result in the sale of the community.

Condominium LLCs

In periods prior to September 2010, the Company and its partner held an approximate pro-rata 49% interest in a limited partnership (the “Mixed-Use LP”) that was constructing a mixed-use development, consisting of the Atlanta Condominium Project and Class A office space, sponsored by two additional independent investors. Prior to September 2010, the Company accounted for its investment in the Mixed-Use LLC using the equity method of accounting.

In September 2010 and as discussed in note 2, the Atlanta Condominium Project and associated liabilities (including construction indebtedness) were conveyed to the Company and its partner in full redemption of their interest in the Mixed-Use LP. The net condominium assets and associated construction indebtedness were distributed at their fair values. As part of the transaction, a separate subsidiary of the Company acquired the construction indebtedness of the Atlanta Condominium Project and a related land entity for aggregate consideration of $49,793, effectively extinguishing the indebtedness. As a result of this distribution, equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities includes a gain of $23,596, net of transaction expenses and income taxes, related to the construction indebtedness, partially offset by an impairment loss of $5,492 related to the condominium assets. The Company also recognized a debt extinguishment gain of $2,845 on the related debt retirement associated with the related land entity.

4. INDEBTEDNESS

At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company’s indebtedness consists of the following:

Description	Payment Terms	Interest Rate	Maturity Date		September 30,     2011			December 31,     2010
Senior Unsecured Notes	Int.	4.75% - 6.30% (1)	2011-2017	(1)		$	385,412		$	385,412
Unsecured Lines of Credit	N/A	LIBOR + 2.30% (2)	2014	(2)			-			-
Secured Mortgage Notes	Prin. and Int.	4.88% -6.09%	2013-2019	(3)			645,440			647,837
Total						$	1,030,852		$	1,033,249

(1) Senior unsecured notes totaling approximately $9,637 bearing interest at 5.125% matured in October 2011, at which time they were repaid in full. The remaining unsecured notes mature between 2012 and 2017.

(2) Represents stated rate.

(3) There are no scheduled maturities of secured notes in 2011. These notes mature between 2013 and 2019.

All of the consolidated secured and unsecured indebtedness listed above is held in the name of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries. The Company guarantees the unsecured line of credit arrangements.

Debt maturities

A schedule of the aggregate maturities of the Company’s indebtedness at September 30, 2011 is provided below.

Remainder of 2011	$	10,725
2012		100,104
2013		186,606
2014		188,644	(1)
2015		124,205
Thereafter		420,568
	$	1,030,852

(1) Includes outstanding balances on lines of credit totaling $0 at September 30, 2011.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Debt issuances and retirements

There were no issuances or retirements of debt for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

In September 2010 as more fully discussed in notes 2 and 3, the Company retired the outstanding balance of the secured variable rate construction indebtedness of $77,470 for aggregate consideration of $49,793 and recognized net gains in connection with the transaction.

Unsecured lines of credit

At September 30, 2011, the Company utilizes a $300,000 syndicated unsecured revolving line of credit (the “Syndicated Line”). The Syndicated Line was refinanced in January 2011, and the aggregate available capacity under the agreement was reduced from $400,000. The Syndicated Line has a stated interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.30% (previously LIBOR plus 0.80%) and was provided by a syndicate of eight financial institutions arranged by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. The Syndicated Line requires the payment of annual facility fees equal to 0.45% (previously 0.15%) of the aggregate loan commitment. The Syndicated Line matures in January 2014 and may be extended for an additional year at the Company’s option, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions in the agreement. The Syndicated Line provides for the interest rate and facility fee rate to be adjusted up or down based on changes in the credit ratings on the Company’s senior unsecured debt. The rates under the Syndicated Line are based on the higher of the Company’s unsecured debt ratings in instances where the Company has split unsecured debt ratings. The Syndicated Line also included a competitive bid option for up to 50% of the loan commitment at rates generally below the stated line rate, depending on market conditions. The credit agreement for the Syndicated Line contains customary restrictions, representations, covenants and events of default, including minimum fixed charge coverage, minimum unsecured interest coverage, minimum unsecured debt yield and maximum leverage ratios. The Syndicated Line also restricts the amount of capital the Company can invest in specific categories of assets, such as improved land, properties under construction, condominium properties, non-multifamily properties, debt or equity securities, notes receivable and unconsolidated affiliates. The Syndicated Line prohibits the Company from investing further capital in condominium assets, excluding its current investments in the Atlanta Condominium Project and the Austin Condominium Project, and certain mixed-use projects, as defined. At September 30, 2011, the Company had issued letters of credit to third parties totaling $710 under this facility. In connection with the refinancing of the Syndicated Line in January 2011, the Company paid fees and expenses of approximately $3,641.

Additionally, at September 30, 2011, the Company had a $30,000 unsecured line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Cash Management Line”), which was amended and restated in January 2011. The Cash Management Line matures in January 2014 and carries pricing and terms, including debt covenants, substantially consistent with the Syndicated Line.

Debt compliance

The Company’s Syndicated Line, Cash Management Line and senior unsecured notes contain customary restrictions, representations and events of default and require the Company to meet certain financial covenants. Debt service and fixed charge coverage covenants require the Company to maintain coverages of a minimum of 1.5 to 1.0, as defined in applicable debt arrangements. Additionally, the Company’s ratio of unencumbered adjusted property-level net operating income to total unsecured debt may not be less than 0.115 to 1.0 and the ratio of unencumbered adjusted property-level net operating income to unsecured interest expense may not be less than 2.0 to 1.0, as defined in the applicable debt arrangements. Leverage covenants generally require the Company to maintain calculated covenants above/below minimum/maximum thresholds. The primary leverage ratios under these arrangements include total debt to total asset value (maximum of 60%), total secured debt to total asset value (maximum of 40%) and unencumbered assets to unsecured debt (minimum of 1.5 to 1.0), as defined in the applicable debt arrangements. The Company believes it met these financial covenants at September 30, 2011.

5. EQUITY AND NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Common stock

In February 2010, the Company initiated an at-the-market common equity sales program for the sale of up to 4,000 shares of common stock. For the three months and nine ended September 30, 2011, sales of common stock under this program totaled 1,323 and 2,321

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

shares, respectively, for net proceeds of $53,488 and $91,722, respectively. For the nine ended September 30, 2010, sales of common stock under this program totaled 41 shares for net proceeds of $1,121. The Company’s proceeds are contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a like number of common units. The Company and the Operating Partnership have and expect to use the proceeds from this program for general corporate purposes.

In December 2010, the Company’s board of directors adopted a stock and unsecured note repurchase program under which the Company and the Operating Partnership may repurchase up to $200,000 of common and preferred stock and unsecured notes through December 31, 2012. The Company repurchased preferred stock in 2011 under this program as discussed below.

Preferred stock repurchases

In March 2011, the Company redeemed its 7-5/8% Series B preferred stock at its redemption value of $49,571, plus accrued and unpaid dividends through the redemption date. Correspondingly, the Operating Partnership redeemed its Series B preferred units on the same date and under the same terms. In connection with the issuance of the Series B preferred stock in 1997, the Company incurred issuance costs and recorded such costs as a reduction of shareholders’ equity. The redemption price of the Series B preferred stock exceeded the related carrying value by the associated issuance costs and expenses of $1,757. In connection with the redemption, the Company reflected $1,757 of issuance costs and expenses as a reduction of earnings in arriving at the net income available to common shareholders in 2011. Likewise, the redemption price of the Series B preferred units exceeded the related carrying value by the associated issuance costs and expenses of $1,757, and the Operating Partnership reflected the $1,757 as a reduction of earnings in arriving at the net loss attributable to common unitholders in 2011.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company repurchased preferred stock with a liquidation value of approximately $75 and $2,037, respectively, under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. Correspondingly, the Operating Partnership redeemed preferred units on the same date and under the same terms.

Noncontrolling interests

In accordance with ASC Topic 810, the Company and the Operating Partnership determined that the noncontrolling interests related to the common units of the Operating Partnership, held by persons other than the Company, met the criterion to be classified and accounted for as “temporary” equity (reflected outside of total equity as “Redeemable Common Units”). At September 30, 2011, the aggregate redemption value of the noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership of $5,454 was in excess of its net book value of $2,936. At December 31, 2010, the aggregate redemption value of the noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership of $6,192 was in excess of its net book value of $3,090. The Company further determined that the noncontrolling interests in its consolidated real estate entities met the criterion to be classified and accounted for as a component of permanent equity.

The following table summarizes the activity related to the redeemable common units for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

	Nine months  ended September 30,
	2011				2010
Redeemable common units, beginning of period		$	6,192			$	3,402
Comprehensive income (loss)
Net income (loss)			54				(60	)
Conversion of redeemable common units for shares			(527	)			(74	)
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units			414				(5	)
Stock-based compensation			6				7
Distributions to common unitholders			(101	)			(103	)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units			(584	)			1,595
Redeemable common units, end of period		$	5,454			$	4,762

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

6. COMPANY EARNINGS PER SHARE

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share is as follows:

	Three months  ended September 30,								Nine months  ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator):
Net income (loss)		$	8,828			$	23,595			$	21,675			$	(11,285	)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities			(9	)			14				(56	)			(47	)
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership			(25	)			(76	)			(54	)			60
Preferred stock dividends			(922	)			(1,864	)			(3,533	)			(5,632	)
Preferred stock redemption costs			-				1				(1,757	)			(44	)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)			(25	)			(93	)			(51	)			74
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders		$	7,847			$	21,577			$	16,224			$	(16,874	)
Common shares (denominator):
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic			50,651				48,535				49,862				48,446
Dilutive shares from stock options			402				135				397				-
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted			51,053				48,670				50,259				48,446
Per-share amount:
Basic		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.33			$	(0.35	)
Diluted		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.32			$	(0.35	)

Stock options to purchase 235 and 1,898 shares of common stock for the three months ended and 531 and 2,237 shares of common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per common share as these stock options were antidilutive.

7. OPERATING PARTNERSHIP EARNINGS PER SHARE

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common unit for the Operating Partnership is as follows:

	Three months  ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Net income (loss) available to common unitholders (numerator):
Net income (loss)		$	8,828			$	23,595			$	21,675			$	(11,285	)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities			(9	)			14				(56	)			(47	)
Preferred unit distributions			(922	)			(1,864	)			(3,533	)			(5,632	)
Preferred unit redemption costs			-				1				(1,757	)			(44	)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)			(25	)			(93	)			(51	)			74
Net income (loss) available to common unitholders		$	7,872			$	21,653			$	16,278			$	(16,934	)
Common units (denominator):
Weighted average units outstanding - basic			50,813				48,706				50,029				48,618
Dilutive units from stock options			402				135				397				-
Weighted average units outstanding - diluted			51,215				48,841				50,426				48,618
Per-unit amount:
Basic		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.33			$	(0.35	)
Diluted		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.32			$	(0.35	)

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Stock options to purchase 235 and 1,898 shares of common stock for the three months ended and 531 and 2,237 shares of common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per common unit as these stock options were antidilutive.

8. FAIR VALUE MEASURES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

From time to time, the Company records certain assets and liabilities at fair value. Real estate assets may be stated at fair value if they become impaired in a given period and may be stated at fair value if they are held for sale and the fair value of such assets is below historical cost. Additionally, the Company records derivative financial instruments, if any, at fair value. The Company also uses fair value metrics to evaluate the carrying values of its real estate assets and for the disclosure of financial instruments. Fair value measurements were determined by management using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies available to management at September 30, 2011. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and estimate fair value. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the estimates discussed herein, using Level 2 and 3 inputs, are indicative of the amounts the Company could realize on disposition of the real estate assets or other financial instruments. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies could have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.

Real estate assets

The Company periodically reviews its real estate assets, including operating assets, construction in progress, land held for future investment and for-sale condominiums, for impairment purposes using Level 3 inputs, primarily comparable sales and market data, independent appraisals and discounted cash flow models.

During the second quarter of 2010, the Austin Condominium Project began delivering and closing completed condominium units. As a result, the community was classified as held for sale for financial reporting purposes. Under the held for sale impairment evaluation model, the Company wrote down the carrying value of the community to its estimated fair value of $85,378 using level 3 inputs, primarily an independent valuation using a discounted cash flow model, and recorded impairment charges of $34,691 (see notes 2 and 10). In addition, in the second quarter of 2010, the Company wrote down the carrying value of a land parcel classified as held for sale to its estimated fair value of $3,177, using level 3 inputs, and recorded an impairment charge of $400.

During the third quarter of 2010, an unconsolidated entity distributed net condominium assets and construction indebtedness to the Company in settlement of the Company’s equity investment in the entity (see notes 2 and 3). Immediately prior to their distribution to the Company, the condominium assets and construction indebtedness were written down to their fair values of $28,402 and $44,553, respectively. The condominium assets were valued using level 3 inputs, primarily a discounted cash flow model, and the construction indebtedness was valued using level 2 inputs, primarily comparable market data. In addition, the Company recorded other assets and accrued liabilities of $6,144 at fair value related to a contractual license fee obligation associated with the same transaction. The contractual obligation was valued using level 3 inputs, primarily a discounted cash flow model.

Financial instruments

Cash equivalents, rents and accounts receivables, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities are carried at amounts which reasonably approximate their fair values because of the short-term nature of these instruments. At September 30, 2011, the fair value of fixed rate debt was approximately $1,098,536 (carrying value of $1,030,852). There was no variable rate debt outstanding at September 30, 2011. At December 31, 2010, the fair value of fixed rate debt was approximately $1,066,695 (carrying value of $1,033,249). There was no variable rate debt outstanding at December 31, 2010. Long-term indebtedness was valued using Level 2 inputs, primarily market prices of comparable debt instruments.

In addition, the Company has recorded a contractual license fee obligation associated with one of its condominium communities (see note 3) at fair value of $5,879 at September 30, 2011. The fair value of this contractual obligation was $5,716 at December 31, 2010. The contractual obligation was valued using level 3 inputs, primarily a discounted cash flow model.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

9. SEGMENT INFORMATION

Segment description

In accordance with ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” the Company presents segment information based on the way that management organizes the segments within the enterprise for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The segment information is prepared on the same basis as the internally reported information used by the Company’s chief operating decision makers to manage the business.

The Company’s chief operating decision makers focus on the Company’s primary sources of income from apartment community rental operations. Apartment community rental operations are generally broken down into segments based on the various stages in the apartment community ownership lifecycle. These segments are described below. All commercial properties and other ancillary service and support operations are combined in the line item “other property segments” in the accompanying segment information. The segment information presented below reflects the segment categories based on the lifecycle status of each community as of January 1, 2010.

— Fully stabilized communities – those apartment communities which have been stabilized (the earlier of the point at which a property reaches 95% occupancy or one year after completion of construction) for both the current and prior year.

— Communities stabilized during the prior year – those apartment communities which reached stabilized occupancy in 2010.

Segment performance measure

Management uses contribution to consolidated property net operating income (“NOI”) as the performance measure for its operating segments. The Company uses NOI, including NOI of stabilized communities, as an operating measure. NOI is defined as rental and other property revenue from real estate operations less total property and maintenance expenses from real estate operations (excluding depreciation and amortization). The Company believes that NOI is an important supplemental measure of operating performance for a REIT’s operating real estate because it provides a measure of the core operations, rather than factoring in depreciation and amortization, financing costs and general and administrative expenses generally incurred at the corporate level. This measure is particularly useful, in the opinion of the Company, in evaluating the performance of operating segment groupings and individual properties. Additionally, the Company believes that NOI, as defined, is a widely accepted measure of comparative operating performance in the real estate investment community. The Company believes that the line on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations entitled “net income (loss)” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to NOI.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Segment information

The following table reflects each segment’s contribution to consolidated revenues and NOI together with a reconciliation of segment contribution to property NOI to consolidated net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. Additionally, substantially all of the Company’s assets relate to the Company’s property rental operations. Asset cost, depreciation and amortization by segment are not presented because such information at the segment level is not reported internally.

	Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Revenues
Fully stabilized communities		$	66,973			$	62,780			$	194,911			$	185,521
Communities stabilized during 2010			5,358				4,384				15,141				10,983
Other property segments			6,038				5,508				16,829				15,588
Other			243				223				686				777
Consolidated revenues		$	78,612			$	72,895			$	227,567			$	212,869
Contribution to Property Net Operating Income
Fully stabilized communities		$	40,130			$	36,217			$	117,154			$	107,661
Communities stabilized during 2010			3,141				2,518				8,594				4,917
Other property segments, including corporate management expenses			480				(21	)			692				(850	)
Consolidated property net operating income			43,751				38,714				126,440				111,728
Interest income			374				390				982				755
Other revenues			243				223				686				777
Depreciation			(18,823	)			(18,623	)			(56,383	)			(55,737	)
Interest expense			(14,207	)			(13,646	)			(43,119	)			(38,820	)
Amortization of deferred financing costs			(717	)			(611	)			(2,085	)			(2,097	)
General and administrative			(3,970	)			(3,927	)			(12,332	)			(12,570	)
Investment and development			(239	)			(569	)			(1,013	)			(1,849	)
Other investment costs			(329	)			(669	)			(1,278	)			(1,828	)
Impairment losses			-				-				-				(35,091	)
Gains on condominium sales activities, net			2,581				1,184				8,757				2,319
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net			235				18,258				790				18,554
Other income (expense), net			(71	)			26				230				(271	)
Net income (loss)		$	8,828			$	23,595			$	21,675			$	(11,285	)

10. IMPAIRMENT, SEVERANCE AND OTHER CHARGES

In prior years, the Company recorded severance charges associated with the departure of certain executive officers of the Company. Under certain of these arrangements, the Company is required to make certain payments and provide specified benefits through 2013 and 2016. The following table summarizes the activity related to aggregate net severance charges for such executive officers for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010
Accrued severance charges, beginning of period		$	5,441			$	7,671
Payments for period			(1,802	)			(2,208	)
Interest accretion			236				360
Accrued severance charges, end of period		$	3,875			$	5,823

For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recorded aggregate impairment charges of $34,691 to write-down the carrying value of its consolidated condominium project in Austin, Texas to fair value and recorded impairment charges of $400 to write-down the carrying value of a land parcel to fair value prior to its sale in 2010 (see notes 2 and 8).

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

11. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

As the primary operating subsidiary of the Company, the Operating Partnership participates in and bears the compensation expenses associated with the Company’s stock-based compensation plans. The information discussed below relating to the Company’s stock-based compensation plans is also applicable for the Operating Partnership.

Incentive stock plans

Incentive stock awards are granted under the Company’s 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended and restated in October 2008 (the “2003 Stock Plan”). Under the 2003 Stock Plan, an aggregate of 3,469 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance. Of this amount, stock grants count against the total shares available under the 2003 Stock Plan as 2.7 shares for every one share issued, while options (and stock appreciation rights (“SAR”) settled in shares) count against the total shares available as one share for every one share issued on the exercise of an option (or SAR). The exercise price of each option granted under the 2003 Stock Plan may not be less than the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the option grant and all options may have a maximum life of ten years. Participants receiving restricted stock grants are generally eligible to vote such shares and receive dividends on such shares. Substantially all stock option and restricted stock grants are subject to annual vesting provisions (generally three to five years) as determined by the compensation committee overseeing the 2003 Stock Plan.

Compensation costs for stock options have been estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing method. The weighted average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model are as follows:

	Nine months  ended September 30,
	2011	2010
Dividend yield	2.2%	4.4%
Expected volatility	42.4%	41.6%
Risk-free interest rate	2.7%	2.8%
Expected option term (years)	6.0 years	6.0 years

The Company’s assumptions were derived from the methodologies discussed herein. The expected dividend yield reflects the Company’s current historical yield, which was expected to approximate the future yield. Expected volatility was based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock. The risk-free interest rate for the expected life of the options was based on the implied yields on the U.S. Treasury yield curve. The weighted average expected option term was based on the Company’s historical data for prior period stock option exercise and forfeiture activity.

Stock options

Compensation cost for stock options is amortized ratably into compensation expense over the applicable vesting periods. The Company recorded compensation expense related to stock options of $99 and $70 for the three months ended and $284 and $247 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, under the fair value method. At September 30, 2011, there was $460 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.8 years.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

A summary of stock option activity under all plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011							2010
	Shares				Exercise         Price			Shares				Exercise         Price
Options outstanding, beginning of period			2,068			$	31			2,516			$	31
Granted			25				37			66				18
Exercised			(545	)			29			(110	)			12
Expired			(10	)			39			(235	)			38
Options outstanding, end of period (1)			1,538				31			2,237				31
Options exercisable, end of period (1)			1,384				33			2,002				32
Options vested and expected to vest, end of period (1)			1,530				31			2,226				31
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period		$	13.18						$	5.08

(1) At September 30, 2011, the aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding, exercisable and vested/expected to vest was $9,612, $6,990 and $9,465, respectively. At that same date, the weighted average remaining contractual lives of stock options outstanding, exercisable and vested/expected to vest was 3.4 years, 2.9 years and 3.4 years, respectively.

Upon the exercise of stock options, the Company issues shares of common stock from treasury shares or, to the extent treasury shares are not available, from authorized common shares. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $5,224 and $1,562, respectively.

At September 30, 2011, the Company segregated its outstanding options into two ranges, based on exercise prices, as follows:

Option Ranges	Options Outstanding							Options Exercisable
	Shares		Weighted Avg     Exercise Price			Weighted Avg.     Life (Years)		Shares		Weighted Avg.     Exercise Price
$12.22 - $27.98		795		$	23		3.3		667		$	25
$28.82 - $48.00		743			40		3.5		717			40
Total		1,538			31		3.4		1,384			33

Restricted stock

Compensation cost for restricted stock is amortized ratably into compensation expense over the applicable vesting periods. Total compensation expense related to restricted stock was $460 and $557 for the three months ended and $1,436 and $1,665 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. At September 30, 2011, there was $2,382 of unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.8 years. The total intrinsic value of restricted shares vested for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $332 and $183, respectively.

A summary of the activity related to the Company’s restricted stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011						2010
	Shares			Weighted-Average     Grant-Date Fair Value			Shares			Weighted-Average     Grant-Date Fair Value
Unvested share, beginning or period		129			$	19		132			$	21
Granted (1)		41				37		87				18
Vested		(8	)			24		(8	)			24
Unvested shares, end of period		162				24		211				20

(1) The total value of the restricted share grants for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $1,532 and $1,582, respectively.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Employee stock purchase plan

The Company maintains an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) approved by Company shareholders in 2005. The maximum number of shares issuable under the ESPP is 300. The purchase price of shares of common stock under the ESPP is equal to 85% of the lesser of the closing price per share of common stock on the first or last day of the trading period, as defined. The Company records the aggregate cost of the ESPP (generally the 15% discount on the share purchases) as a period expense. Total compensation expense relating to the ESPP was $39 and $100 for the three months ended and $153 and $205 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

12. INCOME TAXES

The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). To qualify as a REIT, the Company must distribute annually at least 90% of its adjusted taxable income, as defined in the Code, to its shareholders and satisfy certain other organizational and operating requirements. It is management’s current intention to adhere to these requirements and maintain the Company’s REIT status. As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income tax at the corporate level on the taxable income it distributes to its shareholders. Should the Company fail to qualify as a REIT in any tax year, it may be subject to federal income taxes at regular corporate rates (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) and may not be able to qualify as a REIT for four subsequent taxable years. The Company may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and to federal income taxes and excise taxes on its undistributed taxable income.

The Operating Partnership files tax returns as a limited partnership under the Code. As a partnership, the income and losses of the Operating Partnership are allocated to its partners, including the Company, for inclusion in their respective income tax returns. Accordingly, no provision or benefit for income taxes has been in the accompanying financial statements. The Operating Partnership intends to make sufficient cash distributions to the Company to enable it to meet its annual REIT distribution requirements.

In the preparation of income tax returns in federal and state jurisdictions, the Company, the Operating Partnership and their taxable REIT subsidiaries assert certain tax positions based on their understanding and interpretation of the income tax law. The taxing authorities may challenge such positions and the resolution of such matters could result in the payment and recognition of additional income tax expense. Management believes it has used reasonable judgments and conclusions in the preparation of its income tax returns. The Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries’ (including the taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”)) income tax returns are subject to examination by federal and state tax jurisdictions for years 2008 through 2010. Net income tax loss carryforwards and other tax attributes generated in years prior to 2008 are also subject to challenge in any examination of the 2008 to 2010 tax years.

As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company’s TRSs had unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $797 which primarily related to uncertainty regarding the sustainability of certain deductions taken on prior year income tax returns of the TRS with respect to the amortization of certain intangible assets. The uncertainty surrounding this unrecognized tax benefit will generally be clarified in future periods as income tax loss carryforwards are utilized. To the extent these unrecognized tax benefits are ultimately recognized, they may affect the effective tax rate in a future period. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. Accrued interest and penalties for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 and at September 30, 2011 were not material to the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

The TRSs are utilized principally to perform such non-REIT activities as asset and property management, for-sale housing (condominiums) sales and other services. These TRSs are subject to federal and state income taxes. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the TRSs recorded no net income tax expense (benefit) for federal income taxes as a result of estimated taxable losses and the inability to recognize tax benefits related to such losses due to the uncertainty surrounding their ultimate realization. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the TRSs recorded net income tax expense (benefit) of $503 related to estimated state income taxes, primarily as a result of the debt extinguishment gains discussed in notes 2 and 3. In the statement of operations, net income tax expense of $588 was included as a reduction of debt extinguishment gains and income tax benefits of $85 were included in condominium gains.

