Acadia Realty Trust CEO and leadership

Kenneth F. Bernstein is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Acadia Realty Trust, which he co-founded in 1998. Acadia Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust specializing in the acquisition, redevelopment and management of open air retail properties. Acadia owns, or has ownership interest in over 100 properties totaling approximately $2.5 billion dollars in value.



Acadia executes its growth initiatives through a series of discretionary institutional acquisition funds. Acadia recently launched Fund IV which is capitalized to acquire $1.5 billion dollars of retail properties.

Mr. Bernstein served as Chief Operating Officer of RD Capital until its merger with Mark Centers Trust in 1998, creating Acadia Realty Trust. Prior to that, Mr. Bernstein was an associate with the New York law firm of Battle Fowler, LLP.

Mr. Bernstein received his BA from the University of Vermont and his JD from Boston University School of Law. Mr. Bernstein sits on the Board of Trustees of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He sits on the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) Board of Governors, and is a member of Urban Land Institute (ULI), and the Real Estate Roundtable. In addition to being a member of the World President’s Organization (YPO-WPO), where he was the founding chairman of the Real Estate Network and currently sits on the Board of Advisors, he also sits on the Department of Real Estate Advisory Board at Baruch College. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of BRT Realty (NYSE:BRT) as well as Golub Capital (NASDAQ:GBDC).

John Gottfried is a Chief Financial Officer at ACADIA REALTY TRUST and is based in Greater New York City Area. He has worked as Partner at Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC).

Jason Blacksberg is a Senior VP/Chief Compliance Ofcr/Secy/Gen Cnsl at ACADIA REALTY TRUST and is based in Greater New York City Area. He has worked as Law Clerk at U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; Associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell; and Senior VP/General Counsel at ACADIA REALTY TRUST. Jason works or has worked as Senior VP:Invsmt/Asst Gen Cnsl at The Trump Organization. He studied at University of Pennsylvania between 1993 and 1997 and Georgetown Law between 1999 and 2002.

Christopher Conlon is an Exec VP/COO at ACADIA REALTY TRUST and is based in Greater New York City Area. He has worked as SVP Leasing and Development at Acadia Realty Group, Partner at Ripco Real Estate Corp, and Senior VP:Leasing & Dev at ACADIA REALTY TRUST. Christopher studied at St. John's University School of Law between 1985 and 1988 and State University of New York.

Kenneth F. Bernstein is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Acadia Realty Trust, which he co-founded in 1998. Acadia Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust specializing in the acquisition, redevelopment and management of open air retail properties. Acadia owns, or has ownership interest in over 100 properties totaling approximately $2.5 billion dollars in value.



Acadia executes its growth initiatives through a series of discretionary institutional acquisition funds. Acadia recently launched Fund IV which is capitalized to acquire $1.5 billion dollars of retail properties.

Mr. Bernstein served as Chief Operating Officer of RD Capital until its merger with Mark Centers Trust in 1998, creating Acadia Realty Trust. Prior to that, Mr. Bernstein was an associate with the New York law firm of Battle Fowler, LLP.

Mr. Bernstein received his BA from the University of Vermont and his JD from Boston University School of Law. Mr. Bernstein sits on the Board of Trustees of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He sits on the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) Board of Governors, and is a member of Urban Land Institute (ULI), and the Real Estate Roundtable. In addition to being a member of the World President’s Organization (YPO-WPO), where he was the founding chairman of the Real Estate Network and currently sits on the Board of Advisors, he also sits on the Department of Real Estate Advisory Board at Baruch College. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of BRT Realty (NYSE:BRT) as well as Golub Capital (NASDAQ:GBDC).