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

                                 October 29, 2002
                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 9.  Regulation FD

On October 29, 2002, Mid-America Apartment Communities,  Inc. made the following
press release.


From:    Simon R. C. Wadsworth
Subject: Mid-America Apartment  Communities,  Inc. Completes Buyback Of Series E
         Preferred Stock
Date:    October 29, 2002
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Mid-America Apartment Communities,  Inc. Completes Buyback of Series E Preferred
Stock

MEMPHIS,  Tenn.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Oct. 29, 2002-Mid-America Apartment Communities,
Inc. (NYSE:  MAA) announced today that it has privately placed 400,000 shares of
an 8 5/8% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock at $25 per share for an
aggregate principal amount of $10 million.

The net  proceeds  of the  offering  were  used to  repurchase  and  retire  the
remaining  issued  and  outstanding  shares  of the  Company's  9 1/2%  Series E
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock.

MAA is a self-administered,  self-managed  apartment-only real estate investment
trust that currently owns or has ownership  interest in 33,923  apartment  units
throughout  the  southeast and south  central U.S. For further  details,  please
refer to our website at  www.maac.net  or contact Simon R. C. Wadsworth at (901)
248-4105, 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 growth rate of revenues, expenses,
and net operating income at Mid-America's properties,  anticipated lease-up (and
rental  concessions)  at  development   properties,   planned  acquisitions  and
dispositions,  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
such as insurance rates,  increases in real estate taxes in numerous markets, as
well  as  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.

___________________
Contact:
   Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
   Simon R. C. Wadsworth, 901/248-4105
   www.maac.net

                                   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:  October 29, 2002     /s/Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                            Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                            Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                            (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)