At December 31, 2010, management had established valuation allowances of approximately $60,456 against net deferred tax assets due primarily to historical losses at the TRSs’ in prior years and the variability of the income (loss) of these subsidiaries. The tax

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

benefits associated with such unused valuation allowances may be recognized in future periods, if the taxable REIT subsidiaries generate sufficient taxable income to utilize such amounts or if the Company determines that it is more likely than not that the related deferred tax assets are realizable. A summary of the components of the TRS deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2010 is included in the footnotes to the Company’s audited financial statements included in its Form 10-K. There were no material changes to the components of deferred tax assets, deferred tax asset valuation allowances and deferred liabilities at September 30, 2011.

13. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In September 2010, the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) filed a lawsuit against the Company and the Operating Partnership in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The suit alleges various violations of the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) at properties designed, constructed or operated by the Company and the Operating Partnership in the District of Columbia, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina and Texas. The plaintiff seeks statutory damages and a civil penalty in unspecified amounts, as well as injunctive relief that includes retrofitting apartments and public use areas to comply with the FHA and the ADA and prohibiting construction or sale of noncompliant units or complexes. The Company and the Operating Partnership filed a motion to transfer the case to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where a previous civil case involving alleged violations of the FHA and ADA by the Company and the Operating Partnership was filed and ultimately dismissed. On October 29, 2010, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued an opinion finding that the complaint shows that the DOJ’s claims are essentially the same as the previous civil case, and, therefore, granted the Company and the Operating Partnership’s motion and transferred the DOJ’s case to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Limited discovery is proceeding as permitted by the Court. Due to the preliminary nature of the litigation, it is not possible to predict or determine the outcome of the legal proceeding, nor is it possible to estimate the amount of loss, if any, that would be associated with an adverse decision.

The Company and the Operating Partnership are involved in various other legal proceedings incidental to their business from time to time, most of which are expected to be covered by liability or other insurance. Management of the Company and Operating Partnership believes that any resolution of pending proceedings or liability to the Company or Operating Partnership which may arise as a result of these various other legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company or Operating Partnership’s results of operations or financial position.

14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated the accounting and disclosure requirements for subsequent events reporting through the issuance date of the financial statements. In October 2011, the Company retired $9,637 of 5.13% senior unsecured notes at their maturity.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Company overview

Post Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries develop, own and manage upscale multi-family apartment communities in selected markets in the United States. The Company through its wholly-owned subsidiaries is the sole general partner, a limited partner and owns a majority interest in Post Apartment Homes, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), a Georgia limited partnership. The Operating Partnership, through its operating divisions and subsidiaries conducts substantially all of the on-going operations of the Company, a publicly traded corporation which operates as a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”). As used herein, the term “Company” includes Post Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Post Apartment Homes, L.P., unless the context indicates otherwise.

The Company has elected to qualify and operate as a self-administrated and self-managed REIT for federal income tax purposes. A REIT is a legal entity which holds real estate interests and is generally not subject to federal income tax on the income it distributes to its shareholders. The Operating Partnership is governed under the provisions of a limited partnership agreement, as amended. Under the provisions of the limited partnership agreement, as amended, Operating Partnership net profits, net losses and cash flow (after allocations to preferred ownership interests) are allocated to the partners in proportion to their common ownership interests. Cash distributions from the Operating Partnership shall be, at a minimum, sufficient to enable the Company to satisfy its annual dividend requirements to maintain its REIT status under the Code.

At September 30, 2011, the Company had interests in 21,431 apartment units in 57 communities, including 1,747 apartment units in five communities held in unconsolidated entities and 1,568 apartment units in five communities currently under development. The Company is also selling luxury for-sale condominium homes in two communities through a taxable REIT subsidiary. At September 30, 2011, approximately 34.7%, 22.7%, 12.9% and 10.6% (on a unit basis) of the Company’s operating communities were located in the Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas, Texas, the greater Washington, D.C. and Tampa, Florida metropolitan areas, respectively.

At September 30, 2011, the Company owned approximately 99.7% of the common limited partnership interests (“Common Units”) in the Operating Partnership. Common Units held by persons other than the Company represented a 0.3% common noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership.

The discussion below is combined for the Company and the Operating Partnership as their results of operations and financial condition are substantially the same except for the effect of the 0.3% weighted average common noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership.

Operations Overview

The following discussion provides an overview of the Company’s operations, and should be read in conjunction with the more full discussion of the Company’s operating results, liquidity and capital resources and risk factors reflected elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.

Property Operations

A gradually improving economy in the United States, favorable demographics and an outlook of modest new supply of multi-family units in the near term have contributed to improving apartment fundamentals in the Company’s markets starting in 2010 and continuing through 2011. As a result, year-over-year same store revenues and net operating income (“NOI”) increased by 5.1% and 8.8%, respectively, in the first nine months of 2011, as compared to the first nine months of 2010. The Company’s operating results and its outlook for the full year of 2011 are more fully discussed in the “Results of Operations” and “Outlook” sections below. The Company’s outlook for the remainder of 2011 is based on the expectation that economic and employment conditions will continue to be stable. Notwithstanding, there continues to be significant risks and uncertainty in the economy and the unemployment rate continues to be higher than normal. If the economic recovery was to stall or U.S. economic conditions were to worsen, the Company’s operating results would be adversely affected. Furthermore, the environment for multi-family rental development starts has been improving, and over time, the Company expects that this will impact competitive supply in the markets in which it operates.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Development Activity

The Company continues to develop the second phase of its Post Carlyle Square™ apartment community in Alexandria, Virginia, planned to consist of 344 luxury apartment units with a total estimated development cost of approximately $95,000, and its Post South Lamar™ apartment community in Austin, Texas, planned to consist of 298 apartment units and approximately 8,555 square feet of retail space with a total estimated development cost of approximately $41,700. In 2011, the Company commenced the development of the third phase of its Post Midtown Square^® apartment community in Houston, Texas, planned to consist of 124 apartment units and approximately 10,864 square feet of retail space with a total estimated development cost of approximately $21,800. Also in 2011, the Company commenced development of its third phase of Post Lake^® at Baldwin Park apartment community in Orlando, Florida, planned to consist of 410 luxury apartment units with a total estimated development cost of approximately $58,600, and Post Parkside™ at Wade, which marks the Company’s first development in Raleigh, North Carolina, planned to consist of 392 luxury apartment units, and approximately 18,148 square feet of retail space, with a total estimated development cost of approximately $55,000. The square footage amounts are approximate and actual amounts may vary. The Company expects to initially fund estimated future construction expenditures primarily by utilizing available borrowing capacity under its unsecured revolving lines of credit and utilizing net proceeds from on-going condominium sales and its at-the-market common equity sales program.

In addition, the Company may commence development activities at more of its existing land sites over the next year or so. Management believes, however, that the timing of such development starts will depend largely on a continued favorable outlook for apartment and capital market conditions and the U.S. economy, which management believes will positively influence conditions in employment and the local real estate markets. Until such time as substantive development activities re-commence or certain land positions are sold, the Company expects that operating results will be adversely impacted by costs of carrying land held for future investment or sale. There can be no assurance that land held for investment will be developed in the future or at all. Although the Company does not believe that any impairment exists at September 30, 2011, should the Company change its expectations regarding the timing and projected undiscounted future cash flows expected from land held for future investment, or the estimated fair value of its assets, the Company could be required to recognize impairment losses in future periods.

Condominium Activity

The Company has two luxury condominium development projects which began closing sales of completed units in 2010: The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Atlanta Buckhead (the “Atlanta Condominium Project”), consisting of 129 units, and the Four Seasons Private Residences, Austin (the “Austin Condominium Project”), consisting of 148 units. The Company does not expect to further engage in the for-sale condominium business in future periods, other than with respect to completing the sell-out of units at these two projects. The Company’s intention over time is to liquidate its investment in these two condominium projects and to redeploy the invested capital back into its core apartment business.

The Company’s ongoing investment in for-sale condominium housing continues to expose the Company to additional risks and challenges, including potential future losses or additional impairments, which could have an adverse impact on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition. See Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the “Form 10-K”) for a discussion of these and other Company risk factors. Specifically, the condominium market has been adversely impacted in recent years by the overall weakness in the U.S. economy and residential housing markets, and tighter credit markets for home purchasers, which the Company believes has negatively impacted the ability of some prospective condominium buyers to qualify for mortgage financing. The Company expects that condominium market conditions will remain challenging in the near term. As discussed more fully in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and in the notes accompanying the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Form 10-K, the Company recorded impairment losses in prior years relating to these investments. The Company recorded a $34,691 impairment charge in 2010 at the Austin Condominium Project and, in the aggregate, recorded $89,883 of impairment charges in 2009 and 2010 at the Atlanta Condominium Project and an adjacent land site. There can be no assurance that additional impairment charges will not be recorded in subsequent periods as described further below.

As of October 27, 2011, the Company had 5 units under contract and 82 units closed at the Austin Condominium Project and had 5 units under contract and 21 units closed at the Atlanta Condominium Project. Units “under contract” include all units currently under contract. However, the Company has experienced contract terminations in these and other condominium projects when units become available for delivery and may experience additional terminations in connection with these projects. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that units under contract for sale will actually close.

At September 30, 2011, the Company’s investment in these two condominium projects totaled $60,236 as reflected on its consolidated balance sheet.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Risk of future condominium impairment losses

The Company had an independent valuation performed for the Austin Condominium Project and the Atlanta Condominium Project as of June 30, 2011, and determined that no additional impairment existed as of that date. The assumptions used in the valuation model were based on current cash flow projections over the remaining expected selling period using a discount rate of 18%, which reflects the current status of sales, sales prices and other market factors at each of the condominium projects. This valuation was updated by management as of September 30, 2011, at which time the Company also determined that no additional impairment exists as of that date. There can be no assurance that the Company’s cash flow projections will not change in future periods and that the estimated fair value of the Austin Condominium Project and the Atlanta Condominium Project will not change materially as a consequence, causing the Company to possibly record additional impairment charges in future periods.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with all of the accompanying consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report. See the summary financial information in the section below titled, “Results of Operations.”

Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this report, and other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of the Company, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. In addition, the Company, or the executive officers on the Company’s behalf, may from time to time make forward-looking statements in reports and other documents the Company files with the SEC or in connection with oral statements made to the press, potential investors or others. Statements regarding future events and developments and the Company’s future performance, as well as management’s expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. Forward-looking statements include statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “estimates,” “should,” or similar expressions. Examples of such statements in this report include expectations regarding economic conditions, the Company’s anticipated operating results in 2011, expectations regarding future impairment charges, expectations regarding anticipated sales of for-sale condominium homes, including expectations regarding demand for for-sale housing and gains (losses) on for-sale housing sales activity, anticipated construction and development activities (including projected costs, timing and anticipated potential sources of financing of future development activities), expectations regarding cash flows from operating activities, expectations regarding rental revenues, expected costs of development, investment, interest, operating and other expenses, expectations regarding compensation cost for stock options, expectations regarding the payment of the licensing fee from proceeds of sales by the Atlanta Condominium Project, the Company’s expected debt levels, expectations regard the availability of additional capital, unsecured and secured financing, the anticipated dividend level in 2011 and expectations regarding the source of funds for payment of the dividend, the Company’s ability to execute its 2011 business plan and to meet short-term liquidity requirements, including capital expenditures, development and construction expenditures, land and apartment community acquisitions, dividends and distributions on its common and preferred equity and debt service requirements and long-term liquidity requirements including maturities of long-term debt and acquisition and development activities, the Company’s expectations regarding asset acquisitions and sales in 2011, the Company’s expectations regarding the use of joint venture arrangements to reduce market concentration in certain markets, expectations regarding the Company’s at-the-market common equity program and the use of proceeds thereof, expectations regarding the DOJ matter and the outcome of other legal proceedings, and expectations regarding the Company’s ability to maintain its REIT status under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Forward-looking statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of performance. These statements are based on beliefs and assumptions of the Company’s management, which in turn are based on currently available information. Important assumptions relating to the forward-looking statements include, among others, assumptions regarding the market for the Company’s apartment communities, demand for apartments in the markets in which it operates, competitive conditions and general economic conditions. These assumptions could prove inaccurate. The forward-looking statements also involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Many of these factors are beyond the Company’s ability to control or predict. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The success of the Company’s business strategies described on pages 2 to 3 of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the “Form 10-K”);

• Conditions affecting ownership of residential real estate and general conditions in the multi-family residential real estate market;

• Uncertainties associated with the Company’s real estate development and construction;

• Uncertainties associated with the timing and amount of apartment community sales;

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

• Future local and national economic conditions, including changes in job growth, interest rates, the availability of mortgage and other financing and related factors;

• Uncertainties associated with the global capital markets, including the continued availability of traditional sources of capital and liquidity and related factors;

• The Company’s ability to generate sufficient cash flows to make required payments associated with its debt financing;

• The effects of the Company’s leverage on its risk of default and debt service requirements;

• The impact of a downgrade in the credit rating of the Company’s securities;

• The effects of a default by the Company or its subsidiaries on an obligation to repay outstanding indebtedness, including cross-defaults and cross-acceleration under other indebtedness;

• The effects of covenants of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ mortgage indebtedness on operational flexibility and default risks;

• The Company’s ability to maintain its current dividend level;

• Uncertainties associated with the Company’s for-sale housing business, including the timing and volume of condominium sales;

• The impact of any additional charges the Company may be required to record in the future related to any impairment in the carrying value of its assets;

• The impact of competition on the Company’s business, including competition for residents in the Company’s apartment communities and buyers of the Company’s for-sale condominium homes and development locations;

• The effect of changes in interest rates and the effectiveness of interest rate hedging contracts;

• The Company’s ability to succeed in new markets;

• The costs associated with compliance with laws requiring access to the Company’s properties by persons with disabilities;

• The impact of the Company’s ongoing litigation with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act (including any award of damages or penalities or injunctive relief requiring the Company to retrofit apartments or public use areas or prohibiting the sale of apartment communities or condominium units) as well as the impact of other litigation;

• The effects of losses from natural catastrophes in excess of insurance coverage;

• Uncertainties associated with environmental and other regulatory matters;

• The Company’s ability to control joint ventures, properties in which it has joint ownership and corporations and limited partnership in which it has partial interests;

• The Company’s ability to renew leases or relet units as leases expire;

• The Company’s ability to continue to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code;

• The Operating Partnership’s ability to continue to be treated as a partnership under the Internal Revenue Code;

• The effects of changes in accounting policies and other regulatory matters detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and

• Other factors, including the risk factors discussed in Item 1A of the Company’s Form 10-K.

Management believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and management undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future events.

Critical accounting policies and new guidance

In the preparation of financial statements and in the determination of Company operating performance, the Company utilizes certain significant accounting policies. The Company’s significant accounting policies are included in the notes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Form 10-K. The Company’s critical accounting policies are those that require application of management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. For a complete description of the Company’s critical accounting policies, please refer to pages 31 through 33 of the Company’s Form 10-K. Other than discussed below, there were no significant changes to the Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011. The discussion below details the Company’s critical accounting policies related to asset impairments and revenue and profit recognition of for-sale condominium activities, and addresses the implementation and impact of recently issued and adopted accounting guidance with an impact on the Company, if any, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 or that may have an impact on future reported results.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

The Company continually evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its real estate assets using the methodology summarized in its accounting policies (see note 1 to the consolidated financial statements). Under current accounting literature, the evaluation of the recoverability of the Company’s real estate assets requires the judgment of Company management in the determination of the value of the future cash flows expected from the assets and the estimated holding period for the assets. The Company uses market capitalization rates to determine the estimated residual value of its real estate assets and, generally, takes a long-term view of the holding period of its assets unless specific facts and circumstances warrant shorter holding periods (expected sales, departures from certain geographic markets, etc.). The Company considers a real estate asset held for investment as impaired if the undiscounted, estimated future cash flows of the asset (both the annual estimated cash flow from future operations and the estimated cash flow from the asset’s eventual sale) over its expected holding period are less than the asset’s net book value. For real estate assets held for sale (none at September 30, 2011, other than condominium assets discussed below), the Company recognizes impairment losses if an asset’s net book value is in excess of its estimated fair value, less costs to sell. At September 30, 2011, management believed it had applied reasonable estimates and judgments in determining the proper classification of its real estate assets and determined that no impairment existed. See note 8 to the consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of the Company’s methodologies for determining the fair value of the Company’s real estate assets. Should external or internal circumstances change requiring the need to shorten the holding periods or adjust the estimated future cash flows of certain of the Company’s assets, the Company could be required to record impairment charges in the future.

In addition, for-sale condominium assets held for sale are evaluated for impairment using the methodology for assets held for sale (using discounted projected future cash flows). The Company currently owns two luxury condominium assets with a carrying value of $60,236 at September 30, 2011. These projects were substantially completed and began delivering and closing for-sale condominium homes during 2010. See the “Operations Overview” section of this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of the Austin Condominium Project and the Atlanta Condominium Project. As discussed in the “Operations Overview” above, the Company may be required to record additional impairment charges in connection with these condominium projects in future periods if the Company’s projections of future discounted cash flows were to indicate in a future quarter that the carrying value of the assets is not deemed recoverable.

Under ASC Topic 360-20, “Plant Property and Equipment – Real Estate Sales,” the Company uses the relative sales value method to allocate costs and recognize profits from condominium sales at development communities. Under the relative sales value method, estimates of aggregate project revenues and aggregate project costs are used to determine the allocation of project cost of sales and the resulting profit in each accounting period. In subsequent periods, cumulative project cost of sale allocations and the resulting profits are adjusted to reflect changes in the actual and estimated costs and revenues of each project. Unexpected increases or decreases in estimated project revenues and project costs could cause future cost of sale and profit margin amounts recognized in the financial statements to be different than the amounts recognized in prior periods. As the Company continues its sell-out of the two luxury condominium communities in future periods, changes in estimates of this nature could have a significant impact on reported future results from operations.

For developed condominiums, the Company evaluated the factors and guidance specified in ASC Topic 360-20 to determine the appropriate method of accounting for revenue recognition for its two luxury condominium projects (either the “Percentage of Completion Method” or the “Deposit Method”). The factors used to determine the appropriate method are a determination of whether: the purchaser is legally committed to closing in the real estate contract; the construction of the project is beyond a preliminary phase; sufficient units have been contracted to ensure the project will not revert to a rental project; the aggregate project sale proceeds and costs can be reasonably estimated; and the buyer has made an adequate initial and continuing cash investment under the contract in accordance with ASC Topic 360-20. Based on these factors, the Company determined that revenue recognition at these development communities would be recognized under the Deposit Method, similar to the revenue recognition policy for condominium conversion projects in prior years. This conclusion was based upon the determination that the initial and continuing cash investments received did not meet the requirements of ASC Topic 360-20, the inability to reasonably estimate the project sales proceeds, as well as other factors. Under the Deposit Method, condominium revenues are recognized upon the closing of each sale transaction.

Results of operations

The following discussion of results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated statements of operations, the accompanying selected financial data and the community operations/segment performance information included below.

The Company’s revenues and earnings from continuing operations are generated primarily from the operation of its apartment

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

communities. For purposes of evaluating comparative operating performance, the Company categorizes its operating apartment communities based on the period each community reaches stabilized occupancy. The Company generally considers a community to have achieved stabilized occupancy on the earlier to occur of (1) attainment of 95% physical occupancy on the first day of any month or (2) one year after completion of construction.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company’s portfolio of operating apartment communities, excluding five communities held in unconsolidated entities, consisted of the following: (1) 46 communities that were completed and stabilized for all of the current and prior year and (2) four communities that achieved stabilization during 2010. There were no apartment communities classified as held for sale in discontinued operations at September 30, 2011.

The Company has adopted an accounting policy related to communities in the lease-up stage whereby substantially all operating expenses (including pre-opening marketing and management and leasing personnel expenses) are expensed as incurred. During the lease-up phase, the sum of interest expense on completed units and other operating expenses (including pre-opening marketing and management and leasing personnel expenses) will initially exceed rental revenues, resulting in a “lease-up deficit,” which continues until such time as rental revenues exceed such expenses. The lease-up deficits were $0 and $275 for the three months and $0 and $4,505 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

In order to evaluate the operating performance of its communities for the comparative years listed below, the Company has presented financial information which summarizes the rental and other revenues, property operating and maintenance expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization) and net operating income on a comparative basis for all of its operating communities and for its stabilized operating communities. Net operating income is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure. The Company believes that the line on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations entitled “net income (loss)” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to net operating income. Net operating income is reconciled to GAAP net income (loss) in the financial information accompanying the tables. The Company believes that net operating income is an important supplemental measure of operating performance for a REIT’s operating real estate because it provides a measure of the core operations, rather than factoring in depreciation and amortization, financing costs and general and administrative expenses. This measure is particularly useful, in the opinion of the Company, in evaluating the performance of geographic operations, operating segment groupings and individual properties. Additionally, the Company believes that net operating income, as defined, is a widely accepted measure of comparative operating performance in the real estate investment community.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

All operating communities

The operating performance and capital expenditures for all of the Company’s apartment communities and other commercial properties summarized by segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was as follows:

	Three months ended September 30,							Nine months ended September 30,
	2011		2010		% Change			2011		2010		% Change
Rental and other property revenues
Fully stabilized communities (1)	$	66,973	$	62,780		6.7	%	$	194,911	$	185,521		5.1	%
Communities stabilized during 2010 (2)		5,358		4,384		22.2	%		15,141		10,983		37.9	%
Other property segments (3)		6,038		5,508		9.6	%		16,829		15,588		8.0	%
		78,369		72,672		7.8	%		226,881		212,092		7.0	%
Property operating and maintenance expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)
Fully stabilized communities (1)		26,843		26,563		1.1	%		77,757		77,860		(0.1	)%
Communities stabilized during 2010 (2)		2,217		1,866		18.8	%		6,547		6,066		7.9	%
Other property segments, including corporate management expenses (4)		5,558		5,529		0.5	%		16,137		16,438		(1.8	)%
		34,618		33,958		1.9	%		100,441		100,364		0.1	%
Property net operating income (5)	$	43,751	$	38,714		13.0	%	$	126,440	$	111,728		13.2	%
Capital expenditures (6)
Annually recurring:
Carpet	$	925	$	808		14.5	%	$	2,349	$	2,161		8.7	%
Other		4,533		2,251		101.4	%		9,629		6,867		40.2	%
Total	$	5,458	$	3,059		78.4	%	$	11,978	$	9,028		32.7	%
Periodically recurring	$	1,875	$	1,861		0.8	%	$	5,443	$	13,792		(60.5	)%
Average apartment units in service		18,116		18,116		0.0	%		18,116		18,116		0.0	%

(1) Communities which reached stabilization prior to January 1, 2010.

(2) Communities which reached stabilization in 2010.

(3) Other property segment revenues include revenues from commercial properties, revenues from furnished apartment rentals above the unfurnished rental rates and any property revenue not directly related to property operations. Other property segment revenues exclude other corporate revenues of $243 and $223 for the three months and $686 and $777 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

(4) Other expenses include expenses associated with commercial properties, furnished apartment rentals and corporate property management expenses. Corporate property management expenses were $2,645 and $2,498 for the three months and $7,922 and $7,452 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

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(5) A reconciliation of property net operating income to GAAP net income (loss) is detailed below.

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Fully stabilized community NOI	$	40,130	$	36,217	$	117,154	$	107,661
Property NOI from other operating segments		3,621		2,497		9,286		4,067
Consolidated property NOI		43,751		38,714		126,440		111,728
Add (subtract):
Interest income		374		390		982		755
Other revenues		243		223		686		777
Depreciation		(18,823)		(18,623)		(56,383)		(55,737)
Interest expense		(14,207)		(13,646)		(43,119)		(38,820)
Amortization of deferred financing costs		(717)		(611)		(2,085)		(2,097)
General and administrative		(3,970)		(3,927)		(12,332)		(12,570)
Investment and development		(239)		(569)		(1,013)		(1,849)
Other investment costs		(329)		(669)		(1,278)		(1,828)
Impairment losses		-		-		-		(35,091)
Gains on condominium sales activities, net		2,581		1,184		8,757		2,319
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net		235		18,258		790		18,554
Other income (expense), net		(71)		26		230		(271)
Net gain on extinguishment of indebtedness		-		2,845		-		2,845
Net income (loss)	$	8,828	$	23,595	$	21,675	$	(11,285)

(6) In addition to those expenses which relate to property operations, the Company incurs annually recurring and periodically recurring expenditures relating to acquiring new assets, materially enhancing the value of an existing asset, or substantially extending the useful life of an existing asset, all of which are capitalized. Recurring capital expenditures are those that are generally expected to be incurred on an annual basis. Periodically recurring capital expenditures are those that generally occur less frequently than on an annual basis.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Fully stabilized communities

The Company defines fully stabilized communities as those which have reached stabilization prior to the beginning of the previous year. For the 2011 to 2010 comparison, fully stabilized communities are defined as those communities which reached stabilization prior to January 1, 2010. This portfolio consisted of 46 communities with 16,688 units, including 13 communities with 5,407 units (32.4%) located in Atlanta, Georgia, 12 communities with 3,797 units (22.8%) located in Dallas, Texas, 5 communities with 1,905 units (11.4%) located in the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area, 4 communities with 2,111 units (12.6%) located in Tampa, Florida, 4 communities with 1,388 units (8.3%) located in Charlotte, North Carolina and 8 communities with 2,080 units (12.5%) located in other markets. The operating performance of these communities was as follows:

	Three months ended September 30,							Nine months ended September 30,
	2011		2010		% Change			2011		2010		% Change
Rental and other revenues	$	66,973	$	62,780		6.7	%	$	194,911	$	185,521		5.1	%
Property operating and maintenance expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)		26,843		26,563		1.1	%		77,757		77,860		(0.1	)%
Same store net operating income (1)	$	40,130	$	36,217		10.8	%	$	117,154	$	107,661		8.8	%
Capital expenditures (2)
Annually recurring:
Carpet	$	925	$	808		14.5	%	$	2,349	$	2,161		8.7	%
Other		4,312		2,162		99.4	%		9,111		6,597		38.1	%
Total annually recurring		5,237		2,970		76.3	%		11,460		8,758		30.9	%
Periodically recurring		1,217		1,439		(15.4	)%		4,063		12,802		(68.3	)%
Total capital expenditures (A)	$	6,454	$	4,409		46.4	%	$	15,523	$	21,560		(28.0	)%
Total capital expenditures per unit (A ÷ 16,688 units)	$	387	$	264		46.6	%	$	930	$	1,292		(28.0	)%
Average economic occupancy (3)		96.7%		95.8%		0.9	%		95.8%		95.3%		0.5	%
Average monthly rental rate per unit (4)	$	1,289	$	1,228		5.0	%	$	1,264	$	1,220		3.6	%

(1) Net operating income of stabilized communities is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure. See page 32 for a reconciliation of net operating income for stabilized communities to GAAP net income.

