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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-16-138136
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161206
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20161206

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ACADIA REALTY TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000899629
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				232715194
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-214923
		FILM NUMBER:		162036707

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		411 THEODORE FREMD AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			RYE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580
		BUSINESS PHONE:		914-288-8100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		411 THEODORE FREMD AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			RYE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MARK CENTERS TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930329
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 24pt"><B>ACADIA
REALTY TRUST</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State of Organization)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>23-2715194</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>411 Theodore Fremd
Avenue, Suite 300</B><BR>
<B>Rye, New York 10580</B><BR>
<B>(914) 288-8100</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&rsquo;s principal executive offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>ACADIA REALTY
TRUST</B><BR>
<B>2006 SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Kenneth F. Bernstein<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Acadia Realty Trust<BR>
411 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Suite 300<BR>
Rye, New York 10580<BR>
(914) 288-8100</B></P>

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zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Mark Schonberger,
Esq.</B><BR>
<B>Goodwin Procter LLP</B><BR>
<B>620 Eighth Avenue</B><BR>
<B>New York, NY 10018</B><BR>
<B>(212) 813-8800</B></P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller
reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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registered (1) (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
        offering price </B></P>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-right: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1,600,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-right: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$32.95</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-right: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$52,720,000.00</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$6,110.25</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Registered herein are 1,600,000 additional common shares of beneficial interest, par value $.001 per share (the &ldquo;Common
Shares&rdquo;), of Acadia Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;), that may be issued
pursuant to its Second Amended and Restated Acadia Realty Trust 2006 Share Incentive Plan (together with previous versions of such
plan, the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this Registration Statement shall also cover additional Common Shares that may become
issuable by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transactions effected without consideration
that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&rsquo;s outstanding Common Shares.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0; text-align: justify"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: justify">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Registrant previously filed a registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">(File No. 333-184117)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission </FONT>on <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">September 26, 2012 </FONT>registering
the issuance of Common Shares under the Plan. By filing this Registration Statement in accordance with Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8,
the Registrant registers the issuance of the 1,600,000 additional Common Shares approved for issuance under the Plan at the annual
meeting of the shareholders of the Registrant held on May&nbsp;9, 2016.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0; text-align: justify"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: justify">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Calculated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per
share of the Common Shares being registered is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee, based upon
the average of the high and low prices per share of the Common Shares, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 5,
2016, which is within five business days prior to the date of filing of this Registration Statement.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">On September 26, 2012, Acadia Realty Trust,
a Maryland real estate investment trust (the &ldquo;<B>Registrant</B>&rdquo;) registered 1,933,924 common shares of beneficial
interest, par value $.001 per share (the &ldquo;<B>Common Shares</B>&rdquo;), to be offered or sold to participants under the Amended
and Restated Acadia Realty Trust 2006 Share Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;<B>Original Plan</B>&rdquo;) pursuant to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-184117). The Second Amended and Restated Acadia Realty Trust 2006 Share Incentive Plan
(the &ldquo;<B>Plan</B>&rdquo;), as approved by the Registrant&rsquo;s shareholders on May&nbsp;9, 2016, amended and restated the
Original Plan, among other things, to increase the number of Common Shares available for issuance under the Original Plan by 1,600,000
Common Shares. This Registration Statement is being filed in order to register such additional 1,600,000 Common Shares which may
be offered or sold to participants under the Plan. The contents of the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File
No.&nbsp;333-184117), as updated by the information set forth below, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
in accordance with General Instruction E to&nbsp;Form S-8.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase; color: #010000">PART
II</FONT><BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.75in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">ITEM 3.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">The following documents, which have been
filed with the <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B>SEC</B>&rdquo;) </FONT>by
the Registrant, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement<FONT STYLE="background-color: white">:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></FONT>The Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the SEC
on February 19, 2016;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></FONT>The description of the Common Shares contained in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
May 21, 1993 (SEC File No. 33-6008), filed on May 26, 1993 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, as amended, including
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">(c)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></FONT>The Registrant&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14-A, filed on March 30, 2016 in connection with the
annual meeting held on May 9, 2016;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">(d)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></FONT>The Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016, filed with the
SEC on April 29, 2016, the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2016, filed with the SEC on July 27, 2016, and the fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 2016, filed with the SEC on October 28, 2016; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">(e)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></FONT>The Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 22, April 8, April 18, May 9, July
1, July 6, August 12, September 9 (Item 8.01 only), and September 12, 2016 (Item 5.02 only).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">All
reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the </FONT>Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>Exchange Act</B>&rdquo;) <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">(except for information furnished
to the SEC that is not deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for purposes of the Exchange Act) prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from
their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as &ldquo;<B>Incorporated
Documents</B>&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Any
statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.75in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">ITEM 6.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&rsquo;s
