WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2014--
Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) today announced the appointment of Jason
Blacksberg as Senior Vice President, General Counsel. Mr. Blacksberg
succeeds Robert Masters, who is remaining with Acadia as a Senior Vice
President and Senior Legal Counsel.
“I am very excited to join with Acadia's talented management team and to
help them grow the dynamic platform they have created,” said Mr.
Blacksberg. “I am fortunate to be joining such a well-respected company
with a track record of success and a commitment to sustained growth.”
Mr. Blacksberg comes to Acadia with significant real estate and
corporate law experience, having worked as an Associate at the law firm
of Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, NY where he led numerous
commercial real estate and corporate transactions.
“Jason’s broad legal and business expertise combined with his leadership
style fit in well with the executive team and will add significant value
to Acadia,” said Acadia’s Chief Executive Officer Ken Bernstein. “His
experience and passion for real estate are a great match for Acadia’s
business and growth agenda as we focus on strategic opportunities in the
retail real estate sector.”
Following his time at Davis Polk, Mr. Blacksberg worked as the Senior
Vice President of Investments and Assistant General Counsel in the law
department of The Trump Organization in New York, NY. In this role, he
spearheaded several complex real estate and commercial transactions. Mr.
Blacksberg began his legal career as a Law Clerk for Chief Judge Marilyn
Huff in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of CA. He received
his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and his bachelor’s
degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
About Acadia Realty Trust
Acadia Realty Trust, a fully-integrated equity real estate investment
trust, is focused on the acquisition, ownership, management and
redevelopment of high-quality retail properties located in key street
and urban retail corridors as well as suburban locations within
high-barrier-to-entry, densely-populated metropolitan areas along the
East Coast and in Chicago. Acadia owns, or has an ownership interest in,
these properties through its core portfolio and through a series of
opportunistic/value-add investment funds. Additional information may be
found on the Company’s website at www.acadiarealty.com.
Certain matters in this press release may constitute forward-looking
statements within the meaning of federal securities law and as such may
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that
may cause the actual results, performances or achievements of Acadia to
be materially different from any future results, performances or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements include statements regarding Acadia’s
future financial results and its ability to capitalize on potential
opportunities arising from continued economic uncertainty. Factors that
could cause the Company’s forward-looking statements to differ from its
future results include, but are not limited to, those discussed under
the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s most
recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 26,
2014 (“Form 10-K”) and other periodic reports filed with the SEC,
including risks related to: (i) the current global financial environment
and its effect on retail tenants; (ii) the Company’s reliance on
revenues derived from major tenants; (iii) the Company’s limited control
over joint venture investments; (iv) the Company’s partnership
structure; (v) real estate and the geographic concentration of the
Company’s properties; (vi) market interest rates; (vii) leverage; (viii)
liability for environmental matters; (ix) the Company’s growth strategy;
(x) the Company’s status as a REIT; (xi) uninsured losses and (xii) the
loss of key executives. Copies of the Form 10-K and the other periodic
reports Acadia files with the SEC are available on the Company’s website
at www.acadiarealty.com.
Any forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of
the date hereof. Acadia expressly disclaims any obligation or
undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in
Acadia’s expectations with regard thereto or change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Source: Acadia Realty Trust
Acadia Realty Trust
Jon Grisham, 914-288-8100