---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-425260"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AKR"
cik: "0000899629"
company_name: "ACADIA REALTY TRUST"
filed_at: "2026-10-19T20:16:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-19T20:17:09.583373+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acadia Realty appoints ex-National Storage Affiliates CEO Tamara Fischer to board

## Summary
- Board appointed Tamara Fischer as trustee effective Oct 19, 2026; term runs to the 2027 annual meeting; she joins the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Fischer was Executive Chairperson of National Storage Affiliates (NSA) from April 2023 until its July 2026 acquisition by Public Storage; previously NSA CEO, President and CFO.
- She currently serves as an independent director at Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE: MAA) since 2023 and at JLL Income Property Trust, where she chairs the Audit Committee.
- Prior roles: CFO of Vintage Wine Trust (2004-2008) and Chateau Communities (1993-2003); director of Duke Realty (NYSE: DRE) from 2020-2022; inactive CPA.
- Compensation follows the non-employee trustee program described in Acadia's 2026 proxy statement filed March 31, 2026; no related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-425260
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AKR
- cik: 0000899629
- company_name: ACADIA REALTY TRUST
- filed_at: 2026-10-19T20:16:13+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/899629/000119312526425260/0001193125-26-425260-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/899629/000119312526425260/akr-20261019.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-425260.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tamara Fischer was appointed as Trustee at ACADIA REALTY TRUST.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Trustee
  source text: On October 19, 2026, the board of trustees (the “Board”) of Acadia Realty Trust (the “Company”) appointed Tamara Fischer as a trustee of the Company, effective as of the same day, to serve until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until her successor is duly elected and qualifies.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/899629/000119312526425260/0001193125-26-425260-index.htm

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