Edgar Filing: POST PROPERTIES INC

Form 10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file numbers 1-12080 and 0-28226

POST PROPERTIES, INC.

POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Georgia		58-1550675
Georgia		58-2053632
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4401 Northside Parkway, Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30327

(Address of principal executive offices — zip code)

(404) 846-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Post Properties, Inc.

Yes x No ¨

Post Apartment Homes, L.P.

Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants have submitted electronically and posted on their corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period as the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Post Properties, Inc.

Yes x No ¨

Post Apartment Homes, L.P.

Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, non-accelerated filers or smaller reporting company. See definition of accelerated filer, large accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Post Properties, Inc.	Large Accelerated Filer	x	Accelerated Filer ¨
	Non-Accelerated Filer	¨	(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller Reporting Company	¨
Post Apartment Homes, L.P.	Large Accelerated Filer	¨	Accelerated Filer ¨
	Non-Accelerated Filer	x	(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller Reporting Company	¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Post Properties, Inc.

Yes ¨ No x

Post Apartment Homes, L.P.

Yes ¨ No x

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date:

54,195,742 shares of common stock outstanding as of October 31, 2013.

POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except per share data)


	September 30,			December 31,
	2013			2012
	(Unaudited)
Assets
Real estate assets
Land	$	323,992		$	318,416
Building and improvements		2,383,790			2,278,213
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		286,057			270,180
Construction in progress		80,907			90,075
Land held for future investment		61,768			54,468

		3,136,514			3,011,352
Less: accumulated depreciation		(891,754	)		(842,925	)
For-sale condominiums		1,122			23,281
Assets held for sale, net of accumulated depreciation of $14,177 at September 30, 2013		18,417			—

Total real estate assets		2,264,299			2,191,708
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated real estate entities		4,232			4,533
Cash and cash equivalents		57,867			118,698
Restricted cash		4,793			5,388
Deferred financing costs, net		9,129			10,855
Other assets		27,005			32,182

Total assets	$	2,367,325		$	2,363,364

Liabilities and equity
Indebtedness	$	1,099,698		$	1,102,464
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other		81,178			88,926
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities		16,518			16,297
Dividends and distributions payable		17,932			13,653
Accrued interest payable		8,913			5,721
Security deposits and prepaid rents		9,171			9,524

Total liabilities		1,233,410			1,236,585

Redeemable common units		6,453			7,159

Commitments and contingencies
Equity
Company shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 20,000 authorized:
8 1/2% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Shares, liquidation preference $50 per share, 868 shares issued and outstanding		9			9
Common stock, $.01 par value, 100,000 authorized:
54,629 and 54,483 shares issued and 54,196 and 54,470 shares outstanding at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively		546			545
Additional paid-in-capital		1,111,638			1,107,354
Accumulated earnings		42,478			27,266
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		(4,962	)		(11,679	)

		1,149,709			1,123,495
Less common stock in treasury, at cost, 514 and 107 shares at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively		(22,067	)		(3,781	)

Total Company shareholders’ equity		1,127,642			1,119,714
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated property partnerships		(180	)		(94	)

Total equity		1,127,462			1,119,620

Total liabilities and equity	$	2,367,325		$	2,363,364

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)


	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenues
Rental	$	87,895		$	80,015		$	253,174		$	230,720
Other property revenues		5,274			4,992			15,190			14,053
Other		225			209			668			637

Total revenues		93,394			85,216			269,032			245,410

Expenses
Property operating and maintenance (exclusive of items shown separately below)		40,266			36,856			115,723			105,783
Depreciation		21,580			20,136			63,694			58,572
General and administrative		4,079			3,763			12,494			11,931
Investment and development		367			203			1,448			1,005
Other investment costs		418			547			1,239			1,159
Severance, impairment and other		1,981			—			1,981			—

Total expenses		68,691			61,505			196,579			178,450

Operating income		24,703			23,711			72,453			66,960
Interest income		8			20			67			359
Interest expense		(11,186	)		(11,718	)		(33,280	)		(34,273	)
Amortization of deferred financing costs		(646	)		(667	)		(1,915	)		(2,026	)
Net gains on condominium sales activities		5,293			10,261			27,468			25,695
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net		656			475			1,611			7,416
Other income (expense), net		(196	)		(137	)		(644	)		444
Net loss on extinguishment of indebtedness		—			—			—			(301	)

Income from continuing operations		18,632			21,945			65,760			64,274

Discontinued operations
Income from discontinued property operations		421			377			1,297			1,083

Income from discontinued operations		421			377			1,297			1,083

Net income		19,053			22,322			67,057			65,357
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities		(32	)		(55	)		(87	)		(96	)
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership		(48	)		(60	)		(167	)		(175	)

Net income available to the Company		18,973			22,207			66,803			65,086
Dividends to preferred shareholders		(922	)		(922	)		(2,766	)		(2,766	)

Net income available to common shareholders	$	18,051		$	21,285		$	64,037		$	62,320

Per common share data - Basic
Income from continuing operations (net of preferred dividends)	$	0.32		$	0.38		$	1.15		$	1.14
Income from discontinued operations		0.01			0.01			0.02			0.02

Net income available to common shareholders	$	0.33		$	0.39		$	1.17		$	1.16

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic		54,371			54,115			54,424			53,661

Per common share data - Diluted
Income from continuing operations (net of preferred dividends)	$	0.32		$	0.38		$	1.15		$	1.13
Income from discontinued operations		0.01			0.01			0.02			0.02

Net income available to common shareholders	$	0.33		$	0.39		$	1.17		$	1.15

Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted		54,539			54,392			54,611			54,001

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Net income	$	19,053		$	22,322		$	67,057		$	65,357
Net change in derivative financial instruments		(1,365	)		(2,741	)		6,735			(10,007	)

Total comprehensive income		17,688			19,581			73,792			55,350
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Consolidated real estate entities		(32	)		(55	)		(87	)		(96	)
Operating Partnership		(44	)		(54	)		(185	)		(149	)

Total Company comprehensive income	$	17,612		$	19,472		$	73,520		$	55,105

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY AND ACCUMULATED EARNINGS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)


																				Noncontrolling
											Accumulated									Interests -
					Additional						Other						Total			Consolidated
	Preferred Stock		Common Stock		Paid-in Capital			Accumulated Earnings			Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Treasury Stock			Company Equity			Real Estate Entities			Total Equity
2013
Equity & Accum. Earnings, December 31, 2012	$	9	$	545	$	1,107,354		$	27,266		$	(11,679	)	$	(3,781	)	$	1,119,714		$	(94	)	$	1,119,620
Comprehensive income		—		—		—			66,803			6,717			—			73,520			87			73,607
Employee stock purchase, stock option and other plan issuances		—		1		1,527			—			—			1,778			3,306			—			3,306
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units		—		—		42			—			—			—			42			—			42
Stock-based compensation		—		—		2,715			—			—			—			2,715			—			2,715
Acquisition of treasury stock		—		—		—			—			—			(20,064	)		(20,064	)					(20,064	)
Dividends to preferred shareholders		—		—		—			(2,766	)		—			—			(2,766	)		—			(2,766	)
Dividends to common shareholders ($0.91 per share)		—		—		—			(49,550	)		—			—			(49,550	)		—			(49,550	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			(173	)		(173	)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units		—		—		—			725			—			—			725			—			725

Equity & Accum. Earnings, September 30, 2013	$	9	$	546	$	1,111,638		$	42,478		$	(4,962	)	$	(22,067	)	$	1,127,642		$	(180	)	$	1,127,462

2012
Equity & Accum. Earnings, December 31, 2011	$	9	$	530	$	1,053,612		$	—		$	(2,633	)	$	(4,000	)	$	1,047,518		$	5		$	1,047,523
Comprehensive income		—		—		—			65,086			(9,981	)		—			55,105			96			55,201
Sales of common stock, net		—		6		25,451			—			—			—			25,457			—			25,457
Employee stock purchase, stock option and other plan issuances		—		9		23,600			—			—			741			24,350			—			24,350
Conversion of redeemable common units for shares		—		—		438			—			—			153			591			—			591
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units		—		—		(409	)		—			—			—			(409	)		—			(409	)
Stock-based compensation		—		—		2,089			—			—			—			2,089			—			2,089
Dividends to preferred shareholders		—		—		—			(2,766	)		—			—			(2,766	)		—			(2,766	)
Dividends to common shareholders ($0.72 per share)		—		—		—			(38,934	)		—			—			(38,934	)		—			(38,934	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			(176	)		(176	)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units		—		—		—			(167	)		—			—			(167	)		—			(167	)

Equity & Accum. Earnings, September 30, 2012	$	9	$	545	$	1,104,781		$	23,219		$	(12,614	)	$	(3,106	)	$	1,112,834		$	(75	)	$	1,112,759

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Nine months ended September 30,
	2013			2012
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net income	$	67,057		$	65,357
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		64,221			59,172
Amortization of deferred financing costs		1,915			2,026
Net gains on condominium sales activities		(27,468	)		(25,695	)
Other, net		930			857
Impairment charges		400			—
Equity in income of unconsolidated entities, net		(1,611	)		(7,416	)
Distributions of earnings of unconsolidated entities		2,064			2,436
Deferred compensation		21			85
Stock-based compensation		2,722			2,094
Net loss on extinguishment of indebtedness		—			301
Changes in assets, decrease (increase) in:
Other assets		(633	)		(2,168	)
Changes in liabilities, increase (decrease) in:
Accrued interest payable		3,192			4,001
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		3,989			3,340
Security deposits and prepaid rents		242			(625	)

Net cash provided by operating activities		117,041			103,765

Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Development and construction of real estate assets		(101,176	)		(95,552	)
Acquisiton of communities		(48,399	)		(73,963	)
Proceeds from sales of real estate assets		70,173			64,043
Capitalized interest		(3,122	)		(4,414	)
Property capital expenditures		(26,081	)		(20,410	)
Corporate additions and improvements		(1,225	)		(521	)
Distributions from unconsolidated entities		—			7,454
Note receivable collections and other investments		806			797

Net cash used in investing activities		(109,024	)		(122,566	)

Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Lines of credit proceeds		—			94,899
Lines of credit repayments		—			(229,899	)
Proceeds from indebtedness		—			300,000
Payments on indebtedness		(2,766	)		(98,951	)
Payments of financing costs and other		(292	)		(5,159	)
Proceeds from sales of common stock		—			25,457
Proceeds from employee stock purchase and stock options plans		2,615			23,626
Acquisition of treasury stock		(20,064	)		—
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - real estate entities		(173	)		(176	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - common unitholders		(120	)		(103	)
Dividends paid to preferred shareholders		(2,766	)		(2,766	)
Dividends paid to common shareholders		(45,282	)		(36,989	)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(68,848	)		69,939

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(60,831	)		51,138
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		118,698			13,084

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	57,867		$	64,222

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)


	September 30,			December 31,
	2013			2012
	(Unaudited)
Assets
Real estate assets
Land	$	323,992		$	318,416
Building and improvements		2,383,790			2,278,213
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		286,057			270,180
Construction in progress		80,907			90,075
Land held for future investment		61,768			54,468

		3,136,514			3,011,352
Less: accumulated depreciation		(891,754	)		(842,925	)
For-sale condominiums		1,122			23,281
Assets held for sale, net of accumulated depreciation of $14,177 at September 30, 2013		18,417			—

Total real estate assets		2,264,299			2,191,708
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated real estate entities		4,232			4,533
Cash and cash equivalents		57,867			118,698
Restricted cash		4,793			5,388
Deferred financing costs, net		9,129			10,855
Other assets		27,005			32,182

Total assets	$	2,367,325		$	2,363,364

Liabilities and equity
Indebtedness	$	1,099,698			1,102,464
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other		81,178			88,926
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities		16,518			16,297
Distributions payable		17,932			13,653
Accrued interest payable		8,913			5,721
Security deposits and prepaid rents		9,171			9,524

Total liabilities		1,233,410			1,236,585

Redeemable common units		6,453			7,159

Commitments and contingencies
Equity
Operating Partnership equity
Preferred units		43,392			43,392
Common units
General partner		12,481			12,477
Limited partner		1,076,731			1,075,524
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		(4,962	)		(11,679	)

Total Operating Partnership equity		1,127,642			1,119,714
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated property partnerships		(180	)		(94	)

Total equity		1,127,462			1,119,620

Total liabilities and equity	$	2,367,325		$	2,363,364

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per unit data)

(Unaudited)


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenues
Rental	$	87,895		$	80,015		$	253,174		$	230,720
Other property revenues		5,274			4,992			15,190			14,053
Other		225			209			668			637

Total revenues		93,394			85,216			269,032			245,410

Expenses
Property operating and maintenance (exclusive of items shown separately below)		40,266			36,856			115,723			105,783
Depreciation		21,580			20,136			63,694			58,572
General and administrative		4,079			3,763			12,494			11,931
Investment and development		367			203			1,448			1,005
Other investment costs		418			547			1,239			1,159
Severance, impairment and other		1,981			—			1,981			—

Total expenses		68,691			61,505			196,579			178,450

Operating income		24,703			23,711			72,453			66,960
Interest income		8			20			67			359
Interest expense		(11,186	)		(11,718	)		(33,280	)		(34,273	)
Amortization of deferred financing costs		(646	)		(667	)		(1,915	)		(2,026	)
Net gains on condominium sales activities		5,293			10,261			27,468			25,695
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net		656			475			1,611			7,416
Other income (expense), net		(196	)		(137	)		(644	)		444
Net loss on extinguishment of indebtedness		—			—			—			(301	)

Income from continuing operations		18,632			21,945			65,760			64,274

Discontinued operations
Income from discontinued property operations		421			377			1,297			1,083

Income from discontinued operations		421			377			1,297			1,083

Net income		19,053			22,322			67,057			65,357
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities		(32	)		(55	)		(87	)		(96	)

Net income available to the Operating Partnership		19,021			22,267			66,970			65,261
Distributions to preferred unitholders		(922	)		(922	)		(2,766	)		(2,766	)

Net income available to common unitholders	$	18,099		$	21,345		$	64,204		$	62,495

Per common unit data - Basic
Income from continuing operations (net of preferred distributions)	$	0.32		$	0.38		$	1.15		$	1.14
Income from discontinued operations		0.01			0.01			0.02			0.02

Net income available to common unitholders	$	0.33		$	0.39		$	1.17		$	1.16

Weighted average common units outstanding - basic		54,514			54,259			54,567			53,809

Per common unit data - Diluted
Income from continuing operations (net of preferred distributions)	$	0.32		$	0.38		$	1.15		$	1.13
Income from discontinued operations		0.01			0.01			0.02			0.02

Net income available to common unitholders	$	0.33		$	0.39		$	1.17		$	1.15

Weighted average common units outstanding - diluted		54,682			54,536			54,754			54,149

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Net income	$	19,053		$	22,322		$	67,057		$	65,357
Net change in derivative financial instruments		(1,365	)		(2,741	)		6,735			(10,007	)

Total comprehensive income		17,688			19,581			73,792			55,350
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Consolidated real estate entities		(32	)		(55	)		(87	)		(96	)

Total Operating Partnership comprehensive income	$	17,656		$	19,526		$	73,705		$	55,254

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(In thousands, except per unit data) (Unaudited)


																Noncontrolling
				Common Units						Accumulated			Total			Interests -
				Common Units						Other			Operating			Consolidated
	Preferred Units			General Partner			Limited Partners			Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Partnership Equity			Real Estate Entities			Total Equity
2013
Equity, December 31, 2012	$	43,392		$	12,477		$	1,075,524		$	(11,679	)	$	1,119,714		$	(94	)	$	1,119,620
Comprehensive income		2,766			642			63,395			6,717			73,520			87			73,607
Contributions from the Company related to employee stock purchase, stock option and other plans		—			33			3,273			—			3,306			—			3,306
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units		—			—			42			—			42			—			42
Equity-based compensation		—			27			2,688			—			2,715			—			2,715
Acquisition of common units		—			(201	)		(19,863	)					(20,064	)					(20,064	)
Distributions to preferred unitholders		(2,766	)		—			—			—			(2,766	)		—			(2,766	)
Distributions to common unitholders ($0.91 per unit)		—			(497	)		(49,053	)		—			(49,550	)		—			(49,550	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities		—			—			—			—			—			(173	)		(173	)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units		—			—			725			—			725			—			725

Equity, September 30, 2013	$	43,392		$	12,481		$	1,076,731		$	(4,962	)	$	1,127,642		$	(180	)	$	1,127,462

2012
Equity, December 31, 2011	$	43,392		$	11,662		$	995,097		$	(2,633	)	$	1,047,518		$	5		$	1,047,523
Comprehensive income		2,766			625			61,695			(9,981	)		55,105			96			55,201
Contributions from the Company related to sales of Company common stock		—			255			25,202			—			25,457			—			25,457
Contributions from the Company related to employee stock purchase, stock option and other plans		—			244			24,106			—			24,350			—			24,350
Conversion of redeemable common units		—			—			591			—			591			—			591
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units		—			—			(409	)		—			(409	)		—			(409	)
Equity-based compensation		—			21			2,068			—			2,089			—			2,089
Distributions to preferred unitholders		(2,766	)		—			—			—			(2,766	)		—			(2,766	)
Distributions to common unitholders ($0.72 per unit)		—			(390	)		(38,544	)		—			(38,934	)		—			(38,934	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities		—			—			—			—			—			(176	)		(176	)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units		—			—			(167	)		—			(167	)		—			(167	)

Equity, September 30, 2012	$	43,392		$	12,417		$	1,069,639		$	(12,614	)	$	1,112,834		$	(75	)	$	1,112,759

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Nine months ended
	September 30,
	2013			2012
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net income	$	67,057		$	65,357
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		64,221			59,172
Amortization of deferred financing costs		1,915			2,026
Net gains on condominium sales activities		(27,468	)		(25,695	)
Other, net		930			857
Impairment charges		400			—
Equity in income of unconsolidated entities, net		(1,611	)		(7,416	)
Distributions of earnings of unconsolidated entities		2,064			2,436
Deferred compensation		21			85
Equity-based compensation		2,722			2,094
Net loss on extinguishment of indebtedness		—			301
Changes in assets, decrease (increase) in:
Other assets		(633	)		(2,168	)
Changes in liabilities, increase (decrease) in:
Accrued interest payable		3,192			4,001
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		3,989			3,340
Security deposits and prepaid rents		242			(625	)

Net cash provided by operating activities		117,041			103,765

Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Development and construction of real estate assets		(101,176	)		(95,552	)
Acquisiton of communities		(48,399	)		(73,963	)
Proceeds from sales of real estate assets		70,173			64,043
Capitalized interest		(3,122	)		(4,414	)
Property capital expenditures		(26,081	)		(20,410	)
Corporate additions and improvements		(1,225	)		(521	)
Distributions from unconsolidated entities		—			7,454
Note receivable collections and other investments		806			797

Net cash used in investing activities		(109,024	)		(122,566	)

Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Lines of credit proceeds		—			94,899
Lines of credit repayments		—			(229,899	)
Proceeds from indebtedness		—			300,000
Payments on indebtedness		(2,766	)		(98,951	)
Payments of financing costs and other		(292	)		(5,159	)
Contributions from the Company related to stock sales, employee stock purchase and stock option plans		2,615			49,083
Redemption of common units		(20,064	)		—
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - real estate entities		(173	)		(176	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests - non-Company common unitholders		(120	)		(103	)
Distributions to preferred unitholders		(2,766	)		(2,766	)
Distributions to common unitholders		(45,282	)		(36,989	)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(68,848	)		69,939

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(60,831	)		51,138
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		118,698			13,084

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	57,867		$	64,222

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Organization

Post Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries develop, own and manage upscale multi-family apartment communities in selected markets in the United States. The Company through its wholly-owned subsidiaries is the sole general partner, a limited partner and owns a majority interest in Post Apartment Homes, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), a Georgia limited partnership. The Operating Partnership, through its operating divisions and subsidiaries conducts substantially all of the on-going operations of the Company, a publicly traded corporation which operates as a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”). As used herein, the term “Company” includes Post Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Post Apartment Homes, L.P., unless the context indicates otherwise.

