Trinity Place Holdings, Inc. (OTC:TPHS) announced today that Miriam G.
Harris has joined the company as Executive Vice President. In this role,
Ms. Harris will be involved in all aspects of Trinity’s real estate
business and she will be based in the company’s new Manhattan offices
when the company moves from New Jersey this summer.
Miriam Harris (Photo: Business Wire)
A seasoned real estate industry executive, Ms. Harris brings more than
16 years of acquisition, development, leasing, financing, marketing and
asset management experience to Trinity. Most recently, Ms. Harris served
as an Executive Vice President and Co-head of the Real Estate
Transaction Services Group for the New York City Economic Development
Corporation (NYCEDC) where she oversaw some of the most complex
public-private land development deals completed under the Bloomberg
Administration. Notable projects spearheaded by Ms. Harris included the
Applied Sciences Project that led to the successful designation of
Cornell NYC Tech, a partnership of Cornell University and the Technion –
Israel Institute of Technology to develop a 2 million square foot
mixed-use graduate engineering campus on Roosevelt Island, the 62-acre
Willets Point redevelopment project and the 1.9 million square foot
Seward Park mixed-use development.
Prior to joining NYCEDC, Ms. Harris spent over a decade at Forest City
Ratner Companies (FCRC) where she served as Vice President for
Commercial Development and managed the acquisition, development,
marketing and leasing of the 1.6 million square foot New York Times
Building in Times Square. During her tenure at FCRC, Ms. Harris also
contributed to the company’s hotel development projects, including the
Embassy Suites Hotel (currently the Conrad Hotel) in Battery Park City
and the Hilton Times Square.
Ms. Harris earned a Masters in Urban Planning from Harvard University, a
Masters in Art History from the University of Chicago and Bachelor’s
degree from Swarthmore College.
Matthew Messinger, President & CEO of Trinity Place Holdings, stated: “I
cannot be more pleased that such a talented and experienced real estate
professional has joined Trinity’s leadership team. Miriam’s broad-based
experience, from financial analysis, financing and acquisitions to
development, marketing and leasing, and her deep knowledge of the New
York Metro market will serve our company and our shareholders well. I
welcome my former colleague to the Trinity family."
Trinity will open the company’s new headquarters this summer at 717
Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Trinity Place Holdings was
represented on this new lease by David Rosenbloom and Emily Weber of
Cushman and Wakefield and the Landlord, Equity Office was represented by
Zachary Freeman of CBRE and Jessica Kanfer at Equity Office.
About Trinity Place Holdings, Inc.
Trinity Place Holdings currently has significant real estate in three
states and a variety of consumer-sector intellectual property rights.
Trinity’s assets include real estate in markets such as Westbury, New
York, Paramus and Secaucus, New Jersey, West Palm Beach, Florida, and
“Trinity Place,” one of lower Manhattan’s premier development sites. In
addition, Trinity intellectual property includes rights related to the
Filene's Basement trademarks. The company is currently traded OTC under
the symbol TPHS. Its current assets are the legacy of certain Syms Corp.
and Filene’s Basement holdings as a result of those companies having
emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy under a plan of reorganization in
September 2012. More information on the Company can be found at www.trinityplaceholdings.com
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