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Lee Miglin (Lee Albert Miglin) was born on 12 July, 1924 in Westville, Illinois, U.S., is an American real estate developer (1924–1997). Discover Lee Miglin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Lee Albert Miglin
Occupation Real estate developer, business tycoon, philanthropist
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 12 July 1924
Birthday 12 July
Birthplace Westville, Illinois, U.S.
Date of death 4 May, 1997
Died Place Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Marilyn Klecka (m. 1959)

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1924

Lee Albert Miglin (July 12, 1924 – 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 an early developer of business parks.

His firm, at one point, proposed the construction of the Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle, which was planned to be the tallest building in the world.

1956

In 1956, at the age of 31, Miglin began his real estate career.

1959

In 1959, Miglin married 20-year-old Marilyn Klecka, a Roman Catholic of Czech descent.

Klecka, a successful entrepreneur known as the Queen of Makeovers, established a prominent perfume and cosmetics company and appeared on the Home Shopping Network.

1960

In the early 1960s, he took 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.

1968

They would have two children together, Marlena (born 1968) and Duke Miglin (born 1971), the latter of whom would become an actor.

1982

Miglin formed a successful real estate development partnership with J. Paul Beitler, who had also worked at Rubloff & Co. Together, they founded the firm Miglin-Beitler Developments in 1982.

Among the projects developed by the firm were Madison Plaza (200 West Madison), 181 West Madison Street, and Oakbrook Terrace Tower (the tallest building in Illinois outside of Chicago).

In addition to constructing developments, the firm also managed properties.

1985

Miglin 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.

He worked at Rubloff & Co. for 25 years.

1988

In 1988, Miglin-Beitler Developments unveiled plans to construct a 1,999 foot 125-floor skyscraper in Chicago to be called the Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle.

This would have been the tallest building in the world at the time of its planned completion.

1990

However, the building was never built, with plans faltering during a 1990 downturn of Chicago's downtown office market.

Miglin-Beitler had held hopes of resurrecting the project, but these hopes would be dashed by Miglin's murder.

After Miglin-Beitler Developments began shifting its focus away from development and towards property management in the 1990s, Miglin gradually withdrew from the daily operations but still remained involved in the company.

Miglin was a well-regarded figure in Chicago and was known for his philanthropy.

1997

Miglin was murdered in his home in May 1997 by Andrew Cunanan, a spree

killer.

Miglin was one of seven children born to a Roman Catholic family of Lithuanian descent.

His father was a Czech immigrant who worked as a Central Illinois coal miner and also owned a tavern, ice cream parlor, and soda distributorship.

Miglin was born in Westville, Illinois.

Miglin trained as an air cadet during World War II, before attending the University of Illinois.

Miglin began his professional career selling silverware door-to-door and pancake batter out of the trunk of his car.

After this, he sold frozen cheesecakes, and subsequent to that sold TV dinners.

He quit his salesman job to spend a six month trip across Europe.

After this, he decided to make an effort to go into real estate to make substantial money.

Miglin was murdered on May 4, 1997, by the spree killer Andrew Cunanan.

Miglin's body was found in the garage of his home in Chicago's Gold Coast Historic District.

He had been bound at the wrists, and his head was bound with tape, with only a breathing space under his nostrils.

He had been tortured with a saw and a screwdriver, his ribs had been broken, he had been beaten and stabbed, and his throat had been slit with a gardener's bow saw.

Cunanan was already wanted in Minneapolis for murdering his friend Jeffrey Trail and his own ex-lover David Madson a few days earlier.

1998

Miglin-Beitler Developments merged in 1998 with the New York City real estate Howard and Edward Milstein to form the Chicago-based firm Miglin Beitler Real Estate (MBRE).

In 2022, it was announced that Houston-based Transwestern was acquiring the firm.