The Company has elected to qualify and operate as a self-administrated and self-managed REIT for federal income tax purposes. A REIT is a legal entity which holds real estate interests and is generally not subject to federal income tax on the income it distributes to its shareholders. The Operating Partnership is governed under the provisions of a limited partnership agreement, as amended. Under the provisions of the limited partnership agreement, as amended, Operating Partnership net profits, net losses and cash flow (after allocations to preferred ownership interests) are allocated to the partners in proportion to their common ownership interests. Cash distributions from the Operating Partnership shall be, at a minimum, sufficient to enable the Company to satisfy its annual dividend requirements to maintain its REIT status under the Internal Revue Code of 1986, as amended.

At September 30, 2013, the Company had interests in 22,858 apartment units in 61 communities, including 1,471 apartment units in four communities held in unconsolidated entities and 1,620 apartment units in five communities currently under development or in lease-up. The Company is also selling luxury for-sale condominium homes in one community through a taxable REIT subsidiary. At September 30, 2013, approximately 31.1%, 22.3%, 13.7% and 9.9% (on a unit basis) of the Company’s operating communities were located in the Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas, Texas, the greater Washington, D.C. and Tampa, Florida metropolitan areas, respectively.

At September 30, 2013, the Company had outstanding 54,196 shares of common stock and owned the same number of units of common limited partnership interests (“Common Units”) in the Operating Partnership, representing a 99.7% ownership interest in the Operating Partnership. Common Units held by persons other than the Company totaled 143 at September 30, 2013 and represented a 0.3% common minority interest in the Operating Partnership. Each Common Unit may be redeemed by the holder thereof for either one share of Company common stock or cash equal to the fair market value thereof at the time of redemption, at the option, but outside the control, of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership presently anticipates that it will cause shares of common stock to be issued in connection with each such redemption rather than paying cash (as has been done in all redemptions to date). With each redemption of outstanding Common Units for Company common stock, the Company’s percentage ownership interest in the Operating Partnership will increase. In addition, whenever the Company issues shares of common stock, the Company will contribute any net proceeds therefrom to the Operating Partnership and the Operating Partnership will issue an equivalent number of Common Units to the Company. The Company’s weighted average common ownership interest in the Operating Partnership was 99.7% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared by the Company’s management in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normally recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the consolidated accounts of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company also consolidates other entities in which it has a controlling financial interest or entities where it is determined to be the primary beneficiary under ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation.” Under ASC Topic 810, variable interest entities (“VIEs”) are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate a VIE for financial reporting purposes. The application of ASC Topic 810 requires management to make significant estimates and

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

judgments about the Company’s and its other partners’ rights, obligations and economic interests in such entities. For entities in which the Company has less than a controlling financial interest or entities where it is not deemed to be the primary beneficiary, the entities are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Accordingly, the Company’s share of the net earnings or losses of these entities is included in consolidated net income. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company’s noncontrolling interest of common unitholders (also referred to as “Redeemable Common Units”) in the operations of the Operating Partnership is calculated based on the weighted average unit ownership during the period.

Revenue recognition

Residential properties are leased under operating leases with terms of generally one year or less. Rental revenues from residential leases are recognized on the straight-line method over the approximate life of the leases, which is generally one year. The recognition of rental revenues from residential leases when earned has historically not been materially different from rental revenues recognized on a straight-line basis.

Under the terms of residential leases, the residents of the Company’s residential communities are obligated to reimburse the Company for certain utility usage, water and electricity (at selected properties), where the Company is the primary obligor to the public utility entity. These utility reimbursements from residents are reflected as other property revenues in the consolidated statements of operations.

Sales and the associated gains or losses of real estate assets and for-sale condominiums are recognized in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 360-20, “Property, Plant and Equipment – Real Estate Sales.” The Company accounts for each project under either the “Deposit Method” or the “Percentage of Completion Method,” based on a specific evaluation of the factors specified in ASC Topic 360-20. The factors used to determine the appropriate accounting method are the legal commitment of the purchaser in the real estate contract, whether the construction of the project is beyond a preliminary phase, whether sufficient units have been contracted to ensure the project will not revert to a rental project, the ability to reasonably estimate the aggregate project sale proceeds and aggregate project costs and the determination that the buyer has made an adequate initial and continuing cash investment under the contract in accordance with ASC Topic 360-20. As of September 30, 2013, the Company’s condominium community is accounted for under the Deposit Method. Under ASC Topic 360-20, the Company uses the relative sales value method to allocate costs and recognize profits from condominium sales. Under the relative sales value method, estimates of aggregate project revenues and aggregate project costs are used to determine the allocation of project cost of sales and the resulting profit in each accounting period. In subsequent periods, cumulative project cost of sale allocations and the resulting profits are adjusted to reflect changes in the actual and estimated costs and revenues of each project.

Cost capitalization

For communities under development or construction, the Company capitalizes interest, real estate taxes, and certain internal personnel and associated costs associated with the development and construction activity. Interest is capitalized to projects under development or construction based upon the weighted average cumulative project costs for each month multiplied by the Company’s weighted average borrowing costs, expressed as a percentage. Weighted average borrowing costs include the costs of the Company’s fixed rate secured and unsecured borrowings and the variable rate unsecured borrowings under its line of credit facilities. The weighted average borrowing costs, expressed as a percentage, were 4.6% and 5.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Internal development and construction personnel and associated costs are capitalized to projects under development or construction based upon the effort associated with such projects. Aggregate internal development and construction personnel and associated costs capitalized to projects under development or construction were $737 and $973 for the three months and $2,163 and $2,692 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company treats each unit in an apartment community separately for cost accumulation, capitalization and expense recognition purposes. Prior to the completion of rental and condominium units, interest and other construction costs are capitalized and reflected on the balance sheet as construction in progress. The Company ceases the capitalization of such costs as the residential units in a community become substantially complete and available for occupancy or sale. This results in a proration of costs between amounts that are capitalized and expensed as the residential units in apartment and condominium development communities become available for occupancy or sale. In addition, prior to the completion of rental units, the Company expenses as incurred substantially all operating expenses (including pre-opening marketing as well as property management and leasing personnel expenses) of such rental communities. Prior to the completion and closing of condominium units, the Company expenses all sales and marketing costs related to such units.

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Real estate assets, depreciation and impairment

Real estate assets are stated at the lower of depreciated cost or fair value, if deemed impaired. Major replacements and betterments are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of the properties (buildings and components, - 40 years; other building and land improvements - 20 years; furniture, fixtures and equipment – 5-10 years).

The Company continually evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its real estate assets using the methodology prescribed in ASC Topic 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment.” Factors considered by management in evaluating impairment of its existing real estate assets held for investment include significant declines in property operating profits, annually recurring property operating losses and other significant adverse changes in general market conditions that are considered permanent in nature. Under ASC Topic 360, a real estate asset held for investment is not considered impaired if the undiscounted, estimated future cash flows of an asset (both the annual estimated cash flow from future operations and the estimated cash flow from the theoretical sale of the asset) over its estimated holding period are in excess of the asset’s net book value at the balance sheet date. If any real estate asset held for investment is considered impaired, a loss is provided to reduce the carrying value of the asset to its estimated fair value. In addition, for-sale condominium units completed and ready for their intended use are evaluated for impairment using the methodology for assets held for sale (using discounted projected future cash flows).

The Company periodically classifies real estate assets as held for sale. An asset is classified as held for sale after the approval of the Company’s board of directors and after an active program to sell the asset has commenced. Upon the classification of a real estate asset as held for sale, the carrying value of the asset is reduced to the lower of its net book value or its estimated fair value, less costs to sell the asset. Subsequent to the classification of assets as held for sale, no further depreciation expense is recorded. Real estate assets held for sale are stated separately on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Upon a decision to no longer market an asset for sale, the asset is classified as an operating asset and depreciation expense is reinstated. As of September 30, 2013, the Company had one apartment community classified as held for sale on the consolidated balance sheet.

For condominium communities, the operating results and associated gains and losses are reflected on the consolidated statement of operations in the caption titles “Net gains on condominium sales activities” (see discussion under “revenue recognition” above), and the net book value of the condominium assets is reflected separately on the consolidated balance sheet in the caption titled, “For-sale condominiums.”

Derivative financial instruments

The Company accounts for derivative financial instruments at fair value under the provisions of ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.” In conjunction with its implementation of updates to the fair value measurements guidance, the Company made an accounting policy election as of January 1, 2012 to measure derivative financial instruments subject to master netting agreements on a net basis. The Company uses derivative financial instruments, primarily interest rate swap arrangements to manage or hedge its exposure to interest rates changes. Under ASC Topic 815, derivative instruments qualifying as hedges of specific cash flows are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value with an offsetting increase or decrease to accumulated other comprehensive income, an equity account, until the hedged transactions are recognized in earnings. Quarterly, the Company evaluates the effectiveness of its cash flow hedges. Any ineffective portion of cash flow hedges is recognized immediately in earnings.

Fair value measurements

The Company applies the guidance in ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” to the valuation of real estate assets recorded at fair value, if any, to its impairment valuation analysis of real estate assets, to its disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments, principally indebtedness and to its derivative financial instruments. Fair value disclosures required under ASC Topic 820 are summarized in note 8 utilizing the following hierarchy:

•

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are accessible at the measurement date.

•

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.

•

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the assets or liability.

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Supplemental cash flow information

Supplemental cash flow information for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:


	Nine months ended
	September 30,
	2013			2012
Interest paid, including interest capitalized	$	33,476		$	34,977
Income tax payments, net		1,082			79
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Dividends and distributions payable		17,932			13,639
Conversions of redeemable common units		—			591
Common stock 401k matching contribution		670			639
Construction and property capital expenditure cost accruals, increase (decrease)		(3,754	)		4,033
Adjustments to equity related to redeemable common units, net		767			(576	)

2. REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY

Acquisitions

In May 2013, the Company acquired a 300-unit apartment community located in Orlando, Florida for a purchase price of approximately $48,500. The Company also acquired a land parcel in Houston, Texas during the second quarter of 2013 for a purchase price of approximately $13,100. In July 2012, the Company acquired a 360-unit apartment community, including approximately 7,612 square feet of retail space, located in Charlotte, North Carolina for a purchase price of approximately $74,000.

Dispositions

At September 30, 2013, the Company had one apartment community, containing 342 units, classified as held for sale. These real estate assets are reflected on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at $18,417, which represents the lower of their depreciated cost or fair value less costs to sell. In October 2013, this apartment community was subsequently sold for gross proceeds of approximately $47,500 (see note 14). In February 2012, the Company also sold an apartment community held by an unconsolidated entity (see note 3).

Under ASC Topic 360, the operating results of real estate assets designated as held for sale are included in discontinued operations in the consolidated statement of operations for all periods presented. Additionally, all gains and losses on the sale of these assets are included in discontinued operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, income from discontinued operations included the results of operations of one apartment community classified as held for sale at September 30, 2013 as follows:


	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Revenues
Rental	$	1,113	$	1,054	$	3,272	$	3,085
Other property revenues		111		104		327		315

Total revenues		1,224		1,158		3,599		3,400

Expenses
Property operating and maintenance		540		485		1,509		1,426
Depreciation		175		198		527		600
Interest		88		98		266		291

Total expenses		803		781		2,302		2,317

Income from discontinued property operations	$	421	$	377	$	1,297	$	1,083

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Condominium activities

In 2013, the Company continued to sell condominium homes at two wholly owned condominium communities. In the third quarter of 2013, the Company substantially completed the sell-out of its condominium community in Atlanta, Georgia (the “Atlanta Condominium Project”). At September 30, 2013, the Company had one condominium unit remaining for sale at this community with an aggregate carrying value of $1,122. The Company completed the sell-out of its remaining condominium units in its condominium community in Austin, Texas (the “Austin Condominium Project”), during the second quarter of 2013. The revenues, costs and expenses associated with consolidated condominium activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Condominium revenues	$	12,550		$	23,517		$	68,148		$	64,043
Condominium costs and expenses		(7,257	)		(13,256	)		(40,680	)		(38,960	)

Net gains on sales of residential condominiums, before income tax		5,293			10,261			27,468			25,083
Income tax benefit		—			—			—			612

Net gains on sales of condominiums	$	5,293		$	10,261		$	27,468		$	25,695

The Company closed 12 and 24 condominium homes for the three months and 62 and 69 condominium homes for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, at these condominium communities. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company recognized an income tax benefit of $612 related to the expected recovery of income taxes paid in prior years by the Company’s taxable REIT subsidiaries (see note 11).

3. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED REAL ESTATE ENTITIES

At September 30, 2013, the Company held investments in two individual limited liability companies (the “Apartment LLCs”) with institutional investors that own four apartment communities, including three communities located in Atlanta, Georgia and one community located in Washington, D.C. The Company has a 25% and 35% equity interest in these Apartment LLCs.

The Company accounts for its investments in the Apartment LLCs using the equity method of accounting. At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company’s investment in the 35% owned Apartment LLC totaled $4,232 and $4,533, respectively, excluding the credit investments discussed below. The excess of the Company’s investment over its equity in the underlying net assets of these Apartment LLCs was approximately $2,761 at September 30, 2013. The excess investment related to these Apartment LLCs is being amortized as a reduction to earnings on a straight-line basis over the lives of the related assets. The Company’s investment in the 25% owned Apartment LLC at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 reflects a credit investment of $16,518 and $16,297, respectively. These credit balances resulted from distribution of financing proceeds in excess of the Company’s historical cost upon the formation of the Apartment LLC and are reflected in consolidated liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The operating results of the Company include its allocable share of net income from the investments in the Apartment LLCs. The Company provides property and asset management services to the Apartment LLCs for which it earns fees.

A summary of financial information for the Apartment LLCs in the aggregate is as follows:


	September 30,			December 31,
Apartment LLCs - Balance Sheet Data	2013			2012
Real estate assets, net of accumulated depreciation of $42,307 and $38,332 at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively	$	210,058		$	212,877
Cash and other		4,221			5,103

Total assets	$	214,279		$	217,980

Mortgage notes payable	$	177,723		$	177,723
Other liabilities		1,396			2,588

Total liabilities		179,119			180,311
Members’ equity		35,160			37,669

Total liabilities and members’ equity	$	214,279		$	217,980

Company’s equity investment in Apartment LLCs (1)	$	(12,286	)	$	(11,764	)

		.

(1)	At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company’s equity investment includes its credit investments of $16,518 and $16,297, respectively, discussed above.

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)


	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
Apartment LLCs - Income Statement Data	2013		2012		2013		2012
Revenues
Rental	$	6,505	$	6,226	$	19,141	$	18,421
Other property revenues		475		476		1,435		1,411

Total revenues		6,980		6,702		20,576		19,832

Expenses
Property operating and maintenance		2,550		2,651		7,939		7,733
Depreciation and amortization		1,362		1,368		4,052		4,400
Interest		2,278		2,278		6,774		6,903

Total expenses		6,190		6,297		18,765		19,036

Net loss from continuing operations		790		405		1,811		796
Gain from discontinued operations		—		—		—		21,607

Net income	$	790	$	405	$	1,811	$	22,403

Company’s share of net income in Apartment LLCs	$	656	$	475	$	1,611	$	7,416

In February 2012, a 35% owned Apartment LLC sold an apartment community located in Atlanta, Georgia. The net cash proceeds from the sale of approximately $50,500 were used to retire the Apartment LLC’s outstanding mortgage note payable of $29,272 and to make distributions to its members. The results of operations and the gain on sale of the apartment community from this Apartment LLC are included in discontinued operations in 2012. The Company’s equity in income of unconsolidated entities for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 includes a net gain of $6,055 resulting from this transaction.

