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Share Incentive and Other Compensation | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract] |
Share Incentive and Other Compensation | 13. Share Incentive and Other Compensation Share Incentive Plan On March 23, 2020, the Company’s Board approved the 2020 Share Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”), which increased the aggregate number of Common Shares authorized for issuance by 2,650,000 shares. The 2020 Plan authorizes the Company to issue options, Restricted Shares, LTIP Units and other securities (collectively “Awards”) to, among others, the Company’s officers, trustees and employees. At December 31, 2020 a total of 2,738,013 shares remained available to be issued under the Share Incentive Plan. Restricted Shares and LTIP Units During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued 396,149 LTIP Units and 13,766 restricted share units (“Restricted Share Units”) to employees of the Company pursuant to the Share Incentive Plan. Certain of these equity awards were granted in performance-based Restricted Share Units or LTIP Units with market conditions as described below (“2019 Performance Shares”). These awards were measured at their fair value on the grant date, incorporating the following factors:
| • | A portion of these annual equity awards is granted in performance-based Restricted Share Units or LTIP Units that may be earned based on the Company’s attainment of specified relative total shareholder returns (“Relative TSR”) hurdles.
| • | In the event the Relative TSR percentile falls between the 25th percentile and the 50th percentile, the Relative TSR vesting percentage is determined using a straight-line linear interpolation between 50% and 100% and in the event that the Relative TSR percentile falls between the 50th percentile and 75th percentile, the Relative TSR vesting percentage is determined using a straight-line linear interpolation between 100% and 200%.
| • | Two-thirds (2/3) of the performance-based LTIP Units will vest based on the Company’s total shareholder return (“TSR”) for the three -year forward-looking performance period relative to the constituents of the SNL U.S. REIT Retail Shopping Center Index and one-third (1/3) on the Company’s TSR for the three-year forward-looking performance period as compared to the constituents of the SNL U.S. REIT Retail Index (both on a non-weighted basis).
| • | If the Company’s performance fails to achieve the aforementioned hurdles at the culmination of the three-year performance period, all performance-based shares will be forfeited. Any earned performance-based shares vest 60% at the end of the performance period, with the remaining 40% of shares vesting ratably over the next two years.
For valuation of the 2020 and 2019 Performance Shares, a Monte Carlo simulation was used to estimate the fair values based on probability of satisfying the market conditions and the projected share prices at the time of payments, discounted to the valuation dates over the three-year performance periods. The assumptions include volatility (21.0% and 19.6%) and risk-free interest rates of (1.4% and 2.5%) for 2020 and 2019, respectively. The total value of the 2020 and 2019 Performance Shares will be expensed over the vesting period regardless of the Company’s performance. The total value of the above Restricted Share Units and LTIP Units as of the grant date was $10.4 million. Total long-term incentive compensation expense, including the expense related to the Share Incentive Plan, was $8.4 million, $8.8 million and $8.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively and is recorded in General and Administrative on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. In addition, members of the Board have been issued shares and units under the Share Incentive Plan. During 2020, the Company issued 42,680 LTIP Units and 53,058 Restricted Shares to Trustees of the Company in connection with Trustee fees. Vesting with respect to 17,492 of the LTIP Units and 19,474 of the Restricted Shares will be on the first anniversary of the date of issuance and 25,188 of the LTIP Units and 33,584 of the Restricted Shares vest over three years with 33% vesting on each of the next three anniversaries of the issuance date. The Restricted Shares do not carry voting rights or other rights of Common Shares until vesting and may not be transferred, assigned or pledged until the recipients have a vested non-forfeitable right to such shares. Dividends are not paid currently on unvested Restricted Shares, but are paid cumulatively from the issuance date through the applicable vesting date of such Restricted Shares. Total trustee fee expense, including the expense related to the Share Incentive Plan, was $1.4 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. In 2009, the Company adopted the Long-Term Investment Alignment Program (the “Program”) pursuant to which the Company may grant awards to employees, entitling them to receive up