Miriam Harris has over two decades of experience executing complex real estate transactions and leading large-scale ground up developments.
Miriam is Senior Vice President of Transit Oriented Development at the MTA where she leads a team of real estate and planning professionals working on transformational public-private development projects using underutilized transit owned assets. She founded MGH Advisory LLC, a real estate consulting firm in 2023. Before that she was the Head of Development for Priya Living where she led their real estate group in the national roll out of its singular and preeminent Indian inspired senior living brand. Prior to Priya, Miriam was the Executive Vice President of Trinity Place Holdings Inc. (NYSE:TPHS). In this role, she directed all aspects of the company’s real estate business including the development of 77 Greenwich, a 300,000 square foot mixed-use luxury condominium, retail, and elementary school project in Lower Manhattan, as well as the acquisitions, sales, leasing, and asset management of properties in the New York tristate area. Miriam also served as Executive Vice President and Head of the Real Estate Transaction Services Group for the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) where she negotiated public-private development deals on behalf of the Bloomberg Administration such as The Cornell Tech Campus and Essex Crossing. Miriam began her career at Forest City Ratner Companies where she was instrumental in the development of The New York Times Building as well as the companies’ hotel developments.
Miriam earned a Master in Urban Planning from Harvard University, an M.A. from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. with Honors from Swarthmore College. Miriam is an active member of the Urban Land Institute and WX – New York Women Executives in Real Estate.