At September 30, 2013, mortgage notes payable included four mortgage notes. The first $51,000 mortgage note bears interest at 3.50%, requires monthly interest only payments and matures in 2019. The second and third mortgage notes total $85,724, bear interest at 5.63%, require interest only payments and mature in 2017. The fourth mortgage note totals $41,000, bears interest at 5.71%, requires interest only payments, and matures in January 2018 with a one-year automatic extension at a variable interest rate.

4. INDEBTEDNESS

At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company’s indebtedness consists of the following:


	Payment		Maturity			September 30,		December 31,
Description	Terms	Interest Rate	Date			2013		2012
Senior Unsecured Notes	Int.	3.375% - 4.75%		2017 - 2022	(1)	$	400,000	$	400,000
Unsecured Bank Term Loan	Int.	LIBOR + 1.70% (2)		2018			300,000		300,000
Unsecured Revolving Lines of Credit	Int.	LIBOR + 1.225% (3)		2016			—		—
Secured Mortgage Notes	Prin. and Int.	4.88% - 5.99%		2015 - 2019	(4)		399,698		402,464

Total						$	1,099,698	$	1,102,464

(1)	There are no maturities of senior unsecured notes in 2013. The remaining unsecured notes mature between 2017 and 2022.

(2)	Represents stated rate at September 30, 2013. As discussed below, the Company has entered into interest rate swap arrangements that effectively fix the interest rate under this facility. At September 30, 2013, the effective blended interest rate under the Term Loan was 3.24%.

(3)	Represents stated rate at September 30, 2013.

(4)	There are no maturities of secured notes in 2013. These notes mature between 2015 and 2019.

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Debt maturities

The aggregate maturities of the Company’s indebtedness are as follows:


Remainder of 2013	$	965
2014		3,961
2015		124,205
2016		4,419
2017		154,736
Thereafter		811,412

	$	1,099,698

Debt issuances and retirements

There were no issuances or retirements of indebtedness for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

Unsecured lines of credit

At September 30, 2013, the Company had a $300,000 syndicated unsecured revolving line of credit (the “Syndicated Line”). At September 30, 2013, the Syndicated Line had a stated interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.225%, was provided by a syndicate of eleven financial institutions and required the payment of annual facility fees of 0.225% of the aggregate loan commitments. The Syndicated Line matures in January 2016 and may be extended for an additional year at the Company’s option, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. The Syndicated Line provides for the interest rate and facility fee rate to be adjusted up or down based on changes in the credit ratings on the Company’s senior unsecured debt. The components of the interest rate and the facility fee rate that are based on the Company’s credit ratings range from 1.00% to 1.80% and from 0.15% to 0.40%, respectively. The Syndicated Line also includes a competitive bid option for borrowings up to 50% of the loan commitments, which may result in interest rates for such borrowings below the stated interest rates for the Syndicated Line, depending on market conditions. The credit agreement for the Syndicated Line contains customary restrictions, representations, covenants and events of default, including minimum fixed charge coverage, minimum unsecured interest coverage, and maximum leverage ratios. The Syndicated Line also restricts the amount of capital the Company can invest in specific categories of assets, such as improved land, properties under construction, condominium properties, non-multifamily properties, debt or equity securities, notes receivable and unconsolidated affiliates. The Syndicated Line prohibits the Company from investing further capital in condominium assets, excluding its current investment in the Atlanta Condominium Project, and certain mixed-use projects, as defined. At September 30, 2013, letters of credit to third parties totaling $570 had been issued for the account of the Company under this facility.

Additionally, at September 30, 2013, the Company had a $30,000 unsecured line of credit (the “Cash Management Line”). The Cash Management Line matures in January 2016, includes a one-year extension option, and carries pricing and terms, including financial covenants, substantially consistent with the Syndicated Line.

In connection with the refinancing of the Syndicated Line and the Cash Management Line in January 2012, the Company recognized an extinguishment loss of $301 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 related to the write-off of a portion of unamortized deferred financing costs associated with the amendment of the Syndicated Line.

Unsecured term loan

At September 30, 2013, the Company had outstanding a $300,000 unsecured bank term loan facility provided by a syndicate of eight financial institutions (the “Term Loan”). As of September 30, 2013, the Term Loan carried a stated interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.70%. The Term Loan provides for the stated interest rate to be adjusted up or down based on changes in the credit ratings on the Company’s senior unsecured debt. The component of the interest rate based on the Company’s credit ratings ranges from 1.50% to 2.30%. The Term Loan matures in January 2018, includes two six-month extension options, and carries other terms, including financial covenants, substantially consistent with the Syndicated Line discussed above. As discussed in note 8, the Company entered into interest rate swap arrangements to serve as cash flow hedges of amounts outstanding under the Term Loan. The interest rate swap arrangements effectively fix the LIBOR component of the interest rate paid under the Term Loan at a blended rate of approximately 1.54%. As a result, the effective blended interest rate on the Term Loan was 3.24% as of September 30, 2013 (subject to any adjustment based on subsequent changes in the Company’s credit ratings).

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Debt compliance and other

The Company’s Syndicated Line, Cash Management Line, Term Loan and senior unsecured notes contain customary restrictions, representations, covenants and events of default and require the Company to meet certain financial covenants. Debt service and fixed charge coverage covenants require the Company to maintain coverages of a minimum of 1.5 to 1.0, as defined in applicable debt arrangements. Additionally, the Company’s ratio of unencumbered adjusted property-level net operating income to unsecured interest expense may not be less than 2.0 to 1.0, as defined in the applicable debt arrangements. Leverage covenants generally require the Company to maintain calculated covenants above/below minimum/maximum thresholds. The primary leverage ratios under these arrangements include total debt to total asset value (maximum of 60%), total secured debt to total asset value (maximum of 40%) and unencumbered assets to unsecured debt (minimum of 1.5 to 1.0), as defined in the applicable debt arrangements. The Company believes it met these financial covenants at September 30, 2013.

5. EQUITY AND NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Common stock

In May 2012, the Company adopted a new at-the-market (“ATM”) common equity sales program for the sale of up to 4,000 shares of common stock. At September 30, 2013, the Company had not used the new program and had 4,000 shares remaining for issuance. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, sales of common stock under a previous ATM program totaled 137 and 550 shares, respectively, for gross proceeds of $6,994 and $26,153, respectively. The average gross sales price per share was $51.24 and $47.55 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively. The Company’s net proceeds of $6,831 and $25,457 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, were contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a like number of common units. The Company and the Operating Partnership have and expect to use the proceeds from this program for general corporate purposes.

In December 2012, the Company’s board of directors adopted a stock and unsecured note repurchase program under which the Company and the Operating Partnership may repurchase up to $200,000 of common and preferred stock and unsecured notes through December 2014. Under this program, the Company repurchased 443 shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of $20,064 and at an average gross price per share of $45.25 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. Correspondingly, the Operating Partnership repurchased the same number and amount of common units from the Company. There were no shares of common stock repurchased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 under the previous stock repurchase program which expired December 2012.

Noncontrolling interests

In accordance with ASC Topic 810, the Company and the Operating Partnership determined that the noncontrolling interests related to the common units of the Operating Partnership, held by persons other than the Company, met the criterion to be classified and accounted for as “temporary” equity (reflected outside of total equity as “Redeemable Common Units”). At September 30, 2013, the aggregate redemption value of the noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership of $6,453 was in excess of its net book value of $2,839. At December 31, 2012, the aggregate redemption value of the noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership of $7,159 was in excess of its net book value of $2,820. The Company further determined that the noncontrolling interests in its consolidated real estate entities met the criterion to be classified and accounted for as a component of permanent equity.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, income from continuing operations, income from discontinued operations and net income available to the Company were comprised of the following amounts, net of noncontrolling interests:


	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Income from continuing operations	$	18,553	$	21,831	$	65,509	$	64,006
Income from discontinued operations		420		376		1,294		1,080

Net income available to the Company	$	18,973	$	22,207	$	66,803	$	65,086

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

A roll-forward of activity relating to the Company’s Redeemable Common Units for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:


	Nine months ended
	September 30,
	2013			2012
Redeemable common units, beginning of period	$	7,159		$	6,840
Comprehensive income		185			149
Conversion of redeemable common units for shares		—			(591	)
Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units		(42	)		409
Stock-based compensation		7			5
Distributions to common unitholders		(131	)		(105	)
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units		(725	)		167

Redeemable common units, end of period	$	6,453		$	6,874

6. COMPANY EARNINGS PER SHARE

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the computation of basic and diluted income from continuing operations per share was as follows:


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Income from continuing operations available to common shareholders (numerator):
Income from continuing operations	$	18,632		$	21,945		$	65,760		$	64,274
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities		(32	)		(55	)		(87	)		(96	)
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership		(47	)		(59	)		(164	)		(172	)
Preferred stock dividends		(922	)		(922	)		(2,766	)		(2,766	)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)		(39	)		(49	)		(136	)		(142	)

Income from continuing operations available to common shareholders	$	17,592		$	20,860		$	62,607		$	61,098

Common shares (denominator):
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic		54,371			54,115			54,424			53,661
Dilutive shares from stock options		168			277			187			340

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted		54,539			54,392			54,611			54,001

Per-share amount:
Basic	$	0.32		$	0.38		$	1.15		$	1.14

Diluted	$	0.32		$	0.38		$	1.15		$	1.13

Stock options to purchase 186 and 29 shares of common stock for the three months and 57 and 165 shares of common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted income from continuing operations per common share as these stock options were antidilutive.

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

7. OPERATING PARTNERSHIP EARNINGS PER UNIT


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Income from continuing operations available to common unitholders (numerator):
Income from continuing operations	$	18,632		$	21,945		$	65,760		$	64,274
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities		(32	)		(55	)		(87	)		(96	)
Preferred unit distributions		(922	)		(922	)		(2,766	)		(2,766	)
Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)		(39	)		(49	)		(136	)		(142	)

Income from continuing operations available to common unitholders	$	17,639		$	20,919		$	62,771		$	61,270

Common units (denominator):
Weighted average units outstanding - basic		54,514			54,259			54,567			53,809
Dilutive units from stock options		168			277			187			340

Weighted average units outstanding - diluted		54,682			54,536			54,754			54,149

Per-unit amount:
Basic	$	0.32		$	0.38		$	1.15		$	1.14

Diluted	$	0.32		$	0.38		$	1.15		$	1.13

Stock options to purchase 186 and 29 shares of common stock for the three months and 57 and 165 shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted income from continuing operations per common unit as these stock options were antidilutive.

8. FAIR VALUE MEASURES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

From time to time, the Company records certain assets and liabilities at fair value. Real estate assets may be stated at fair value if they become impaired in a given period and may be stated at fair value if they are held for sale and the fair value of such assets is below historical cost. Additionally, the Company records derivative financial instruments at fair value. The Company also uses fair value metrics to evaluate the carrying values of its real estate assets and for the disclosure of certain financial instruments. Fair value measurements were determined by management using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies available to management at September 30, 2013. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and estimate fair value. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the estimates discussed herein, using Level 2 and 3 inputs, are indicative of the amounts the Company could realize on disposition of the real estate assets or other financial instruments. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies could have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.

Real estate assets

The Company periodically reviews its real estate assets, including operating assets, construction in progress, land held for future investment and for-sale condominiums, for impairment purposes using Level 3 inputs, primarily comparable sales and market data, independent valuations and discounted cash flow models. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company recognized impairment charges of $400 to write-down a parcel of land held for future investment to its estimate fair value. The estimated fair value if the land was determined using Level 3 inputs, consisting primarily of comparable market sales data. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company did not recognize any impairment charges related to its real estate assets.

Derivatives and other financial instruments

The Company manages its exposure to interest rate changes through the use of derivative financial instruments, primarily interest rate swap arrangements. At September 30, 2013, the Company had outstanding three interest rate swap arrangements with substantially similar terms and conditions. These arrangements have an aggregate notional amount of $230,000 and require the Company to pay a blended fixed rate of approximately 1.55% (with the counterparties paying the Company the floating one-month LIBOR rate).

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Additionally, the Company had outstanding a fourth interest rate swap arrangement with a notional amount of $70,000 and it requires the Company to pay a fixed rate of approximately 1.50% (with the counterparty paying the Company the floating one-month LIBOR rate) (together, the “Interest Rate Swaps”). The Interest Rate Swaps serve as cash flow hedges of amounts outstanding under the Company’s variable rate Term Loan (see note 4) entered into in January 2012 and provide for an effective blended fixed rate for the corresponding amount of Term Loan borrowings, of approximately 3.24% at September 30, 2013 (subject to an adjustment based on subsequent changes in the Company’s credit ratings). The Interest Rate Swaps terminate in January 2018.

The Interest Rate Swaps are measured and accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis. The Interest Rate Swaps outstanding at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were valued as net liabilities of $4,975 and $11,710, respectively, primarily using level 2 inputs, as substantially all of the fair value was determined using widely accepted discounted cash flow valuation techniques along with observable market-based inputs for similar types of arrangements. The Company reflects both the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risks and its own nonperformance risks in its fair value measurements using unobservable inputs. However, the impact of such risks was not considered material to the overall fair value measurements of the derivatives. These liabilities are included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. Under ASC Topic 815, a corresponding amount is included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), an equity account, until the hedged transactions are recognized in earnings. The following table summarizes the effect of these Interest Rate Swaps (designated as cash flow hedges) on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
Interest Rate Swap / Cash Flow Hedging Instruments	2013			2012			2013			2012
Gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income	$	(2,398	)	$	(3,729	)	$	3,691		$	(11,729	)

Loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into interest expense	$	(1,033	)	$	(988	)	$	(3,044	)	$	(1,722	)

The amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income as of September 30, 2013 will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made under the hedged indebtedness. Over the next year, the Company estimates that $3,991 will be reclassified from accumulated comprehensive income to interest expense.

As part of the Company’s on-going procedures, the Company monitors the credit worthiness of its financial institution counterparties and its exposure to any single entity, which it believes minimizes credit risk concentration. The Company believes the likelihood of realized losses from counterparty non-performance is remote. The Interest Rate Swaps are cross defaulted with the Company’s Term Loan and Syndicated Line (see note 4) and contain certain provisions consistent with these types of arrangements. If the Company was required to terminate the Interest Rate Swaps and settle the obligations thereunder as of September 30, 2013, the termination payment by the Company would have been approximately $4,971.

Other financial instruments

Cash equivalents, rents and accounts receivables, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities are carried at amounts which reasonably approximate their fair values because of the short-term nature of these instruments. At September 30, 2013, the fair value of fixed rate debt was approximately $825,826 (carrying value of $799,698) and the fair value of variable rate debt, including the Company’s lines of credit, was approximately $305,988 (carrying value of $300,000). At December 31, 2012, the fair value of fixed rate debt was approximately $860,217 (carrying value of $802,464) and the fair value of variable rate debt, including the Company’s lines of credit, was approximately $298,551 (carrying value of $300,000). Long-term indebtedness was valued using Level 2 inputs, primarily market prices of comparable debt instruments.

9. SEGMENT INFORMATION

Segment description

In accordance with ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” the Company presents segment information based on the way that management organizes the segments within the enterprise for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The segment information is prepared on the same basis as the internally reported information used by the Company’s chief operating decision makers to manage the business.

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

The Company’s chief operating decision makers focus on the Company’s primary sources of income from apartment community rental operations. Apartment community rental operations are generally broken down into segments based on the various stages in the apartment community ownership lifecycle. These segments are described below. All commercial properties and other ancillary service and support operations are combined in the line item “other property segments” in the accompanying segment information. The segment information presented below reflects the segment categories based on the lifecycle status of each community as of January 1, 2012. The segment information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 has been adjusted due to the restatement impact of reclassifying the operation results of an apartment community designated as held for sale as of September 30, 2013 to discontinued operations under ASC Topic 360 (see note 2).

•

Fully stabilized communities – those apartment communities which have been stabilized (the earlier of the point at which a property reaches 95% occupancy or one year after completion of construction) for both the current and prior year.

•

Communities stabilized during the prior year – those apartment communities which reached stabilized occupancy in 2012.

•

Development and lease-up communities – those apartment communities that are under development, rehabilitation and lease-up but were not stabilized by the beginning of the current year, including communities that stabilized during the current year.

•

Acquired communities – those communities acquired in the current or prior year.

Segment performance measure

Management uses contribution to consolidated property net operating income (“NOI”) as the performance measure for its operating segments. The Company uses NOI, including NOI of stabilized communities, as an operating measure. NOI is defined as rental and other property revenue from real estate operations less total property and maintenance expenses from real estate operations (excluding depreciation and amortization). The Company believes that NOI is an important supplemental measure of operating performance for a REIT’s operating real estate because it provides a measure of the core operations, rather than factoring in depreciation and amortization, financing costs and general and administrative expenses generally incurred at the corporate level. This measure is particularly useful, in the opinion of the Company, in evaluating the performance of operating segment groupings and individual properties. Additionally, the Company believes that NOI, as defined, is a widely accepted measure of comparative operating performance in the real estate investment community. The Company believes that the line on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations entitled “net income (loss)” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to NOI.

Segment information

The following table reflects each segment’s contribution to consolidated revenues and NOI together with a reconciliation of segment contribution to property NOI to consolidated net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012. Additionally, substantially all of the Company’s assets relate to the Company’s property rental operations. Asset cost, depreciation and amortization by segment are not presented because such information at the segment level is not reported internally.

