Lee Albert Miglin (July 12, 1924 â€" May 4, 1997) was an American
business tycoon and philanthropist. After starting his career as a
door-to-door salesman and then broker, Miglin became a successful real
estate developer. He was murdered in his home in May 1997 by Andrew
Cunanan, a serial killer.Miglin was one of seven children born to a
Roman Catholic family of Lithuanian descent; his father worked as a
Central Illinois coal miner.Miglin began his career selling silverware
door-to-door and pancake batter out of the trunk of his car. In 1956,
at the age of 31, he began his real estate career, taking a job as a
broker with Chicago real estate magnate Arthur Rubloff. At Arthur
Rubloff & Co., Miglin would first get involved with warehouse
construction, later moving into office development. One of the
projects he was involved in was the development of the first two of
the three towers at the President's Plaza office complex near
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (he would later develop the
third tower in 1985 with his firm Miglin-Beitler). Miglin was regarded
as an early developer of the business park developments.Miglin formed
a successful real estate development partnership with J. Paul Beitler,
who had also worked at Rubloff & Co, creating the firm Miglin-Beitler
Developments in 1982. Among the projects developed by the firm were
Madison Plaza, 181 West Madison Street, Oakbrook Terrace Tower (the
tallest building in Illinois outside of Chicago) The firm also managed
properties.
business tycoon and philanthropist. After starting his career as a
door-to-door salesman and then broker, Miglin became a successful real
estate developer. He was murdered in his home in May 1997 by Andrew
Cunanan, a serial killer.Miglin was one of seven children born to a
Roman Catholic family of Lithuanian descent; his father worked as a
Central Illinois coal miner.Miglin began his career selling silverware
door-to-door and pancake batter out of the trunk of his car. In 1956,
at the age of 31, he began his real estate career, taking a job as a
broker with Chicago real estate magnate Arthur Rubloff. At Arthur
Rubloff & Co., Miglin would first get involved with warehouse
construction, later moving into office development. One of the
projects he was involved in was the development of the first two of
the three towers at the President's Plaza office complex near
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (he would later develop the
third tower in 1985 with his firm Miglin-Beitler). Miglin was regarded
as an early developer of the business park developments.Miglin formed
a successful real estate development partnership with J. Paul Beitler,
who had also worked at Rubloff & Co, creating the firm Miglin-Beitler
Developments in 1982. Among the projects developed by the firm were
Madison Plaza, 181 West Madison Street, Oakbrook Terrace Tower (the
tallest building in Illinois outside of Chicago) The firm also managed
properties.
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