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    <periodOfReport>2023-03-09</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2023-03-09</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>ACADIA REALTY TRUST</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AKR</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>BERNSTEIN KENNETH F</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ACADIA REALTY TRUST</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>411 THEODORE FREMD AVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>RYE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10580</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
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    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Common Shares of Beneficial Interest - $.001 Par Value</value>
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                <value>Common Shares of Beneficial Interest - $.001 Par Value</value>
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                <value>Common Shares of Beneficial Interest - $.001 Par Value</value>
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            <deemedExecutionDate>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This Form 4 is being amended to correct the reporting of this open market purchase, which was inadvertently coded with an &quot;A&quot; code rather than a &quot;P&quot; code. The original Form 4 was filed timely. The reporting person did not engage in any sales within six months of the transaction.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Kenneth F. Bernstein</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-06-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