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenues
Fully stabilized communities	$	79,544		$	77,111		$	234,616		$	225,466
Development and lease-up communities		5,096			522			10,995			599
Acquired communities		2,663			1,190			6,037			1,190
Other property segments		5,866			6,184			16,716			17,518
Other		225			209			668			637

Consolidated revenues	$	93,394		$	85,216		$	269,032		$	245,410

Contribution to Property Net Operating Income
Fully stabilized communities	$	48,374		$	47,049		$	143,847		$	138,183
Development and lease-up communities		2,762			(120	)		5,068			(281	)
Acquired communities		1,712			765			3,936			765
Other property segments, including corporate management expenses		55			457			(210	)		323

Consolidated property net operating income		52,903			48,151			152,641			138,990

Interest income		8			20			67			359
Other revenues		225			209			668			637
Depreciation		(21,580	)		(20,136	)		(63,694	)		(58,572	)
Interest expense		(11,186	)		(11,718	)		(33,280	)		(34,273	)
Amortization of deferred financing costs		(646	)		(667	)		(1,915	)		(2,026	)
General and administrative		(4,079	)		(3,763	)		(12,494	)		(11,931	)
Investment and development		(367	)		(203	)		(1,448	)		(1,005	)
Other investment costs		(418	)		(547	)		(1,239	)		(1,159	)
Severance, impairment and other		(1,981	)		—			(1,981	)		—
Gains on condominium sales activities, net		5,293			10,261			27,468			25,695
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net		656			475			1,611			7,416
Other income (expense), net		(196	)		(137	)		(644	)		444
Net loss on extinguishment of indebtedness		—			—			—			(301	)

Income from continuing operations		18,632			21,945			65,760			64,274
Income from discontinued operations		421			377			1,297			1,083

Net income	$	19,053		$	22,322		$	67,057		$	65,357

10. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

As the primary operating subsidiary of the Company, the Operating Partnership participates in and bears the compensation expenses associated with the Company’s stock-based compensation plans. The information discussed below relating to the Company’s stock-based compensation plans is also applicable for the Operating Partnership.

Incentive stock plans

Incentive stock awards are granted under the Company’s 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended and restated in October 2008 (the “2003 Stock Plan”). Under the 2003 Stock Plan, an aggregate of 3,469 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance. Of this amount, stock grants count against the total shares available under the 2003 Stock Plan as 2.7 shares for every one share issued, while options (and stock appreciation rights (“SAR”) settled in shares) count against the total shares available as one share for every one share issued on the exercise of an option (or SAR). The exercise price of each option granted under the 2003 Stock Plan may not be less than the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the option grant and all options may have a maximum life of ten years. Participants receiving restricted stock grants are generally eligible to vote such shares and receive dividends on such shares. Substantially all stock option and restricted stock grants are subject to annual vesting provisions (generally three to five years) as determined by the compensation committee overseeing the 2003 Stock Plan.

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Compensation costs for stock options have been estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing method. The weighted average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model are as follows:


	Nine months ended
	September 30,
	2013			2012
Dividend yield		2.0	%		2.0	%
Expected volatility		43.1	%		43.3	%
Risk-free interest rate		1.1	%		1.1	%
Expected option term (years)		6.0 years			6.0 years

The Company’s assumptions were derived from the methodologies discussed herein. The expected dividend yield reflects the Company’s current historical yield, which was expected to approximate the future yield at the date of grant. Expected volatility was based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock. The risk-free interest rate for the expected life of the options was based on the implied yields on the U.S. Treasury yield curve at the date of grant. The weighted average expected option term was based on the Company’s historical data for prior period stock option exercise and forfeiture activity.

Restricted stock

Compensation cost for restricted stock is amortized ratably into compensation expense over the applicable vesting periods. Total compensation expense related to restricted stock was $811 and $530 for the three months and $2,244 and $1,610 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. At September 30, 2013, there was $3,441 of unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.9 years.

A summary of the activity related to the Company’s restricted stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:


	Nine months ended September 30,
	2013					2012
				Weighted-Avg.					Weighted-Avg.
				Grant-Date					Grant-Date
	Shares			Fair Value		Shares			Fair Value
Unvested shares, beginning of period		65		$	42		84		$	29
Granted (1)		65			50		50			44
Vested		(10	)		42		(5	)		30

Unvested shares, end of period		120			46		129			35

(1)	The total value of the restricted share grants for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was $3,271 and $2,184, respectively.

Stock options

Compensation cost for stock options is amortized ratably into compensation expense over the applicable vesting periods. The Company recorded compensation expense related to stock options of $143 and $90 for the three months and $364 and $291 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, recognized under the fair value method. At September 30, 2013, there was $536 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.8 years.

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

A summary of stock option activity under all plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, is presented below:


	Nine months ended September 30,
	2013					2012
				Exercise					Exercise
	Shares			Price		Shares			Price
Options outstanding, beginning of period		685		$	34		1,501		$	31
Granted		29			50		29			44
Exercised		(75	)		28		(776	)		30

Options outstanding, end of period (1)		639			35		754			34

Options exercisable, end of period (1)		587			34		686			34

Options vested and expected to vest, end of period (1)		637			35		751			34

Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period	$	17.26				$	15.18

(1)

At September 30, 2013, the aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding, exercisable and vested/expected to vest was $6,822, $6,742 and $6,817, respectively. At that same date, the weighted average remaining contractual lives of stock options outstanding, exercisable and vested/expected to vest was 3.5 years, 3.0 years and 3.5 years, respectively.

Upon the exercise of stock options, the Company issues shares of common stock from treasury shares or, to the extent treasury shares are not available, from authorized common shares. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was $1,454 and $14,659, respectively.

At September 30, 2013, the Company segregated its outstanding options into two ranges, based on exercise prices, as follows:


Option Ranges	Options Outsanding						Options Exercisable
			Weighted Avg.		Weighted Avg.				Weighted Avg.
	Shares		Exercise Price		Life (Years)		Shares		Exercise Price
$12.22 - $39.95		317	$	25		3.1		309	$	25
$39.95 - $50.30		322		45		3.8		278		44

Total		639		35		3.5		587		34

Employee stock purchase plan

The Company maintains an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) approved by Company shareholders in 2005. The maximum number of shares issuable under the ESPP is 300. The purchase price of shares of common stock under the ESPP is equal to 85% of the lesser of the closing price per share of common stock on the first or last day of the trading period, as defined. The Company records the aggregate cost of the ESPP (generally the 15% discount on the share purchases) as a period expense. Total compensation expense relating to the ESPP was $40 and $48 for the three months and $114 and $193 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

11. INCOME TAXES

The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). To qualify as a REIT, the Company must distribute annually at least 90% of its adjusted taxable income, as defined in the Code, to its shareholders and satisfy certain other organizational and operating requirements. It is management’s current intention to adhere to these requirements and maintain the Company’s REIT status. As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income tax at the corporate level on the taxable income it distributes to its shareholders. Should the Company fail to qualify as a REIT in any tax year, it may be subject to federal income taxes at regular corporate rates (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) and may not be able to qualify as a REIT for four subsequent taxable years. The Company may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and to federal income taxes and excise taxes on its undistributed taxable income.

The Operating Partnership files tax returns as a limited partnership under the Code. As a partnership, the income and losses of the Operating Partnership are allocated to its partners, including the Company, for inclusion in their respective income tax returns. Accordingly, no provision or benefit for income taxes has been included in the accompanying financial statements. The Operating Partnership intends to make sufficient cash distributions to the Company to enable it to meet its annual REIT distribution requirements.

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

In the preparation of income tax returns in federal and state jurisdictions, the Company, the Operating Partnership and their taxable REIT subsidiaries assert certain tax positions based on their understanding and interpretation of the income tax law. The taxing authorities may challenge such positions and the resolution of such matters could result in the payment and recognition of additional income tax expense. Management believes it has used reasonable judgments and conclusions in the preparation of its income tax returns. The Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries’ (including the taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”)) income tax returns are subject to examination by federal and state tax jurisdictions for years 2010 through 2012. Net income tax loss carryforwards and other tax attributes generated in years prior to 2010 are also subject to challenge in any examination of the 2010 to 2012 tax years.

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company’s TRSs had unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $797 which primarily related to uncertainty regarding the sustainability of certain deductions taken on prior year income tax returns of the TRS with respect to the amortization of certain intangible assets. The uncertainty surrounding this unrecognized tax benefit will generally be clarified in future periods as income tax loss carryforwards are utilized. To the extent these unrecognized tax benefits are ultimately recognized, they may affect the effective tax rate in a future period. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. Accrued interest and penalties for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, were not material to the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

The TRSs are utilized principally to perform such non-REIT activities as asset and property management, for-sale housing (condominiums) sales and other services. These TRSs are subject to federal and state income taxes. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the TRSs recognized an income tax benefit of $612 related to the expected recovery of income taxes paid in prior years upon the filing of amended tax returns to utilize net operating loss carryback claims to such years. The income tax benefit was included in condominium gains on the consolidated statement of operations as the income taxes paid in such prior years primarily resulted from condominium activities. Other than the tax benefit related to this carryback claim in 2012, the TRSs recorded no net income tax expense (benefit) for federal income taxes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, as a result of estimated and actual taxable losses and the inability to recognize tax benefits related to such losses due to the uncertainty surrounding their ultimate realization.

The Company’s net deferred tax assets primarily reflect real estate asset basis differences between carrying amounts for financial and income tax reporting purposes, income tax loss carryforwards and the timing of income and expense recognition for certain accrued liabilities and transactions. At December 31, 2012, net deferred tax assets approximately totaled $38,559. At December 31, 2012, management had established valuation allowances to offset such net deferred tax assets due primarily to historical losses at the TRSs’ in prior years and the variability of the income (loss) of these subsidiaries. The tax benefits associated with such unused valuation allowances may be recognized in future periods, if the TRSs generate sufficient taxable income to utilize such amounts or if the TRSs determine that it is more likely than not that the related deferred tax assets are realizable. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, changes to the components of net deferred tax assets were offset by changes to deferred tax asset valuation allowances.

12. SEVERANCE, IMPAIRMENT AND OTHER

Severance, impairment and other in 2013 included severance charges of $989 related to the departure of an executive officer and a non-cash impairment charge of $400 to write-down to fair value a parcel of land held for future investment (see note 8). The Company also recognized expenses of approximately $281 related to the start of a strategic initiative to upgrade the Company’s operating and financial software systems and estimated casualty losses of $311 related to fire damage sustained at one of the Company’s Charlotte, North Carolina communities. The casualty losses were beneath the Company’s insured deductibles.

13. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

POST PROPERTIES, INC. AND POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

District of Georgia issued an opinion finding that the complaint shows that the DOJ’s claims are essentially the same as the previous civil case, and, therefore, granted the Company’s motion and transferred the DOJ’s case to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Limited discovery is proceeding. Under the Court’s scheduling order, the deadline for completion of discovery is November 2013 and briefing of any dispositive motions would be accomplished by March 2014. Due to the preliminary nature of the litigation, it is not possible to predict or determine the outcome of the legal proceeding, nor is it possible to estimate the amount of loss, if any, that would be associated with an adverse decision.

The Company is involved in various other legal proceedings incidental to its business from time to time, most of which are expected to be covered by liability or other insurance. Management of the Company believes that any resolution of pending proceedings or liability to the Company which may arise as a result of these various other legal proceedings will not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated the accounting and disclosure requirements for subsequent events reporting through the issuance date of the financial statements. In October 2013, the Company completed the sale of an apartment community, containing 342 units, located in Atlanta, Georgia for gross proceeds of approximately $47,500. The Company expects to recognize a net gain on the sale of approximately $28,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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ITEM 2.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Company overview

At September 30, 2013, the Company owned approximately 99.7% of the common limited partnership interests (“Common Units”) in the Operating Partnership. Common Units held by persons other than the Company represented a 0.3% common noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership.

The discussion below is combined for the Company and the Operating Partnership as their results of operations and financial conditions are substantially the same except for the effect of the 0.3% weighted average common noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership.

Operations Overview

The following discussion provides an overview of the Company’s operations, and should be read in conjunction with the more full discussion of the Company’s operating results, liquidity and capital resources and risk factors reflected elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.

Property Operations

A relatively moderate supply of new apartment units, coupled with improving multifamily housing demand attributed to a gradually improving economy in the United States and favorable demographics, have contributed to improved apartment fundamentals in the Company’s markets since 2010. As a result, year-over-year same store revenues and net operating income (“NOI”) increased by 4.1% and 4.1%, respectively, in the first nine months of 2013, as compared to the first nine months of 2012. The Company’s operating results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2013 and its outlook for the remainder of 2013 are more fully discussed in the “Results of Operations” and “Outlook” sections below. The Company’s outlook for the remainder of 2013 is based on the expectation that economic and employment conditions will continue to gradually improve. However, there continue to be significant risks and uncertainty in the economy and the unemployment rate continues to be higher than normal. If the economic recovery was to stall or U.S. economic conditions were to worsen, the Company’s operating results would be adversely affected. Furthermore, development of new multi-family rental units has continued to increase, and during the second half of 2013 and over time, the Company expects that this will increase the competitive supply of rental units in the markets in which it operates. This new supply has contributed to a moderation in the rate of rental income growth in recent quarters.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Acquisition Activity

In May 2013, the Company acquired Post Lakeside™, a 300-unit apartment community located in Orlando, Florida for a purchase price of approximately $48,500. The community was completed in 2013. In July 2012, the Company acquired Post South End™, a 360-unit apartment community located in Charlotte, North Carolina for a purchase price of approximately $74,000. The community was completed in 2009, and also included 7,612 square feet of retail space. For the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, operating results included revenues of $2,663 and $1,190 and net operating income of $1,712 and $765, respectively, from these two communities. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, operating results included revenues of $6,037 and $1,190 and net operating income of $3,936 and $765, respectively, from these two communities.

Disposition Activity

In October 2013, the Company completed the sale of an apartment community, containing 342 units, located in Atlanta, Georgia for gross proceeds of approximately $47,500. This community was classified as held for sale on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2013. The Company expects to recognize a gain on sale of approximately $28,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013 from the sale of this community. The Company completed a reverse like-kind exchange for tax purposes. The gross proceeds realized from the sale are expected to be utilized consistent with the Company’s liquidity and balance sheet strategy discussed below.

Development Activity

In the first half of 2013, the Company substantially completed two apartment communities, containing 422 apartment units and approximately 19,621 square feet of retail space, and these communities achieved stabilized occupancy of 95%. In the third quarter of 2013, the second phase of Post Carlyle Square™ in Washington D.C, consisting of 344 apartment units, achieved 95% stabilized occupancy and was 95.4% leased as of October 25, 2013, respectively. This community was substantially completed in the first quarter of 2013.

At September 30, 2013, the Company is currently developing five communities: (1) the third phase of its Post Lake^® at Baldwin Park apartment community in Orlando, Florida, planned to consist of 410 luxury apartment units with a total estimated development cost of approximately $58,600, (2) the Post Parkside™ at Wade apartment community, which marks the Company’s first development in Raleigh, North Carolina, planned to consist of 397 apartment units, and approximately 14,908 square feet of retail space, with a total estimated development cost of approximately $55,000, (3) the Post Richmond Avenue™ apartment community in Houston, Texas, planned to consist of 242 apartment units with an estimated development cost of approximately $34,300, (4) the Post Soho Square™ apartment community in Tampa, Florida, planned to consist of 231 apartment units and approximately 10,556 square feet of retail space with a total estimated development cost of approximately $39,800 and (5) the second phase of its Post Alexander™ apartment community in Atlanta, Georgia, planned to consist of 340 apartment units with a total estimated development cost of approximately $75,500. As of October 25, 2013, the third phase of Post Baldwin Park^® and Post Parkside at Wade™ were 45.6% and 41.6% leased, respectively.

For the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, operating results included revenues of $5,096 and $522 and net operating income (loss) of $2,762 and $(120), respectively, from these communities. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, operating results included revenues of $10,995 and $599 and net operating income (loss) of $5,068 and $(281), respectively, from these communities.

The square footage amounts are approximate and actual amounts may vary. The Company currently expects to utilize available cash, available borrowing capacity under its unsecured bank credit facilities, or other indebtedness and, from time to time, its at-the-market common equity sales program to fund future estimated construction expenditures.

In addition, the Company may commence development activities at more of its existing land sites over the next year or so. Management believes, however, that the timing of such development starts will depend largely on a continued favorable outlook for multi-family apartment rentals, capital markets conditions and the U.S. economy. Until such time as additional development activities commence or certain land positions are sold, the Company expects that operating results will be adversely impacted by costs of carrying land held for future investment or sale. There can be no assurance that land held for investment will be developed in the future or at all. Other than the impairment charge discussed below, the Company does not believe that any additional impairment exists at September 30, 2013. Should the Company change its expectations regarding the timing and projected undiscounted future cash flows expected from land held for future investment, or the estimated fair value of its assets, the Company could be required to recognize impairment losses in future periods.

Condominium Activity

In 2013, the Company had two luxury condominium development projects which began closing sales of completed units in 2010: The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Atlanta Buckhead (the “Atlanta Condominium Project”), consisting of 126 units, and the Four Seasons Private Residences, Austin (the “Austin Condominium Project”), consisting of 148 units. During the second quarter of 2013, the

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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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Company completed the sell-out of the Austin Condominium Project. The Company substantially completed the sell-out of the Atlanta Condominium Project in the third quarter of 2013, with only one unit remaining for sale as of September 30, 2013. The Company does not expect to further engage in the for-sale condominium business in future periods, other than with respect to completing the sell-out of the Atlanta Condominium Project. The Company has redeployed the invested capital from condominium activities back into its core apartment business.

The Company’s investment in for-sale condominium housing exposes the Company to additional risks and challenges, including warranty and related obligations, which could have an adverse impact on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition. See Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the “Form 10-K”) for a discussion of these and other Company risk factors. In prior years, due to adverse market conditions, the Company recorded impairment charges of $34,691 in 2010 and $80,225 in 2009 at these two luxury condominium projects. At September 30, 2013, the Company’s investment in the Atlanta Condominium Project totaled $1,122 as reflected on its consolidated balance sheet.

