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  <xsd:element name="PerformancePeriodToBeCompletedMember" id="adc_PerformancePeriodToBeCompletedMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element name="PerformancePeriodCompletedMember" id="adc_PerformancePeriodCompletedMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element name="ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsForfeitureRate" id="adc_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsForfeitureRate" type="dtr-types:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="false" />
  <xsd:element name="During2022Member" id="adc_During2022Member" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element name="EquityInterestBasis" id="adc_EquityInterestBasis" type="xbrli:pureItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="false" />
  <xsd:element name="NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersLessIncomeAttributableToUnvestedRestrictedShareholdersBasic" id="adc_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersLessIncomeAttributableToUnvestedRestrictedShareholdersBasic" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="false" xbrli:balance="credit" />
  <xsd:element name="CommercialPaperMaximumBorrowingCapacity" id="adc_CommercialPaperMaximumBorrowingCapacity" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" abstract="false" xbrli:balance="credit" />
  <xsd:element name="O2025M2DividendsMember" id="adc_O2025M2DividendsMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element name="O2025M3DividendsMember" id="adc_O2025M3DividendsMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element name="NumberOfPropertiesImpairmentOfRealEstate" id="adc_NumberOfPropertiesImpairmentOfRealEstate" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="false" />
  <xsd:element name="NumberOfDevelopmentAndDeveloperFundingPlatformProjectsAggregateConstruction" id="adc_NumberOfDevelopmentAndDeveloperFundingPlatformProjectsAggregateConstruction" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="false" />
</xsd:schema>