declaration of trust authorizes, and the Registrant&rsquo;s bylaws obligate it, to the maximum extent permitted under Maryland
law, to indemnify its trustees and officers in their capacity as such. Section 8-301(15) of the Corporations and Associations Article
of the Annotated Code of Maryland permits a Maryland REIT to indemnify or advance expenses to trustees and officers to the same
extent as is permitted for directors and officers of a Maryland corporation under the Maryland General Corporation Law (the &ldquo;<B>MGCL</B>&rdquo;).
The MGCL requires a Maryland corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which the Registrant&rsquo;s declaration of trust
does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding
to which he or she is made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The MGCL permits
a Maryland corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties,
fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made,
or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established
that (a) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (i) was committed
in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (b) the director or officer actually received an improper
personal benefit in money, property or services or (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable
cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. However, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment
in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly
received, unless in either case a court orders indemnification and then only for expenses. In addition, the MGCL permits a corporation
to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation&rsquo;s receipt of a written affirmation by the director
or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the
corporation and a written undertaking by such director or officer or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed
by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct was not met.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&rsquo;s
declaration of trust authorizes the Registrant, and its bylaws require the Registrant, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland
law, to indemnify (i) any present or former trustee or officer or (ii) any individual who, while serving as the Registrant&rsquo;s
trustee and at the Registrant&rsquo;s request, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise as a director, officer, partner,
member, manager, or trustee, from and against any claim or liability to which such person may become subject or which such person
may incur by reason of his or her service in such capacity or capacities, and to pay or reimburse his or her reasonable expenses
in advance of final disposition of such a proceeding.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&rsquo;s
bylaws also permit the Registrant, subject to the approval of its board of trustees, to indemnify and advance expenses to any
person who served a predecessor of the Registrant in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of the
Registrant or a predecessor of the Registrant.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In addition to the
above, the Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance on behalf of all of its trustees and executive officers against liability
asserted against or incurred by them in their official capacities with the Registrant, whether or not the Registrant is required
or has the power to indemnify them against the same liability.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to trustees, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.75in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">ITEM</FONT> 8.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">EXHIBITS</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 16%"><B>EXHIBIT NO.</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 84%"><B>DESCRIPTION</B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt">4.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">Second Amended and Restated Acadia Realty Trust 2006 Share Incentive Plan (included as an appendix to Registrant&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14-A, filed on March 30, 2016 in connection with the annual meeting held on May 9, 2016 (SEC File No. 001-12002), which is incorporated herein by reference)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">5.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">Opinion of Venable LLP</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">23.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Auditors</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">23.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.l)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">24.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">Powers of Attorney (included as a part of the signature page of this Registration Statement)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>Securities Act</B>&rdquo;)</FONT>, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rye, State of New York, on this 6th day of December,
2016.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><B>ACADIA REALTY TRUST</B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">A Maryland real estate investment trust (Registrant)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Kenneth F. Bernstein</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 1%">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 48%">Kenneth F. Bernstein</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">Each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Kenneth F. Bernstein and Jason Blacksberg, and each or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement (or any registration statement for
the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act) and to cause the same to
be filed, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their substitutes or
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"></P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Kenneth F. Bernstein</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December 6, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kenneth F. Bernstein</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ John Gottfried</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December 6, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">John Gottfried</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Richard Hartmann&#9;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December 6, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Richard Hartmann</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Lee S. Wielansky</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Independent Lead Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December 6, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Lee S. Wielansky</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Lorrence T. Kellar&#9;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December 6, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Lorrence T. Kellar</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Douglas Crocker II&#9;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December 6, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Douglas Crocker II</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Wendy Luscombe&#9;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December 6, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Wendy Luscombe</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ William Spitz&#9;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December 6, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">William Spitz</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Lynn Thurber&#9;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December 6, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Lynn Thurber</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ C. David Zoba&#9;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December 6, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">C. David Zoba</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt">4.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">Second Amended and Restated Acadia Realty Trust 2006 Share Incentive Plan (included as an appendix to Registrant&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14-A, filed on March 30, 2016 in connection with the annual meeting held on May 9, 2016 (SEC File No. 001-12002), which is incorporated herein by reference)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">5.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">Opinion of Venable LLP</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">23.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Auditors</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">23.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.l)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">24.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 4pt; text-align: justify">Powers of Attorney (included as a part of the signature page of this Registration Statement)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Exhibit 5.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B><I>[LETTERHEAD
