---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-033006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AKR"
cik: "0000899629"
company_name: "ACADIA REALTY TRUST"
filed_at: "2023-07-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T08:32:00.655429+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acadia Realty Trust dismisses BDO as auditor, appoints Deloitte for FY2023

## Summary
- Audit committee dismissed BDO USA and appointed Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor, effective July 13, 2023.
- BDO's 2022 and 2021 reports were unqualified except for an adverse opinion on internal controls in 2021 related to a prior restatement.
- No disagreements with BDO on accounting principles, financial statement disclosure, or audit scope during the two most recent fiscal years.
- Change resulted from a competitive process among several accounting firms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-033006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AKR
- cik: 0000899629
- company_name: ACADIA REALTY TRUST
- filed_at: 2023-07-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/899629/000095017023033006/0000950170-23-033006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/899629/000095017023033006/akr-20230713.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-033006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-033006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-033006.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  ACADIA REALTY TRUST engaged Deloitte & Touche LLP ("Deloitte") as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Deloitte & Touche LLP ("Deloitte")
  source text: Audit Committee appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, effective concurrent with the dismissal of BDO.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/899629/000095017023033006/0000950170-23-033006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.