Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Scholem Robert
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ACADIA REALTY TRUST [AKR]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Sr. Vice President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O ACADIA REALTY TRUST, 1311 MAMARONECK AVENUE, SUITE 260
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/31/2008
(Street)

WHITE PLAINS, NY 10605
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
02/04/2008
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest - $.001 Par Value 01/31/2008   A   4,722 (1) A $ 23.87 25,466 (2) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Limited Partnership Units $ 23.87 01/31/2008   A   1,574 (3)     (3)   (3) Common Shares of Beneficial Interest 1,574 $ 0 (3) 1,574 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Scholem Robert
C/O ACADIA REALTY TRUST
1311 MAMARONECK AVENUE, SUITE 260
WHITE PLAINS, NY 10605
      Sr. Vice President  

Signatures

 /s/ Robert Scholem   02/29/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On January 31, 2008 ("Grant date"), Mr. Scholem was awarded these common shares of beneficial interest ("Restricted Shares"). These Restricted Shares generally carry all of the rights of unrestricted shares, not including dividend rights, but may not be transferred, assigned or pledged until Mr. Scholem has a vested, non-forfeitable right to these shares. Vesting is subject to Mr. Scholem's continued employment with the Company through the applicable vesting dates. 1,861 Restricted Shares shall vest subject to the following schedule: 14.286% shall vest on January 6, 2009 and 14.286% shall vest thereafter on each of the next six anniversaries of such date. The remaining 2,861 Restricted Shares will vest in accordance with the achievement by the Company of certain annual and cumulative benchmarks established by the Company?s Board of Trustees.
(2) This number represents 6,318 vested Shares and 19,148 unvested Restricted Shares.
(3) On January 31, 2008, the Mr. Scholem received a grant of restricted units of Acadia Realty Limited Partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), the Operating Partnership of Acadia Realty Trust (the "Company"). The restricted units are a class of units of the Operating Partnership that are exchangeable by the holder, upon vesting, into an equivalent number of common units of the Operating Partnership, which are exchangeable on a 1:1 basis for the Company's common shares of beneficial interest. The restricted units will vest according to the following schedule: 14.286% of such restricted units will vest on January 6, 2009 and 14.286% of such restricted units will vest upon each of the next six anniversaries of such date.

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