OF VENABLE LLP]</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">December 6, 2016</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Acadia Realty Trust</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">411 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Suite 300</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Rye, New York 10580</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">Re:</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Registration Statement on Form S-8</U></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">We have served as Maryland counsel to Acadia
Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), in connection with certain matters of Maryland
law relating to the registration by the Company of 1,600,000 common shares (the &ldquo;Shares&rdquo;) of beneficial interest, par
value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the &ldquo;Common Shares&rdquo;), that the Company may issue pursuant to the Company&rsquo;s
Second Amended and Restated Acadia Realty Trust 2006 Share Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;), covered by the above-referenced
Registration Statement, and all amendments thereto (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;), filed by the Company with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities
Act&rdquo;), on or about the date hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">In connection with our representation
of the Company, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise
identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the &ldquo;Documents&rdquo;):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">1.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">2.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Declaration of Trust of the Company, as amended (the &ldquo;Declaration of Trust&rdquo;), certified by the State Department
of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the &ldquo;SDAT&rdquo;);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">3.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">4.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as of a recent date;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">5.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Plan;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">6.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>Resolutions (the &ldquo;Resolutions&rdquo;) adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Company, relating to the issuance of
the Shares and the approval of the Plan, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">7.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Acadia Realty Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership
(the &ldquo;Operating Partnership&rdquo;), as amended through the date hereof (the &ldquo;Partnership Agreement&rdquo;), certified
as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">8.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>A certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">9.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth below, subject
to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">In expressing the opinion
set forth below, we have assumed the following:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">1.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or another person, is legally competent
to do so.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">2.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">3.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered
each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such party&rsquo;s obligations set forth therein are legal, valid
and binding and are enforceable in accordance with all stated terms.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">4.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted
drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered.
All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all Documents
are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties,
statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification of
or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission
of the parties or otherwise.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">5.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Shares will not be issued or transferred in violation of the restrictions on transfer and ownership contained in Article
VI of the Declaration of Trust or any restrictions contained in the Plan. Upon the issuance of any of the Shares, the total number
of Common Shares issued and outstanding will not exceed the total number of Common Shares that the Company is then authorized to
issue under the Declaration of Trust.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">6.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>Each option, award, right or other security exercisable or exchangeable for a Share pursuant to the Plan (each, an &ldquo;Award&rdquo;)
will be duly authorized and validly granted in accordance with the Plan, and each Award will be exercised or exchanged in accordance
with the terms of the Plan and such Award, including any option or award agreement entered into in connection therewith.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">7.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>Any units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership issued pursuant to the Plan will have been duly authorized
and validly issued by the Operating Partnership and will be exchanged for Shares in accordance with the Partnership Agreement.
</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in; text-align: justify">Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the
assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">1.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Trust is a real estate investment trust duly formed and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland
and is in good standing with the SDAT.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">2.<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The issuance of the Shares has been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Resolutions
and the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">The foregoing opinion is
limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law. We express no opinion
as to the applicability or effect of federal or state securities laws, including the securities laws of the State of Maryland,
or as to federal or state laws regarding fraudulent transfers. To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is expressed
herein would be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, we do not express any opinion on such
matter. The opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of any judicial decision which may permit the introduction of parol
evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">The opinion expressed herein
is limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.
We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of
any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">This opinion is being furnished
to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit
that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.</P>

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of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</U></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: fuchsia"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Acadia
Realty Trust</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: fuchsia"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Rye,
New York</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: fuchsia"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">We
hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Second Amended and
Restated Acadia Realty Trust 2006 Share Incentive Plan of our reports dated February, 19, 2016, relating to the consolidated financial
statements, the effectiveness of Acadia Realty Trust&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting, and schedule of Acadia
Realty Trust appearing in the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: fuchsia"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
BDO USA, LLP</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: fuchsia"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">New
York, New York</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: fuchsia"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">December
6, 2016</FONT></P>

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