Severance, Impairment and Other Expenses

Severance, impairment and other expenses in 2013 included severance charges of $989 related to the departure of an executive officer and a non-cash impairment charge of $400 to write-down to fair value a parcel of land held for future investment (see note 8 to the consolidated financial statements). In connection with the executive officer’s departure discussed above, the Company also realigned the executive responsibilities in the Company’s investment group. The Company also recognized expenses of approximately $281 related to the start of a strategic initiative to upgrade the Company’s operating and financial software systems and estimated casualty losses of $311 related to fire damage sustained at one of the Company’s Charlotte, North Carolina communities. The casualty losses were beneath the Company’s insured deductibles.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the selected financial data and with all of the accompanying consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report. This discussion is combined for the Company and the Operating Partnership as their results of operations and financial condition are substantially the same except for the effect of the 0.3% weighted average common minority interest in the Operating Partnership. See the summary financial information in the section below titled, “Results of Operations.”

Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this report, and other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of the Company, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. In addition, the Company, or the executive officers on the Company’s behalf, may from time to time make forward-looking statements in reports and other documents the Company files with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) or in connection with oral statements made to the press, potential investors or others. Statements regarding future events and developments and the Company’s future performance, as well as management’s expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. Forward-looking statements include statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “estimates,” “should,” or similar expressions. Examples of such statements in this report include expectations regarding economic conditions, the Company’s anticipated operating results in 2013, expectations regarding future impairment charges, expectations regarding engagement in the for-sale condominium business, anticipated sales of for-sale condominium homes, including expectations regarding demand for for-sale housing and gains (losses) on for-sale housing sales activity, anticipated construction and development activities (including projected costs, timing and anticipated potential sources of financing of future development activities), expectations regarding cash flows from operating activities, expected costs of development, investment, interest and other expenses, expectations regarding the use of proceeds from, outstanding borrowings under and effective interest rates under the Company’s unsecured term loan and revolving credit facilities, expectations regarding compensation costs for stock-based compensation, expectations regarding the delivery of apartment units at lease-up communities, the Company’s expected debt levels, expectations regarding the availability of additional capital, unsecured and secured financing, the anticipated dividend level in 2013 and expectations regarding the source of funds for payment of the dividend, expectations regarding the Company’s ability to execute its 2013 business plan and to meet short-term and long-term liquidity requirements, including capital expenditures, development and construction expenditures, land and apartment community acquisitions, dividends and distributions on its common and preferred equity and debt service requirements and long-term liquidity requirements including maturities of long-term debt and acquisition and development activities, the Company’s expectations regarding asset acquisitions and apartment community sales in 2013 (including the estimated proceeds, estimated gains on sales and the use of proceeds from such sales), the Company’s expectations regarding the use of joint venture arrangements, expectations regarding the Company’s at-the-market common equity program and the use of proceeds thereof, expectations regarding the DOJ matter and the outcome of and insurance coverage for other legal proceedings, and expectations regarding the Company’s ability to maintain its REIT status under the Internal Revenue Code. Forward-looking

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statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of performance. These statements are based on beliefs and assumptions of the Company’s management, which in turn are based on currently available information. Important assumptions relating to the forward-looking statements include, among others, assumptions regarding the market for the Company’s apartment communities, demand for apartments in the markets in which it operates, competitive conditions and general economic conditions. These assumptions could prove inaccurate. The forward-looking statements also involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Many of these factors are beyond the Company’s ability to control or predict. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

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The success of the Company’s business strategies described on pages 2 to 3 of the Company’s Form 10-K;

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Conditions affecting ownership of residential real estate and general conditions in the multi-family residential real estate market;

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Uncertainties associated with the Company’s real estate development and construction;

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Uncertainties associated with the timing and amount of apartment community sales;

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Exposure to economic and other competitive factors due to market concentration;

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Future local and national economic conditions, including changes in job growth, interest rates, the availability of mortgage and other financing and related factors;

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Uncertainties associated with the global capital markets, including the continued availability of traditional sources of capital and liquidity and related factors;

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The Company’s ability to generate sufficient cash flows to make required payments associated with its debt financing;

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The effects of the Company’s leverage on its risk of default and debt service requirements;

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The impact of a downgrade in the credit rating of the Company’s securities;

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The effects of a default by the Company or its subsidiaries on an obligation to repay outstanding indebtedness, including cross-defaults and cross-acceleration under other indebtedness or the responsibility for recourse guarantees;

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The effects of covenants of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ mortgage indebtedness on operational flexibility and default risks;

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The Company’s ability to maintain its current dividend level;

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Uncertainties associated with the Company’s for-sale condominium housing business, including the timing of condominium sales and warranty and related obligations;

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The impact of any additional charges the Company may be required to record in the future related to any impairment in the carrying value of its assets;

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The impact of competition on the Company’s business, including competition for residents in the Company’s apartment communities and buyers of the Company’s for-sale condominium homes and development locations;

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The Company’s ability to compete for limited investment opportunities;

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The effect of changes in interest rates and the effectiveness of interest rate hedging contracts;

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The effects of any decision by the government to eliminate Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or reduce government support for apartment mortgage loans;

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The success of the Company’s acquired apartment communities;

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The Company’s ability to succeed in new markets;

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The costs associated with compliance with laws requiring access to the Company’s properties by persons with disabilities;

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The impact of the Company’s ongoing litigation with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act (including any award of compensatory or punitive damages or injunctive relief requiring the Company to retrofit apartments or public use areas or prohibiting the sale of apartment communities or condominium units) as well as the impact of other litigation;

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The effects of losses from natural catastrophes in excess of insurance coverage;

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Uncertainties associated with environmental and other regulatory matters;

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The Company’s ability to control joint ventures, properties in which it has joint ownership and corporations and limited partnership in which it has partial interests;

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The Company’s ability to renew leases or relet units as leases expire;

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The Company’s ability to continue to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code;

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The Operating Partnership’s ability to continue to be treated as a partnership under the Internal Revenue Code;

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The effects of changes in accounting policies and other regulatory matters detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

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Increased costs arising from health care reform;

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Any breach of the Company’s privacy or information security systems; and

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Other factors, including the risk factors discussed in Item 1A of the Company’s Form 10-K.

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Management believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and management undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future events.

Critical accounting policies

In the preparation of financial statements and in the determination of Company operating performance, the Company utilizes certain significant accounting policies. The Company’s significant accounting policies are included in the notes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Form 10-K. The Company’s critical accounting policies are those that require application of management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. For a complete description of the Company’s critical accounting policies, please refer to pages 31 and 32 of the Company’s Form 10-K. There were no significant changes to the Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The discussion below details the Company’s critical accounting policies related to asset impairments and revenue and profit recognition of for-sale condominium activities.

The Company continually evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its real estate assets using the methodology summarized in its accounting policies (see note 1 to the consolidated financial statements). Under current accounting literature, the evaluation of the recoverability of the Company’s real estate assets requires the judgment of Company management in the determination of the future cash flows expected from the assets and the estimated holding period for the assets. The Company uses market capitalization rates to determine the estimated residual value of its operating real estate assets and, generally, takes a long-term view of the holding period of its assets unless specific facts and circumstances warrant shorter holding periods (expected sales, departures from certain geographic markets, etc.). The Company considers a real estate asset held for investment as impaired if the undiscounted, estimated future cash flows of the asset (both the annual estimated cash flow from future operations and the estimated cash flow from the asset’s eventual sale) over its expected holding period are less than the asset’s net book value. For real estate assets held for sale, if any, the Company recognizes impairment losses if an asset’s net book value is in excess of its estimated fair value, less costs to sell. At September 30, 2013, management believed it had applied reasonable estimates and judgments in determining the proper classification of its real estate assets and determined that no further impairment existed. See notes 1 and 8 to the consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of the Company’s methodologies for determining the fair value of the Company’s real estate assets. As discussed above, the Company recognized impairment losses of $400 related to a land parcel held for investment in the third quarter of 2013. Should external or internal circumstances change requiring the need to shorten the holding periods or adjust the estimated future cash flows of certain of the Company’s assets, the Company could be required to record impairment charges in the future.

In addition, for-sale condominium assets are evaluated for impairment using the methodology for assets held for sale (using discounted projected future cash flows). The Company currently owns one luxury condominium asset with a book value of $1,122 at September 30, 2013 and determined that no impairment existed at this date.

Under ASC Topic 360-20, “Plant Property and Equipment – Real Estate Sales,” the Company uses the relative sales value method to allocate costs and recognize profits from condominium sales. Under the relative sales value method, estimates of aggregate project revenues and aggregate project costs are used to determine the allocation of project cost of sales and the resulting profit in each accounting period. In subsequent periods, project cost of sale allocations and profits are adjusted to reflect changes in the actual and estimated costs and revenues of each project. Unexpected increases or decreases in estimated project revenues and project costs could cause future cost of sale and profit margin amounts recognized in the financial statements to be different than the amounts recognized in prior periods.

Results of operations

The following discussion of results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated statements of operations and the community operations/segment performance information included below.

The Company’s revenues and earnings from continuing operations are generated primarily from the operation of its apartment communities. For purposes of evaluating comparative operating performance, the Company categorizes its operating apartment communities based on the period each community reaches stabilized occupancy. The Company generally considers a community to have achieved stabilized occupancy on the earlier to occur of (1) attainment of 95% physical occupancy on the first day of any month or (2) one year after completion of construction.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company’s portfolio of operating apartment communities, excluding four communities held in unconsolidated entities, consisted of the following: (1) 50 communities that were completed and stabilized for all of the current and prior year, (2) two communities acquired in 2013 and 2012 and (3) two communities and portions of three communities in lease-up in 2012 and 2013. These operating segments exclude the operations of one apartment community classified as discontinued operations.

The Company has adopted an accounting policy related to communities in the lease-up stage whereby substantially all operating expenses (including pre-opening marketing and management and leasing personnel expenses) are expensed as incurred. During the lease-up phase, the sum of interest expense on completed units and other operating expenses (including pre-opening marketing and management and leasing personnel expenses) will initially exceed rental revenues, resulting in a “lease-up deficit,” which continues until such time as rental revenues exceed such expenses. Lease-up deficits for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 were $380 and $1,634, respectively. Lease-up deficits for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 were $801 and $1,074, respectively. The Company expects to incur lease-up deficits for the remainder of 2013 at lease-up communities, as the Company continues to deliver completed apartment units.

In order to evaluate the operating performance of its communities for the comparative years listed below, the Company has presented financial information which summarizes the rental and other revenues, property operating and maintenance expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization) and net operating income on a comparative basis for all of its operating communities and for its stabilized operating communities. Net operating income is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure. The Company believes that the line on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations entitled “net income” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to net operating income. Net operating income is reconciled to GAAP net income in the financial information accompanying the tables. The Company believes that net operating income is an important supplemental measure of operating performance for a REIT’s operating real estate because it provides a measure of the core operations, rather than factoring in depreciation and amortization, financing costs and general and administrative expenses. This measure is particularly useful, in the opinion of the Company, in evaluating the performance of geographic operations, operating segment groupings and individual properties. Additionally, the Company believes that net operating income, as defined, is a widely accepted measure of comparative operating performance in the real estate investment community.

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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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All operating communities

The operating performance and capital expenditures from continuing operations for all of the Company’s apartment communities and other commercial properties summarized by segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:


	Three months ended							Nine months ended
	September 30,							September 30,
	2013		2012		% Change			2013		2012		% Change

Rental and other property revenues
Fully stabilized communities (1)	$	79,544	$	77,111		3.2	%	$	234,616	$	225,466		4.1	%
Development and lease-up communities		5,096		522		876.2	%		10,995		599		1735.6	%
Acquired communities (2)		2,663		1,190		123.8	%		6,037		1,190		407.3	%
Other property segments (3)		5,866		6,184		(5.1	)%		16,716		17,518		(4.6	)%

		93,169		85,007		9.6	%		268,364		244,773		9.6	%

Property operating and maintenance expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)
Fully stabilized communities (1)		31,170		30,062		3.7	%		90,769		87,283		4.0	%
Development and lease-up communities		2,334		642		263.6	%		5,927		880		573.5	%
Acquired communities (2)		951		425		123.8	%		2,101		425		394.4	%
Other property segments, including corporate management expenses (4)		5,811		5,727		1.5	%		16,926		17,195		(1.6	)%

		40,266		36,856		9.3	%		115,723		105,783		9.4	%

Property net operating income (5)	$	52,903	$	48,151		9.9	%	$	152,641	$	138,990		9.8	%

Capital expenditures (6)(7)
Annually recurring:
Carpet	$	1,119	$	988		13.3	%	$	2,798	$	2,547		9.9	%
Other		2,978		3,564		(16.4	)%		8,566		9,388		(8.8	)%

Total	$	4,097	$	4,552		(10.0	)%	$	11,364	$	11,935		(4.8	)%

Periodically recurring	$	2,877	$	2,210		30.2	%	$	11,170	$	5,724		95.1	%

Average apartment units in service		19,785		18,580		6.5	%		19,392		18,193		6.6	%

(1)	Communities which reached stabilization prior to January 1, 2012.

(2)	Communities acquired subsequent to January 1, 2012.

(3)

Other property segment revenues include revenues from commercial properties, revenues from furnished apartment rentals above the unfurnished rental rates and any property revenue not directly related to property operations. Other property segment revenues exclude other corporate revenues of $225 and $209 for the three months and $668 and $637 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

(4)

Other expenses include expenses associated with commercial properties, furnished apartment rentals and corporate property management expenses. Corporate property management expenses were $2,958 and $2,792 for the three months and $8,911 and $8,502 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

(5)	A reconciliation of property net operating income to GAAP net income is detailed below.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Fully stabilized community NOI	$	48,374		$	47,049		$	143,847		$	138,183
Property NOI from other operating segments		4,529			1,102			8,794			807

Consolidated property NOI		52,903			48,151			152,641			138,990

Add (subtract):
Interest income		8			20			67			359
Other revenues		225			209			668			637
Depreciation		(21,580	)		(20,136	)		(63,694	)		(58,572	)
Interest expense		(11,186	)		(11,718	)		(33,280	)		(34,273	)
Amortization of deferred financing costs		(646	)		(667	)		(1,915	)		(2,026	)
General and administrative		(4,079	)		(3,763	)		(12,494	)		(11,931	)
Investment and development		(367	)		(203	)		(1,448	)		(1,005	)
Other investment costs		(418	)		(547	)		(1,239	)		(1,159	)
Severance, impairment and other		(1,981	)		—			(1,981	)		—
Gains on condominium sales activities, net		5,293			10,261			27,468			25,695
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, net		656			475			1,611			7,416
Other income (expense), net		(196	)		(137	)		(644	)		444
Net loss on extinguishment of indebtedness		—			—			—			(301	)

Income from continuing operations		18,632			21,945			65,760			64,274
Income from discontinued operations		421			377			1,297			1,083

Net income	$	19,053		$	22,322		$	67,057		$	65,357

(6)

In addition to those expenses which relate to property operations, the Company incurs annually recurring and periodically recurring expenditures relating to acquiring new assets, materially enhancing the value of an existing asset, or substantially extending the useful life of an existing asset, all of which are capitalized. Recurring capital expenditures are those that are generally expected to be incurred on an annual basis. Periodically recurring capital expenditures are those that generally occur less frequently than on an annual basis.

(7)	A reconciliation of property capital expenditures from continuing operations to total annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows under GAAP is detailed below:


	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2013		2012		2013			2012
Annually recurring capital expenditures
Continuing operations	$	4,097	$	4,552	$	11,364		$	11,935
Discontinued operations		31		120		129			217

Total annually recurring capital expenditures	$	4,128	$	4,672	$	11,493		$	12,152

Periodically recurring capital expenditures
Continuing operations	$	2,877	$	2,210	$	11,170		$	5,724
Discontinued operations		13		4		47			12

Total periodically recurring capital expenditures	$	2,890	$	2,214	$	11,217		$	5,736

Total revenue generating capital expenditures	$	1,800	$	1,212	$	4,213		$	2,522

Decrease (increase) in capital expenditure accruals	$	273	$	—	$	(842	)	$	—

Total property capital expenditures per statements of cash flows	$	9,091	$	8,098	$	26,081		$	20,410

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Fully stabilized communities

The Company defines fully stabilized communities as those which have reached stabilization prior to the beginning of the previous year, adjusted by communities classified as held for sale. For the 2013 to 2012 comparison, fully stabilized communities are defined as those communities which reached stabilization prior to January 1, 2012. This portfolio consisted of 50 communities with 17,999 units, including 12 communities with 5,065 units (28.1%) located in Atlanta, Georgia, 15 communities with 4,725 units (26.3%) located in Dallas, Texas, 6 communities with 2,301 units (12.8%) located in the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area, 4 communities with 2,111 units (11.7%) located in Tampa, Florida, 4 communities with 1,388 units (7.7%) located in Charlotte, North Carolina and 9 communities with 2,409 units (13.4%) located in other markets. The operating performance of these communities was as follows:


	Three months ended									Nine months ended
	September 30,									September 30,
	2013			2012			% Change			2013			2012			% Change

Rental and other revenues	$	79,544		$	77,111			3.2	%	$	234,616		$	225,466			4.1	%
Property operating and maintenance expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)		31,170			30,062			3.7	%		90,769			87,283			4.0	%

Same store net operating income (1)	$	48,374		$	47,049			2.8	%	$	143,847		$	138,183			4.1	%

Capital expenditures (2)
Annually recurring:
Carpet	$	1,116		$	988			13.0	%	$	2,796		$	2,547			9.8	%
Other		2,466			3,208			(23.1	)%		7,751			8,563			(9.5	)%

Total annually recurring		3,582			4,196			(14.6	)%		10,547			11,110			(5.1	)%
Periodically recurring		2,174			1,847			17.7	%		9,595			4,268			124.8	%

Total capital expenditures (A)	$	5,756		$	6,043			(4.7	)%	$	20,142		$	15,378			31.0	%

Total capital expenditures per unit (A ÷ 17,999 units)	$	320		$	336			(4.8	)%	$	1,119		$	854			31.0	%

Average monthly rental rate per unit (3)	$	1,426		$	1,379			3.4	%	$	1,412		$	1,353			4.4	%

Average economic occupancy (4)		96.3	%		96.6	%		(0.3	)%		95.7	%		96.2	%		(0.5	)%

Physical occupancy, end of period (4)		96.0	%		96.0	%		—			96.0	%		96.0	%		—

Gross turnover (5)		69.4	%		70.4	%		(1.0	)%		62.6	%		60.7	%		1.9	%

Percentage rent increase - new leases (6)		2.6	%		5.1	%		(2.5	)%		3.4	%		5.9	%		(2.5	)%

Percentage rent increase - renewed leases (6)		4.6	%		6.3	%		(1.7	)%		5.0	%		6.6	%		(1.6	)%

(1)	Net operating income of stabilized communities is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure. See page 35 for a reconciliation of net operating income for stabilized communities to GAAP net income.

