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Fair Value Disclosure of Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Billions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Fixed Rate Debt    
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Notes Payable, fair value 2.55us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= maa_FixedRateDebtMember
$ 2.54us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= maa_FixedRateDebtMember
Notes Payable Excluding Interest Rate Swaps and Cap Agreements 2.47maa_NotesPayableExcludingInterestRateSwapsAndCapAgreements
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= maa_FixedRateDebtMember
2.50maa_NotesPayableExcludingInterestRateSwapsAndCapAgreements
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= maa_FixedRateDebtMember
Variable Rate Debt    
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Notes Payable, fair value 0.99us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= maa_FloatingRateDebtMember
0.97us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= maa_FloatingRateDebtMember
Notes Payable Excluding Interest Rate Swaps and Cap Agreements 1.01maa_NotesPayableExcludingInterestRateSwapsAndCapAgreements
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= maa_FloatingRateDebtMember
$ 1.02maa_NotesPayableExcludingInterestRateSwapsAndCapAgreements
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= maa_FloatingRateDebtMember
Minimum [Member] | Conventional Variable Rate Debt [Member]    
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Debt Renewal Period 30 days  
Maximum [Member] | Conventional Variable Rate Debt [Member]    
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Debt Renewal Period 90 days