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

                                 March 8, 2005
                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)

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ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On March 8, 2005, the Board of Directors of Mid-America  Apartment  Communities,
Inc.  (the  "Company"),  adopted a proposal  as  presented  by its  Compensation
Committee  to award a bonus to  executive  management  of the  Company  for work
performed in calendar year 2004 in the form of shares of restricted stock.

The total number of shares of restricted stock awarded was 8,852. Dependent upon
each  executive's  continued  employment  with the  Company,  half of the shares
awarded will vest in March of 2006 while the remaining shares will vest in March
of 2007.

The shares of  restricted  stock were issued  pursuant to the  Restricted  Stock
Agreement between each executive and the Company,  the form of which is attached
to this Form 8-k as Exhibit  4.1 in Item  9.01,  and the  Mid-America  Apartment
Community, Inc. 2004 Stock Plan.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
         
     (c) Exhibits

         Exhibit
         Number         Description    
         --------       ------------------------------------
         4.1           Form of Restricted Stock Agreement



                                   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:  March 11, 2005       /s/Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                            Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                            Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                            (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)