(2) A reconciliation of these segment components of property capital expenditures to total annually recurring and periodically recurring and total capital expenditures as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows prepared under GAAP is detailed below.

	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Annually recurring capital expenditures by operating segment
Fully stabilized	$	5,237	$	2,970	$	11,460	$	8,758
Communities stabilized during 2010		71		40		178		86
Other segments		150		49		340		184
Total annually recurring capital expenditures	$	5,458	$	3,059	$	11,978	$	9,028
Periodically recurring capital expenditures by operating segment
Fully stabilized	$	1,217	$	1,439	$	4,063	$	12,802
Communities stabilized during 2010		133		15		196		48
Other segments		525		407		1,184		942
Total periodically recurring capital expenditures	$	1,875	$	1,861	$	5,443	$	13,792
Total revenue generating capital expenditures	$	530	$	217	$	1,254	$	269
Total property capital expenditures per statements of cash flows	$	7,863	$	5,137	$	18,675	$	23,089

The Company uses same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures as cash flow measures. Same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures are supplemental non-GAAP financial measures. The Company believes that same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures are important indicators of the costs incurred by the Company in maintaining same store communities. The corresponding GAAP measures include information with respect to the Company’s other operating segments consisting of communities stabilized in the prior

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year, and commercial properties in addition to same store information. Therefore, the Company believes that its presentation of same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures is necessary to demonstrate same store replacement costs over time. The Company believes that the most directly comparable GAAP measure to same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures is the line on the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows entitled “property capital expenditures.”

(3) Average economic occupancy is defined as gross potential rent less vacancy losses, model expenses and bad debt expenses divided by gross potential rent for the period, expressed as a percentage. Gross potential rent is defined as the sum of the gross actual rental rates for leased units and the anticipated rental rates for unoccupied units. The calculation of average economic occupancy does not include a deduction for net concessions and employee discounts. Average economic occupancy, including these amounts, would have been 96.0% and 94.6% for the three months and 95.0% and 93.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, net concessions were $314 and $559, respectively, and employee discounts were $185 and $187, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, net concessions were $1,049 and $1,914, respectively, and employee discounts were $549 and $553, respectively.

(4) Average monthly rental rate is defined as the average of the gross actual rental rates for leased units and the average of the anticipated rental rates for unoccupied units, divided by total units.

Comparison of three months ended September 30, 2011 to three months ended September 30, 2010

The Operating Partnership reported net income available to common unitholders of $7,897 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $21,746 for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The Company reported net income available to common shareholders of $7,872 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $21,670 for the three months ended September 30, 2010. As discussed below, the reduced income between periods is primarily due to the lack of a comparable net gain of $20,949 in 2010 from the distribution of certain condominium assets and liabilities at fair value to the Company from an unconsolidated real estate entity (see below for further discussion), offset by increased gains on condominium sales in 2011 and increased net operating income from fully stabilized communities in 2011 as discussed below.

Rental and other revenues from property operations increased $5,697 or 7.8% from 2010 to 2011 primarily due to increased revenues from the Company’s fully stabilized communities of $4,193 or 6.7% and increased revenues of $974 or 22.2% from communities that achieved full stabilization in 2010. The revenue increase from communities that achieved full stabilization in 2010 reflects four communities that were fully stabilized in 2011 compared to the communities being in lease up in 2010. The revenue increase from fully stabilized communities is discussed more fully below. The remaining revenue increase reflects increased revenues from commercial properties of $595 due to the lease-up of recently developed space and the recognition of a net $524 lease termination fee at one of the Company’s office properties, offset somewhat by decreased revenues of $65 from the Company’s furnished apartment rental business due to somewhat slower leasing activity between years.

Property operating and maintenance expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased $660 or 1.9% from 2010 to 2011 primarily due to increases from fully stabilized communities of $280 or 1.1% and increases from communities that achieved full stabilization in 2010 of $351 or 18.8%. The expense increase from fully stabilized communities is discussed below. The expense increase from communities that achieved full stabilization in 2010 is primarily due to the timing of expenses as the communities achieved stabilized occupancies in mid to late 2010.

For the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, gains on sales of real estate assets from condominium sales activities were $2,581 and $1,184, respectively. The increase in aggregate condominium gains between periods primarily reflects the impact of favorable changes to profit margins in 2011 at the Company’s Austin Condominium Project. Improved profit margins resulted from revised estimates of the timing and amount of estimated project revenues and costs as the sell-out process is more than one-half complete as of September 30, 2011. Additionally, gains increased in 2011 due to closings at the Company’s Atlanta Condominium Project, as closings commenced at this project in the fourth quarter of 2010. See the “Operations Overview” and “Outlook” sections for a discussion of expected condominium sale closings at the Company’s two luxury condominium communities for the remainder of 2011.

Depreciation expense increased $200 or 1.1% from 2010 to 2011, primarily due to increased depreciation of $214 related to the retail component of properties that were placed in service in 2010 as well as the impact of the partial lease-up of these properties in 2010 and into 2011.

General and administrative expenses increased $43, or 1.1%, from 2010 to 2011 primarily as a result of modest increases in net personnel costs and expenses resulting from increases in compensation and targeted incentive compensation accruals in 2011.

Investment and development expenses decreased $330 or 58.0% from 2010 to 2011. In 2011, the capitalization of development personnel to development projects increased by $705 as the Company commenced the development of five apartment communities in late 2010 and in the first half of 2011. The increased development capitalization was offset somewhat by increased personnel and

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other costs of $375. As a result of these development starts, the Company expects net investment and development expenses to be somewhat lower for the full year of 2011, compared to 2010, as a result of expected increases in amounts capitalized to development activities.

Other investment costs decreased $340 or 50.8% from 2010 to 2011. Other investment costs primarily include land carry expenses, such as property taxes and assessments. The decrease in 2011 primarily reflects lower carry expenses as costs associated with development projects were capitalized to communities placed under development in late 2010 and in the first half of 2011.

Interest expense increased $561 or 4.1% from 2010 to 2011 primarily due to decreased interest capitalization in 2011. Decreased interest capitalization on the Company’s development projects of $612 primarily related to reduced interest capitalization on the Company’s two luxury condominium communities that were completed in 2010, offset somewhat by increased interest capitalization on five apartment development communities commenced in late 2010 and the first half of 2011. The Company expects interest expense for the full year of 2011 to be higher than in 2010 due to the cessation of interest capitalization on the condominium projects discussed above as they delivered completed units in 2010, offset somewhat by increased interest capitalization on apartments under development and construction in 2011.

Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities decreased from $18,258 in 2010 to $235 in 2011. The decrease was due to a transaction in 2010 related to the residential portion of a mixed-use development, sponsored by the Company and its partner, which was conveyed to the residential partners in full redemption of their interest in the mixed-use limited partnership that was developing the project. The residential portion of the mixed-use development (the “Atlanta Condominium Project”) consists of 129 luxury condominium units. In addition, a subsidiary of the Company acquired the lenders’ interest in the residential loan facilities for the Atlanta Condominium Project and adjacent land and infrastructure for an aggregate of $49,793. Subsequent to its acquisition of the residential loans, and in exchange for the release of the guarantors of the residential loans, the Company also acquired all remaining interests in the entities that held the Atlanta Condominium Project and adjacent land and infrastructure that were not previously held by the Company. These transactions resulted in a gain of $23,596, net of transaction expenses and income taxes, related to the distribution at fair value and subsequent extinguishment of the construction indebtedness, partially offset by an impairment loss of $5,492 related to the distribution of the condominium assets at fair value (see note 3 to the consolidated financial statements).

For the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, other income (expense) included estimated state franchise taxes. For 2011, other income (expense) included income of $70 related to receivable recoveries. For 2010, other income (expense) included income of $168 related to a technology investment.

Annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures increased $2,413 or 49.0% from 2010 to 2011. The increase in periodically recurring capital expenditures of $14 primarily reflects decreased costs of $780 associated with the Company’s exterior water remediation program at several communities that was completed in 2010, offset by parking deck and other structural improvements at one community and water remediation improvements at a second community. The increase in annually recurring capital expenditures of $2,399 primarily reflects siding and roofing work at one community as well as the timing of other expenditures between periods.

Fully stabilized communities

Rental and other revenues increased $4,193 or 6.7% from 2010 to 2011. This increase resulted from a 5.0% increase in the average monthly rental rate per apartment unit and from a 0.9% increase in average economic occupancy between periods. The increase in average rental rates resulted in a revenue increase of approximately $3,053 between periods. Average economic occupancy increased from 95.8% in 2010 to 96.7% in 2011. The occupancy increase between periods resulted in lower vacancy losses of $446 in 2011. The remaining increase in rental and other property revenues of $694 was primarily due to increased net leasing fees, somewhat higher utility reimbursements and lower net concessions. Average occupancy levels were slightly higher between years due to improved rental market conditions in 2011. The Company expects that rental revenues will increase moderately on a year over year basis in 2011, continuing a trend that began in late 2010. Average rental rate and occupancy increases were primarily due to increasing rental demand resulting from the decline in the home ownership rate in 2011 and due to a decline in the supply of new apartment communities. See the “Outlook” section below for an additional discussion of trends for 2011.

Property operating and maintenance expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased $280 or 1.1% from 2010 to 2011. This increase was primarily due to increased property tax expenses of $559 or 6.7% and increased insurance expenses of $117 or

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15.8%. These increases were offset primarily by decreased ground rent expenses of $436 or 65.1%. The increase in property tax expenses primarily reflects the timing of expense recognition and estimate revisions between years. For the full year 2011, the Company expects property taxes to increase modestly compared to 2010. Insurance expenses increased due to the timing of expense recognition and estimate revisions between years to reflect savings associated with favorable claims experience in each year. For the full year 2011, the Company expects insurance expenses to be somewhat lower than 2010. The decrease in ground rent expenses primarily reflects the termination of ground leases (through the acquisition of the underlying land) at one of the Company’s Washington D.C. communities in the fourth quarter of 2010 and at one of the Company’s Atlanta communities in July 2011.

Comparison of nine months ended September 30, 2011 to nine months ended September 30, 2010

The Operating Partnership reported net income available to common unitholders of $16,329 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to a net loss attributable to common unitholders of $17,008 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The Company reported net income available to common shareholders of $16,275 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to a net loss attributable to common shareholders of $16,948 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. As discussed below, the additional income between periods primarily reflects additional net operating income from lease-up communities between periods, increased net operating income from fully stabilized communities as discussed below and increased gains on condominium sales in 2011, offset by the net impact of asset impairment charges and gains from unconsolidated entities (discussed above) in 2010 and by increased interest expense and preferred stock redemption costs in 2011.

Rental and other revenues from property operations increased $14,789 or 7.0% from 2010 to 2011 primarily due to increased revenues from the Company’s fully stabilized communities of $9,390 or 5.1% and increased revenues of $4,158 or 37.9% from communities that achieved full stabilization in 2010. The revenue increase from communities that achieved full stabilization in 2010 reflects four communities that were fully stabilized in 2011 compared to the communities being in lease up in 2010. The revenue increase from fully stabilized communities is discussed more fully below. The remaining revenue increase reflects increased revenues from commercial properties of $1,787 due to the lease-up of recently developed space, slightly increased occupancies in 2011 and the recognition of a net $524 lease termination fee at one of the Company’s office properties, offset somewhat by decreased revenues of $546 from the Company’s furnished apartment rental business due to somewhat slower leasing activity between years.

Property operating and maintenance expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased $77 or 0.1% from 2010 to 2011 primarily due to increased expenses of $481 or 7.9% from communities that achieved full stabilization in 2010, partially offset by decreases from fully stabilized communities of $103 or 0.1% and decreases in other segment expense, including corporate property management expenses, of $301 or 1.8%. The expense increase from communities that achieved full stabilization in 2010 reflects four communities that were fully stabilized in 2011 compared to the communities being in lease up in 2010. The expense decrease from fully stabilized communities is discussed below. The expense decrease from other property segments primarily reflects decreased expenses from the Company’s furnished apartment rental business due to somewhat slower leasing activity between years.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, gains on sales of real estate assets from condominium sales activities in continuing operations were $8,757 and $2,319, respectively. The increase in aggregate condominium gains between periods primarily reflects the sales of 44 units at the Company’s two luxury condominium communities in 2011 compared to sales of 36 units at the Company’s Austin Condominium Project in 2010 as well as the impact of favorable changes to profit margins in 2011 at this project. Improved profit margins resulted from revised estimates of the timing and amount of estimated project revenues and costs as the sell-out process is just more than one-half complete as of September 30, 2011. Additionally, gains increased in 2011 due to closings at the Company’s Atlanta Condominium Project, as closings commenced at this project in the fourth quarter of 2010. Condominium gains in 2010 also included net gains of $1,132 relating to the sell-out of the final condominium units at two condominium conversion communities. See the “Operations Overview” and “Outlook” sections for a discussion of expected condominium sale closings at the Company’s two luxury condominium communities for the remainder of 2011.

Depreciation expense increased $646 or 1.2% from 2010 to 2011, primarily due to increased depreciation of $212 related to communities stabilized in 2010 as apartment units were placed in service in 2010 and increased depreciation of $490 related to the retail component of properties that were placed in service in 2010 as well as the impact of the partial lease-up of these properties in 2010 and into 2011.

General and administrative expenses decreased $238, or 1.9%, from 2010 to 2011 as a result of decreased legal and other professional fee expenses of $309, consulting expenses of $141 and insurance expenses of $102, partially offset by increased net personnel costs and expenses of $422. The decrease in legal and other professional fee expenses primarily related to decreased legal expenses associated with litigation in 2010 for the Company’s ground lease and related land acquisition rights at one of the Company’s Washington, D.C. area communities, partially

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offset by increased legal and other professional fees associated with on-going litigation in 2011 and the general timing of other professional fees between years. The decrease in consulting expenses primarily related to the timing of income tax advisory work between years. The decrease in insurance expenses primarily related to lower director and officer insurance costs. The increase personnel expenses related to increases in compensation and targeted incentive compensation accruals in 2011.

Investment and development expenses decreased $836 or 45.2% from 2010 to 2011. In 2011, the capitalization of development personnel to development projects increased by $1,517 as the Company commenced the development of five apartment communities in late 2010 and in the first half of 2011. The increased development capitalization was offset somewhat by increased personnel and other costs of $681. As a result of these development starts, the Company expects net investment and development expenses to be somewhat lower for the full year of 2011, compared to 2010, as a result of expected increases in amounts capitalized to development activities.

Other investment costs decreased $550 or 30.1% from 2010 to 2011. Other investment costs primarily include land carry expenses, such as property taxes and assessments. The decrease in 2011 primarily reflects lower carry expenses as costs associated with development projects were capitalized to communities placed under development in late 2010 and in the first half of 2011, as well as prior year tax settlements of $125 reflected in the first nine months of 2011.

Impairment losses in 2010 included non-cash impairment charges of $34,691 associated with the Company’s condominium community in Austin, Texas and $400 associated with a land parcel in Tampa, Florida. The $400 impairment charge reflected the write-down of the land parcel to fair value upon its classification as held for sale in the second quarter of 2010. See the “Operations Overview” section above for a further discussion of the condominium non-cash impairment charges.

Interest expense increased $4,299 or 11.1% from 2010 to 2011 primarily due to decreased interest capitalization in 2011. Decreased interest capitalization on the Company’s development projects of $4,500 primarily related to reduced interest capitalization on the Company’s two luxury condominium communities that were completed in 2010. The Company expects interest expense for the full year of 2011 to be higher than in 2010 due to the cessation of interest capitalization on the condominium projects discussed above as they delivered completed units in 2010, offset somewhat by increased interest capitalization on apartments under development and construction in 2011.

Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities decreased from $18,554 in 2010 to $790 in 2011. This decrease was due to a transaction in 2010 related to the residential portion of a mixed-use development, sponsored by the Company and its partner, which was conveyed to the residential partners in full redemption of their interest in the mixed-use limited partnership that was developing the project. The residential portion of the mixed-use development (the “Atlanta Condominium Project”) consists of 129 luxury condominium units. In addition, a subsidiary of the Company acquired the lenders’ interest in the residential loan facilities for the Atlanta Condominium Project and adjacent land and infrastructure for an aggregate of $49,793. Subsequent to its acquisition of the residential loans, and in exchange for the release of the guarantors of the residential loans, the Company also acquired all remaining interests in the entities that held the Atlanta Condominium Project and adjacent land and infrastructure that were not previously held by the Company. These transactions resulted in a gain of $23,596, net of transaction expenses and income taxes, related to the distribution at fair value and subsequent extinguishment of the construction indebtedness, partially offset by an impairment loss of $5,492 related to the distribution of the condominium assets at fair value (see note 3 to the consolidated financial statements).

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, other income (expense) included estimated state franchise taxes. For 2011, other income (expense) also included income of $150 related to the settlement of a legal claim related to work performed at one of the Company’s apartment communities, a gain of $428 from the sale of a technology investment and $70 related to receivable recoveries. For 2010, other income (expense) included income of $168 related to a technology investment.

Annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures decreased $5,399 or 23.7% from 2010 to 2011. The decrease in periodically recurring capital expenditures of $8,349 primarily reflects decreased costs of $11,434 associated with the Company’s exterior water remediation program at several communities that was completed in 2010, offset primarily by increases at three communities related to structural and parking deck improvements, window replacements and water remediation improvements. The increase in annually recurring capital expenditures of $2,950 reflected siding and roofing work at two communities, parking garage sealing work at one community as well as the timing of increased pool, appliance, HVAC equipment and other expenditures in 2011.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Fully stabilized communities

Rental and other revenues increased $9,390 or 5.1% from 2010 to 2011. This increase resulted from a 3.6% increase in the average monthly rental rate per apartment unit and from a 0.5% increase in average economic occupancy between periods. The increase in average rental rates resulted in a revenue increase of approximately $6,532 between periods. Average economic occupancy increased from 95.3% in 2010 to 95.8% in 2011. The occupancy increase between periods resulted in lower vacancy losses of $698 in 2011. The remaining increase in rental and other property revenues of $2,160 was primarily due to increased net leasing fees, somewhat higher utility reimbursements and lower net concessions. Average occupancy levels were slightly higher between years due to improved rental market conditions in 2011. The Company expects that rental revenues will increase moderately on a year over year basis in 2011, continuing a trend that began in late 2010. See the “Outlook” section below for an additional discussion of trends for 2011.

Property operating and maintenance expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) decreased $103 or 0.1% from 2010 to 2011. This decrease was primarily due to decreased ground rent expenses of $1,177 or 58.5%, and decreased insurance expenses of $164 or 5.8%. These decreases were partially offset by higher utility expenses of $763 or 6.7%, increased property tax expenses of $115 or 0.4% and increased maintenance expenses of $204 or 1.7%. The decrease in ground rent expenses reflects the termination of ground leases (through the acquisition of the underlying land) at one of the Company’s Washington D.C. communities in the fourth quarter of 2010 and at one of the Company’s Atlanta communities in July 2011. Insurance expenses decreased due primarily to savings resulting from favorable claims experience associated with commercial property coverages between years. For the full year 2011, the Company expects insurance expenses to be somewhat lower than 2010 as a result of the above savings. Utility expenses increased due to higher water and sewer charges in certain markets primarily due to higher rates as well as the timing of the settlement of expense billing disputes in certain markets. Property tax expenses increased slightly between years primarily due to moderately higher estimated taxes in 2011, offset somewhat by the timing of expense recognition and estimate revisions between years. For the full year 2011, the Company expects property tax expense to increase modestly compared to 2010. Maintenance expenses increased due primarily to higher unit turnover expenses resulting from a slightly lower renewal rate for apartment units, as rental rates have increased, and due to higher general repair expenses resulting from the timing of the expenses between years.

Outlook

The outlook and assumptions presented below are forward-looking and are based on the Company’s future view of apartment and condominium markets and of general economic conditions, as well as other risks outlined above under the caption “Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” There can be no assurance that the Company’s actual results will not differ materially from the outlook and assumptions set forth below. The Company assumes no obligation to update this outlook in the future.

The Company’s outlook for the remainder of 2011 is based on the expectation that economic and employment conditions will continue to be stable. Notwithstanding, there continues to be significant risks and uncertainty in the economy and the unemployment rate continues to be higher than normal. If the economic recovery were to stall or U.S. economic conditions were to worsen, the Company’s operating results would be adversely affected. The supply of new apartment units has remained relatively low throughout 2011, which coupled with improving multi-family housing demand in the Company’s markets, has generally supported improved operating fundamentals in the multi-family rental markets in 2011.

Rental and other revenues from fully stabilized communities are expected to increase moderately for the full year 2011, compared to 2010, driven primarily by new and renewed leases being completed at moderately higher market rental rates as the Company has sought to maintain occupancy levels relatively consistent with 2010. Operating expenses of fully stabilized communities are expected to increase moderately in 2011. For the year, the Company expects increases in property tax and utility expenses to be somewhat offset by reduced ground lease expenses due to the acquisition of the underlying land and the termination of ground leases at a Washington D.C. community in late 2010 and an Atlanta, Georgia community in mid-2011. As a result, management expects fully stabilized community net operating income to increase moderately for the full year 2011, which is expected to positively impact the Company’s results of operations. Management expects net operating income from communities stabilized in 2010 will also increase for the full year of 2011, as the communities are stabilized for all of 2011 compared to their lease-up throughout 2010.

Management expects interest expense for the full year 2011 to be moderately higher than in 2010 due generally to decreased interest capitalization in 2011, compared to 2010, resulting from the completion of apartment projects under development in early 2010 and the completion of two luxury condominium development projects in 2010, offset somewhat by interest capitalization to new construction starts in the latter half of 2010 and in 2011.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Management also expects general and administrative, property management and investment and development expenses to be relatively flat or decrease slightly, net of amounts capitalized to development projects, due in part to lower expected legal expenses and increased capitalization of personnel and associated costs to apartment community developments in 2011.

The Company does not currently expect to sell any wholly-owned apartment communities for the remainder of 2011. The Company, through a taxable REIT subsidiary, expects to continue closing unit sales at its Austin Condominium Project and at its Atlanta Condominium Project in 2011. The amount of revenue and profits or losses recognized from condominium sales will depend on the timing, volume and pricing of actual closings for the remainder of 2011. There can be no assurance that any sales will close or that any profits will be realized. The Company may record net losses from condominium activities in future quarterly periods if gross profits from condominium sales are not sufficient to cover the expensed administrative, marketing, sales and other carrying costs (principally property taxes, homeowners’ association dues and utilities) of the communities. Furthermore, if the sales mix, sales velocity and unit pricing varies significantly from the valuation models for each of the condominium projects, it could cause condominium profits to differ materially from the Company’s expectations, and further, could cause the Company to re-evaluate its valuation models and assumptions which could result in additional impairment losses in future periods (see “Operations Overview” above where discussed further).

The Company currently expects to utilize available borrowing capacity under its unsecured revolving lines of credit as well as net proceeds from on-going condominium sales and its at-the-market common equity program to fund future estimated construction expenditures. As a result of expected additional at-the-market common equity sales, the Company expects weighted average diluted shares to increase for the full year 2011, compared to 2010. Sales under the at-the-market common equity program will depend upon a variety of factors, including, among others, market conditions and the trading price of the Company’s common stock relative to other sources of capital.

Liquidity and capital resources

The discussion in this Liquidity and Capital Resources section is the same for the Company and the Operating Partnership, except that all indebtedness described herein has been incurred by the Operating Partnership.

The Company’s net cash provided by operating activities increased from $71,475 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 to $83,071 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 primarily due to increased property net operating income in 2011 from communities stabilized in 2010 as well as from increased property net operating income in 2011 from fully stabilized communities. For the full year 2011, the Company expects cash flows from operating activities to increase primarily driven by the anticipated improved performance of the Company’s fully stabilized communities resulting from improving conditions in multifamily markets and increased net operating income from a full year of stabilized operations from communities stabilized in 2010, offset somewhat by higher interest expenses.

