Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]

Revenues and NOI for Reportable Segment

	Three months ended March 31,
	2012			2011
Revenues
Large Market Same Store	$	55,007		$	52,271
Secondary Market Same Store	47,500			45,857
Non-Same Store and Other	16,855			6,594
Total property revenues	119,362			104,722
Management fee income	269			223
Total operating revenues	$	119,631		$	104,945
NOI
Large Market Same Store	$	32,098		$	30,276
Secondary Market Same Store	27,783			27,051
Non-Same Store and Other	9,635			4,188
Total NOI	69,516			61,515
Discontinued operations NOI included above	4			(1,122		)
Management fee income	269			223
Depreciation and amortization	(30,643		)	(27,216		)
Acquisition credit (expense)	634			(219		)
Property management expense	(5,454		)	(5,144		)
General and administrative expense	(3,447		)	(4,610		)
Interest and other non-property income	108			235
Interest expense	(14,350		)	(13,914		)
Gain on debt extinguishment	20			—
Amortization of deferred financing costs	(771		)	(715		)
Net casualty loss and other settlement proceeds	(4		)	(141		)
Loss on sale of non-depreciable assets	—			(6		)
Loss from real estate joint ventures	(31		)	(245		)
Discontinued operations	9,217			514
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1,178		)	(311		)
Net income attributable to MAA	$	23,890		$	8,844

Assets for Reportable Segment

	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Assets
Large Market Same Store	$	1,132,487	$	1,017,015
Secondary Market Same Store	668,910		668,109
Non-Same Store and Other	639,969		760,132
Corporate assets	86,044		85,212
Total assets	$	2,527,410	$	2,530,468