(2)	A reconciliation of these segment components of property capital expenditures to total annually recurring and periodically recurring and total capital expenditures as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows prepared under GAAP is detailed below.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)


	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2013		2012		2013			2012
Annually recurring capital expenditures by operating segment
Fully stabilized communities	$	3,582	$	4,196	$	10,547		$	11,110
Development and lease-up		20		4		45			4
Acquired communities		275		78		362			78
Commercial and other segments		251		394		539			960

Total annually recurring capital expenditures	$	4,128	$	4,672	$	11,493		$	12,152

Periodically recurring capital expenditures by operating segment
Fully stabilized communities	$	2,174	$	1,847	$	9,595		$	4,268
Development and lease-up		9		—		20			5
Acquired communities		61		3		289			3
Commercial and other segments		646		364		1,313			1,460

Total periodically recurring capital expenditures	$	2,890	$	2,214	$	11,217		$	5,736

Total revenue generating capital expenditures	$	1,800	$	1,212	$	4,213		$	2,522

Decrease (increase) in capital expenditure accruals	$	273	$	—	$	(842	)	$	—

Total property capital expenditures per statements of cash flows	$	9,091	$	8,098	$	26,081		$	20,410

The Company uses same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures as cash flow measures. Same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures are supplemental non-GAAP financial measures. The Company believes that same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures are important indicators of the costs incurred by the Company in maintaining same store communities. The corresponding GAAP measures include information with respect to the Company’s other operating segments consisting of communities stabilized in the prior year, condominium conversion communities, lease-up communities, and sold communities in addition to same store information. Therefore, the Company believes that its presentation of same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures is necessary to demonstrate same store replacement costs over time. The Company believes that the most directly comparable GAAP measure to same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures is the line on the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows entitled “total property capital expenditures.”

(3)	Average monthly rental rate is defined as the average of the gross actual rental rates for leased units and the average of the anticipated rental rates for unoccupied units, divided by total units.

(4)

Average economic occupancy is defined as gross potential rent less vacancy losses, model expenses and bad debt expenses divided by gross potential rent for the period, expressed as a percentage. Gross potential rent is defined as the sum of the gross actual rental rates for leased units and the anticipated rental rates for unoccupied units. The calculation of average economic occupancy does not include a deduction for net concessions and employee discounts. Average economic occupancy, including these amounts, would have been 95.7% and 95.9% for the three months and 95.1% and 95.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, net concessions were $254 and $279, respectively, and employee discounts were $205 and $219, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, net concessions were $758 and $918, respectively, and employee discounts were $626 and $643, respectively. Physical occupancy is defined as the number of units occupied divided by the total apartment units, expressed as a percentage.

(5)	Gross turnover represents the percentage of leases expiring during the period that are not renewed by the existing resident(s).

(6)

Percentage change is calculated using the respective new or renewed rental rate as of the date of a new lease, as compared with the previous rental rate on that same unit. Accordingly, these percentage changes may differ from the change in the average monthly rental rate per unit due to the timing of move-ins and/or the term of the respective leases.

Comparison of three months ended September 30, 2013 to three months ended September 30, 2012

The Operating Partnership reported net income available to common unitholders of $18,099 for the three months ended September 30, 2013, compared to $21,345 for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The Company reported net income available to common shareholders of $18,051 for the three months ended September 30, 2013, compared to $21,285 for the three months ended September 30, 2012. As discussed below, the decreased income between periods primarily reflected decreased gains on condominium sales between periods, as well as severance, impairment and other expenses in 2013, partially offset by increased net operating income from fully stabilized communities and increased net operating income from lease-up and acquisition communities.

Rental and other revenues from property operations increased $8,162 or 9.6% from 2012 to 2013 primarily due to increased revenues from the Company’s fully stabilized communities of $2,433 or 3.2%, increased revenues of $4,574 from lease-up communities and increased revenues of $1,473 from the acquisition of apartment communities in July 2012 and in May 2013. The revenue increase from fully stabilized communities is discussed in more detail below. The revenue increase from lease-up communities reflects the lease-up of portions of five communities as apartment units were completed beginning in mid-2012 and into 2013.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Property operating and maintenance expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased $3,410 or 9.3% from 2012 to 2013 primarily due to increases from fully stabilized communities of $1,108 or 3.7%, increases of $1,692 from lease-up communities and increases of $526 from the acquisition of apartment communities in July 2012 and in May 2013. The increased expense from fully stabilized communities is discussed in more detail below. The expense increase from lease-up communities reflects the operating expenses and initial personnel and marketing costs associated with the lease-up of portions of five development communities that began delivering apartment units in mid-2012.

For the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, there were no sales of wholly owned apartment communities. At September 30, 2013, the Company classified one apartment community as held for sale and the sale was subsequently closed in October 2013 for gross proceeds of $47,500 with an estimated gain of approximately $28,000. The Company may be a seller of apartment communities in future periods depending on market conditions and consistent with its investment strategy of recycling investment capital to fund investment and development activities and to provide additional cash liquidity, as discussed in the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section below. The timing and amount of future gain recognition will fluctuate based on the size and individual age of apartment communities sold.

For the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, gains on condominium sales activities were $5,293 and $10,261, respectively. The decrease in condominium gains between periods primarily reflects the impact of fewer closings between years, partially offset by lower on-going condominium carrying costs and improved profit margins between years. Condominium revenues decreased $10,967 between years primarily due to decreased closings of 12 units in 2013 compared to 24 units in 2012. All condominium closings in the three months ended September 30, 2013 were at the Atlanta Condominium Project, as the Austin Condominium Project was sold out at June 30, 2013. As a result, profit margins were generally higher in 2013 as profit margins were higher at the Atlanta Condominium Project. On-going carrying costs were lower between periods as the remaining units owned by the Company have decreased significantly since the third quarter of 2012 resulting in lower property tax and owners association expenses.

Depreciation expense increased $1,444 or 7.2% from 2012 to 2013, primarily due to increased depreciation of $1,331 related to the completion of apartment units at five development and lease-up communities beginning in mid-2012 and $427 related to the two communities acquired in July 2012 and May 2013, partially offset by decreased depreciation at fully stabilized communities of $384 due to the cessation of depreciation on certain fully depreciated short-lived assets at certain communities developed and acquired over the last few years.

General and administrative expenses increased $316, or 8.4%, from 2012 to 2013 primarily as a result of increased net personnel costs, resulting primarily from increases in long-term incentive plan expense in 2013, and increased annual incentive plan accruals in 2013, resulting primarily from the timing of expense recognition between years.

Investment and development expenses increased $164 or 80.8% from 2012 to 2013. In 2013, the capitalization of development personnel to development projects decreased by $236 due to the reduction of development capitalization at three development communities that were substantially complete as of December 31, 2012, partially offset by increased capitalization at two development communities that commenced in mid-2012 and in 2013. Additionally, development personnel and other costs decreased by $72 between years. The Company expects to continue to complete portions of its existing development pipeline in 2013. The Company expects that the capitalization of development costs and expenses will decrease for the full year 2013, which will result in increased net investment and development expenses for the full year 2013.

Other investment costs decreased $129 from 2012 to 2013. Other investment costs primarily include land carry expenses, such as property taxes and assessments. Other investment costs in 2013 included $145 of acquisition costs associated with 2013 acquisition activities. Other investment costs in 2012 included $139 of expenses associated with the acquisition of an apartment community in July 2012 and the write-off of $135 of development pursuit costs.

Severance, impairment and other in 2013 included severance charges of $989 related to the departure of an executive officer and a non-cash impairment charge of $400 to write-down to fair value a parcel of land held for future investment (see note 8 to the consolidated financial statements). The Company also recognized expenses of approximately $281 related to the start of a strategic initiative to upgrade the Company’s operating and financial software systems and estimated casualty losses of $311 related to fire damage sustained at one of the Company’s Charlotte, North Carolina communities. The casualty losses were beneath the Company’s insured deductibles.

Interest expense decreased $532 or 4.5% from 2012 to 2013 primarily due to decreased gross interest costs, somewhat offset by reduced interest capitalization in 2013. Gross interest expense decreased by $920 due primarily to reduced weighted average borrowing costs between years. Weighted average borrowing costs were lower in 2013 due to the prepayment of $53,027 of 5.50%

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

secured debt in October 2012 and $130,091 of 6.30% senior unsecured notes in December 2012, offset somewhat by increased interest on $250,000 of 3.375% of senior unsecured notes issued in November 2012. Decreased interest capitalization on the Company’s development projects of $388 primarily related to the substantial completion of three apartment communities in 2012 and early 2013. The Company expects interest expense for the full year of 2013 to be somewhat lower than in 2012 due to debt refinancing activities in 2012 that lowered the Company’s overall weighted interest costs, partially offset by reduced interest capitalization to development projects.

Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities increased $181 or 38.1% from 2012 to 2013 primarily due to the timing of increased cash flow distributions of earnings from one apartment community in Washington, D.C. in 2013 and due to prior and current year property tax savings recognized at several communities in 2013.

For the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, other income (expense) included estimated state franchise taxes.

Annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures increased $212 or 3.1% from 2012 to 2013. The increase in periodically recurring capital expenditures of $667 primarily reflects the timing of water intrusion remediation projects and structural improvements at three communities, fire sprinkler system replacement work at another community in 2013 as well as tenant improvements and commissions at two mixed-use properties in 2013. For the full year 2013, the Company expects periodically recurring capital expenditures to be significantly higher than 2012 primarily due to the projects discussed above as well as tenant improvements and commissions at certain mixed-use properties. The decrease in annually recurring capital expenditures of $455 primarily reflects decreased parking deck, paving, building foundation and energy management system projects, partially offset by increased water heater replacements due to the timing of projects at several communities between periods. For the full year 2013, the Company expects annually recurring capital expenditures to be somewhat lower than 2012 primarily due to fewer parking deck improvement projects and reduced energy management system expenditures in 2013.

Fully stabilized communities

Rental and other revenues increased $2,433 or 3.2% from 2012 to 2013. This increase resulted from a 3.4% increase in the average monthly rental rate per apartment unit, partially offset by a 0.3% decrease in average economic occupancy between periods. The increase in average rental rates resulted in a revenue increase of approximately $2,538 between periods. Average economic occupancy decreased slightly from 96.6% in 2012 to 96.3% in 2013. The occupancy decrease between periods resulted in higher vacancy losses of $385 in 2013. The remaining increase in rental and other property revenues of $280 was primarily due to somewhat higher net leasing and early termination fees and lower net concessions. Average rental rate increases were primarily due to increasing rental demand resulting from a gradually improving economy, favorable demographics and a moderate, but increasing, supply of new apartment communities. The Company expects that rental revenues will increase moderately on a year over year basis for the full year 2013, continuing a trend that began in late 2010. Average occupancy rates declined slightly between periods due to increased competition from new apartment communities in certain markets. The Company continues to focus on maintaining rent growth in 2013 while also maintaining a rent structure that enables average economic occupancy rates to remain relatively in line with the prior year. See the “Outlook” section below for an additional discussion of trends for 2013.

Property operating and maintenance expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased $1,108 or 3.7% from 2012 to 2013. This increase was primarily due to increased property tax expenses of $1,000 or 9.0%, increased repairs and maintenance expenses of $385 or 8.9% and increased insurance expenses of $199 or 19.1%. These increases were partially offset by decreased personnel expenses of $481 or 7.0%. The increase in property tax expenses primarily reflects increased expense accruals in 2013 due to higher real estate valuations by tax authorities in most of the Company’s markets. The increase in repairs and maintenance expenses is primarily due to higher turnover expenses, somewhat higher exterior paint expenses and higher structural and equipment repair expenses due to the timing of these expenses between years. Insurance expenses increased primarily due to higher property insurance premiums upon the annual renewal of the insurance coverage in the second quarter of 2013. The decrease in personnel expenses is primarily due to efficiencies gained in personnel utilization at three communities that began operating additional phases beginning in mid-2012 as well as somewhat lower bonus accruals between years as net operating income growth has slowed. See the “Outlook” section below for a discussion of expense trends for 2013.

Comparison of nine months ended September 30, 2013 to nine months ended September 30, 2012

The Operating Partnership reported net income available to common unitholders of $64,204 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared to $62,495 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The Company reported net income available to common shareholders of $64,037 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared to $62,320 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

As discussed below, the additional income between periods primarily reflects increased net operating income from fully stabilized communities, increased income from lease-up and acquisition communities and decreased interest expense between periods, offset partially by severance, impairment and other expenses in 2013 and a gain on the sale of an unconsolidated entity recognized in 2012.

Rental and other revenues from property operations increased $23,591 or 9.6% from 2012 to 2013 primarily due to increased revenues from the Company’s fully stabilized communities of $9,150 or 4.1%, increased revenues of $10,396 from lease-up communities and increased revenues of $4,847 from the acquisition of apartment communities in July 2012 and in May 2013, somewhat offset by reduced revenues of $802 resulting from a general decrease in the volume of the Company’s corporate apartment rental business between years. The revenue increase from fully stabilized communities is discussed in more detail below. The revenue increase from lease-up communities reflects the lease-up of portions of five communities as apartment units were completed in mid-2012 and into 2013.

Property operating and maintenance expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased $9,940 or 9.4% from 2012 to 2013 primarily due to increases from fully stabilized communities of $3,486 or 4.0%, increases of $5,047 from lease-up communities and increases of $1,676 from the acquisition of apartment communities in July 2012 and in May 2013, somewhat offset by a decrease in other segment expense, including corporate property management expenses, of $269. The increased expense from fully stabilized communities is discussed in more detail below. The expense increase from lease-up communities reflects the operating expenses and initial personnel and marketing costs associated with the lease-up of portions of five development communities that began delivering apartment units in mid-2012 and into 2013. The expense decrease from other property segments primarily reflects a general decrease in the volume of the Company’s corporate apartment rental business between years, offset somewhat by modest increases in corporate property management expenses.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, there were no sales of wholly owned apartment communities. At September 30, 2013, the Company classified one apartment community as held for sale and the sale was subsequently closed in October 2013 for gross proceeds of $47,500 with an estimated gain of approximately $28,000. The Company may be a seller of apartment communities in future periods depending on market conditions and consistent with its investment strategy of recycling investment capital to fund investment and development activities and to provide additional cash liquidity, as discussed in the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section below. The timing and amount of future gain recognition will fluctuate based on the size and individual age of apartment communities sold.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, gains on condominium sales activities were $27,468 and $25,695, respectively. The condominium gains in 2012 include the impact of a $612 income tax benefit resulting from the carryback of net operating losses to recover income taxes paid in prior years. The increase in condominium gains between periods primarily reflects the impact of improved profit margins at both condominium communities between years and lower on-going condominium carrying costs. Condominium revenues increased $4,105 between years, despite seven fewer unit closings in 2013, as the average sales prices per condominium unit were higher in 2013. Improved profit margins primarily resulted from favorable revisions to the amount of estimated project revenues and costs as the sell-out process was completed at the Austin Condominium Project during the second quarter of 2013 and was substantially completed in the third quarter 2013 at the Atlanta Condominium Project. At September 30, 2013, the Company had one unit remaining for sale at the Atlanta Condominium Project. On-going carrying costs were lower between periods as the remaining units owned by the Company have decreased significantly since the third quarter of 2012 resulting in lower property tax and owners association expenses.

Depreciation expense increased $5,122 or 8.7% from 2012 to 2013, primarily due to increased depreciation of $4,017 related to the completion of apartment units at five development and lease-up communities beginning in mid-2012 and $1,779 related to the two communities acquired in July 2012 and May 2013, partially offset by decreased depreciation at fully stabilized communities of $937 due to the cessation of deprecation on certain fully depreciated short-lived assets at certain communities developed and acquired over the last few years.

General and administrative expenses increased $563, or 4.7%, from 2012 to 2013 primarily due to increased net personnel costs primarily resulting from increases in long-term incentive plan expense in excess of reduced annual incentive plan accruals in 2013, increased legal expenses associated with on-going legal matters and increased director compensation resulting from director turnover costs in 2013, somewhat offset by the timing of decreased charitable contributions between years.

Investment and development expenses increased $443 or 44.1% from 2012 to 2013. In 2013, the capitalization of development personnel to development projects decreased by $529 due to the reduction of development capitalization at three development

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

communities that were substantially complete as of December 31, 2012, offset by increased capitalization at three development communities between years. Additionally, development personnel and other costs decreased by $86. The Company expects to continue to complete portions of its existing development pipeline in 2013. The Company expects that the capitalization of development costs and expenses will decrease for the full year 2013, which will result in increased net investment and development expenses for the full year 2013.

Other investment costs increased $80 from 2012 to 2013. Other investment costs primarily include land carry expenses, such as property taxes and assessments. The increase primarily reflects increased acquisition expenses and development pursuit cost write-offs of $46 between years, as well as the impact of additional property taxes on land acquired in late 2012 and the first half of 2013.