Net cash flows used in investing activities increased from $20,857 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 to $30,266 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 primarily due to increased construction and development expenditures, offset somewhat by reduced property capital expenditures primarily related to the Company’s exterior remediation program which was completed in 2010. For the remainder of 2011, the Company expects to continue to incur construction and development expenditures on current development projects. The Company expects to continue to sell condominiums in 2011, but does not currently expect to sell any wholly-owned apartment communities in 2011.

Net cash flows from financing activities changed from $55,610 of net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 to $18,213 net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 primarily due to increased proceeds from the sale of common stock under the Company’s at-the-market equity program and from employee stock purchase and stock option plans in 2011, offset somewhat by the redemption of the Company’s Series B preferred stock. For the remainder of 2011, the Company expects to continue to opportunistically raise additional proceeds from the Company’s at-the-market common equity program (discussed below), principally to fund the expected development expenditures and to repay scheduled debt maturities.

Since 1993, the Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Management currently intends to continue operating the Company as a REIT for the remainder of 2011. As a REIT, the Company is subject to a number of organizational and operating requirements, including a requirement to distribute 90% of its adjusted taxable

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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

income to its shareholders. As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income taxes on the taxable income it distributes to its shareholders.

Generally, the Company’s objective is to meet its short-term liquidity requirement of funding the payment of its current level of quarterly preferred and common stock dividends to shareholders through its net cash flows provided by operating activities, less its annual recurring and periodically recurring property and corporate capital expenditures. These operating capital expenditures are necessary to maintain the earnings capacity of the Company’s operating assets over time.

On August 1, 2011, the Company announced that its board of directors had approved a $0.02 per share, or 10.0%, increase in its quarterly dividend payable on October 14, 2011, to all common shareholders of record as of September 30, 2011. As a result, the Company’s current quarterly dividend payment to common shareholders is $0.22 per share. To the extent the Company continues to pay dividends at this dividend rate, the Company expects to use net cash flows from operations reduced by annual operating capital expenditures to fund the dividend payments to common and preferred shareholders. If its net cash flows from operations are not sufficient to meet its anticipated dividend payment rate, the Company expects to use line of credit borrowings to fund dividend payments. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company’s net cash flow from operations, reduced by annual operating capital expenditures, was sufficient to fully fund the Company’s dividend payments to common and preferred shareholders. The Company’s board of directors reviews the dividend quarterly, and there can be no assurance that the current dividend level will be maintained. The Company’s dividends can be paid as a combination of cash and stock in order to satisfy the annual distribution requirements applicable to REITs. The Company’s net cash flow from operations continues to be sufficient to meet the dividend requirements necessary to maintain its REIT status under the Code.

The Company generally expects to utilize net cash flow from operations, available cash and cash equivalents and available capacity under its revolving lines of credit to fund its short-term liquidity requirements, including capital expenditures, dividends and distributions on its common and preferred equity and its debt service requirements. The Company generally expects to fund its long-term liquidity requirements, including maturities of long-term debt and acquisition and development activities, through long-term unsecured and secured borrowings, through on-going condominium sales, possibly through the sale of selected operating communities, through net proceeds from the Company’s at-the-market common equity program and possibly through equity or leveraged joint venture arrangements. As it has done in the past, the Company may also use joint venture arrangements in future periods to reduce its market concentrations in certain markets, build critical mass in other markets and to reduce its exposure to certain risks of its future development activities.

As previously discussed, the Company has used the proceeds from the sale of operating communities and condominium homes as one means of funding its development and acquisition activities. Total net sales proceeds from land and condominium sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and for the full year of 2010 were $46,080 and $77,388, respectively. As of September 30, 2011, the Company had no wholly-owned apartment communities held for sale and currently does not expect to sell any wholly-owned apartment communities for the remainder of 2011. The Company expects to generate additional net sales proceeds from the continued closings of condominium units at the Austin and Atlanta Condominium Projects in the remainder of 2011 (see “Outlook” above where discussed further).

In February 2010, the Company initiated an at-the-market common equity program for the sale of up to 4,000 shares of common stock. The Company expects to use this program as an additional source of capital and liquidity and to maintain the strength of its balance sheet. Sales under this program will be dependent on a variety of factors, including, among others, market conditions and the trading price of the Company’s common stock relative to other sources of capital. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and for the full year of 2010, the Company sold 2,321 and 41 common shares under this program for net proceeds of $91,722 and $1,121, respectively. The Company has approximately 1,637 shares remaining for issuance under this program.

As of September 30, 2011, the Company’s aggregate pipeline of five apartment developments under construction totaled approximately $272,100, of which approximately $196,200 remained to be incurred by the Company as of September 30, 2011. The Company may begin additional developments over the next year or so. The Company currently expects to utilize available borrowing capacity under its unsecured revolving lines of credit as well as net proceeds from on-going condominium sales and its at-the-market common equity program to fund future estimated construction expenditures.

In January 2011, the Company refinanced its unsecured revolving line of credit facility. The new credit facility was provided by a syndicate of eight financial institutions arranged by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. The credit facility provides for a $300,000 unsecured revolving line of credit which has a three-year term with a one-year extension option, and which

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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

matures in January 2014. The new credit facility amends and restates the Company’s previous $400,000 unsecured revolving credit facility. The credit facility has a current stated interest rate of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 2.30% and requires the payment of annual facility fees currently equal to 0.45% of the aggregate loan commitments. The credit facility provides for the interest rate and facility fee rate to be adjusted up or down based on changes in the credit ratings of the Company’s senior unsecured debt. The credit facility also includes an uncommitted competitive bid option for up to half of the total available borrowing facility, as

long as the Company maintains its investment grade credit rating. This option allows participating banks to bid to provide the Company loans at a rate that is generally lower than the stated rate for syndicated borrowings, depending on market conditions. The credit facility contains representations, financial and other affirmative and negative covenants, events of defaults and remedies typical for this type of facility.

In January 2011, the Company also refinanced its unsecured revolving line of credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., providing for a $30,000 unsecured cash management line of credit which has a three-year term with a one-year extension option, and which matures in January 2014. The cash management line carries pricing and terms, including debt covenants, substantially consistent with those of the syndicated credit facility described above. The new credit agreement amends and restates the Company’s previous $30,000 unsecured revolving cash management line.

As of October 27, 2011, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $73,300. Additionally, the Company had no outstanding borrowings and outstanding letters of credit of $710 under its $330,000 combined unsecured revolving line of credit facilities. The terms, conditions and restrictive covenants associated with the Company’s unsecured revolving line of credit facilities and senior unsecured notes are summarized in note 4 to the consolidated financial statements. Management believes the Company was in compliance with the covenants of the Company’s unsecured revolving lines of credit and senior unsecured notes at September 30, 2011.

Management believes it will have adequate capacity under its unsecured revolving lines of credit to execute the remainder of its 2011 business plan and meet its short-term liquidity requirements. The Company currently believes that it will continue to have access to additional equity capital, unsecured debt financing and secured debt financing through loan programs sponsored by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other secured lenders. In the past, the Company has utilized loan programs sponsored by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as a key source of capital to finance its growth and its operations. Should these entities discontinue providing liquidity to the Company’s sector, it could significantly reduce the Company’s access to debt capital and/or increase borrowing costs and could adversely affect the development of multifamily homes. In addition, the amount and timing of any new debt financings may be limited by restrictive covenants under unsecured debt arrangements, such as coverage ratios and limitations on aggregate secured debt as a percentage of total assets, as defined. There can be no assurances that such secured financing will continue to be available through U.S. government sponsored programs and other secured lenders or that the Company’s access to additional debt financings will not be limited by its financial covenants.

Stock and debt repurchase programs

In late 2010, the Company’s board of directors adopted a new stock repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to $200,000 of common or preferred stock from time to time until December 31, 2012. This new stock and note repurchase program replaces programs that were previously in place through December 2010. In the first half of 2011, the Company fully redeemed its Series B preferred stock with a liquidation value of $49,571. In 2010, the Company repurchased preferred stock with a liquidation value of approximately $2,037 under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.

Capitalization of fixed assets and community improvements

The Company has a policy of capitalizing those expenditures relating to the acquisition of new assets and the development and construction of new apartment communities. In addition, the Company capitalizes expenditures that enhance the value of existing assets and expenditures that substantially extend the life of existing assets. All other expenditures necessary to maintain a community in ordinary operating condition are expensed as incurred. Additionally, for new development communities, carpet, vinyl and blind replacements are expensed as incurred during the first five years (which corresponds to the estimated depreciable life of these assets) after construction completion. Thereafter, these replacements are capitalized. Further, the Company expenses as incurred interior and exterior painting of operating communities, unless those communities are under rehabilitation or major remediation.

The Company capitalizes interest, real estate taxes, and certain internal personnel and associated costs related to apartment communities under development, construction and rehabilitation. The incremental personnel and associated costs are capitalized to

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

the projects under development and rehabilitation based upon the effort associated with such projects. The Company treats each unit in an apartment community separately for cost accumulation, capitalization and expense recognition purposes. Prior to the commencement of leasing activities, interest and other construction costs are capitalized and included in construction in progress. The Company ceases the capitalization of such costs as the residential units in a community become substantially complete and available for occupancy. This practice results in a proration of these costs between amounts that are capitalized and expensed as the residential units in a development community become available for occupancy. In addition, prior to the completion of units, the Company expenses, as incurred, substantially all operating expenses (including pre-opening marketing expenses) of such communities.

Acquisition of assets and community development and other capitalized expenditures for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 are summarized as follows:

	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
New community development and acquisition activity (1)	$	21,701	$	8,128	$	56,240	$	38,076
Periodically recurring capital expenditures
Community rehabilitation and other revenuegenerating improvements (2)		530		217		1,254		269
Other community additions and improvements (3) (6)		1,875		1,861		5,443		13,792
Annually recurring capital expenditures
Carpet replacements and other community additions and improvements (4)		5,458		3,059		11,978		9,028
Corporate additions and improvements		440		95		926		541
	$	30,004	$	13,360	$	75,841	$	61,706
Other Data
Capitalized interest	$	886	$	1,498	$	1,892	$	6,392
Capitalized development and associated costs (5)	$	879	$	174	$	1,975	$	458

(1) Reflects aggregate land and community development and acquisition costs, exclusive of assumed debt and the change in construction payables between years.

(2) Represents expenditures for major renovations of communities and other upgrade costs that enhance the rental value of such units.

(3) Represents property improvement expenditures that generally occur less frequently than on an annual basis.

(4) Represents property improvement expenditures of a type that are expected to be incurred on an annual basis.

(5) Reflects development personnel and associated costs capitalized to construction and development activities.

(6) Includes $780 for the three months and $11,434 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, of periodically recurring capital expenditures related to the Company’s exterior remediation project that was completed in 2010.

Current communities under development

At September 30, 2011, the Company had 1,568 apartment units in five communities under development. These communities are summarized in the table below ($ in millions).

Community	Location	Number   of Units		Retail   Sq. Ft. (1)		Estimated   Total Cost		Costs Incurred as of   9/30/2011		Quarter of First Units   Available		Estimated Quarter of Stabilized   Occupancy (2)
Post Carlyle Square™—Phase II	Wash. DC		344		-	$	95.0	$	41.1		2Q 2012		4Q 2013
Post South Lamar™	Austin, TX		298		8,555		41.7		11.6		3Q 2012		4Q 2013
Post Midtown Square®—Phase III	Houston, TX		124		10,864		21.8		4.9		3Q 2012		4Q 2013
Post Lake® at Baldwin Park—Phase III	Orlando, FL		410		-		58.6		12.4		4Q 2012		2Q 2014
Post Parkside™ at Wade—Phase I	Raleigh, NC		392		18,148		55.0		5.9		1Q 2013		3Q 2014
Total			1,568		37,567	$	272.1	$	75.9

(1) Square footage amounts are approximate. Actual square footage may vary.

(2) The Company defines stabilized occupancy as the earlier to occur of (i) the attainment of 95% physical occupancy on the first day of any month or (ii) one year after completion of construction.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Inflation

Substantially all of the leases at the communities allow, at the time of renewal, for adjustments in the rent payable thereunder, and thus may enable the Company to seek increases in rents. The substantial majority of these leases are for one year or less and the remaining leases are for up to two years. At the expiration of a lease term, the Company’s lease agreements generally provide that the term will be extended unless either the Company or the lessee gives at least sixty (60) days written notice of termination. In addition, the Company’s policy generally permits the earlier termination of a lease by a lessee upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Company and the payment of an amount equal to two month’s rent as compensation for early termination. The short-term nature of these leases generally serves to offset the risk to the Company that the adverse effect of inflation may have on the Company’s general, administrative and operating expenses.

Funds from operations

The Company uses the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) definition of funds from operations (“FFO”). FFO is defined by NAREIT as net income available to common shareholders determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains (or losses) from extraordinary items and sales of depreciable property, plus depreciation of real estate assets, and after adjustment for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures all determined on a consistent basis in accordance with GAAP. FFO is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure. FFO presented herein is not necessarily comparable to FFO presented by other real estate companies because not all real estate companies use the same definition. The Company’s FFO is comparable to the FFO of real estate companies that use the current NAREIT definition.

The Company also uses FFO as an operating measure. Accounting for real estate assets using historical cost accounting under GAAP assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. NAREIT stated in its April 2002 White Paper on Funds from Operations “since real estate asset values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors have considered presentations of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves.” As a result, the concept of FFO was created by NAREIT for the REIT industry to provide an alternate measure. Since the Company agrees with the concept of FFO and appreciates the reasons surrounding its creation, management believes that FFO is an important supplemental measure of operating performance. In addition, since most equity REITs provide FFO information to the investment community, the Company believes FFO is a useful supplemental measure for comparing the Company’s results to those of other equity REITs. The Company believes that the line on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations entitled “net income (loss) available to common shareholders” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to FFO.

FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income available to common shareholders (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indicator of the Company’s financial performance. While management believes that FFO is an important supplemental non-GAAP financial measure, management believes it is also important to stress that FFO should not be considered as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of the Company’s liquidity. Further, FFO is not necessarily indicative of sufficient cash flow to fund all of the Company’s needs or ability to service indebtedness or make distributions.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

A reconciliation of net income (loss) available to common shareholders to FFO available to common shareholders and unitholders was as follows.

	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$	7,872	$	21,670	$	16,275	$	(16,948)
Noncontrolling interests—Operating Partnership		25		76		54		(60)
Depreciation on consolidated real estate assets		18,475		18,167		55,340		54,349
Depreciation on real estate assets held in unconsolidated entities		363		356		1,084		1,065
Gains on sales of condominiums		(2,581)		(1,184)		(8,757)		(2,319)
Incremental gains on condominium sales (1)		2,581		1,184		8,757		2,057
Funds from operations available to commonshareholders and unitholders (2)	$	26,735	$	40,269	$	72,753	$	38,144
Weighted average shares outstanding—basic		50,815		48,747		50,024		48,652
Weighted average shares and units outstanding—basic		50,977		48,918		50,191		48,824
Weighted average shares outstanding—diluted (3)		51,217		48,882		50,421		48,785
Weighted average shares and units outstanding—diluted (3)		51,379		49,053		50,588		48,957

(1) The Company recognizes incremental gains on condominium sales in FFO, net of provision for income taxes, to the extent that net sales proceeds from the sale of condominium homes exceeds the greater of their fair value or net book value as of the date the property is acquired by its taxable REIT subsidiary. For condominium development projects, gains on condominium sales in FFO are equivalent to gains reported under generally accepted accounting principles.

(2) For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, FFO included $1,757 of preferred stock redemption costs. FFO for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 included non-cash impairment charges of $5,492 and $40,583, respectively. FFO for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 included net debt extinguishment gains of $26,441.

(3) Diluted weighted average shares and units include the impact of dilutive securities totaling 402 and 135 for the three months and 397 and 134 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The dilutive securities for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 were antidilutive to the computation of income (loss) per share, as the Company reported net loss attributable to common shareholders and unitholders for these periods under generally accepted accounting principles. Additionally, basic and diluted weighted average shares and units included the impact of non-vested shares and units totaling 164 and 212 for the three months and 162 and 205 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, for the computation of funds from operations per share. Such non-vested shares and units are considered in the income (loss) per share computations under generally accepted accounting principles using the “two-class method.”

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company’s primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk. At September 30, 2011, the Company had no outstanding variable rate debt tied to LIBOR. The Company has interest rate risk associated with fixed rate debt at maturity. The discussion in this section is the same for the Company and the Operating Partnership, except that all indebtedness described herein has been incurred by the Operating Partnership.

Management has and will continue to manage interest rate risk as follows:

• maintain a conservative ratio of fixed rate, long-term debt to total debt such that variable rate exposure is kept at an acceptable level;

• fix certain long-term variable rate debt through the use of interest rate swaps or interest rate caps with appropriately matching maturities;

• use derivative financial instruments where appropriate to fix rates on anticipated debt transactions; and

• take advantage of favorable market conditions for long-term debt and/or equity.

Management uses various financial models and advisors to achieve these objectives.

Because the Company had no outstanding borrowings under its LIBOR-based indebtedness at September 30, 2011, fluctuations in such notes would have no effect on the Company’s interest costs.

The Company had no outstanding derivative financial instruments at September 30, 2011. Additionally, other than the renewal of the Company’s unsecured line of credit arrangements during the nine months ended September 30, 2011, as discussed in note 4 to the consolidated financial statements, there were no material changes in outstanding fixed or variable rate debt arrangements for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

As required by Securities and Exchange Commission rules, the Company and the Operating Partnership have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of their disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. This evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the management of the Company and the Operating Partnership, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer. Based on this evaluation, these officers have concluded that the design and operation of the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) are the controls and other procedures of the Company and the Operating Partnership that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company and the Operating Partnership in the reports that they file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

There were no changes to the Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the period covered by this report that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

($ in thousands)

In September 2010, the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) filed a lawsuit against the Company and the Operating Partnership in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The suit alleges various violations of the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) at properties designed, constructed or operated by the Company and the Operating Partnership in the District of Columbia, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina and Texas. The plaintiff seeks statutory damages and a civil penalty in unspecified amounts, as well as injunctive relief that includes retrofitting apartments and public use areas to comply with the FHA and the ADA and prohibiting construction or sale of noncompliant units or complexes. The Company and the Operating Partnership filed a motion to transfer the case to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where a previous civil case involving alleged violations of the FHA and ADA by the Company and the Operating Partnership was filed and ultimately dismissed. On October 29, 2010, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued an opinion finding that the complaint shows that the DOJ’s claims are essentially the same as the previous civil case, and, therefore, granted the Company and the Operating Partnership’s motion and transferred the DOJ’s case to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Limited discovery is proceeding as permitted by the Court. Due to the preliminary nature of the litigation, it is not possible to predict or determine the outcome of the legal proceeding, nor is it possible to estimate the amount of loss, if any, that would be associated with an adverse decision.

The Company and the Operating Partnership are involved in various other legal proceedings incidental to their business from time to time, most of which are expected to be covered by liability or other insurance. Management of the Company and Operating Partnership believes that any resolution of pending proceedings or liability to the Company or Operating Partnership which may arise as a result of these various other legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company or Operating Partnership’s results of operations or financial position.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There were no material changes in the Registrants’ Risk Factors as previously disclosed in Item 1A of the Registrants’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

(a) None.

(b) Not applicable.

(c) The following table summarizes the Company’s purchases of its equity securities for the three months ended September 30, 2011 (in thousands, except shares and per share amounts).

Period	Total Number of   Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid   Per Share		Total Number of   Shares Purchased as   Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under   the Plans or Programs (1)
July 1, 2011
July 31, 2011		-	$	-		-	$	150,429
August 1, 2011
August 31, 2011		-		-		-	$	150,429
September 1, 2011
September 30, 2011		-		-		-	$	150,429
Total		-	$	-		-	$	150,429

(1) In the fourth quarter of 2010, the Company’s board of directors approved a stock repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to $200,000 of common or preferred stock through December 31, 2012.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. RESERVED

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Certain exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K have been filed with previous reports by the Registrants and are incorporated by reference herein.

The Registrants agree to furnish a copy of all agreements relating to long-term debt upon request of the SEC.

Exhibit No.	Description
3.1(a)    -	Articles of Incorporation of the Company
3.2(b)    -	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
3.3(b)    -	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
3.4(b)    -	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
3.5(c)    -	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
3.6(d)    -	Bylaws of the Company (as Amended and Restated effective as of June 9, 2009)
4.1(e)    -	Indenture between the Company and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee
4.2(f)     -	First Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture between the Operating Partnership and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee
11.1(g)  -	Statement Regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings
31.1       -	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2       -	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1       -	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2       -	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101        -	The following financial information for the Company and the Operating Partnership, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Equity and Accumulated Earnings, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

(a) Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (SEC File No. 33-61936), as amended, of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrants for the year ended December 31, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.

(c) Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrants for the quarter ended September 30, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Filed as an exhibit to the current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrants filed on February 12, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.

(e) Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (SEC File No. 333-42884), as amended, of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(f) Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (SEC File No. 333-139581) of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(g) The information required by this exhibit is included in notes 6 and 7 to the consolidated financial statements and is incorporated herein by reference.

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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.

	POST PROPERTIES, INC.
November 4, 2011	By:	/s/ David P. Stockert
		David P. Stockert
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

November 4, 2011	By:	/s/ Christopher J. Papa
		Christopher J. Papa
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)

November 4, 2011	By:	/s/ Arthur J. Quirk
		Arthur J. Quirk
		Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
		(Principal Accounting Officer)

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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.

	POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.
	By: Post GP Holdings, Inc., its sole general partner
November 4, 2011	By:	/s/ David P. Stockert
		David P. Stockert
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)
November 4, 2011	By:	/s/ Christopher J. Papa
		Christopher J. Papa
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)
November 4, 2011	By:	/s/ Arthur J. Quirk
		Arthur J. Quirk
		Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
		(Principal Accounting Officer)

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Certain exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K have been filed with previous reports by the Registrants and are incorporated by reference herein.

The Registrants agree to furnish a copy of all agreements relating to long-term debt upon request of the SEC.

Exhibit No.	Description
3.1(a)    -	Articles of Incorporation of the Company
3.2(b)    -	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
3.3(b)    -	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
3.4(b)    -	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
3.5(c)    -	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
3.6(d)    -	Bylaws of the Company (as Amended and Restated effective as of June 9, 2009)
4.1(e)    -	Indenture between the Company and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee
4.2(f)     -	First Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture between the Operating Partnership and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee
11.1(g)  -	Statement Regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings
31.1       -	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2       -	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1       -	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2       -	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101        -	The following financial information for the Company and the Operating Partnership, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Equity and Accumulated Earnings, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

(a) Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (SEC File No. 33-61936), as amended, of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrants for the year ended December 31, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.

(c) Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrants for the quarter ended September 30, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Filed as an exhibit to the current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrants filed on February 12, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.

(e) Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (SEC File No. 333-42884), as amended, of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(f) Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (SEC File No. 333-139581) of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(g) The information required by this exhibit is included in notes 6 and 7 to the consolidated financial statements and is incorporated herein by reference.

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, David P. Stockert, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Post Properties, Inc. and Post Apartment Homes, L.P.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrants as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrants’ other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrants and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrants, including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants’ most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrants’ other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants’ auditors and the audit committee of the registrants’ board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting.

November 4, 2011

By:	/s/ David P. Stockert	BY:	/s/ David P. Stockert
	David P. Stockert		David P. Stockert
	President and Chief Executive Officer of		President and Chief Executive Officer of
	Post Properties, Inc.		Post GP Holdings, Inc.,
			the sole general partner of
			Post Apartment Homes, L.P.

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Christopher J. Papa, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Post Properties, Inc. and Post Apartment Homes, L.P.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrants as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrants’ other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrants and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrants, including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants’ most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrants’ other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants’ auditors and the audit committee of the registrants’ board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting.

November 4, 2011
By:	/s/ Christopher J. Papa	By:	/s/ Christopher J. Papa
	Christopher J. Papa		Christopher J. Papa
	Executive Vice President and		Executive Vice President and
	Chief Financial Officer of		Chief Financial Officer of
	Post Properties, Inc.		Post GP Holdings, Inc.,
			the sole general partner of
			Post Apartment Homes, L.P.

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and in connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Post Properties, Inc. (“Post”) and Post Apartment Homes, L.P. (“PAH,” and together with Post, the “Registrants”) for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Post and Post GP Holdings, Inc., PAH’s general partner, certifies that:

1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrants.

By:	/s/ David P. Stockert
	David P. Stockert
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	November 4, 2011

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and in connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Post Properties, Inc. (“Post”) and Post Apartment Homes, L.P. (“PAH,” and together with Post, the “Registrants”) for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Post and Post GP Holdings, Inc., PAH’s general partner, certifies that:

1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrants.