to 25% of any potential future payments of Promote to the Operating Partnership from Funds III, IV and V. As of December 31, 2020, t he Company has granted such awards to employees representing 25% of the potential Promote payments from Fund III to the Operating Partnership and 22.8% of the potential Promote payments from Fund IV to the Operating Partnership and 4.2% of the potential Promote payments from Fund V to the Operating Partnership. Payments to senior executives under the Program require further Board approval at the time any potential payments are due pursuant to these grants. Compensation relating to these awards will be recognized in each reporting period in which Board approval is granted. As payments to other employees are not subject to further Board approval, compensation relating to these awards will be recorded based on the estimated fair value at each reporting period in accordance with ASC Topic 718, Compensation– Stock Compensation. The awards in connection with Funds IV and V were determined to have no intrinsic value as of December 31, 2020. The Company did not recognize any compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, related to the Program in connection with Fund III, Fund IV or Fund V. A summary of the status of the Company’s unvested Restricted Shares and LTIP Units is presented below:
Unvested Restricted Shares and LTIP Units |  | Common Restricted Shares |  |  | Weighted Grant-Date Fair Value |  |  | LTIP Units |  |  | Weighted Grant-Date Fair Value |
Unvested at January 1, 2018 |  |  | 41,327 |  |  | $ | 26.92 |  |  |  | 910,099 |  |  | $ | 28.28 |
Granted |  |  | 22,817 |  |  |  | 23.65 |  |  |  | 425,880 |  |  |  | 26.80 |
Vested |  |  | (25,261 | ) |  |  | 30.79 |  |  |  | (431,827 | ) |  |  | 29.72 |
Forfeited |  |  | (428 | ) |  |  | 27.25 |  |  |  | (12,266 | ) |  |  | 28.57 |
Unvested at December 31, 2018 |  |  | 38,455 |  |  | $ | 22.44 |  |  |  | 891,886 |  |  | $ | 26.87 |
Granted |  |  | 25,359 |  |  |  | 28.56 |  |  |  | 350,726 |  |  |  | 32.75 |
Vested |  |  | (21,424 | ) |  |  | 27.12 |  |  |  | (290,753 | ) |  |  | 29.30 |
Forfeited |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (15,679 | ) |  |  | 31.49 |
Unvested at December 31, 2019 |  |  | 42,390 |  |  |  | 23.73 |  |  |  | 936,180 |  |  |  | 28.24 |
Granted |  |  | 66,824 |  |  |  | 13.70 |  |  |  | 440,829 |  |  |  | 19.64 |
Vested |  |  | (19,264 | ) |  |  | 27.72 |  |  |  | (250,241 | ) |  |  | 30.44 |
Forfeited |  |  | (39 | ) |  |  | 24.77 |  |  |  | (3,879 | ) |  |  | 24.67 |
Unvested at December 31, 2020 |  |  | 89,911 |  |  | $ | 15.42 |  |  |  | 1,122,889 |  |  | $ | 24.38 |
The weighted-average grant date fair value for Restricted Shares and LTIP Units granted for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were $18.86 and $32.50, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, there was $15.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the Share Incentive Plan. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.5 years. The total fair value of Restricted Shares that vested for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, was $0.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively. The total fair value of LTIP Units that vested (LTIP units vest primarily in the first quarter) during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, was $7.6 million and $8.5 million, respectively. Other Plans On a combined basis, the Company incurred a total of $0.3 million of compensation expense related to the following employee benefit plans for each of the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018: Employee Share Purchase Plan The Acadia Realty Trust Employee Share Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”), allows eligible employees of the Company to purchase Common Shares through payroll deductions. The Purchase Plan provides for employees to purchase Common Shares on a quarterly basis at a 15% discount to the closing price of the Company’s Common Shares on either the first day or the last day of the quarter, whichever is lower. A participant may not purchase more than $25,000 in Common Shares per year. Compensation expense will be recognized by the Company to the extent of the above discount to the closing price of the Common Shares with respect to the applicable quarter. A total of 5,266 and 2,320 Common Shares were purchased by employees under the Purchase Plan for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Deferred Share Plan During 2006, the Company adopted a Trustee Deferral and Distribution Election, under which the participating Trustees earn deferred compensation. Employee 401(k) Plan The Company maintains a 401(k) plan for employees under which the Company currently matches 50% of a plan participant’s contribution up to 6% of the employee’s annual salary. A plan participant may contribute up to a maximum of 15% of their compensation, up to $19,000, for the year ended December 31, 2020.

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