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

                                    Form 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

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

                                 February 7, 2003
                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

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

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

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

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

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

ITEM 5.  Other Event

Mid America Apartment Communities,  Inc. (MAA)

MEMPHIS,  TN,  February  7,  2003  -  Mid-America  Apartment  Communities,  Inc.
(NYSE:MAA)  announced  the  acquisition  of Green  Oaks,  a  300-unit  apartment
community located in Grand Prairie,  a suburb of Dallas,  TX, for $18.9 million.
The  property is expected to become the third  investment  by its joint  venture
with Crow Holdings, in which Mid-America owns a 1/3 interest.  The Company plans
to contribute the property to the joint venture once a financing  commitment has
been received  under the  provisions of the joint  venture's  Freddie Mac credit
facility. Mid-America's funding was provided by its bank credit facility.

The  property is located in the North  Arlington  submarket  of the  Dallas-Fort
Worth area,  conveniently located to employment centers and retail facilities as
well as to downtown Dallas and Forth Worth.

Simon Wadsworth,  Executive VP and CFO of Mid-America said, "We are pleased with
the addition of this high quality property to our portfolio at a discount of its
replacement  cost.  It will be a fine  addition  to our  partnership  with  Crow
Holdings.  This part of the Dallas market has maintained stronger occupancy than
many other areas and the  property  addition  will be  immediately  accretive to
earnings.  While the Dallas  apartment  market is currently  operating at levels
well  below  historical  norms  due to the  slower  economic  cycle,  we  remain
comfortable with the long term growth prospects and strength of this market.  We
continue to seek  attractive  investments  through  this  partnership  in stable
growth markets throughout the southeastern US and Texas."

Mid-America Apartment Communities is a NYSE traded multifamily REIT specializing
in  the  acquisition,  redevelopment  and  management  of  apartment  properties
throughout the southeast and south central US with 34,507 units under  ownership
and  management.  Crow  Holdings  is  a  group  of  international,   diversified
investment  holding  companies  that owns and  directs  the  investments  of the
Trammell  Crow family and manages  investments  on behalf of the  Trammell  Crow
family and its investment  partners.  For further  details,  please refer to our
website at www.maac.net or contact Simon R. C. Wadsworth at  901/682-6668,  ext.
105. 6584 Poplar Ave., Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38138.

Certain matters in this press release may constitute  forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27-A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E
of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements include, but are not
limited to, statements made about  anticipated  market  conditions,  anticipated
acquisitions,   redevelopment  opportunities,  and  property  financing.  Actual
results and the timing of certain  events  could  differ  materially  from those
projected in or contemplated by the  forward-looking  statements due to a number
of factors,  including a downturn in general economic  conditions or the capital
markets,  competitive  factors  including  overbuilding  or other  supply/demand
imbalances  in some or all of our markets,  changes in interest  rates and other
items that are difficult to control, as well as the other general risks inherent
in the  apartment  and real estate  businesses.  Reference is hereby made to the
filings of  Mid-America  Apartment  Communities,  Inc.,  with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission,  including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, reports on Form
8-K, and its annual report on Form 10-K, particularly including the risk factors
contained in the latter filing.

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                             MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

Date:  February 7, 2003      /s/Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                             Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                             Executive Vice Presidentand Chief Financial Officer
                             (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)