By:	/s/ Christopher J. Papa
	Christopher J. Papa
	Executive Vice President and
	Chief Financial Officer
	November 4, 2011

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Impairment, Severance And Other Charges (Schedule Of Aggregate Net Severance Charges) (Details) (Executive Severance [Member], USD $) In Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Executive Severance [Member]
Impairment, Severance And Other Charges [Line Items]
Accrued severance charges, beginning of period	$ 5,441	$ 7,671
Payments for period	(1,802)	(2,208)
Interest accretion	236	360
Accrued severance charges, end of period	$ 3,875	$ 5,823

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, authorized	20,000,000	20,000,000
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, authorized	100,000,000	100,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	51,877,000	48,926,000
Common stock, shares outstanding	51,877,000	48,913,000
Common stock in treasury, shares	98,000	108,000
8 1/2% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Shares [Member]
Preferred stock, dividend rate percentage	0.085%	0.085%
Preferred stock, liquidation preference	$ 50	$ 50
Preferred stock, shares issued	868,000	868,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	868,000	868,000
7 5/8 % Series B Cumulative Redeemable Shares [Member]
Preferred stock, dividend rate percentage	0.07625%	0.07625%
Preferred stock, liquidation preference	$ 25	$ 25
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	1,983,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	1,983,000

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Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Revenues
Rental	$ 73,607	$ 68,384	$ 213,199	$ 199,897
Other property revenues	4,762	4,288	13,682	12,195
Other	243	223	686	777
Total revenues	78,612	72,895	227,567	212,869
Expenses
Total property operating and maintenance (exclusive of items shown separately below)	34,618	33,958	100,441	100,364
Depreciation	18,823	18,623	56,383	55,737
General and administrative	3,970	3,927	12,332	12,570
Investment and development	239	569	1,013	1,849
Other investment costs	329	669	1,278	1,828
Impairment losses				35,091
Total expenses	57,979	57,746	171,447	207,439
Operating income	20,633	15,149	56,120	5,430
Interest income	374	390	982	755
Interest expense	(14,207)	(13,646)	(43,119)	(38,820)
Amortization of deferred financing costs	(717)	(611)	(2,085)	(2,097)
Net gains on condominium sales activities	2,581	1,184	8,757	2,319
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net	235	18,258	790	18,554
Other income (expense), net	(71)	26	230	(271)
Net gain on extinguishment of indebtedness		2,845		2,845
Net income (loss)	8,828	23,595	21,675	(11,285)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities	(9)	14	(56)	(47)
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership	(25)	(76)	(54)	60
Net income (loss) available to the Company	8,794	23,533	21,565	(11,272)
Dividends to preferred shareholders	(922)	(1,864)	(3,533)	(5,632)
Preferred stock redemption costs		1	(1,757)	(44)
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	7,872	21,670	16,275	(16,948)
Per common share data - Basic
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$ 0.15	$ 0.44	$ 0.33	$ (0.35)
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic	50,651	48,535	49,862	48,446
Per common share data - Diluted
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$ 0.15	$ 0.44	$ 0.32	$ (0.35)
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted	51,053	48,670	50,259	48,446
Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member]
Revenues
Rental	73,607	68,384	213,199	199,897
Other property revenues	4,762	4,288	13,682	12,195
Other	243	223	686	777
Total revenues	78,612	72,895	227,567	212,869
Expenses
Total property operating and maintenance (exclusive of items shown separately below)	34,618	33,958	100,441	100,364
Depreciation	18,823	18,623	56,383	55,737
General and administrative	3,970	3,927	12,332	12,570
Investment and development	239	569	1,013	1,849
Other investment costs	329	669	1,278	1,828
Impairment losses				35,091
Total expenses	57,979	57,746	171,447	207,439
Operating income	20,633	15,149	56,120	5,430
Interest income	374	390	982	755
Interest expense	(14,207)	(13,646)	(43,119)	(38,820)
Amortization of deferred financing costs	(717)	(611)	(2,085)	(2,097)
Net gains on condominium sales activities	2,581	1,184	8,757	2,319
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net	235	18,258	790	18,554
Other income (expense), net	(71)	26	230	(271)
Net gain on extinguishment of indebtedness		2,845		2,845
Net income (loss)	8,828	23,595	21,675	(11,285)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities	(9)	14	(56)	(47)
Net income (loss) available to the Company	8,819	23,609	21,619	(11,332)
Dividends to preferred shareholders	(922)	(1,864)	(3,533)	(5,632)
Preferred stock redemption costs		1	(1,757)	(44)
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$ 7,897	$ 21,746	$ 16,329	$ (17,008)
Per common share data - Basic
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$ 0.15	$ 0.44	$ 0.33	$ (0.35)
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic	50,813	48,706	50,029	48,618
Per common share data - Diluted
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$ 0.15	$ 0.44	$ 0.32	$ (0.35)
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted	51,215	48,841	50,426	48,618

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Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Schedule Of Stock Option Activity Under All Plans) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 years properties		Sep. 30, 2010
Stock-Based Compensation Plans [Abstract]
Options outstanding, beginning of period, Shares	2,068		2,516
Options outstanding, beginning of period, Weighted-Average Exercise Price	$ 31		$ 31
Granted, Shares	25		66
Granted, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 37		$ 18
Exercised, Shares	(545)		(110)
Exercised, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 29		$ 12
Expired, Shares	(10)		(235)
Expired, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 39		$ 38
Options outstanding, end of period, Shares	1,538	[1]	2,237	[1]
Options outstanding, end of period, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 31	[1]	$ 31	[1]
Options exercisable, end of period, Shares	1,384	[1]	2,002	[1]
Options exercisable, end of period, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 33	[1]	$ 32	[1]
Options vested and expected to vest, end of period, Shares	1,530		2,226
Options vested and expected to vest, end of period, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 31		$ 31
Weighted-average fair value of options granted during the period	$ 13.18		$ 5.08
Aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding	$ 9,612
Aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercisable	6,990
Aggregate intrinsic values of stock options expected to vest	$ 9,465
Weighted average remaining contractual lives of stock options outstanding	3.4
Weighted average remaining contractual lives of stock options exercisable	2.9
Weighted average remaining contractual lives of stock options expected to vest	3.4

[1] At September 30, 2011, the aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding, exercisable and vested/expected to vest was $9,612, $6,990 and $9,465, respectively. At that same date, the weighted average remaining contractual lives of stock options outstanding, exercisable and vested/expected to vest was 3.4 years, 2.9 years and 3.4 years, respectively.

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Organization And Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Organization And Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010
Interest paid, including interest capitalized		$	39,807			$	40,167
Income tax payments (refunds), net			705				(1,886	)
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Dividends and distributions declared			11,448				9,784
Conversions of redeemable common units			527				79
Common stock 401k matching contribution			655				700
Construction cost accruals, decrease			716				8,667
Adjustments to redeemable common units, net			(170	)			(1,590	)
Distribution of assets and liabilities to the Company in settlement of its equity interest in an unconsolidated entity (see notes 2 & 3):
For-sale condominium and other assets			-				27,343
Cash			-				28
Indebtedness			-				44,553
Accounts payable and accrued expenses			-				3,029

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Document And Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Oct. 31, 2011
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2011
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2011
Trading Symbol	pps
Entity Registrant Name	POST PROPERTIES INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000903127
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		51,878,124
Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2011
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2011
Entity Registrant Name	POST APARTMENT HOMES LP
Entity Central Index Key	0001012271
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer

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Segment Information (Segments Contribution To Consolidated Revenues And NOI) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 78,612	$ 72,895	$ 227,567	$ 212,869
Property net operating income	43,751	38,714	126,440	111,728
Interest income	374	390	982	755
Other revenues	243	223	686	777
Depreciation	(18,823)	(18,623)	(56,383)	(55,737)
Interest expense	(14,207)	(13,646)	(43,119)	(38,820)
Amortization of deferred financing costs	(717)	(611)	(2,085)	(2,097)
General and administrative	(3,970)	(3,927)	(12,332)	(12,570)
Investment and development	(239)	(569)	(1,013)	(1,849)
Other investment costs	(329)	(669)	(1,278)	(1,828)
Impairment losses				(35,091)
Gains on condominium sales activities, net	2,581	1,184	8,757	2,319
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net	235	18,258	790	18,554
Other income (expense), net	(71)	26	230	(271)
Net income (loss)	8,828	23,595	21,675	(11,285)
Fully Stabilized Communities [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	66,973	62,780	194,911	185,521
Property net operating income	40,130	36,217	117,154	107,661
Communities Stabilized During 2010 [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	5,358	4,384	15,141	10,983
Property net operating income	3,141	2,518	8,594	4,917
Other Property Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	6,038	5,508	16,829	15,588
Property net operating income	480	(21)	692	(850)
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 243	$ 223	$ 686	$ 777

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Equity And Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Equity And Noncontrolling Interests [Abstract]

Schedule Of Redeemable Common Units

	Nine months  ended September 30,
	2011				2010
Redeemable common units, beginning of period		$	6,192			$	3,402
Comprehensive income (loss)
Net income (loss)			54				(60	)
Conversion of redeemable common units for shares			(527	)			(74	)
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units			414				(5	)
Stock-based compensation			6				7
Distributions to common unitholders			(101	)			(103	)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units			(584	)			1,595
Redeemable common units, end of period		$	5,454			$	4,762

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Segment Information (Narrative) (Details) (Fully Stabilized Communities [Member])	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011
Fully Stabilized Communities [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Stabilized occupancy benchmark percentage	95.00%
Number of years to achieve stabilized occupancy subsequent to completion of construction	1

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Equity And Noncontrolling Interests

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Equity And Noncontrolling Interests [Abstract]

Equity And Noncontrolling Interests

5. EQUITY AND NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Common stock

In February 2010, the Company initiated an at-the-market common equity sales program for the sale of up to 4,000 shares of common stock. For the three months and nine ended September 30, 2011, sales of common stock under this program totaled 1,323 and 2,321 shares, respectively, for net proceeds of $53,488 and $91,722, respectively. For the nine ended September 30, 2010, sales of common stock under this program totaled 41 shares for net proceeds of $1,121. The Company's proceeds are contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a like number of common units. The Company and the Operating Partnership have and expect to use the proceeds from this program for general corporate purposes.

In December 2010, the Company's board of directors adopted a stock and unsecured note repurchase program under which the Company and the Operating Partnership may repurchase up to $200,000 of common and preferred stock and unsecured notes through December 31, 2012. The Company repurchased preferred stock in 2011 under this program as discussed below.

Preferred stock repurchases

In March 2011, the Company redeemed its 7-5/8% Series B preferred stock at its redemption value of $49,571, plus accrued and unpaid dividends through the redemption date. Correspondingly, the Operating Partnership redeemed its Series B preferred units on the same date and under the same terms. In connection with the issuance of the Series B preferred stock in 1997, the Company incurred issuance costs and recorded such costs as a reduction of shareholders' equity. The redemption price of the Series B preferred stock exceeded the related carrying value by the associated issuance costs and expenses of $1,757. In connection with the redemption, the Company reflected $1,757 of issuance costs and expenses as a reduction of earnings in arriving at the net income available to common shareholders in 2011. Likewise, the redemption price of the Series B preferred units exceeded the related carrying value by the associated issuance costs and expenses of $1,757, and the Operating Partnership reflected the $1,757 as a reduction of earnings in arriving at the net loss attributable to common unitholders in 2011.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company repurchased preferred stock with a liquidation value of approximately $75 and $2,037, respectively, under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. Correspondingly, the Operating Partnership redeemed preferred units on the same date and under the same terms.

Noncontrolling interests

In accordance with ASC Topic 810, the Company and the Operating Partnership determined that the noncontrolling interests related to the common units of the Operating Partnership, held by persons other than the Company, met the criterion to be classified and accounted for as "temporary" equity (reflected outside of total equity as "Redeemable Common Units"). At September 30, 2011, the aggregate redemption value of the noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership of $5,454 was in excess of its net book value of $2,936. At December 31, 2010, the aggregate redemption value of the noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership of $6,192 was in excess of its net book value of $3,090. The Company further determined that the noncontrolling interests in its consolidated real estate entities met the criterion to be classified and accounted for as a component of permanent equity.

The following table summarizes the activity related to the redeemable common units for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

	Nine months  ended September 30,
	2011				2010
Redeemable common units, beginning of period		$	6,192			$	3,402
Comprehensive income (loss)
Net income (loss)			54				(60	)
Conversion of redeemable common units for shares			(527	)			(74	)
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units			414				(5	)
Stock-based compensation			6				7
Distributions to common unitholders			(101	)			(103	)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units			(584	)			1,595
Redeemable common units, end of period		$	5,454			$	4,762

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Company Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Company Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule Of Computation Of Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

	Three months  ended September 30,								Nine months  ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator):
Net income (loss)		$	8,828			$	23,595			$	21,675			$	(11,285	)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities			(9	)			14				(56	)			(47	)
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership			(25	)			(76	)			(54	)			60
Preferred stock dividends			(922	)			(1,864	)			(3,533	)			(5,632	)
Preferred stock redemption costs			-				1				(1,757	)			(44	)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)			(25	)			(93	)			(51	)			74
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders		$	7,847			$	21,577			$	16,224			$	(16,874	)
Common shares (denominator):
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic			50,651				48,535				49,862				48,446
Dilutive shares from stock options			402				135				397				-
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted			51,053				48,670				50,259				48,446
Per-share amount:
Basic		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.33			$	(0.35	)
Diluted		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.32			$	(0.35	)

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Equity And Noncontrolling Interests (Schedule Of Redeemable Common Units) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Equity And Noncontrolling Interests [Line Items]
Redeemable common units, beginning of period			$ 6,192	$ 3,402
Net income (loss)	25	76	54	(60)
Conversion of redeemable common units for shares			(527)	(74)
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units			414	(5)
Stock-based compensation			1,867	2,110
Distributions to common unitholders			(101)	(103)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units			(584)	1,595
Redeemable common units, end of period	5,454	4,762	5,454	4,762
Redeemable Common Units [Member]
Equity And Noncontrolling Interests [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation			$ 6	$ 7

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Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities (Schedule Of Operation) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Rental	$ 73,607	$ 68,384	$ 213,199	$ 199,897
Other property revenues	4,762	4,288	13,682	12,195
Other	243	223	686	777
Total revenues	78,612	72,895	227,567	212,869
Property operating and maintenance	34,618	33,958	100,441	100,364
Interest	14,207	13,646	43,119	38,820
Total expenses	57,979	57,746	171,447	207,439
Net loss	8,794	23,533	21,565	(11,272)
Company's share of net income	235	18,258	790	18,554
Apartment LLCs [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Rental	6,967	6,562	20,540	19,556
Other property revenues	529	554	1,562	1,525
Total revenues	7,496	7,116	22,102	21,081
Property operating and maintenance	3,026	2,956	8,673	8,764
Depreciation and amortization	1,730	1,690	5,158	5,602
Interest	3,019	3,019	8,958	8,958
Total expenses	7,775	7,665	22,789	23,324
Net loss	(279)	(549)	(687)	(2,243)
Company's share of net income	$ 235	$ 154	$ 790	$ 450

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Indebtedness (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Indebtedness [Abstract]

Schedule Of Indebtedness

Description	Payment Terms	Interest Rate	Maturity Date		September 30,     2011			December 31,     2010
Senior Unsecured Notes	Int.	4.75% - 6.30% (1)	2011-2017	(1)		$	385,412		$	385,412
Unsecured Lines of Credit	N/A	LIBOR + 2.30% (2)	2014	(2)			-			-
Secured Mortgage Notes	Prin. and Int.	4.88% -6.09%	2013-2019	(3)			645,440			647,837
Total						$	1,030,852		$	1,033,249

(1) Senior unsecured notes totaling approximately $9,637 bearing interest at 5.125% matured in October 2011, at which time they were repaid in full. The remaining unsecured notes mature between 2012 and 2017.

(2) Represents stated rate.

(3) There are no scheduled maturities of secured notes in 2011. These notes mature between 2013 and 2019.

Schedule Of Aggregate Maturities Of The Company's Indebtedness

Remainder of 2011	$	10,725
2012		100,104
2013		186,606
2014		188,644	(1)
2015		124,205
Thereafter		420,568
	$	1,030,852

(1) Includes outstanding balances on lines of credit totaling $0 at September 30, 2011.

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Impairment, Severance And Other Charges

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Impairment, Severance And Other Charges [Abstract]

Impairment, Severance And Other Charges

10. IMPAIRMENT, SEVERANCE AND OTHER CHARGES

In prior years, the Company recorded severance charges associated with the departure of certain executive officers of the Company. Under certain of these arrangements, the Company is required to make certain payments and provide specified benefits through 2013 and 2016. The following table summarizes the activity related to aggregate net severance charges for such executive officers for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010
Accrued severance charges, beginning of period		$	5,441			$	7,671
Payments for period			(1,802	)			(2,208	)
Interest accretion			236				360
Accrued severance charges, end of period		$	3,875			$	5,823

For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recorded aggregate impairment charges of $34,691 to write-down the carrying value of its consolidated condominium project in Austin, Texas to fair value and recorded impairment charges of $400 to write-down the carrying value of a land parcel to fair value prior to its sale in 2010 (see notes 2 and 8).

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Organization And Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Organization And Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Organization And Significant Accounting Policies

1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Organization

Post Properties, Inc. (the "Company") and its subsidiaries develop, own and manage upscale multi-family apartment communities in selected markets in the United States. The Company through its wholly-owned subsidiaries is the sole general partner, a limited partner and owns a majority interest in Post Apartment Homes, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), a Georgia limited partnership. The Operating Partnership, through its operating divisions and subsidiaries conducts substantially all of the on-going operations of the Company, a publicly traded corporation which operates as a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust ("REIT"). As used herein, the term "Company" includes Post Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Post Apartment Homes, L.P., unless the context indicates otherwise.

The Company has elected to qualify and operate as a self-administrated and self-managed REIT for federal income tax purposes. A REIT is a legal entity which holds real estate interests and is generally not subject to federal income tax on the income it distributes to its shareholders. The Operating Partnership is governed under the provisions of a limited partnership agreement, as amended. Under the provisions of the limited partnership agreement, as amended, Operating Partnership net profits, net losses and cash flow (after allocations to preferred ownership interests) are allocated to the partners in proportion to their common ownership interests. Cash distributions from the Operating Partnership shall be, at a minimum, sufficient to enable the Company to satisfy its annual dividend requirements to maintain its REIT status under the Code.

At September 30, 2011, the Company had interests in 21,431 apartment units in 57 communities, including 1,747 apartment units in five communities held in unconsolidated entities and 1,568 apartment units in five communities currently under development. The Company is also selling luxury for-sale condominium homes in two communities through a taxable REIT subsidiary. At September 30, 2011, approximately 34.7%, 22.7%, 12.9% and 10.6% (on a unit basis) of the Company's operating communities were located in the Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas, Texas, the greater Washington, D.C. and Tampa, Florida metropolitan areas, respectively.

At September 30, 2011, the Company had outstanding 51,877 shares of common stock and owned the same number of units of common limited partnership interests ("Common Units") in the Operating Partnership, representing a 99.7% common ownership interest in the Operating Partnership. Common Units held by persons other than the Company totaled 157 at September 30, 2011 and represented a 0.3% common noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership. Each Common Unit may be redeemed by the holder thereof for either one share of Company common stock or cash equal to the fair market value thereof at the time of redemption, at the option, but outside the control, of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership presently anticipates that it will cause shares of common stock to be issued in connection with each such redemption rather than paying cash (as has been done in all redemptions to date). With each redemption of outstanding Common Units for Company common stock, the Company's percentage ownership interest in the Operating Partnership will increase. In addition, whenever the Company issues shares of common stock, the Company will contribute any net proceeds therefrom to the Operating Partnership and the Operating Partnership will issue an equivalent number of Common Units to the Company. The Company's weighted average common ownership interest in the Operating Partnership was 99.7% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared by the Company's management in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normally recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the "Form 10-K").

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the consolidated accounts of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company also consolidates other entities in which it has a controlling financial interest or entities where it is determined to be the primary beneficiary under ASC Topic 810, "Consolidation." Under ASC Topic 810, variable interest entities ("VIEs") are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate a VIE for financial reporting purposes. The application of ASC Topic 810 requires management to make significant estimates and judgments about the Company's and its other partners' rights, obligations and economic interests in such entities. For entities in which the Company has less than a controlling financial interest or entities where it is not deemed to be the primary beneficiary, the entities are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Accordingly, the Company's share of the net earnings or losses of these entities is included in consolidated net income. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company's noncontrolling interest of common unitholders (also referred to as "Redeemable Common Units") in the operations of the Operating Partnership is calculated based on the weighted average unit ownership during the period.

Revenue recognition

Residential properties are leased under operating leases with terms of generally one year or less. Rental revenues from residential leases are recognized on the straight-line method over the approximate life of the leases, which is generally one year. The recognition of rental revenues from residential leases when earned has historically not been materially different from rental revenues recognized on a straight-line basis.

Under the terms of residential leases, the residents of the Company's residential communities are obligated to reimburse the Company for certain utility usage, water and electricity (at selected properties), where the Company is the primary obligor to the public utility entity. These utility reimbursements from residents are reflected as other property revenues in the consolidated statements of operations.

Sales and the associated gains or losses of real estate assets and for-sale condominiums are recognized in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 360-20, "Property, Plant and Equipment – Real Estate Sales." For newly developed condominiums, the Company accounts for each project under either the "Deposit Method" or the "Percentage of Completion Method," based on a specific evaluation of the factors specified in ASC Topic 360-20. The factors used to determine the appropriate accounting method are the legal commitment of the purchaser in the real estate contract, whether the construction of the project is beyond a preliminary phase, whether sufficient units have been contracted to ensure the project will not revert to a rental project, the ability to reasonably estimate the aggregate project sale proceeds and aggregate project costs and the determination that the buyer has made an adequate initial and continuing cash investment under the contract in accordance with ASC Topic 360-20. As of September 30, 2011, all newly developed condominium communities are accounted for under the Deposit Method. Under ASC Topic 360-20, the Company uses the relative sales value method to allocate costs and recognize profits from condominium sales. Under the relative sales value method, estimates of aggregate project revenues and aggregate project costs are used to determine the allocation of project cost of sales and the resulting profit in each accounting period. In subsequent periods, cumulative project cost of sale allocations and the resulting profits are adjusted to reflect changes in the actual and estimated costs and revenues of each project.

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Real estate assets, depreciation and impairment

Real estate assets are stated at the lower of depreciated cost or fair value, if deemed impaired. Major replacements and betterments are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of the properties (buildings and components and related land improvements – 20-40 years; furniture, fixtures and equipment – 5-10 years).

The Company continually evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its real estate assets using the methodology prescribed in ASC Topic 360, "Property, Plant and Equipment." Factors considered by management in evaluating impairment of its existing real estate assets held for investment include significant declines in property operating profits, annually recurring property operating losses and other significant adverse changes in general market conditions that are considered permanent in nature. Under ASC Topic 360, a real estate asset held for investment is not considered impaired if the undiscounted, estimated future cash flows of an asset (both the annual estimated cash flow from future operations and the estimated cash flow from the theoretical sale of the asset) over its estimated holding period are in excess of the asset's net book value at the balance sheet date. If any real estate asset held for investment is considered impaired, a loss is provided to reduce the carrying value of the asset to its estimated fair value. In addition, for-sale condominium units completed and ready for their intended use are evaluated for impairment using the methodology for assets held for sale (using discounted projected future cash flows).

The Company periodically classifies real estate assets as held for sale. An asset is classified as held for sale after the approval of the Company's board of directors and after an active program to sell the asset has commenced. Upon the classification of a real estate asset as held for sale, the carrying value of the asset is reduced to the lower of its net book value or its estimated fair value, less costs to sell the asset. Subsequent to the classification of assets as held for sale, no further depreciation expense is recorded. Real estate assets held for sale are stated separately on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Upon a decision to no longer market an asset for sale, the asset is classified as an operating asset and depreciation expense is reinstated. As of September 30, 2011, except for for-sale condominium units, there were no real estate assets held for sale.

For newly developed condominium communities, the operating results and associated gains and losses are reflected in continuing operations (see discussion under "revenue recognition" above), and the net book value of the condominium assets is reflected separately on the consolidated balance sheet in the caption titled, "For-sale condominiums."

Supplemental cash flow information

Supplemental cash flow information for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010
Interest paid, including interest capitalized		$	39,807			$	40,167
Income tax payments (refunds), net			705				(1,886	)
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Dividends and distributions declared			11,448				9,784
Conversions of redeemable common units			527				79
Common stock 401k matching contribution			655				700
Construction cost accruals, decrease			716				8,667
Adjustments to redeemable common units, net			(170	)			(1,590	)
Distribution of assets and liabilities to the Company in settlement of its equity interest in an unconsolidated entity (see notes 2 & 3):
For-sale condominium and other assets			-				27,343
Cash			-				28
Indebtedness			-				44,553
Accounts payable and accrued expenses			-				3,029

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Real Estate Activity (Revenues, Costs And Expenses Associated With Consolidated Condominium Activities) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 78,612	$ 72,895	$ 227,567	$ 212,869
Costs and expenses	(57,979)	(57,746)	(171,447)	(207,439)
Net gains on condominium sales activities	2,581	1,184	8,757	2,319
Condominium Communities [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Revenues	13,678	28,470	46,443	46,218
Costs and expenses	(11,097)	(27,286)	(37,686)	(43,899)
Net gains on condominium sales activities	$ 2,581	$ 1,184	$ 8,757	$ 2,319

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Operating Partnership Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Operating Partnership Earnings Per Share

6. COMPANY EARNINGS PER SHARE

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share is as follows:

	Three months  ended September 30,								Nine months  ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator):
Net income (loss)		$	8,828			$	23,595			$	21,675			$	(11,285	)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities			(9	)			14				(56	)			(47	)
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership			(25	)			(76	)			(54	)			60
Preferred stock dividends			(922	)			(1,864	)			(3,533	)			(5,632	)
Preferred stock redemption costs			-				1				(1,757	)			(44	)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)			(25	)			(93	)			(51	)			74
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders		$	7,847			$	21,577			$	16,224			$	(16,874	)
Common shares (denominator):
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic			50,651				48,535				49,862				48,446
Dilutive shares from stock options			402				135				397				-
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted			51,053				48,670				50,259				48,446
Per-share amount:
Basic		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.33			$	(0.35	)
Diluted		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.32			$	(0.35	)

Stock options to purchase 235 and 1,898 shares of common stock for the three months ended and 531 and 2,237 shares of common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per common share as these stock options were antidilutive.

Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member]

Operating Partnership Earnings Per Share

7. OPERATING PARTNERSHIP EARNINGS PER SHARE

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common unit for the Operating Partnership is as follows:

	Three months  ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Net income (loss) available to common unitholders (numerator):
Net income (loss)		$	8,828			$	23,595			$	21,675			$	(11,285	)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities			(9	)			14				(56	)			(47	)
Preferred unit distributions			(922	)			(1,864	)			(3,533	)			(5,632	)
Preferred unit redemption costs			-				1				(1,757	)			(44	)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)			(25	)			(93	)			(51	)			74
Net income (loss) available to common unitholders		$	7,872			$	21,653			$	16,278			$	(16,934	)
Common units (denominator):
Weighted average units outstanding - basic			50,813				48,706				50,029				48,618
Dilutive units from stock options			402				135				397				-
Weighted average units outstanding - diluted			51,215				48,841				50,426				48,618
Per-unit amount:
Basic		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.33			$	(0.35	)
Diluted		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.32			$	(0.35	)

Stock options to purchase 235 and 1,898 shares of common stock for the three months ended and 531 and 2,237 shares of common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per common unit as these stock options were antidilutive.

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

12. INCOME TAXES

The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). To qualify as a REIT, the Company must distribute annually at least 90% of its adjusted taxable income, as defined in the Code, to its shareholders and satisfy certain other organizational and operating requirements. It is management's current intention to adhere to these requirements and maintain the Company's REIT status. As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income tax at the corporate level on the taxable income it distributes to its shareholders. Should the Company fail to qualify as a REIT in any tax year, it may be subject to federal income taxes at regular corporate rates (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) and may not be able to qualify as a REIT for four subsequent taxable years. The Company may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and to federal income taxes and excise taxes on its undistributed taxable income.

The Operating Partnership files tax returns as a limited partnership under the Code. As a partnership, the income and losses of the Operating Partnership are allocated to its partners, including the Company, for inclusion in their respective income tax returns. Accordingly, no provision or benefit for income taxes has been in the accompanying financial statements. The Operating Partnership intends to make sufficient cash distributions to the Company to enable it to meet its annual REIT distribution requirements.

In the preparation of income tax returns in federal and state jurisdictions, the Company, the Operating Partnership and their taxable REIT subsidiaries assert certain tax positions based on their understanding and interpretation of the income tax law. The taxing authorities may challenge such positions and the resolution of such matters could result in the payment and recognition of additional income tax expense. Management believes it has used reasonable judgments and conclusions in the preparation of its income tax returns. The Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries' (including the taxable REIT subsidiaries ("TRSs")) income tax returns are subject to examination by federal and state tax jurisdictions for years 2008 through 2010. Net income tax loss carryforwards and other tax attributes generated in years prior to 2008 are also subject to challenge in any examination of the 2008 to 2010 tax years.

As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company's TRSs had unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $797 which primarily related to uncertainty regarding the sustainability of certain deductions taken on prior year income tax returns of the TRS with respect to the amortization of certain intangible assets. The uncertainty surrounding this unrecognized tax benefit will generally be clarified in future periods as income tax loss carryforwards are utilized. To the extent these unrecognized tax benefits are ultimately recognized, they may affect the effective tax rate in a future period. The Company's policy is to recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. Accrued interest and penalties for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 and at September 30, 2011 were not material to the Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

The TRSs are utilized principally to perform such non-REIT activities as asset and property management, for-sale housing (condominiums) sales and other services. These TRSs are subject to federal and state income taxes. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the TRSs recorded no net income tax expense (benefit) for federal income taxes as a result of estimated taxable losses and the inability to recognize tax benefits related to such losses due to the uncertainty surrounding their ultimate realization. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the TRSs recorded net income tax expense (benefit) of $503 related to estimated state income taxes, primarily as a result of the debt extinguishment gains discussed in notes 2 and 3. In the statement of operations, net income tax expense of $588 was included as a reduction of debt extinguishment gains and income tax benefits of $85 were included in condominium gains.

At December 31, 2010, management had established valuation allowances of approximately $60,456 against net deferred tax assets due primarily to historical losses at the TRSs' in prior years and the variability of the income (loss) of these subsidiaries. The tax benefits associated with such unused valuation allowances may be recognized in future periods, if the taxable REIT subsidiaries generate sufficient taxable income to utilize such amounts or if the Company determines that it is more likely than not that the related deferred tax assets are realizable. A summary of the components of the TRS deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2010 is included in the footnotes to the Company's audited financial statements included in its Form 10-K. There were no material changes to the components of deferred tax assets, deferred tax asset valuation allowances and deferred liabilities at September 30, 2011.

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Fair Value Measures And Other Financial Instruments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Fair Value Measures And Other Financial Instruments [Abstract]

Fair Value Measures And Other Financial Instruments

8. FAIR VALUE MEASURES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

From time to time, the Company records certain assets and liabilities at fair value. Real estate assets may be stated at fair value if they become impaired in a given period and may be stated at fair value if they are held for sale and the fair value of such assets is below historical cost. Additionally, the Company records derivative financial instruments, if any, at fair value. The Company also uses fair value metrics to evaluate the carrying values of its real estate assets and for the disclosure of financial instruments. Fair value measurements were determined by management using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies available to management at September 30, 2011. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and estimate fair value. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the estimates discussed herein, using Level 2 and 3 inputs, are indicative of the amounts the Company could realize on disposition of the real estate assets or other financial instruments. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies could have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.

Real estate assets

The Company periodically reviews its real estate assets, including operating assets, construction in progress, land held for future investment and for-sale condominiums, for impairment purposes using Level 3 inputs, primarily comparable sales and market data, independent appraisals and discounted cash flow models.

During the second quarter of 2010, the Austin Condominium Project began delivering and closing completed condominium units. As a result, the community was classified as held for sale for financial reporting purposes. Under the held for sale impairment evaluation model, the Company wrote down the carrying value of the community to its estimated fair value of $85,378 using level 3 inputs, primarily an independent valuation using a discounted cash flow model, and recorded impairment charges of $34,691 (see notes 2 and 10). In addition, in the second quarter of 2010, the Company wrote down the carrying value of a land parcel classified as held for sale to its estimated fair value of $3,177, using level 3 inputs, and recorded an impairment charge of $400.

During the third quarter of 2010, an unconsolidated entity distributed net condominium assets and construction indebtedness to the Company in settlement of the Company's equity investment in the entity (see notes 2 and 3). Immediately prior to their distribution to the Company, the condominium assets and construction indebtedness were written down to their fair values of $28,402 and $44,553, respectively. The condominium assets were valued using level 3 inputs, primarily a discounted cash flow model, and the construction indebtedness was valued using level 2 inputs, primarily comparable market data. In addition, the Company recorded other assets and accrued liabilities of $6,144 at fair value related to a contractual license fee obligation associated with the same transaction. The contractual obligation was valued using level 3 inputs, primarily a discounted cash flow model.

Financial instruments

Cash equivalents, rents and accounts receivables, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities are carried at amounts which reasonably approximate their fair values because of the short-term nature of these instruments. At September 30, 2011, the fair value of fixed rate debt was approximately $1,098,536 (carrying value of $1,030,852). There was no variable rate debt outstanding at September 30, 2011. At December 31, 2010, the fair value of fixed rate debt was approximately $1,066,695 (carrying value of $1,033,249). There was no variable rate debt outstanding at December 31, 2010. Long-term indebtedness was valued using Level 2 inputs, primarily market prices of comparable debt instruments.

In addition, the Company has recorded a contractual license fee obligation associated with one of its condominium communities (see note 3) at fair value of $5,879 at September 30, 2011. The fair value of this contractual obligation was $5,716 at December 31, 2010. The contractual obligation was valued using level 3 inputs, primarily a discounted cash flow model.

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Organization And Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 years properties	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011 years properties	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property	21,431		21,431
Number of real estate properties	57		57
Common stock, shares outstanding	51,877		51,877		48,913
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent	99.70%		99.70%
Common units held by persons other than the company	157		157
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	0.30%		0.30%
Weighted average common ownership interest, percentage	99.70%	99.70%	99.70%	99.70%
Held In Unconsolidated Entities [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property	1,747		1,747
Number of real estate properties	5		5
Under Development [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property	1,568		1,568
Number of real estate properties	5		5
For-Sale Condominium Homes [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties	2		2
Buildings And Components And Related Land Improvements [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Estimated useful life, minimum (years)			20
Furniture, Fixtures And Equipment [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Estimated useful life, minimum (years)			5
Atlanta, Georgia [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Concentration of location for communities, percentage	34.70%		34.70%
Dallas, Texas [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Concentration of location for communities, percentage	22.70%		22.70%
Washington, D.C. [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Concentration of location for communities, percentage	12.90%		12.90%
Tampa, Florida [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Concentration of location for communities, percentage	10.60%		10.60%

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Company Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Company Earnings Per Share

6. COMPANY EARNINGS PER SHARE

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share is as follows:

	Three months  ended September 30,								Nine months  ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator):
Net income (loss)		$	8,828			$	23,595			$	21,675			$	(11,285	)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities			(9	)			14				(56	)			(47	)
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership			(25	)			(76	)			(54	)			60
Preferred stock dividends			(922	)			(1,864	)			(3,533	)			(5,632	)
Preferred stock redemption costs			-				1				(1,757	)			(44	)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)			(25	)			(93	)			(51	)			74
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders		$	7,847			$	21,577			$	16,224			$	(16,874	)
Common shares (denominator):
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic			50,651				48,535				49,862				48,446
Dilutive shares from stock options			402				135				397				-
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted			51,053				48,670				50,259				48,446
Per-share amount:
Basic		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.33			$	(0.35	)
Diluted		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.32			$	(0.35	)

Stock options to purchase 235 and 1,898 shares of common stock for the three months ended and 531 and 2,237 shares of common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per common share as these stock options were antidilutive.

Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member]

Company Earnings Per Share

7. OPERATING PARTNERSHIP EARNINGS PER SHARE

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common unit for the Operating Partnership is as follows:

	Three months  ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Net income (loss) available to common unitholders (numerator):
Net income (loss)		$	8,828			$	23,595			$	21,675			$	(11,285	)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities			(9	)			14				(56	)			(47	)
Preferred unit distributions			(922	)			(1,864	)			(3,533	)			(5,632	)
Preferred unit redemption costs			-				1				(1,757	)			(44	)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)			(25	)			(93	)			(51	)			74
Net income (loss) available to common unitholders		$	7,872			$	21,653			$	16,278			$	(16,934	)
Common units (denominator):
Weighted average units outstanding - basic			50,813				48,706				50,029				48,618
Dilutive units from stock options			402				135				397				-
Weighted average units outstanding - diluted			51,215				48,841				50,426				48,618
Per-unit amount:
Basic		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.33			$	(0.35	)
Diluted		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.32			$	(0.35	)

Stock options to purchase 235 and 1,898 shares of common stock for the three months ended and 531 and 2,237 shares of common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per common unit as these stock options were antidilutive.

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Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Schedule Of Assumptions Used In The Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Model) (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 years	Sep. 30, 2010 years
Stock-Based Compensation Plans [Abstract]
Dividend yield	2.20%	4.40%
Expected volatility	42.40%	41.60%
Risk-free interest rate	2.70%	2.80%
Expected option term (years)	6.0	6.0

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Consolidated Statements Of Equity And Accumulated Earnings (Parenthetical) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Dividends to common shareholders, per share	$ 0.62	$ 0.60
Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member]
Dividends to common shareholders, per share	$ 0.62	$ 0.60

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Real Estate Activity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Real Estate Activity [Abstract]

Real Estate Activity

2. REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY

Acquisitions / Dispositions

In the second quarter of 2011, the Company acquired the land under its Post Renaissance^® apartment community for approximately $6,670 and the former ground leases associated with the land were terminated. During the third quarter of 2010, the Company sold a land parcel located in Citrus Park, Florida for net proceeds of approximately $3,177. No gain or loss was recognized, as the land was previously recorded as held for sale at fair value.

The Company did not acquire or dispose of any apartment communities for the three or nine months ended September 30, 2011 or 2010. At September 30, 2011, the Company did not have any apartment communities or land parcels classified as held for sale.

Condominium activities

As of September 30, 2011, the Company is selling condominium homes in two wholly owned condominium communities. The Company's condominium community in Austin, Texas (the "Austin Condominium Project"), originally consisting of 148 condominium units, had an aggregate carrying value of $37,730 at September 30, 2011. The Austin Condominium Project commenced closings of condominium units in the second quarter of 2010. The Company's condominium community in Atlanta, Georgia (the "Atlanta Condominium Project"), originally consisting of 129 condominium units, had an aggregate carrying value of $22,506 at September 30, 2011. The Atlanta Condominium Project commenced closings of condominium units in the fourth quarter of 2010. These amounts were included in the accompanying balance sheet under the caption, "For-sale condominiums." Additionally, in the first half of 2010, the Company completed its final sales of condominium units at two condominium conversion communities.

The revenues, costs and expenses associated with the Company's condominium activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

	Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Condominium revenues		$	13,678			$	28,470			$	46,443			$	46,218
Condominium costs and expenses			(11,097	)			(27,286	)			(37,686	)			(43,899	)
Net gains on sales of condominiums		$	2,581			$	1,184			$	8,757			$	2,319

The Company closed 14 and 28 condominium homes for the three months and 44 and 45 condominium homes for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, at its condominium communities.

In the second quarter of 2010, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $34,691 to write down the Austin Condominium Project to its estimated fair value at that time. The impairment charge was recorded at the time the Austin Condominium Project began delivering and closing units and, consequently, was classified as held for sale for financial reporting purposes. The estimated fair value of the project was derived from the discounted present value of the project's estimated future cash flows over an extended sell-out period, considering current market conditions in the Austin market at that time.

In the third quarter of 2010 (as discussed in note 3), the condominium portion of a mixed-use development, the Atlanta Condominium Project, and associated liabilities (including construction indebtedness) were conveyed to a majority owned entity of the Company in full redemption of the entity's equity investment in the mixed-use limited partnership that was developing the project. In addition, a separate wholly owned subsidiary of the Company acquired the lenders' interest in the construction indebtedness of the Atlanta Condominium Project and adjacent land and infrastructure. Subsequent to the purchase of the construction indebtedness, and in exchange for the release of the guarantors of the indebtedness, the Company acquired the remaining noncontrolling interest in the consolidated entity that owned the community and a related land entity. As a result of these transactions, the Company wholly owned and consolidated the Atlanta Condominium Project for financial reporting purposes as of September 30, 2010 (see note 3 for related discussion).

As part of the conveyance of the condominium assets and liabilities to the Company in 2010, the Company also modified its licensing and branding arrangement with the third party licensor for the Atlanta Condominium Project. This modified arrangement provides for the payment of a licensing fee based on a percentage of actual sales prices for condominium units sold through September 2013 (previously September 2012), at which point, subject to a potential further extension, the remaining fee is payable as a lump sum calculated on all unsold units at a minimum assumed sales price. The licensing fee is expected to be paid from the proceeds of condominium sales of the Atlanta Condominium Project. In exchange for the extension of the outside payment date and the removal of a transfer fee that would have been payable upon the resale of every condominium unit, the Company increased its guaranty to 100% from 50% of the payment of the licensing fee, and guaranteed any unfunded condominium assessments on Company-owned units. As a result, the contractual obligation related to the licensing fee arrangement was recorded as an other asset and an accrued liability at its estimated fair value (see note 8).

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Indebtedness (Schedule Of Indebtedness) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011 Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]		Dec. 31, 2010 Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Secured Mortgage Notes [Member]		Dec. 31, 2010 Secured Mortgage Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 5.125% Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 5.125% Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Senior Unsecured Notes Not Maturing In 2011 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Unsecured Lines of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unsecured debt			$ 385,412		$ 385,412				$ 9,637
Secured debt						645,440		647,837
Long-term Debt	$ 1,030,852	$ 1,033,249
Payment terms			Int.			Prin. and Int.						N/A
Interest rate, minimum			4.75%	[1]		4.88%
Interest rate, maximum			6.30%	[1]
Interest rate, stated percentage									5.125%	5.13%
Interest rate, spread over LIBOR												2.30%	[2]
Debt instrument, maturity date									Oct. 01, 2011
Debt instrument, maturity												2014
Debt instrument, maturity date range, start			2011	[1]		2013	[3]				2012
Debt instrument, maturity date range, end											2017

[1] Senior unsecured notes totaling approximately $9,637 bearing interest at 5.125% matured in October 2011, at which time they were repaid in full. The remaining unsecured notes mature between 2012 and 2017.

[2] Represents stated rate.

[3] There are no scheduled maturities of secured notes in 2011. These notes mature between 2013 and 2019.

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Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Stock-Based Compensation Plans [Abstract]

Schedule Of Assumptions Used In the Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Model

	Nine months  ended September 30,
	2011	2010
Dividend yield	2.2%	4.4%
Expected volatility	42.4%	41.6%
Risk-free interest rate	2.7%	2.8%
Expected option term (years)	6.0 years	6.0 years

Schedule Of Stock Option Activity Under All Plans

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011							2010
	Shares				Exercise         Price			Shares				Exercise         Price
Options outstanding, beginning of period			2,068			$	31			2,516			$	31
Granted			25				37			66				18
Exercised			(545	)			29			(110	)			12
Expired			(10	)			39			(235	)			38
Options outstanding, end of period (1)			1,538				31			2,237				31
Options exercisable, end of period (1)			1,384				33			2,002				32
Options vested and expected to vest, end of period (1)			1,530				31			2,226				31
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period		$	13.18						$	5.08

(1) At September 30, 2011, the aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding, exercisable and vested/expected to vest was $9,612, $6,990 and $9,465, respectively. At that same date, the weighted average remaining contractual lives of stock options outstanding, exercisable and vested/expected to vest was 3.4 years, 2.9 years and 3.4 years, respectively.

Schedule Of Outstanding Options In Two Ranges Based On Exercise Prices

Option Ranges	Options Outstanding							Options Exercisable
	Shares		Weighted Avg     Exercise Price			Weighted Avg.     Life (Years)		Shares		Weighted Avg.     Exercise Price
$12.22 - $27.98		795		$	23		3.3		667		$	25
$28.82 - $48.00		743			40		3.5		717			40
Total		1,538			31		3.4		1,384			33

Schedule Of Activity Related To Company's Restricted Stock

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011						2010
	Shares			Weighted-Average     Grant-Date Fair Value			Shares			Weighted-Average     Grant-Date Fair Value
Unvested share, beginning or period		129			$	19		132			$	21
Granted (1)		41				37		87				18
Vested		(8	)			24		(8	)			24
Unvested shares, end of period		162				24		211				20

(1) The total value of the restricted share grants for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $1,532 and $1,582, respectively.

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Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified

3 Months Ended

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Sep. 30, 2010

Sep. 30, 2011

Sep. 30, 2010

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Shares of common stock reserved for issuance

3,469

3,469

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period, Minimum

three

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period, Maximum

five

Description and terms of 2003 stock incentive plan

Incentive stock awards are granted under the Company's 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended and restated in October 2008 (the "2003 Stock Plan"). Under the 2003 Stock Plan, an aggregate of 3,469 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance. Of this amount, stock grants count against the total shares available under the 2003 Stock Plan as 2.7 shares for every one share issued, while options (and stock appreciation rights ("SAR") settled in shares) count against the total shares available as one share for every one share issued on the exercise of an option (or SAR). The exercise price of each option granted under the 2003 Stock Plan may not be less than the market price of the Company's common stock on the date of the option grant and all options may have a maximum life of ten years. Participants receiving restricted stock grants are generally eligible to vote such shares and receive dividends on such shares. Substantially all stock option and restricted stock grants are subject to annual vesting provisions (generally three to five years) as determined by the compensation committee overseeing the 2003 Stock Plan.

Maximum number of shares issuable under the ESPP

300

300

Employee stock purchase plan description, compensation expense

$ 39

$ 100

$ 153

$ 205

Percentage of share purchase price

85.00%

Discount on the share purchases

15.00%

Stock Option [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Compensation expense related to stock options

99

70

284

247

Unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options

460

460

Unrecognized compensation costs, weighted-average period of recognition, years

1.8

Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised

5,224

1,562

Restricted Stock [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options

2,382

2,382

Unrecognized compensation costs, weighted-average period of recognition, years

1.8

Total compensation expense relating to the restricted stock

$ 460

$ 557

$ 1,436

$ 1,665

Total intrinsic value of restricted shares vested

$ 332

$ 183

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Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities [Abstract]

Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities

3. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED REAL ESTATE ENTITIES Apartment LLCs

At September 30, 2011, the Company held investments in various individual limited liability companies (the "Apartment LLCs") with institutional investors that own five apartment communities, including four communities located in Atlanta, Georgia and one community located in Washington, D.C. The Company has a 25% to 35% equity interest in these Apartment LLCs.

The Company accounts for its investments in the Apartment LLCs using the equity method of accounting. At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company's investment in the 35% owned Apartment LLCs totaled $7,316 and $7,671, respectively, excluding the credit investments discussed below. The excess of the Company's investment over its equity in the underlying net assets of these Apartment LLCs was approximately $4,653 at September 30, 2011. The excess investment related to these Apartment LLCs is being amortized as a reduction to earnings on a straight-line basis over the lives of the related assets. The Company's investment in the 25% owned Apartment LLCs at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 reflects a credit investment of $15,766 and $15,384, respectively. These credit balances resulted from distribution of financing proceeds in excess of the Company's historical cost upon the formation of the Apartment LLCs and are reflected in consolidated liabilities on the Company's consolidated balance sheet. The operating results of the Company include its allocable share of net income from the investments in the Apartment LLCs. The Company provides property and asset management services to the Apartment LLCs for which it earns fees.

A summary of financial information for the Apartment LLCs in the aggregate is as follows:

Apartment LLCs - Balance Sheet Data	September 30,           2011				December 31,           2010
Real estate assets, net of accumulated depreciation of $39,536 and $35,520 at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively		$	247,585			$	250,651
Cash and other			5,910				6,518
Total assets		$	253,495			$	257,169
Mortgage notes payable		$	206,495			$	206,495
Other liabilities			2,409				2,460
Total liabilities			208,904				208,955
Members' equity			44,591				48,214
Total liabilities and members' equity		$	253,495			$	257,169
Company's equity investment in Apartment LLCs (1)		$	(8,450	)		$	(7,713	)

(1)        At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company's equity investment includes its credit investments of $15,766 and $15,384, respectively, discussed above.

	Three months  ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
Apartment LLCs - Income Statement Data	2011			2010			2011			2010
Revenues
Rental	$	6,967		$	6,562		$	20,540		$	19,556
Other property revenues		529			554			1,562			1,525
Total revenues		7,496			7,116			22,102			21,081
Expenses
Property operating and maintenance		3,026			2,956			8,673			8,764
Depreciation and amortization		1,730			1,690			5,158			5,602
Interest		3,019			3,019			8,958			8,958
Total expenses		7,775			7,665			22,789			23,324
Net loss	$	(279	)	$	(549	)	$	(687	)	$	(2,243	)
Company's share of net income in Apartment LLCs	$	235		$	154		$	790		$	450

At September 30, 2011, mortgage notes payable included five mortgage notes. The first $50,500 mortgage note bears interest at 5.82%, requires monthly interest only payments and matures in 2013. The note is prepayable without penalty beginning in September 2011. The second mortgage note payable totals $29,272, bears interest at 5.83%, requires monthly interest only payments and matures in 2013. The note is prepayable without penalty beginning in September 2011. The third and fourth mortgage notes total $85,723, bear interest at 5.63%, require interest only payments and mature in 2017. The fifth mortgage note totals $41,000, bears interest at 5.71%, requires interest only payments, and matures in January 2018 with a one-year automatic extension at a variable interest rate.

In accordance with the special sale rights provisions of the applicable Apartment LLC operating agreement, the 35% owned Apartment LLC that owns an apartment community in Atlanta, Georgia expects to initiate a marketing process in the fourth quarter of 2011 that could result in the sale of the community. There can be no assurance that the process will result in the sale of the community.

Condominium LLCs

In periods prior to September 2010, the Company and its partner held an approximate pro-rata 49% interest in a limited partnership (the "Mixed-Use LP") that was constructing a mixed-use development, consisting of the Atlanta Condominium Project and Class A office space, sponsored by two additional independent investors. Prior to September 2010, the Company accounted for its investment in the Mixed-Use LLC using the equity method of accounting.

