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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * POVINELLI JOSEPH   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) 12/30/2005 (Street) WHITE PLAINS, NY 10605 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 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 01/06/2006   A   6,262 (1) A $ 20.12 41,202 (2) D   Common Shares of Beneficial Interest - $.001 Par Value 12/30/2005   A   94 (5) A $ 15.22 41,296 (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

Options to purchase Common Shares

$ 20.65

01/06/2006

A

3,479 (3)

01/06/2008

01/06/2016

Common Shares

3,479 (3)

(3)

7,134 (4)

D

Reporting Owners

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

Signatures

/s/ Joseph Povinelli		02/08/2006
**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 6, 2006 ("Grant Date"), Mr. Povinelli was awarded these common shares of beneficial interest ("Restricted Shares"). These Restricted Shares carry some of the rights of unrestricted shares including dividend rights, but may not be transferred, assigned or pledged until Mr. Povinelli has a vested, non-forfeitable right to these shares. Vesting is subject to Mr. Povinelli's continued employment with the Company through the applicable vesting dates occurs over the next four years from the Grant Date. In addition, the vesting of certain Restricted Shares is contingent upon the Company's shareholder return on annual earnings exceeding certain thresholds in the year such vesting is scheduled to occur. These Threshholds will be tested on an annual and cumulative basis.
(2)	Includes 14,048 unvested Restricted Shares and 1,110 vested Restricted Shares of a total of 15,158 Restricted Shares issued to Mr. Povinelli in 1999 through 2006.
(3)	On December 30, 2005, Mr. Povinelli was awarded these options to purchase common shares of beneficial interest which vest, subject to Mr. Povinelli's continued employment with the Company through the applicable vesting dates, over the next two years.
(4)	Includes 2,378 vested Options and 4,756 unvested Options for a total of 7,134 Options issued to Mr. Povinelli in 1999, 2001, 2005 and 2006.
(5)	These common shares of beneficial interest ("Common Shares") were purchased by Mr. Povinelli pursuant to the Company's Employee Share Purchase Plan (the "Purchase Plan"), which allows employees of the Company to purchase Common Shares through payroll deductions. Pursuant to the Purchase Plan, the Common Shares are purchased on a quarterly basis based on 85% of the closing price of the Common Shares as of the first or last day of the quarter, whichever is lower.

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