Severance, impairment and other in 2013 included severance charges of $989 related to the departure of an executive officer and a non-cash impairment charge of $400 to write-down to fair value a parcel of land held for future investment (see note 8 to the consolidated financial statements). The Company also recognized expenses of approximately $281 related to the start of a strategic initiative to upgrade the Company’s operating and financial software systems and estimated casualty losses of $311 related to fire damage sustained at one of the Company’s Charlotte, North Carolina communities. The casualty losses were beneath the Company’s insured deductibles.

Interest expense decreased $993 or 2.9% from 2012 to 2013 primarily due to decreased gross interest costs, offset somewhat by reduced interest capitalization in 2013. Gross interest expense decreased by $2,285 due primarily to reduced weighted average borrowing costs between years. Weighted average borrowing costs were lower in 2013 due to the repayment of $95,684 of 5.45% senior unsecured notes in June 2012, and the prepayment of $53,027 of 5.50% secured debt in October 2012 and $130,091 of 6.30% senior unsecured notes in December 2012, offset somewhat by increased bank term loan borrowings at an effective rate of approximately 3.2% (lowered from 3.4% in the fourth quarter of 2012) and increased interest on $250,000 of 3.375% of senior unsecured notes issued in November 2012. Decreased interest capitalization on the Company’s development projects of $1,292 primarily related to the substantial completion of three apartment communities in 2012 and early 2013. The Company expects interest expense for the full year of 2013 to be somewhat lower than in 2012 due to debt refinancing activities in 2012 that lowered the Company’s overall weighted interest costs, partially offset by reduced interest capitalization to development projects.

Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities was $1,611 in 2013 compared to $7,416 in 2012. The decrease in 2013 is primarily due to the recognition of the Company’s portion of a gain in 2012, totaling $6,055, from the sale of an apartment community in Atlanta, Georgia at one of the unconsolidated entities.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, other income (expense), net included estimated state franchise taxes. In 2012, other income also included income of $843 related to a legal claim associated with work performed at one of the Company’s apartment communities, a gain of $33 from the sale of a technology investment and income of $37 related to receivable recoveries.

Annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures increased $4,875 or 27.6% from 2012 to 2013. The increase in periodically recurring capital expenditures of $5,446 primarily reflects water intrusion remediation projects and structural improvements at six communities, fire sprinkler system replacement work at another community in 2013 as well as tenant improvements and commissions at two mixed-use properties in 2013, partially offset by reduced parking deck improvements at an office property in 2012. For the full year 2013, the Company expects periodically recurring capital expenditures to be significantly higher than 2012 primarily due to the projects discussed above as well as tenant improvements and commissions at certain mixed-use properties. The decrease in annually recurring capital expenditures of $571 primarily reflects decreased parking deck, paving, building foundation and energy management system projects, partially offset by increased water heater replacements due to the timing of projects at several communities between periods. For the full year 2013, the Company expects annually recurring capital expenditures to be somewhat lower than 2012 primarily due to fewer parking deck improvement projects and reduced energy management system expenditures in 2013.

Fully stabilized communities

Rental and other revenues increased $9,150 or 4.1% from 2012 to 2013. This increase resulted from a 4.4% increase in the average monthly rental rate per apartment unit, partially offset by a 0.5% decrease in average economic occupancy between periods. The increase in average rental rates resulted in a revenue increase of approximately $9,673 between periods. Average economic occupancy decreased slightly from 96.2% in 2012 to 95.7% in 2013. The occupancy decrease between periods resulted in higher vacancy losses of $1,994 in 2013. The remaining increase in rental and other property revenues of $1,471 was primarily due to somewhat higher net leasing and early termination fees, higher utility reimbursements and lower net concessions. Average rental rate

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

increases were primarily due to increasing rental demand resulting from a gradually improving economy, favorable demographics and a moderate, but increasing, supply of new apartment communities. The Company expects that rental revenues will increase moderately on a year over year basis for the full year 2013, continuing a trend that began in late 2010. Average occupancy rates declined slightly between periods due to increased competition from new apartment communities in certain markets and slightly higher turnover in 2013. The Company continues to focus on maintaining rent growth for the full year 2013 while also maintaining a rent structure that enables average economic occupancy rates to remain relatively in line with the prior year. See the “Outlook” section below for an additional discussion of trends for 2013.

Property operating and maintenance expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased $3,485 or 4.0% from 2012 to 2013. This increase was primarily due to increased property tax expenses of $3,192 or 9.8%, increased utility expenses of $145 or 1.2% and increased insurance expenses of $536 or 16.8%. These increases were offset partially by decreased personnel expenses of $862 or 4.3%. The increase in property tax expenses primarily reflects increased expense accruals in 2013 due to higher real estate valuations by tax authorities in most of the Company’s markets. Utility expenses increased due primarily to prior year sales tax refunds of $239 in the Company’s Texas markets. Insurance expenses increased primarily due to higher property insurance premiums upon the annual renewal of the insurance coverage in the second quarter of 2013. The decrease in personnel expenses is primarily due to efficiencies gained in personnel utilization at three communities that were completed and began operating additional phases beginning in mid-2012, as well as somewhat lower bonus accruals between years as net operating income growth has slowed. See the “Outlook” section below for a discussion of expense trends for 2013.

Discontinued Operations

In accordance with ASC Topic 360, the operating results and gains and losses on sales of real estate assets are included in discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations. Under ASC Topic 360, the operating results of assets designated as held for sale are also included in discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented. Additionally, all gains and losses on the sale of these assets are included in discontinued operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, income from discontinued operations included the results of operations of one apartment community classified as held for sale at September 30, 2013.

The revenues and expenses of this community for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:


	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Revenues
Rental	$	1,113	$	1,054	$	3,272	$	3,085
Other property revenues		111		104		327		315

Total revenues		1,224		1,158		3,599		3,400

Expenses
Property operating and maintenance		540		485		1,509		1,426
Depreciation		175		198		527		600
Interest		88		98		266		291

Total expenses		803		781		2,302		2,317

Income from discontinued property operations	$	421	$	377	$	1,297	$	1,083

As discussed more fully below, this community was sold in October 2013.

As discussed under “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below, the Company may continue to sell real estate assets in future periods as part of its overall investment, disposition and acquisition strategy depending upon market conditions. As such, the Company may continue to have additional assets classified as held for sale; however, the timing and amount of such asset sales and their impact on the aggregate revenues and expenses included in discontinued operations will vary from year to year.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Outlook

The outlook and assumptions presented below are forward-looking and are based on the Company’s future view of apartment markets and of general economic conditions, as well as other risks outlined above under the caption “Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” There can be no assurance that the Company’s actual results will not differ materially from the outlook and assumptions set forth below. The Company assumes no obligation to update this outlook in the future.

The Company’s outlook for the remainder of 2013 is based on the expectation that economic and employment conditions will continue to gradually improve. However, there continue to be significant risks and uncertainty in the economy and the unemployment rate continues to be higher than normal. If the economic recovery was to stall or U.S. economic conditions were to worsen, the Company’s operating results would be adversely affected. Furthermore, a relatively moderate supply of new apartment units over the past year or so, coupled with improving multi-family housing demand in the Company’s markets, has generally supported improved operating fundamentals in the multi-family rental markets. However, development and deliveries of new multi-family rental units has continued to increase and the Company expects that, during the second half of 2013 and over time, this will increase the competitive supply of new rental units in the markets in which it operates. This new supply has contributed to a moderation in the rate of rental income growth in recent quarters.

Rental and other revenues from fully stabilized communities are expected to increase moderately for the full year of 2013, compared to 2012, driven primarily by new and renewed leases being completed at moderately higher market rental rates, as the Company expects to generally maintain occupancy levels relatively in line with 2012. The rate of revenue growth, however, is expected to moderate for the remainder of 2013, compared to 2012. Operating expenses of fully stabilized communities are also expected to increase moderately for the full year 2013. On a year-over-year basis, the Company expects property tax and insurance expenses to be the largest contributors to operating expense growth. As a result, management expects fully stabilized community net operating income to increase moderately for the full year 2013, which is expected to positively impact the Company’s results of operations. Management also expects that net operating income from development and lease-up communities in 2013 will increase from a relatively small negative contribution in 2012 to a moderate net positive contribution in 2013. Additional net operating income is also expected in 2013 from apartment communities acquired in July 2012 and May 2013.

Management expects general and administrative, property management and investment and development expenses, net of amounts capitalized to development projects, to increase moderately for the full year 2013, compared to 2012. Capitalized development personnel and costs are expected to decline in 2013 as portions of the Company’s current development communities are completed, partially offset by the impact of a new development start in mid-2013. Additionally, general, administrative and other expenses are expected to include costs associated with the beginning of information technology system upgrades in 2013.

Management expects interest expense for the full year 2013 to be somewhat lower than in 2012 due to moderate reductions in gross interest expense resulting from 2012 debt refinancing activities that lowered the Company’s overall weighted average interest costs for 2013. The decline in gross interest expense is expected to be somewhat offset by reduced interest capitalization to development communities as certain communities were substantially completed in late 2012 and other apartment units are expected to be completed and delivered in 2013.

At September 30, 2013, the Company had one apartment community held for sale. Proceeds from this sale are intended to be used for general corporate purposes, including to fund future estimated construction expenditures for the Company’s existing development pipeline. This community was subsequently sold in October 2013 for gross proceeds of approximately $47,500. The Company expects to realize net accounting gains of approximately $28,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013 from this sale. The Company completed a reverse like-kind exchange for tax purposes.

Due to the substantial sell-out of both of the Company’s condominium projects in 2013, the Company expects condominium profits to be moderately lower in 2013 than in 2012. The Company also expects that revenue and profits from condominium sales will be significantly lower for the remainder of 2013, compared to the first nine months of 2013, as the Company completed the sell-out of the Austin Condominium Project in the second quarter of 2013, and substantially completed the sell-out of the Atlanta Condominium Project in the third quarter of 2013. The Company currently has only one unit remaining to sell at the Atlanta Condominium Project in the fourth quarter of 2013.

The Company currently expects to utilize available cash, retained 2013 operating cash flow, net proceeds from the sale of certain operating communities, available borrowing capacity under its unsecured bank credit facilities, or other indebtedness and, from time to time, its at-the-market common equity program, to fund future estimated construction expenditures. The Company’s 2013 outlook currently anticipates minimal to no additional share issuances under the Company’s at-the-market equity program in 2013. Future sales under the at-the-market common equity program will depend upon a variety of factors, including, among others, the volume of investment activities, market conditions, the trading price of the Company’s common stock relative to other sources of capital and the Company’s liquidity position.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Lastly, the Company expects interest and other income to decrease for the full year of 2013, compared to 2012, due primarily to income recognized in 2012 from the settlement of construction litigation, tax increment financing interest and information technology investment gains.

Liquidity and capital resources

The discussion in this Liquidity and capital resources section is the same for the Company and the Operating Partnership, except that all indebtedness described herein has been incurred by the Operating Partnership.

The Company’s net cash provided by operating activities increased from $103,765 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to $117,401 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 primarily due to increased property net operating income in 2013 from fully stabilized, lease-up and acquisition communities as well as somewhat lower interest expense in 2013. For the full year 2013, the Company expects cash flows from operating activities to increase moderately resulting from expected increases from fully stabilized, lease-up and acquisition communities as discussed above and due to somewhat lower net interest expense in 2013.

Net cash flows used in investing activities decreased from $122,566 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to $109,024 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 primarily due to the reduced level of apartment community acquisition expenditures between years, offset somewhat by increased construction and development expenditures and higher proceeds from sales of real estate assets in 2013. For the full year 2013, the Company expects to continue to incur additional development expenditures on its existing development projects.

Net cash flows from financing activities changed from net cash provided by financing activities of $69,939 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to net cash used in financing activities of $68,848 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 primarily due to treasury stock purchases and higher dividends in 2013 as well as higher net proceeds from debt financing activities and higher proceeds from the sale of common stock in 2012. For the full year 2013, based on its current outlook, the Company expects minimal to no new debt issuances or equity issuances under its ATM program as the Company currently expects to use available cash and cash flow from operations to fund current development expenditures and no debt is scheduled to mature in 2013.

Since 1993, the Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Management currently intends to continue operating the Company as a REIT in 2013. As a REIT, the Company is subject to a number of organizational and operating requirements, including a requirement to distribute 90% of its adjusted taxable income to its shareholders. As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income taxes on its taxable income it distributes to its shareholders.

Generally, the Company’s objective is to meet its short-term liquidity requirement of funding the payment of its current level of quarterly preferred and common stock dividends to shareholders through its net cash flows provided by operating activities, less its annually recurring and periodically recurring property and corporate capital expenditures. These operating capital expenditures are the capital expenditures necessary to maintain the earnings capacity of the Company’s operating assets over time.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company’s net cash flow from operations, reduced by annual operating capital expenditures, was sufficient to fully fund the Company’s dividend payments to common and preferred shareholders.

In May 2013, the Company’s board of directors increased the quarterly dividend rate from $0.25 to $0.33 per common share. The Company currently expects to maintain its current quarterly dividend payment rate to common shareholders of $0.33 per share for the remainder of 2013. However, future dividend payments by the Company will be paid at the discretion of the board of directors and will depend on the actual funds from operations of the Company, the Company’s financial condition and capital requirements, the annual distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and other factors that the board of directors deems relevant. The Company’s board of directors reviews the dividend quarterly, and there can be no assurance that the current dividend level will be maintained.

To the extent the Company continues to pay dividends at this dividend rate, the Company expects to use net cash flows from operations reduced by annual operating capital expenditures to fund the dividend payments to common and preferred shareholders. The Company expects to use cash and cash equivalents and, if its net cash flows from operations are not sufficient to meet its anticipated dividend payment rate, line of credit borrowings to fund dividend payments. The Company’s net cash flow from operations continues to be sufficient to meet the dividend requirements necessary to maintain its REIT status under the Code.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

The Company generally expects to utilize net cash flow from operations, available cash and cash equivalents and available capacity under its revolving lines of credit to fund its short-term liquidity requirements, including operating capital expenditures, dividends and distributions on its common and preferred equity and its debt service requirements. The Company generally expects to fund its long-term liquidity requirements, including maturities of long-term debt and acquisition and development activities, through long-term unsecured and secured borrowings, through net proceeds from the sale of selected operating communities, possibly through net proceeds from the Company’s at-the-market common equity program and possibly through equity or leveraged joint venture arrangements. As it has done in the past, the Company may also use joint venture arrangements in future periods to reduce its market concentrations in certain markets, build critical mass in other markets and to reduce its exposure to certain risks of its future development activities.

As previously discussed, the Company has used the proceeds from the sale of selected operating communities and condominium homes as one means of funding its development and acquisition activities. Total net sales proceeds from condominium sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and for the full year of 2012 were $70,173 and $87,673, respectively. There were no sales of wholly-owned operating communities in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 or in the full year of 2012. In 2012, the Company also received a distribution of net sales proceeds of $7,674 from the sale of one community held by an unconsolidated entity. Proceeds from these asset sales were used to pay down the Company’s borrowings under its unsecured revolving lines of credit and increase available cash and cash equivalent balances. As of September 30, 2013, the Company had one apartment community classified as held for sale, had completed the sell-out of condominium units at the Austin Condominium Project and had substantially completed the sell-out of condominium units at the Atlanta Condominium Project (one unit remaining for sale at September 30, 2013). In October 2013, the Company generated additional net sales proceeds of approximately $47,000 from the sale of the apartment community held for sale at September 30, 2013 (see “Outlook” above where discussed further).

In May 2013, the Company acquired Post Lakeside™, a 300-unit apartment community located in Orlando, Florida for a purchase price of $48,500. This community was completed in 2013. In connection with that acquisition, the Company initiated the sale of one of its older Atlanta apartment communities, with the intent to complete a reverse like-kind exchange. As described above, that sale and exchange was completed in October 2013.

In May 2012, the Company adopted a new at-the-market (“ATM”) common equity sales program for the sale of up to 4,000 shares of common stock. As of October 25, 2013, the Company had not used the new program and had 4,000 shares remaining for issuance. The Company has used and expects to use these programs, from time to time, as an additional source of capital and liquidity and to maintain the strength of its balance sheet. Sales under the program will be dependent on a variety of factors, including, among others, market conditions, the trading price of the Company’s common stock relative to other sources of capital and the Company’s liquidity position.

As of September 30, 2013, the Company’s aggregate pipeline of five apartment communities under development and lease-up totaled approximately $263,200, of which approximately $113,500 remained to be incurred by the Company. The Company may also begin additional developments in future periods. The Company currently expects to utilize available cash, retained cash flow from operations, available borrowing capacity under its unsecured bank credit facilities, or other indebtedness and, from time to time, its at-the-market common equity program to fund future estimated construction expenditures.

As of October 25, 2013, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $90,600, including the net proceeds from the sale of the apartment community in October 2013 discussed above. Additionally, the Company had no outstanding borrowings, and $570 of outstanding letters of credit under its $330,000 combined unsecured revolving line of credit facilities. The terms, conditions and restrictive covenants associated with the Company’s unsecured revolving line of credit facilities, Term Loan and senior unsecured notes are summarized in note 4 to the consolidated financial statements. Management believes the Company was in compliance with the covenants of the Company’s unsecured revolving lines of credit, Term Loan and senior unsecured notes at September 30, 2013.

Management believes it will have adequate available cash and capacity under its unsecured revolving lines of credit to execute its 2013 business plan and meet its short-term liquidity requirements. The Company currently believes that it will continue to have access to additional equity capital, unsecured debt financing and secured debt financing through loan programs sponsored by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other secured lenders. In the past, the Company has utilized loan programs sponsored by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as a key source of capital to finance its growth and its operations. Should these entities discontinue providing liquidity to the Company’s sector, it could significantly reduce the Company’s access to debt capital and/or increase borrowing costs and could adversely affect the development of multi-family homes. In addition, the amount and timing of any new debt financings may be limited by restrictive covenants under the Company’s current unsecured debt arrangements, such as coverage ratios and limitations on aggregate secured debt as a percentage of total assets, as defined. There can be no assurances that such secured financing will continue to be available through U.S. government sponsored programs and other secured lenders or that the Company’s access to additional debt financings will not be limited by its financial covenants.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Stock and debt repurchase programs

In May 2012, the Company adopted a new ATM common equity sales program for the sale of up to 4,000 shares of common stock. At September 30, 2013, the Company had 4,000 shares remaining for issuance under the program. Under a previous ATM program, for the full year 2012, the Company sold 550 shares for gross proceeds of $26,153. The average gross sales price per share was $47.55 and the Company’s net proceeds totaled $25,457 for the full year 2012. The Company has used and expects to use these programs, from time to time, as an additional source of capital and liquidity and to maintain the strength of its balance sheet.