In September 2010 and as discussed in note 2, the Atlanta Condominium Project and associated liabilities (including construction indebtedness) were conveyed to the Company and its partner in full redemption of their interest in the Mixed-Use LP. The net condominium assets and associated construction indebtedness were distributed at their fair values. As part of the transaction, a separate subsidiary of the Company acquired the construction indebtedness of the Atlanta Condominium Project and a related land entity for aggregate consideration of $49,793, effectively extinguishing the indebtedness. As a result of this distribution, equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities includes a gain of $23,596, net of transaction expenses and income taxes, related to the construction indebtedness, partially offset by an impairment loss of $5,492 related to the condominium assets. The Company also recognized a debt extinguishment gain of $2,845 on the related debt retirement associated with the related land entity.

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Equity And Noncontrolling Interests (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		24 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2010	Mar. 31, 2011 7 5/8 % Series B Cumulative Redeemable Shares [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 At The Market Common Equity Sales Program [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 At The Market Common Equity Sales Program [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 At The Market Common Equity Sales Program [Member]	Feb. 28, 2010 At The Market Common Equity Sales Program [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Gross Antidilutive [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Gross Antidilutive [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Gross Antidilutive [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Gross Antidilutive [Member]
Equity And Noncontrolling Interests [Line Items]
Common stock, authorized		100,000,000			100,000,000					4,000
Common stock, shares issued							1,323	2,321
Proceeds from sales of common stock		$ 91,722,000	$ 1,121,000				$ 53,488,000	$ 91,722,000	$ 1,121,000
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount				200,000
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Value		(49,633,000)	2,021,000			49,571,000
Preferred stock redemption amount exceeds carrying value						1,757,000
Repurchase of preferred stock	75,000		2,037,000
Antidilutive Stock Options to purchase common stock											235,000	1,898,000	531,000	2,237,000
Redemption value of noncontrolling interest in operating partnership		5,454,000			6,192,000
Noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership, in excess of net book value		2,936,000
Noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership, net book value					$ 3,090,000
Common stock, shares issued		51,877,000			48,926,000				41,000

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Operating Partnership Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Schedule Of Computation Of Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

	Three months  ended September 30,								Nine months  ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator):
Net income (loss)		$	8,828			$	23,595			$	21,675			$	(11,285	)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities			(9	)			14				(56	)			(47	)
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership			(25	)			(76	)			(54	)			60
Preferred stock dividends			(922	)			(1,864	)			(3,533	)			(5,632	)
Preferred stock redemption costs			-				1				(1,757	)			(44	)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)			(25	)			(93	)			(51	)			74
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders		$	7,847			$	21,577			$	16,224			$	(16,874	)
Common shares (denominator):
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic			50,651				48,535				49,862				48,446
Dilutive shares from stock options			402				135				397				-
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted			51,053				48,670				50,259				48,446
Per-share amount:
Basic		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.33			$	(0.35	)
Diluted		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.32			$	(0.35	)

Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member]

Schedule Of Computation Of Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

	Three months  ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Net income (loss) available to common unitholders (numerator):
Net income (loss)		$	8,828			$	23,595			$	21,675			$	(11,285	)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities			(9	)			14				(56	)			(47	)
Preferred unit distributions			(922	)			(1,864	)			(3,533	)			(5,632	)
Preferred unit redemption costs			-				1				(1,757	)			(44	)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)			(25	)			(93	)			(51	)			74
Net income (loss) available to common unitholders		$	7,872			$	21,653			$	16,278			$	(16,934	)
Common units (denominator):
Weighted average units outstanding - basic			50,813				48,706				50,029				48,618
Dilutive units from stock options			402				135				397				-
Weighted average units outstanding - diluted			51,215				48,841				50,426				48,618
Per-unit amount:
Basic		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.33			$	(0.35	)
Diluted		$	0.15			$	0.44			$	0.32			$	(0.35	)

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Organization And Significant Accounting Policies (Supplemental Cash Flow Information) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Organization And Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Interest paid, including interest capitalized	$ 39,807	$ 40,167
Income tax payments (refunds), net	705	(1,886)
Dividends and distributions declared	11,448	9,784
Conversions of redeemable common units	527	74
Conversions of redeemable common units		79
Common stock 401k matching contribution	655	700
Construction cost accruals, decrease	716	8,667
Adjustments to redeemable common units, net	(170)	(1,590)
For-sale condominium and other assets		27,343
Cash		28
Indebtedness		44,553
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		$ 3,029

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Indebtedness (Schedule Of Aggregate Maturities Of The Company's Indebtedness) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	Sep. 30, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010
Indebtedness [Abstract]
Remainder of 2011	$ 10,725
2012	100,104
2013	186,606
2014	188,644	[1]
2015	124,205
Thereafter	420,568
Total long-term debt	1,030,852		1,033,249
Line of credit, outstanding balance	$ 0

[1] Includes outstanding balances on lines of credit totaling $0 at September 30, 2011.

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Impairment, Severance And Other Charges (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Impairment, Severance And Other Charges [Abstract]

Schedule Of Net Executive Severance Charges

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010
Accrued severance charges, beginning of period		$	5,441			$	7,671
Payments for period			(1,802	)			(2,208	)
Interest accretion			236				360
Accrued severance charges, end of period		$	3,875			$	5,823

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Stock-Based Compensation Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Stock-Based Compensation Plans [Abstract]

Stock-Based Compensation Plans

11. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

As the primary operating subsidiary of the Company, the Operating Partnership participates in and bears the compensation expenses associated with the Company's stock-based compensation plans. The information discussed below relating to the Company's stock-based compensation plans is also applicable for the Operating Partnership.

Incentive stock plans

Incentive stock awards are granted under the Company's 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended and restated in October 2008 (the "2003 Stock Plan"). Under the 2003 Stock Plan, an aggregate of 3,469 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance. Of this amount, stock grants count against the total shares available under the 2003 Stock Plan as 2.7 shares for every one share issued, while options (and stock appreciation rights ("SAR") settled in shares) count against the total shares available as one share for every one share issued on the exercise of an option (or SAR). The exercise price of each option granted under the 2003 Stock Plan may not be less than the market price of the Company's common stock on the date of the option grant and all options may have a maximum life of ten years. Participants receiving restricted stock grants are generally eligible to vote such shares and receive dividends on such shares. Substantially all stock option and restricted stock grants are subject to annual vesting provisions (generally three to five years) as determined by the compensation committee overseeing the 2003 Stock Plan.

Compensation costs for stock options have been estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing method. The weighted average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model are as follows:

	Nine months  ended September 30,
	2011	2010
Dividend yield	2.2%	4.4%
Expected volatility	42.4%	41.6%
Risk-free interest rate	2.7%	2.8%
Expected option term (years)	6.0 years	6.0 years

The Company's assumptions were derived from the methodologies discussed herein. The expected dividend yield reflects the Company's current historical yield, which was expected to approximate the future yield. Expected volatility was based on the historical volatility of the Company's common stock. The risk-free interest rate for the expected life of the options was based on the implied yields on the U.S. Treasury yield curve. The weighted average expected option term was based on the Company's historical data for prior period stock option exercise and forfeiture activity.

Stock options

Compensation cost for stock options is amortized ratably into compensation expense over the applicable vesting periods. The Company recorded compensation expense related to stock options of $99 and $70 for the three months ended and $284 and $247 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, under the fair value method. At September 30, 2011, there was $460 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.8 years.

A summary of stock option activity under all plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011							2010
	Shares				Exercise         Price			Shares				Exercise         Price
Options outstanding, beginning of period			2,068			$	31			2,516			$	31
Granted			25				37			66				18
Exercised			(545	)			29			(110	)			12
Expired			(10	)			39			(235	)			38
Options outstanding, end of period (1)			1,538				31			2,237				31
Options exercisable, end of period (1)			1,384				33			2,002				32
Options vested and expected to vest, end of period (1)			1,530				31			2,226				31
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period		$	13.18						$	5.08

(1) At September 30, 2011, the aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding, exercisable and vested/expected to vest was $9,612, $6,990 and $9,465, respectively. At that same date, the weighted average remaining contractual lives of stock options outstanding, exercisable and vested/expected to vest was 3.4 years, 2.9 years and 3.4 years, respectively.

Upon the exercise of stock options, the Company issues shares of common stock from treasury shares or, to the extent treasury shares are not available, from authorized common shares. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $5,224 and $1,562, respectively.

At September 30, 2011, the Company segregated its outstanding options into two ranges, based on exercise prices, as follows:

Option Ranges	Options Outstanding							Options Exercisable
	Shares		Weighted Avg     Exercise Price			Weighted Avg.     Life (Years)		Shares		Weighted Avg.     Exercise Price
$12.22 - $27.98		795		$	23		3.3		667		$	25
$28.82 - $48.00		743			40		3.5		717			40
Total		1,538			31		3.4		1,384			33

Restricted stock

Compensation cost for restricted stock is amortized ratably into compensation expense over the applicable vesting periods. Total compensation expense related to restricted stock was $460 and $557 for the three months ended and $1,436 and $1,665 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. At September 30, 2011, there was $2,382 of unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.8 years. The total intrinsic value of restricted shares vested for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $332 and $183, respectively.

A summary of the activity related to the Company's restricted stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2011						2010
	Shares			Weighted-Average     Grant-Date Fair Value			Shares			Weighted-Average     Grant-Date Fair Value
Unvested share, beginning or period		129			$	19		132			$	21
Granted (1)		41				37		87				18
Vested		(8	)			24		(8	)			24
Unvested shares, end of period		162				24		211				20

(1) The total value of the restricted share grants for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $1,532 and $1,582, respectively.

Employee stock purchase plan

The Company maintains an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") approved by Company shareholders in 2005. The maximum number of shares issuable under the ESPP is 300. The purchase price of shares of common stock under the ESPP is equal to 85% of the lesser of the closing price per share of common stock on the first or last day of the trading period, as defined. The Company records the aggregate cost of the ESPP (generally the 15% discount on the share purchases) as a period expense. Total compensation expense relating to the ESPP was $39 and $100 for the three months ended and $153 and $205 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011 Atlanta Condominium Project Consoldiating Transaction [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Minimum annual distribution of adjusted taxable income for REIT qualification			90.00%
Unrecognized tax benefits, increases resulting from prior period tax positions							$ 797	$ 797
Income tax benefit	0	503	0	503
Valuation allowances					60,456
Reduction of debt extinguishment gains		2,845		2,845		588
Income tax expense benefit included in condominium gains						$ 85

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Indebtedness

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Indebtedness [Abstract]

Indebtedness

4. INDEBTEDNESS

At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company's indebtedness consists of the following:

Description	Payment Terms	Interest Rate	Maturity Date		September 30,     2011			December 31,     2010
Senior Unsecured Notes	Int.	4.75% - 6.30% (1)	2011-2017	(1)		$	385,412		$	385,412
Unsecured Lines of Credit	N/A	LIBOR + 2.30% (2)	2014	(2)			-			-
Secured Mortgage Notes	Prin. and Int.	4.88% -6.09%	2013-2019	(3)			645,440			647,837
Total						$	1,030,852		$	1,033,249

(1) Senior unsecured notes totaling approximately $9,637 bearing interest at 5.125% matured in October 2011, at which time they were repaid in full. The remaining unsecured notes mature between 2012 and 2017.

(2) Represents stated rate.

(3) There are no scheduled maturities of secured notes in 2011. These notes mature between 2013 and 2019.

All of the consolidated secured and unsecured indebtedness listed above is held in the name of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries. The Company guarantees the unsecured line of credit arrangements.

Debt maturities

A schedule of the aggregate maturities of the Company's indebtedness at September 30, 2011 is provided below.

Remainder of 2011	$	10,725
2012		100,104
2013		186,606
2014		188,644	(1)
2015		124,205
Thereafter		420,568
	$	1,030,852

(1) Includes outstanding balances on lines of credit totaling $0 at September 30, 2011.

Debt issuances and retirements

There were no issuances or retirements of debt for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

In September 2010 as more fully discussed in notes 2 and 3, the Company retired the outstanding balance of the secured variable rate construction indebtedness of $77,470 for aggregate consideration of $49,793 and recognized net gains in connection with the transaction.

Unsecured lines of credit

At September 30, 2011, the Company utilizes a $300,000 syndicated unsecured revolving line of credit (the "Syndicated Line"). The Syndicated Line was refinanced in January 2011, and the aggregate available capacity under the agreement was reduced from $400,000. The Syndicated Line has a stated interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.30% (previously LIBOR plus 0.80%) and was provided by a syndicate of eight financial institutions arranged by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. The Syndicated Line requires the payment of annual facility fees equal to 0.45% (previously 0.15%) of the aggregate loan commitment. The Syndicated Line matures in January 2014 and may be extended for an additional year at the Company's option, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions in the agreement. The Syndicated Line provides for the interest rate and facility fee rate to be adjusted up or down based on changes in the credit ratings on the Company's senior unsecured debt. The rates under the Syndicated Line are based on the higher of the Company's unsecured debt ratings in instances where the Company has split unsecured debt ratings. The Syndicated Line also included a competitive bid option for up to 50% of the loan commitment at rates generally below the stated line rate, depending on market conditions. The credit agreement for the Syndicated Line contains customary restrictions, representations, covenants and events of default, including minimum fixed charge coverage, minimum unsecured interest coverage, minimum unsecured debt yield and maximum leverage ratios. The Syndicated Line also restricts the amount of capital the Company can invest in specific categories of assets, such as improved land, properties under construction, condominium properties, non-multifamily properties, debt or equity securities, notes receivable and unconsolidated affiliates. The Syndicated Line prohibits the Company from investing further capital in condominium assets, excluding its current investments in the Atlanta Condominium Project and the Austin Condominium Project, and certain mixed-use projects, as defined. At September 30, 2011, the Company had issued letters of credit to third parties totaling $710 under this facility. In connection with the refinancing of the Syndicated Line in January 2011, the Company paid fees and expenses of approximately $3,641.

Additionally, at September 30, 2011, the Company had a $30,000 unsecured line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the "Cash Management Line"), which was amended and restated in January 2011. The Cash Management Line matures in January 2014 and carries pricing and terms, including debt covenants, substantially consistent with the Syndicated Line.

Debt compliance

The Company's Syndicated Line, Cash Management Line and senior unsecured notes contain customary restrictions, representations and events of default and require the Company to meet certain financial covenants. Debt service and fixed charge coverage covenants require the Company to maintain coverages of a minimum of 1.5 to 1.0, as defined in applicable debt arrangements. Additionally, the Company's ratio of unencumbered adjusted property-level net operating income to total unsecured debt may not be less than 0.115 to 1.0 and the ratio of unencumbered adjusted property-level net operating income to unsecured interest expense may not be less than 2.0 to 1.0, as defined in the applicable debt arrangements. Leverage covenants generally require the Company to maintain calculated covenants above/below minimum/maximum thresholds. The primary leverage ratios under these arrangements include total debt to total asset value (maximum of 60%), total secured debt to total asset value (maximum of 40%) and unencumbered assets to unsecured debt (minimum of 1.5 to 1.0), as defined in the applicable debt arrangements. The Company believes it met these financial covenants at September 30, 2011.

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Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated the accounting and disclosure requirements for subsequent events reporting through the issuance date of the financial statements. In October 2011, the Company retired $9,637 of 5.13% senior unsecured notes at their maturity.

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Indebtedness (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified

9 Months Ended

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Sep. 30, 2010

Jan. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2010

Sep. 30, 2010

Atlanta Condominium Project [Member]

Land LLC [Member]

Sep. 30, 2011

Unsecured Lines of Credit [Member]

Sep. 30, 2011

Syndicated Line of Credit [Member]

Sep. 30, 2011

Cash Management Line [Member]

Sep. 30, 2011

5.125% Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]

Oct. 31, 2011

5.125% Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Interest rate, stated percentage

5.125%

5.13%

Line of Credit facility, previous borrowing capacity

$ 400,000

Interest rate, spread over LIBOR

2.30%

^[1]

2.30%

Previous interest rate, spread over LIBOR

0.80%

Line of credit facility, annual facility fees percentage

0.45%

Previous line of credit facility annual facility fees percentage

0.15%

Line of credit facility, expiration year

January 2014

Line of credit facility, competitive bid option for short-term funds, percentage.

50.00%

Letters of credit issued to third parties

710

Line of credit facility, fees and expenses

3,641

Line of credit facility, current borrowing capacity

300,000

30,000

Maturity date

Jan. 31, 2014

Jan. 31, 2014

Oct. 01, 2011

Debt Issuances And Retirements

There were no issuances or retirements of debt for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

Line of credit facility, covenant terms

The Company's Syndicated Line, Cash Management Line and senior unsecured notes contain customary restrictions, representations and events of default and require the Company to meet certain financial covenants. Debt service and fixed charge coverage covenants require the Company to maintain coverages of a minimum of 1.5 to 1.0, as defined in applicable debt arrangements. Additionally, the Company's ratio of unencumbered adjusted property-level net operating income to total unsecured debt may not be less than 0.115 to 1.0 and the ratio of unencumbered adjusted property-level net operating income to unsecured interest expense may not be less than 2.0 to 1.0, as defined in the applicable debt arrangements. Leverage covenants generally require the Company to maintain calculated covenants above/below minimum/maximum thresholds. The primary leverage ratios under these arrangements include total debt to total asset value (maximum of 60%), total secured debt to total asset value (maximum of 40%) and unencumbered assets to unsecured debt (minimum of 1.5 to 1.0), as defined in the applicable debt arrangements. The Company believes it met these financial covenants at September 30, 2011.

Indebtedness

1,030,852

1,033,249

77,470

Payments on indebtedness

$ 2,397

$ 50,428

$ 49,793

[1] Represents stated rate.

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Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Segment Information [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment's Contribution To Consolidated Revenues And Net Operating Income

	Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Revenues
Fully stabilized communities		$	66,973			$	62,780			$	194,911			$	185,521
Communities stabilized during 2010			5,358				4,384				15,141				10,983
Other property segments			6,038				5,508				16,829				15,588
Other			243				223				686				777
Consolidated revenues		$	78,612			$	72,895			$	227,567			$	212,869
Contribution to Property Net Operating Income
Fully stabilized communities		$	40,130			$	36,217			$	117,154			$	107,661
Communities stabilized during 2010			3,141				2,518				8,594				4,917
Other property segments, including corporate management expenses			480				(21	)			692				(850	)
Consolidated property net operating income			43,751				38,714				126,440				111,728
Interest income			374				390				982				755
Other revenues			243				223				686				777
Depreciation			(18,823	)			(18,623	)			(56,383	)			(55,737	)
Interest expense			(14,207	)			(13,646	)			(43,119	)			(38,820	)
Amortization of deferred financing costs			(717	)			(611	)			(2,085	)			(2,097	)
General and administrative			(3,970	)			(3,927	)			(12,332	)			(12,570	)
Investment and development			(239	)			(569	)			(1,013	)			(1,849	)
Other investment costs			(329	)			(669	)			(1,278	)			(1,828	)
Impairment losses			-				-				-				(35,091	)
Gains on condominium sales activities, net			2,581				1,184				8,757				2,319
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net			235				18,258				790				18,554
Other income (expense), net			(71	)			26				230				(271	)
Net income (loss)		$	8,828			$	23,595			$	21,675			$	(11,285	)

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Consolidated Statements Of Equity And Accumulated Earnings (USD $) In Thousands	Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member] Preferred Stock [Member]	Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member] General Partner [Member]	Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member] Total Company Equity [Member]	Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member] Noncontrolling Interests - Consolidated Real Estate Entities [Member]	Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member]	Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-In Capital [Member]	Accumulated Earnings [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Total Company Equity [Member]	Noncontrolling Interests - Consolidated Real Estate Entities [Member]	Total
Equity & Accum. Earnings at Dec. 31, 2009	$ 95,000	$ 10,786	$ 909,333	$ 1,015,119	$ 934	$ 1,016,053	$ 29	$ 484	$ 960,593	$ 57,253	$ (3,240)	$ 1,015,119	$ 934	$ 1,016,053
Comprehensive income
Net income	5,632	(170)	(16,734)	(11,272)	47	(11,225)				(11,272)		(11,272)	47	(11,225)
Sales of common stock, net		11	1,110	1,121		1,121			1,121			1,121		1,121
Proceeds from sales of common stock, net		11	1,110	1,121		1,121			1,121			1,121		1,121
Employee stock purchase, stock option and other plan issuances		27	2,630	2,657		2,657		3	2,623		31	2,657		2,657
Conversion of redeemable common units for shares			74	74		74			63		11	74		74
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units			5	5		5			5			5		5
Redemption of preferred stock	(2,037)		16	(2,021)		(2,021)			(2,021)			(2,021)		(2,021)
Stock-based compensation		21	2,089	2,110		2,110			2,110			2,110		2,110
Dividends to preferred shareholders	(5,632)			(5,632)		(5,632)				(5,632)		(5,632)		(5,632)
Distributions to common unitholders		(293)	(28,918)	(29,211)		(29,211)			(778)	(28,433)		(29,211)		(29,211)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests-consolidated real estate entities					(301)	(301)							(301)	(301)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units			(1,595)	(1,595)		(1,595)			(1,595)			(1,595)		(1,595)
Equity & Accum. Earnings at Sep. 30, 2010	92,963	10,382	868,010	971,355	680	972,035	29	487	962,121	11,916	(3,198)	971,355	680	972,035
Equity & Accum. Earnings at Jun. 30, 2010
Comprehensive income
Dividends to preferred shareholders						(1,864)								(1,864)
Equity & Accum. Earnings at Sep. 30, 2010						972,035	29							972,035
Equity & Accum. Earnings at Dec. 31, 2010	92,963	10,354	863,773	967,090	205	967,295	29	489	965,691	4,577	(3,696)	967,090	205	967,295
Comprehensive income
Net income	3,533	181	17,851	21,565	56	21,621				21,565		21,565	56	21,621
Sales of common stock, net		917	90,805	91,722		91,722		23	91,612		87	91,722		91,722
Proceeds from sales of common stock, net		917	90,805	91,722		91,722		23	91,612		87	91,722		91,722
Employee stock purchase, stock option and other plan issuances		172	17,006	17,178		17,178		6	16,894		278	17,178		17,178
Conversion of redeemable common units for shares			527	527		527			527			527		527
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units			(414)	(414)		(414)			(414)			(414)		(414)
Redemption of preferred stock	(49,571)		(62)	(49,633)		(49,633)	20		49,613			49,633		49,633
Stock-based compensation		19	1,848	1,867		1,867			1,867			1,867		1,867
Dividends to preferred shareholders	(3,533)			(3,533)		(3,533)				(3,533)		(3,533)		(3,533)
Distributions to common unitholders		(315)	(31,132)	(31,447)		(31,447)			(8,838)	(22,609)		(31,447)		(31,447)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests-consolidated real estate entities					(200)	(200)							(200)	(200)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units			584	584		584			584			584		584
Equity & Accum. Earnings at Sep. 30, 2011	43,392	11,328	960,786	1,015,506	61	1,015,567	9	518	1,018,310		(3,331)	1,015,506	61	1,015,567
Equity & Accum. Earnings at Jun. 30, 2011
Comprehensive income
Dividends to preferred shareholders						(922)								(922)
Equity & Accum. Earnings at Sep. 30, 2011						$ 1,015,567								$ 1,015,567

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Organization And Significant Accounting Policies (Policy)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Organization And Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis Of Presentation

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared by the Company's management in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normally recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the "Form 10-K").

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the consolidated accounts of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company also consolidates other entities in which it has a controlling financial interest or entities where it is determined to be the primary beneficiary under ASC Topic 810, "Consolidation." Under ASC Topic 810, variable interest entities ("VIEs") are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate a VIE for financial reporting purposes. The application of ASC Topic 810 requires management to make significant estimates and judgments about the Company's and its other partners' rights, obligations and economic interests in such entities. For entities in which the Company has less than a controlling financial interest or entities where it is not deemed to be the primary beneficiary, the entities are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Accordingly, the Company's share of the net earnings or losses of these entities is included in consolidated net income. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company's noncontrolling interest of common unitholders (also referred to as "Redeemable Common Units") in the operations of the Operating Partnership is calculated based on the weighted average unit ownership during the period.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue recognition

Residential properties are leased under operating leases with terms of generally one year or less. Rental revenues from residential leases are recognized on the straight-line method over the approximate life of the leases, which is generally one year. The recognition of rental revenues from residential leases when earned has historically not been materially different from rental revenues recognized on a straight-line basis.

Under the terms of residential leases, the residents of the Company's residential communities are obligated to reimburse the Company for certain utility usage, water and electricity (at selected properties), where the Company is the primary obligor to the public utility entity. These utility reimbursements from residents are reflected as other property revenues in the consolidated statements of operations.

Sales and the associated gains or losses of real estate assets and for-sale condominiums are recognized in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 360-20, "Property, Plant and Equipment – Real Estate Sales." For newly developed condominiums, the Company accounts for each project under either the "Deposit Method" or the "Percentage of Completion Method," based on a specific evaluation of the factors specified in ASC Topic 360-20. The factors used to determine the appropriate accounting method are the legal commitment of the purchaser in the real estate contract, whether the construction of the project is beyond a preliminary phase, whether sufficient units have been contracted to ensure the project will not revert to a rental project, the ability to reasonably estimate the aggregate project sale proceeds and aggregate project costs and the determination that the buyer has made an adequate initial and continuing cash investment under the contract in accordance with ASC Topic 360-20. As of September 30, 2011, all newly developed condominium communities are accounted for under the Deposit Method. Under ASC Topic 360-20, the Company uses the relative sales value method to allocate costs and recognize profits from condominium sales. Under the relative sales value method, estimates of aggregate project revenues and aggregate project costs are used to determine the allocation of project cost of sales and the resulting profit in each accounting period. In subsequent periods, cumulative project cost of sale allocations and the resulting profits are adjusted to reflect changes in the actual and estimated costs and revenues of each project.

Real Estate Assets, Depreciation And Impairment

Real estate assets, depreciation and impairment

Real estate assets are stated at the lower of depreciated cost or fair value, if deemed impaired. Major replacements and betterments are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of the properties (buildings and components and related land improvements – 20-40 years; furniture, fixtures and equipment – 5-10 years).

The Company continually evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its real estate assets using the methodology prescribed in ASC Topic 360, "Property, Plant and Equipment." Factors considered by management in evaluating impairment of its existing real estate assets held for investment include significant declines in property operating profits, annually recurring property operating losses and other significant adverse changes in general market conditions that are considered permanent in nature. Under ASC Topic 360, a real estate asset held for investment is not considered impaired if the undiscounted, estimated future cash flows of an asset (both the annual estimated cash flow from future operations and the estimated cash flow from the theoretical sale of the asset) over its estimated holding period are in excess of the asset's net book value at the balance sheet date. If any real estate asset held for investment is considered impaired, a loss is provided to reduce the carrying value of the asset to its estimated fair value. In addition, for-sale condominium units completed and ready for their intended use are evaluated for impairment using the methodology for assets held for sale (using discounted projected future cash flows).

The Company periodically classifies real estate assets as held for sale. An asset is classified as held for sale after the approval of the Company's board of directors and after an active program to sell the asset has commenced. Upon the classification of a real estate asset as held for sale, the carrying value of the asset is reduced to the lower of its net book value or its estimated fair value, less costs to sell the asset. Subsequent to the classification of assets as held for sale, no further depreciation expense is recorded. Real estate assets held for sale are stated separately on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Upon a decision to no longer market an asset for sale, the asset is classified as an operating asset and depreciation expense is reinstated. As of September 30, 2011, except for for-sale condominium units, there were no real estate assets held for sale.

For newly developed condominium communities, the operating results and associated gains and losses are reflected in continuing operations (see discussion under "revenue recognition" above), and the net book value of the condominium assets is reflected separately on the consolidated balance sheet in the caption titled, "For-sale condominiums."

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Company Earnings Per Share (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Net income (loss)	$ 8,828	$ 23,595	$ 21,675	$ (11,285)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities	(9)	14	(56)	(47)
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership	(25)	(76)	(54)	60
Dividends to preferred shareholders	(922)	(1,864)	(3,533)	(5,632)
Preferred stock redemption costs		1	(1,757)	(44)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)	(25)	(93)	(51)	74
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$ 7,847	$ 21,577	$ 16,224	$ (16,874)
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic	50,651	48,535	49,862	48,446
Dilutive shares from stock options	402	135	397
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted	51,053	48,670	50,259	48,446
Per share amount: Basic	$ 0.15	$ 0.44	$ 0.33	$ (0.35)
Per share amount: Diluted	$ 0.15	$ 0.44	$ 0.32	$ (0.35)
Gross Antidilutive [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive stock options to purchase common stock	235	1,898	531	2,237

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Real Estate Activity (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Real Estate Activity [Abstract]

Revenues, Costs And Expenses Associated With Consolidated Condominium Activities

	Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Condominium revenues		$	13,678			$	28,470			$	46,443			$	46,218
Condominium costs and expenses			(11,097	)			(27,286	)			(37,686	)			(43,899	)
Net gains on sales of condominiums		$	2,581			$	1,184			$	8,757			$	2,319

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Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net income (loss)	$ 21,675	$ (11,285)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation	56,383	55,737
Amortization of deferred financing costs	2,085	2,097
Gains on sales of real estate assets, net	(8,757)	(2,319)
Other, net	1,269	(68)
Asset impairment charges		35,091
Equity in income of unconsolidated entities, net	(790)	(18,554)
Distributions of earnings of unconsolidated entities	1,419	664
Deferred compensation	73	110
Stock-based compensation	1,873	2,117
Net gain on extinguishment of indebtedness		(2,845)
Changes in assets, decrease (increase) in:
Other assets	640	2,056
Deferred charges	(192)	(265)
Changes in liabilities, increase (decrease) in:
Accrued interest payable	5,204	5,045
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	2,357	4,960
Security deposits and prepaid rents	(168)	(1,066)
Net cash provided by operating activities	83,071	71,475
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Construction and acquisition of real estate assets, net of payables	(55,287)	(39,518)
Net proceeds from sales of real estate assets	46,080	49,395
Capitalized interest	(1,892)	(6,392)
Property capital expenditures	(18,675)	(23,089)
Corporate additions and improvements	(926)	(319)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities		(1,080)
Note receivable collections and other investments	434	146
Net cash used in investing activities	(30,266)	(20,857)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Lines of credit proceeds	24,523	112,014
Lines of credit repayments	(24,523)	(82,014)
Payments on indebtedness	(2,397)	(50,428)
Payments of financing costs and other	(3,984)	(942)
Proceeds from sales of common stock	91,722	1,121
Proceeds from employee stock purchase and stock options plans	16,152	1,847
Redemption of preferred stock	(49,633)	(2,021)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - real estate entities	(200)	(301)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - common unitholders	(100)	(104)
Dividends paid to preferred shareholders	(3,533)	(5,632)
Dividends paid to common shareholders	(29,814)	(29,150)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	18,213	(55,610)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	71,018	(4,992)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	22,089	13,347
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	93,107	8,355
Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member]
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net income (loss)	21,675	(11,285)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation	56,383	55,737
Amortization of deferred financing costs	2,085	2,097
Gains on sales of real estate assets, net	(8,757)	(2,319)
Other, net	1,269	(68)
Asset impairment charges		35,091
Equity in income of unconsolidated entities, net	(790)	(18,554)
Distributions of earnings of unconsolidated entities	1,419	664
Deferred compensation	73	110
Stock-based compensation	1,873	2,117
Net gain on extinguishment of indebtedness		(2,845)
Changes in assets, decrease (increase) in:
Other assets	640	2,056
Deferred charges	(192)	(265)
Changes in liabilities, increase (decrease) in:
Accrued interest payable	5,204	5,045
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	2,357	4,960
Security deposits and prepaid rents	(168)	(1,066)
Net cash provided by operating activities	83,071	71,475
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Construction and acquisition of real estate assets, net of payables	(55,287)	(39,518)
Net proceeds from sales of real estate assets	46,080	49,395
Capitalized interest	(1,892)	(6,392)
Property capital expenditures	(18,675)	(23,089)
Corporate additions and improvements	(926)	(319)
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities		(1,080)
Note receivable collections and other investments	434	146
Net cash used in investing activities	(30,266)	(20,857)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Lines of credit proceeds	24,523	112,014
Lines of credit repayments	(24,523)	(82,014)
Payments on indebtedness	(2,397)	(50,428)
Payments of financing costs and other	(3,984)	(942)
Proceeds from employee stock purchase and stock options plans	107,874	2,968
Redemption of preferred stock	(49,633)	(2,021)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - real estate entities	(200)	(301)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - common unitholders	(100)	(104)
Dividends paid to preferred shareholders	(3,533)	(5,632)
Dividends paid to common shareholders	(29,814)	(29,150)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	18,213	(55,610)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	71,018	(4,992)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	22,089	13,347
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 93,107	$ 8,355

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Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

9. SEGMENT INFORMATION

Segment description

In accordance with ASC Topic 280, "Segment Reporting," the Company presents segment information based on the way that management organizes the segments within the enterprise for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The segment information is prepared on the same basis as the internally reported information used by the Company's chief operating decision makers to manage the business.

The Company's chief operating decision makers focus on the Company's primary sources of income from apartment community rental operations. Apartment community rental operations are generally broken down into segments based on the various stages in the apartment community ownership lifecycle. These segments are described below. All commercial properties and other ancillary service and support operations are combined in the line item "other property segments" in the accompanying segment information. The segment information presented below reflects the segment categories based on the lifecycle status of each community as of January 1, 2010.

— Fully stabilized communities – those apartment communities which have been stabilized (the earlier of the point at which a property reaches 95% occupancy or one year after completion of construction) for both the current and prior year.

— Communities stabilized during the prior year – those apartment communities which reached stabilized occupancy in 2010.

Segment performance measure

Management uses contribution to consolidated property net operating income ("NOI") as the performance measure for its operating segments. The Company uses NOI, including NOI of stabilized communities, as an operating measure. NOI is defined as rental and other property revenue from real estate operations less total property and maintenance expenses from real estate operations (excluding depreciation and amortization). The Company believes that NOI is an important supplemental measure of operating performance for a REIT's operating real estate because it provides a measure of the core operations, rather than factoring in depreciation and amortization, financing costs and general and administrative expenses generally incurred at the corporate level. This measure is particularly useful, in the opinion of the Company, in evaluating the performance of operating segment groupings and individual properties. Additionally, the Company believes that NOI, as defined, is a widely accepted measure of comparative operating performance in the real estate investment community. The Company believes that the line on the Company's consolidated statement of operations entitled "net income (loss)" is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to NOI.

Segment information

The following table reflects each segment's contribution to consolidated revenues and NOI together with a reconciliation of segment contribution to property NOI to consolidated net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. Additionally, substantially all of the Company's assets relate to the Company's property rental operations. Asset cost, depreciation and amortization by segment are not presented because such information at the segment level is not reported internally.

	Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Revenues
Fully stabilized communities		$	66,973			$	62,780			$	194,911			$	185,521
Communities stabilized during 2010			5,358				4,384				15,141				10,983
Other property segments			6,038				5,508				16,829				15,588
Other			243				223				686				777
Consolidated revenues		$	78,612			$	72,895			$	227,567			$	212,869
Contribution to Property Net Operating Income
Fully stabilized communities		$	40,130			$	36,217			$	117,154			$	107,661
Communities stabilized during 2010			3,141				2,518				8,594				4,917
Other property segments, including corporate management expenses			480				(21	)			692				(850	)
Consolidated property net operating income			43,751				38,714				126,440				111,728
Interest income			374				390				982				755
Other revenues			243				223				686				777
Depreciation			(18,823	)			(18,623	)			(56,383	)			(55,737	)
Interest expense			(14,207	)			(13,646	)			(43,119	)			(38,820	)
Amortization of deferred financing costs			(717	)			(611	)			(2,085	)			(2,097	)
General and administrative			(3,970	)			(3,927	)			(12,332	)			(12,570	)
Investment and development			(239	)			(569	)			(1,013	)			(1,849	)
Other investment costs			(329	)			(669	)			(1,278	)			(1,828	)
Impairment losses			-				-				-				(35,091	)
Gains on condominium sales activities, net			2,581				1,184				8,757				2,319
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net			235				18,258				790				18,554
Other income (expense), net			(71	)			26				230				(271	)
Net income (loss)		$	8,828			$	23,595			$	21,675			$	(11,285	)

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Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Schedule Of Activity Related To Company's Restricted Stock) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Stock-Based Compensation Plans [Abstract]
Unvested share, beginning of period, Shares	129	132
Granted, Shares	41	87
Vested, Shares	(8)	(8)
Unvested shares, end of period, Shares	162	211
Weighted average grant date fair value, beginning of period, Unvested Shares	$ 19	$ 21
Weighted average grant date fair value, granted	$ 37	$ 18
Weighted average grant date fair value, vested	$ 24	$ 24
Weighted average grant date fair value, end of period, Unvested Shares	$ 24	$ 20
Total value of the restricted share grants	$ 1,532	$ 1,582

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Real Estate Activity (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 years properties	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011 years properties	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011 Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Land [Member] properties	Sep. 30, 2010 Land [Member] properties	Sep. 30, 2011 Land [Member] properties	Sep. 30, 2010 Land [Member] properties	Sep. 30, 2011 Apartment Communities [Member] properties	Sep. 30, 2010 Apartment Communities [Member] properties	Sep. 30, 2011 Apartment Communities [Member] properties	Sep. 30, 2010 Apartment Communities [Member] properties	Jun. 30, 2011 Austin Condominium Project [Member]	Jun. 30, 2010 Austin Condominium Project [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Austin Condominium Project [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Austin Condominium Project [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Atlanta Condominium Project [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Citrus Park Land Parcel [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Citrus Park Land Parcel [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Land acquired by the company			$ 6,670
Proceeds from sale of land		3,177
Recognized gain loss on sale of land																							0
Number of real estate properties	57			57
Number of real estate properties acquired									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of units in real estate property sold									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Net proceeds from sales of real estate assets				46,080	49,395
Number of units in real estate property	21,431			21,431																148	129
Condominiums, for-sale and under construction	60,236			60,236		82,259														37,730	22,506
Impairment charges					$ 35,091												$ 34,691	$ 34,691	$ 34,691			$ 400
Condominium homes sold	14	28		44	45
Increase in guarantee							100.00%	50.00%

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Legal Proceedings, Commitments And Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Legal Proceedings, Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]

Legal Proceedings, Commitments And Contingencies

13. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In September 2010, the United States Department of Justice (the "DOJ") filed a lawsuit against the Company and the Operating Partnership in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The suit alleges various violations of the Fair Housing Act ("FHA") and the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") at properties designed, constructed or operated by the Company and the Operating Partnership in the District of Columbia, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina and Texas. The plaintiff seeks statutory damages and a civil penalty in unspecified amounts, as well as injunctive relief that includes retrofitting apartments and public use areas to comply with the FHA and the ADA and prohibiting construction or sale of noncompliant units or complexes. The Company and the Operating Partnership filed a motion to transfer the case to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where a previous civil case involving alleged violations of the FHA and ADA by the Company and the Operating Partnership was filed and ultimately dismissed. On October 29, 2010, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued an opinion finding that the complaint shows that the DOJ's claims are essentially the same as the previous civil case, and, therefore, granted the Company and the Operating Partnership's motion and transferred the DOJ's case to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Limited discovery is proceeding as permitted by the Court. Due to the preliminary nature of the litigation, it is not possible to predict or determine the outcome of the legal proceeding, nor is it possible to estimate the amount of loss, if any, that would be associated with an adverse decision.

The Company and the Operating Partnership are involved in various other legal proceedings incidental to their business from time to time, most of which are expected to be covered by liability or other insurance. Management of the Company and Operating Partnership believes that any resolution of pending proceedings or liability to the Company or Operating Partnership which may arise as a result of these various other legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company or Operating Partnership's results of operations or financial position.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Assets
Land	$ 292,396	$ 285,005
Building and improvements	2,040,929	2,028,580
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	248,794	240,614
Construction in progress	75,856	25,734
Land held for future development	55,428	72,697
Real estate investment property, at cost, total	2,713,403	2,652,630
Less: accumulated depreciation	(748,306)	(692,514)
For-sale condominiums	60,236	82,259
Total real estate assets	2,025,333	2,042,375
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated real estate entities	7,316	7,671
Cash and cash equivalents	93,107	22,089
Restricted cash	4,489	5,134
Deferred charges, net	9,400	8,064
Other assets	29,445	29,446
Total assets	2,169,090	2,114,779
Liabilities and equity
Indebtedness	1,030,852	1,033,249
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	69,744	66,977
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities	15,766	15,384
Dividends and distributions payable	11,448	9,814
Accrued interest payable	11,045	5,841
Security deposits and prepaid rents	9,214	10,027
Total liabilities	1,148,069	1,141,292
Redeemable common units	5,454	6,192
Commitments and contingencies
Company shareholders' equity
Common stock, $.01 par value, 100,000 authorized: 51,877 and 48,926 shares issued and 51,877 and 48,913 shares outstanding at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively	518	489
Additional paid-in-capital	1,018,310	965,691
Accumulated earnings		4,577
Stockholders equity subtotal before treasury stock, total	1,018,837	970,786
Less common stock in treasury, at cost, 98 and 108 shares at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively	(3,331)	(3,696)
Total Company shareholders' equity	1,015,506	967,090
Noncontrolling interests-consolidated property partnerships	61	205
Total equity	1,015,567	967,295
Total liabilities and equity	2,169,090	2,114,779
Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member]
Assets
Land	292,396	285,005
Building and improvements	2,040,929	2,028,580
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	248,794	240,614
Construction in progress	75,856	25,734
Land held for future development	55,428	72,697
Real estate investment property, at cost, total	2,713,403	2,652,630
Less: accumulated depreciation	(748,306)	(692,514)
For-sale condominiums	60,236	82,259
Total real estate assets	2,025,333	2,042,375
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated real estate entities	7,316	7,671
Cash and cash equivalents	93,107	22,089
Restricted cash	4,489	5,134
Deferred charges, net	9,400	8,064
Other assets	29,445	29,446
Total assets	2,169,090	2,114,779
Liabilities and equity
Indebtedness	1,030,852	1,033,249
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	69,744	66,977
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities	15,766	15,384
Dividends and distributions payable	11,448	9,814
Accrued interest payable	11,045	5,841
Security deposits and prepaid rents	9,214	10,027
Total liabilities	1,148,069	1,141,292
Redeemable common units	5,454	6,192
Commitments and contingencies
Company shareholders' equity
Preferred units	43,392	92,963
Common stock, $.01 par value, 100,000 authorized: 51,877 and 48,926 shares issued and 51,877 and 48,913 shares outstanding at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively
General partner	11,328	10,354
Limited partner	960,786	863,773
Total Company shareholders' equity	1,015,506	967,090
Noncontrolling interests-consolidated property partnerships	61	205
Total equity	1,015,567	967,295
Total liabilities and equity	2,169,090	2,114,779
8 1/2% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Shares [Member]
Company shareholders' equity
Preferred units	9	9
7 5/8 % Series B Cumulative Redeemable Shares [Member]
Company shareholders' equity
Preferred units		$ 20

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Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 years properties	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011 years properties	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Investment in 35% owned Apartment LLCs	$ 7,316		$ 7,316		$ 7,671
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities	15,766		15,766		15,384
Investment over equity underlying net assets	4,653		4,653
Number of real estate properties	57		57
Payments on indebtedness			2,397	50,428
Company's share of net income	235	18,258	790	18,554
Net gain on extinguishment of indebtedness		2,845		2,845
Atlanta Condominium Project [Member] | Deferred Gain on Early Extinguishment of Debt Amount [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Company's share of net income				23,596
Atlanta Condominium Project [Member] | Impairment Loss [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Company's share of net income				5,492
Atlanta Condominium Project [Member] | Land LLC [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Payments on indebtedness				49,793
Atlanta, Georgia [Member] | Apartment LLCs [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties	4		4
Washington, D.C. [Member] | Apartment LLCs [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties	1		1
5.82% Mortgage Note Payable [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage notes payable	50,500		50,500
Mortgage notes payable maturity date	2013		2013
Mortgage note payable bearing interest rate			5.82%
Prepayment date without penalty	September 2011		September 2011
5.83% Mortgage Note Payable [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage notes payable	29,272		29,272
Mortgage notes payable maturity date	2013		2013
Mortgage note payable bearing interest rate			5.83%
Prepayment date without penalty	September 2011		September 2011
5.63% Mortgage Notes Payable [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage notes payable	85,723		85,723
Mortgage notes payable maturity date	2017		2017
Mortgage note payable bearing interest rate			5.63%
5.71% Mortgage Notes Payable [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage notes payable	41,000		41,000
Mortgage notes payable maturity date	January 2018		January 2018
Mortgage note payable bearing interest rate			5.71%
Mixed-Use LP [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage		49.00%		49.00%
Apartment LLCs [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage notes payable	206,495		206,495		206,495
Number of real estate properties	5		5
Company's share of net income	$ 235	$ 154	$ 790	$ 450
Apartment LLC Minimum [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	25.00%		25.00%
Apartment LLC Maximum [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	35.00%		35.00%

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Impairment, Severance And Other Charges (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010
Impairment, Severance And Other Charges [Line Items]
Impairment charges			$ 35,091
Austin Condominium Project [Member]
Impairment, Severance And Other Charges [Line Items]
Impairment charges	34,691	34,691	34,691
Citrus Park Land Parcel [Member]
Impairment, Severance And Other Charges [Line Items]
Impairment charges			$ 400

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Subsequent Events (Details) (5.125% Senior Unsecured Notes [Member])	Oct. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011
5.125% Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior unsecured notes, interest rate	5.13%	5.125%

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Operating Partnership Earnings Per Share (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Net income (loss)	$ 8,828	$ 23,595	$ 21,675	$ (11,285)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities	(9)	14	(56)	(47)
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership	(25)	(76)	(54)	60
Dividends to preferred shareholders	(922)	(1,864)	(3,533)	(5,632)
Preferred stock redemption costs		1	(1,757)	(44)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)	(25)	(93)	(51)	74
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	7,847	21,577	16,224	(16,874)
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic	50,651	48,535	49,862	48,446
Dilutive shares from stock options	402	135	397
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted	51,053	48,670	50,259	48,446
Per share amount: Basic	$ 0.15	$ 0.44	$ 0.33	$ (0.35)
Per share amount: Diluted	$ 0.15	$ 0.44	$ 0.32	$ (0.35)
Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member] | Gross Antidilutive [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive stock options to purchase common stock	235	1,898	531	2,237
Gross Antidilutive [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive stock options to purchase common stock	235	1,898	531	2,237
Post Apartment Homes, L.P. [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Net income (loss)	8,828	23,595	21,675	(11,285)
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities	(9)	14	(56)	(47)
Dividends to preferred shareholders	(922)	(1,864)	(3,533)	(5,632)
Preferred stock redemption costs		1	(1,757)	(44)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)	(25)	(93)	(51)	74
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$ 7,872	$ 21,653	$ 16,278	$ (16,934)
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic	50,813	48,706	50,029	48,618
Dilutive shares from stock options	402	135	397
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted	51,215	48,841	50,426	48,618
Per share amount: Basic	$ 0.15	$ 0.44	$ 0.33	$ (0.35)
Per share amount: Diluted	$ 0.15	$ 0.44	$ 0.32	$ (0.35)

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Fair Value Measures And Other Financial Instruments (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended											3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011 Austin Condominium Project [Member]	Jun. 30, 2010 Austin Condominium Project [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Austin Condominium Project [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Austin Condominium Project [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Austin Condominium Project [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Atlanta Condominium Project [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Atlanta Condominium Project [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Atlanta Condominium Project [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Atlanta Condominium Project [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Atlanta Condominium Project [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Fixed Rate Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Fixed Rate Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Variable Rate Debt [Member]	Jun. 30, 2010 Citrus Park Land Parcel [Member]	Jun. 30, 2010 Citrus Park Land Parcel [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Assets held for sale																		$ 3,177
Condominiums, for-sale and under construction		60,236	82,259				37,730	85,378	22,506			28,402
Impairment charges	35,091			34,691	34,691	34,691											400
Fair value of debt														1,098,536	1,066,695
Carrying value of debt														1,030,852	1,033,249	0
Fair value of contractual obligation	6,144									5,879	5,716
Fair value of condominium assets		60,236	82,259				37,730	85,378	22,506			28,402
Indebtedness													$ 44,553

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Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Schedule Of Outstanding Options In Two Ranges Based On Exercise Prices) (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 years
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Range of exercise prices shares, outstanding	1,538
Range of exercise prices weighted average exercise price, outstanding	$ 31
Range of exercise prices remaining contractual life, outstanding	3.4
Range of exercise prices shares, exercisable	1,384
Range of exercise prices weighted average exercise price, exercisable	$ 33
Outstanding Options With Range Based Exercise Prices Set One [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise price range, lower range limit	$ 12.22
Exercise price range, upper range limit	$ 27.98
Range of exercise prices shares, outstanding	795
Range of exercise prices weighted average exercise price, outstanding	$ 23
Range of exercise prices remaining contractual life, outstanding	3.3
Range of exercise prices shares, exercisable	667
Range of exercise prices weighted average exercise price, exercisable	$ 25
Outstanding Options With Range Based Exercise Prices Set Two [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise price range, lower range limit	$ 28.82
Exercise price range, upper range limit	$ 48.00
Range of exercise prices shares, outstanding	743
Range of exercise prices weighted average exercise price, outstanding	$ 40
Range of exercise prices remaining contractual life, outstanding	3.5
Range of exercise prices shares, exercisable	717
Range of exercise prices weighted average exercise price, exercisable	$ 40

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Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities (Summary Of Financial Information For Apartment LLCs) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	Sep. 30, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010		Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Real estate assets, net of accumulated depreciation of $39,536 and $35,520 at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively	$ 2,025,333		$ 2,042,375
Total assets	2,169,090		2,114,779
Total liabilities	1,148,069		1,141,292
Members' equity	1,015,567		967,295		972,035	1,016,053
Total liabilities and members' equity	2,169,090		2,114,779
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities	15,766		15,384
Net accumulated depreciation	748,306		692,514
Apartment LLCs [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Real estate assets, net of accumulated depreciation of $39,536 and $35,520 at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively	247,585		250,651
Cash and other	5,910		6,518
Total assets	253,495		257,169
Mortgage notes payable	206,495		206,495
Other liabilities	2,409		2,460
Total liabilities	208,904		208,955
Members' equity	44,591		48,214
Total liabilities and members' equity	253,495		257,169
Company's equity investment in Apartment LLCs	$ (8,450)	[1]	$ (7,713)	[1]

[1] At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company's equity investment includes its credit investments of $15,766 and $15,384, respectively, discussed above.