Capitalization of fixed assets and community improvements

The Company has a policy of capitalizing those expenditures relating to the acquisition of new assets and the development and construction of new apartment communities. In addition, the Company capitalizes expenditures that enhance the value of existing assets and expenditures that substantially extend the life of existing assets. All other expenditures necessary to maintain a community in ordinary operating condition are expensed as incurred.

The Company capitalizes interest, real estate taxes, and certain internal personnel and associated costs related to apartment communities under development and construction. The incremental personnel and associated costs are capitalized to the projects under development and construction based upon the effort associated with such projects. The Company treats each unit in an apartment community separately for cost accumulation, capitalization and expense recognition purposes. Prior to the commencement of leasing activities, interest and other construction costs are capitalized and included in construction in progress. The Company ceases the capitalization of such costs as the residential units in a community become substantially complete and available for occupancy. This practice results in a proration of these costs between amounts that are capitalized and expensed as the residential units in a development community become available for occupancy. In addition, prior to the completion of units, the Company expenses, as incurred, substantially all operating expenses (including pre-opening marketing expenses) of such communities.

Acquisition of assets and community development and other capitalized expenditures for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are summarized as follows:


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
New community development and acquisition activity (1)	$	21,760	$	103,331	$	147,159	$	177,697
Periodically recurring capital expenditures
Community rehabilitation and other revenue generating improvements (2)		1,800		1,212		4,213		2,522
Other community additions and improvements (3)		2,890		2,214		11,217		5,736
Annually recurring capital expenditures
Carpet replacements and other community additions and improvements (4)		4,128		4,672		11,493		12,152
Corporate additions and improvements		569		76		1,225		521

	$	31,147	$	111,505	$	175,307	$	198,628

Other Data
Capitalized interest	$	1,026	$	1,414	$	3,122	$	4,414

Capitalized development and associated costs (5)	$	737	$	973	$	2,163	$	2,692

(1)	Reflects aggregate land and community development and acquisition costs, exclusive of the change in construction payables between years.

(2)	Represents expenditures for major renovations of communities and other upgrade costs that enhance the rental value of such units.

(3)	Represents property improvement expenditures that generally occur less frequently than on an annual basis.

(4)	Represents property improvement expenditures of a type that are expected to be incurred on an annual basis.

(5)	Reflects development personnel and associated costs capitalized to construction and development activities.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

Current communities under development

At September 30, 2013, the Company had 1,620 apartment units in five communities under development or in lease-up. In the third quarter of 2013, one development community with 344 apartment units achieved stabilized occupancy of 95%. These communities are summarized in the table below ($ in millions except cost per square foot data).


Community	Location	Number of Units		Estimated Average Unit Size Sq. Ft. (1)		Estimated Retail Sq. Ft. (1)		Estimated Total Cost (2)		Estimated Total Cost Per Sq. Ft. (3)		Costs Incurred as of 9/30/2013		Quarter of First Units Available	Estimated Quarter of Stabilized Occupancy (4)	Percent Leased (5)
Under development
Post Lake® at Baldwin Park, III	Orlando, FL		410		960		—	$	58.6		149	$	49.9	1Q 2013	3Q 2014		45.6	%
Post Parkside™ at Wade	Raleigh, NC		397		875		14,908		55.0		152		49.4	1Q 2013	3Q 2014		41.6	%
Post Richmond Avenue™	Houston, TX		242		857		—		34.3		165		25.2	1Q 2014	1Q 2015		N/A
Post Soho Square™	Tampa, FL		231		880		10,556		39.8		196		17.1	2Q 2014	3Q 2015		N/A
Post Alexander™, II	Atlanta, GA		340		830		—		75.5		268		8.1	2Q 2015	4Q 2016		N/A

Total			1,620				25,464	$	263.2			$	149.7

Communities stabilized during the period (4)
Post Carlyle Square™, II	Wash. DC		344		906		—	$	84.5	$	271	$	84.1	2Q 2012	3Q 2013		95.4	%

(1)	Square footage amounts are approximate. Actual square footage may vary.

(2)

To the extent that developments contain a retail component, total estimated cost includes estimated first generation tenant improvements and leasing commissions. For stabilized apartment communities, remaining unfunded construction costs include first generation retail tenant improvements and leasing commissions.

(3)	The estimated total cost per square foot is calculated using net rentable residential and retail square feet, where applicable. Square footage amounts used are approximate. Actual amounts may vary.

(4)	The Company defines stabilized occupancy as the earlier to occur of (i) the attainment of 95% physical occupancy on the first day of any month or (ii) one year after completion of construction.

(5)	Represents unit status as of October 25, 2013.

Inflation

Substantially all of the leases at the Company’s communities allow, at the time of renewal, for adjustments in the rent payable thereunder, and thus may enable the Company to seek increases in rents. The substantial majority of these leases are for one year or less and the remaining leases are for up to two years. At the expiration of a lease term, the Company’s lease agreements generally provide that the term will be extended unless either the Company or the lessee gives at least sixty (60) days written notice of termination. In addition, the Company’s policy generally permits the early termination of a lease by a lessee upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Company and the payment of an amount equal to two month’s rent as compensation for early termination. The short-term nature of these leases generally serves to offset the risk to the Company that the adverse effect of inflation may have on the Company’s general, administrative and operating expenses.

Funds from operations

The Company uses the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) definition of funds from operations (“FFO”). FFO is defined by NAREIT as net income available to common shareholders determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains (or losses) from extraordinary items and sales of depreciable property, plus depreciation of real estate assets, and after adjustment for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures all determined on a consistent basis in accordance with GAAP. FFO is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure. FFO presented herein is not necessarily comparable to FFO presented by other real estate companies because not all real estate companies use the same definition. The Company’s FFO is comparable to the FFO of real estate companies that use the current NAREIT definition.

The Company also uses FFO as an operating measure. Accounting for real estate assets using historical cost accounting under GAAP assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. NAREIT stated in its April 2002 White Paper on Funds from Operations “since real estate asset values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors have considered presentations of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves.” As a result, the concept of FFO was created by NAREIT for the REIT industry to provide an alternate measure. Since the Company agrees with the concept of FFO and appreciates the reasons surrounding its creation, management believes that FFO is an important supplemental measure of operating performance. In addition, since most equity REITs provide FFO information to the investment community, the Company believes FFO is a useful supplemental measure for comparing the Company’s results to those of other equity REITs. The Company believes that the line on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations entitled “net income available to common shareholders” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to FFO.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income available to common shareholders (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indicator of the Company’s financial performance. While management believes that FFO is an important supplemental non-GAAP financial measure, management believes it is also important to stress that FFO should not be considered as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of the Company’s liquidity. Further, FFO is not necessarily indicative of sufficient cash flow to fund all of the Company’s needs or ability to service indebtedness or make distributions.

A reconciliation of net income available to common shareholders to FFO available to common shareholders and unitholders for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was as follows.


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net income available to common shareholders	$	18,051	$	21,285	$	64,037	$	62,320
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership		48		60		167		175
Depreciation on consolidated real estate assets		21,468		20,012		63,226		58,171
Depreciation on real estate assets held in unconsolidated entities		291		287		871		910
Gains on sales of real estate assets
Gains on sales of depreciable real estate assets - unconsolidated entities		—		—		—		(6,055	)

Funds from operations available to common shareholders and unitholders (1)	$	39,858	$	41,644	$	128,301	$	115,521


Weighted average shares outstanding - basic (2)		54,493		54,245		54,544		53,786
Weighted average shares and units outstanding - basic (2)		54,636		54,388		54,687		53,935
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted (2)		54,661		54,522		54,731		54,126
Weighted average shares and units outstanding - diluted (2)		54,804		54,665		54,874		54,275

(1)

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, FFO included severance charges of $989, asset impairment charges of $400, expenses of approximately $281 associated with the start of an initiative to upgrade enterprise software systems and estimated fire casualty losses of $311. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, FFO included a loss on early extinguishment of indebtedness of $301.

(2)

Diluted weighted average shares and units included the impact of dilutive securities totaling 168 and 277 for the three months and 187 and 340 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Additionally, basic and diluted weighted average shares and units included the impact of non-vested shares and units totaling 122 and 129 for the three months and 120 and 126 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, for the computation of funds from operations per share. Such non-vested shares and units are considered in the income per share computations under generally accepted accounting principles using the “two-class method.”

ITEM 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company’s primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk. At September 30, 2013, the Company had no outstanding variable rate debt tied to LIBOR under its aggregate $330,000 line of credit arrangements. At September 30, 2013, the Company had outstanding variable rate debt of $300,000 under a term loan facility (“Term Loan”) at interest rates tied to LIBOR (see note 4 to the consolidated financial statements). In addition, the Company had outstanding three interest rate swap arrangements with substantially similar terms and conditions with notional amounts totaling $230,000 and a fourth swap arrangement with substantially similar terms and conditions and a notional amount of $70,000. These interest rate swap arrangements (as summarized in the table below) serve as cash flow hedges for amounts outstanding under the Term Loan and provide an effective blended interest rate for the corresponding amount of Term Loan borrowings of 3.24% at September 30, 2013. In addition, the Company has interest rate risk associated with fixed rate debt at maturity. The discussion in this section is the same for the Company and the Operating Partnership, except that all indebtedness described herein has been incurred by the Operating Partnership or one of its subsidiaries.

Management has and will continue to manage interest rate risk as follows:

•

maintain a conservative ratio of fixed rate, long-term debt to total debt such that variable rate exposure is kept at an acceptable level;

•

fix certain long-term variable rate debt through the use of interest rate swaps or interest rate caps with appropriately matching maturities;

•

use derivative financial instruments where appropriate to fix rates on anticipated debt transactions; and

•

take advantage of favorable market conditions for long-term debt and/or equity.

Management uses various financial models and advisors to achieve these objectives.

The table below provides information, including the fair value measured in accordance with ASC Topic 815, about the Company’s derivative financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. For the Company’s interest rate swap arrangements, the table presents notional amounts and weighted average interest rates by (expected) contractual maturity dates. Notional amounts are used to calculate the contractual payments to be exchanged under the contract.


Interest Rate Derivatives	Hedged Debt Instrument	Notional Amount			Average Fixed Pay Rate			Average Receive Rate	Termination Date	Fair Value
										Asset (Liab.)
Interest rate swaps - variable to fixed (three) (1)	Term loan borrowings	$	230,000	(1)		1.55	%	one-month LIBOR	1/19/2018	$	(3,936	)
Interest rate swaps - variable to fixed (one) (2)	Term loan borrowings	$	70,000	(2)		1.50	%	one-month LIBOR	1/19/2018	$	(1,039	)

										$	(4,975	)

(1)	Cash payments under the arrangements began in January 2012 based on aggregate notional amounts of $100,000. Notional amounts increased to an aggregate of $230,000 in June 2012.

(2)	Cash payments under this arrangement began in July 2012.

As more fully described in note 8 to the consolidated financial statements, the interest rate swap arrangement is carried on the consolidated balance sheet at the fair value shown above in accordance with ASC Topic 815. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, there were no material changes in outstanding fixed or variable rate debt arrangements. The Company has no floating rate LIBOR-based borrowings outstanding as of September 30, 2013, excluding the variable rate bank term loan debt effectively swapped to fixed rates under the derivative financial instruments. As such, fluctuations in such loans would have no effect on the Company’s interest costs.

ITEM 4.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

As required by Securities and Exchange Commission rules, the Company and the Operating Partnership have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of their disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. This evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the management of the Company and the Operating Partnership, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer. Based on this evaluation, these officers have concluded that the design and operation of the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) are the controls and other procedures of the Company and the Operating Partnership that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company and the Operating Partnership in the reports that they file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

There were no changes to the Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the period covered by this report that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In September 2010, the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The suit alleges various violations of the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) at properties designed, constructed or operated by the Company in the District of Columbia, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina and Texas. The plaintiff seeks statutory damages and a civil penalty in unspecified amounts, as well as injunctive relief that includes retrofitting apartments and public use areas to comply with the FHA and the ADA and prohibiting construction or sale of noncompliant units or complexes. The Company filed a motion to transfer the case to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where a previous civil case involving alleged violations of the FHA and ADA by the Company was filed and ultimately dismissed. On October 29, 2010, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued an opinion finding that the complaint shows that the DOJ’s claims are essentially the same as the previous civil case, and, therefore, granted the Company’s motion and transferred the DOJ’s case to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Limited discovery is proceeding. Under the Court’s scheduling order, the deadline for completion of discovery is November 2013 and briefing of any dispositive motions would be accomplished by March 2014. Due to the preliminary nature of the litigation, it is not possible to predict or determine the outcome of the legal proceeding, nor is it possible to estimate the amount of loss, if any, that would be associated with an adverse decision.

ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS

There were no material changes in the Registrants’ Risk Factors as previously disclosed in Item 1A of the Registrants’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

ITEM 2.

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

(a) None.

(b) Not applicable.

(c) The following table summarizes the Company’s purchases of its equity securities for the three months ended September 30, 2013 (in thousands, except shares and per share amounts).


Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid Per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1)
July 1, 2013
July 31, 2013		—	$	—		—	$	200,000
August 1, 2013
August 31, 2013		—		—		—	$	200,000
September 1, 2013
September 30, 2013		443,223		45.25		443,223	$	179,936

Total		443,223	$	45.25		443,223	$	179,936

(1)	In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company’s board of directors approved a stock repurchase program that was announced on December 5, 2012 under which the Company may repurchase up to $200,000 of common or preferred stock through December 31, 2014.

ITEM 3.

DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.

OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 6.

EXHIBITS

Certain exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K have been filed with previous reports by the Registrants and are incorporated by reference herein.

The Registrants agree to furnish a copy of all agreements relating to long-term debt upon request of the SEC.


Exhibit No.		Description

3.1(a)	-	Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.2(b)	-	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.3(b)	-	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.4(b)	-	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.5(c)	-	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.6(d)	-	Bylaws of the Company (as Amended and Restated effective as of June 9, 2009)

4.1(e)	-	Indenture between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee

4.2(f)	-	First Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture between the Operating Partnership and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee

4.3(g)	-	Form of Post Apartment Homes, L.P. 4.75% Note due 2017

4.4(h)	-	Form of Post Apartment Homes, L.P. 3.375% Note due 2022

11.1(i)	-	Statement Regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings

31.1	-	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2	-	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1	-	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2	-	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101	-	The following financial information for the Company and the Operating Partnership, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Equity and Accumulated Earnings, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

(a)	Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (SEC File No. 33-61936), as amended, of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(b)	Filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrants for the year ended December 31, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.

(c)	Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrants for the quarter ended September 30, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.

(d)	Filed as an exhibit to the current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrants filed on February 12, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.

(e)	Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (SEC File No. 333-42884), as amended, of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(f)	Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (SEC File No. 333-139581) of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(g)	Filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrants filed October 18, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference.

(h)	Filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrants filed November 7, 2012 and incorporated herein by reference.

(i)	The information required by this exhibit is included in notes 6 and 7 to the consolidated financial statements and is incorporated herein by reference.

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.


	POST PROPERTIES, INC.

November 4, 2013	By	/s/ David P. Stockert
		David P. Stockert
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

November 4, 2013	By	/s/ Christopher J. Papa
		Christopher J. Papa
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)

November 4, 2013	By	/s/ Arthur J. Quirk
		Arthur J. Quirk
		Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
		(Principal Accounting Officer)

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.


	POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.
	By:	Post GP Holdings, Inc., its sole general partner

November 4, 2013	By	/s/ David P. Stockert
		David P. Stockert
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

November 4, 2013	By	/s/ Christopher J. Papa
		Christopher J. Papa
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)

November 4, 2013	By	/s/ Arthur J. Quirk
		Arthur J. Quirk
		Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
		(Principal Accounting Officer)

ITEM 6.

EXHIBITS

Certain exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K have been filed with previous reports by the Registrants and are incorporated by reference herein.

The Registrants agree to furnish a copy of all agreements relating to long-term debt upon request of the SEC.


Exhibit No.		Description

3.1(a)	-	Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.2(b)	-	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.3(b)	-	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.4(b)	-	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.5(c)	-	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.6(d)	-	Bylaws of the Company (as Amended and Restated effective as of June 9, 2009)

4.1(e)	-	Indenture between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee

4.2(f)	-	First Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture between the Operating Partnership and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee

4.3(g)	-	Form of Post Apartment Homes, L.P. 4.75% Note due 2017

4.4(h)	-	Form of Post Apartment Homes, L.P. 3.375% Note due 2022

11.1(i)	-	Statement Regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings

31.1	-	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2	-	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1	-	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2	-	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101	-	The following financial information for the Company and the Operating Partnership, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Equity and Accumulated Earnings, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

(a)	Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (SEC File No. 33-61936), as amended, of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(b)	Filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrants for the year ended December 31, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.

(c)	Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrants for the quarter ended September 30, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.

(d)	Filed as an exhibit to the current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrants filed on February 12, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.

(e)	Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (SEC File No. 333-42884), as amended, of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(f)	Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (SEC File No. 333-139581) of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(g)	Filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrants filed October 18, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference.

(h)	Filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrants filed November 7, 2012 and incorporated herein by reference.

(i)	The information required by this exhibit is included in notes 6 and 7 to the consolidated financial statements and is incorporated herein by reference.