Lee Miglin was a Chicago

Chicago

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 real estate developer who made millions in the building boom of the 1980s. Miglin was the third victim of Andrew Cunanan

Andrew Cunanan

Andrew Phillip Cunanan was an American serial killer who murdered at least five people, including fashion designer Gianni Versace, during a three-month period in 1997, ending with Cunanan's suicide, at age 27...

's 1997 murder spree. He was gouged, stabbed and tortured with five-foot-long pruning shears before he was ultimately defeated by a garden saw to the throat.

Born to a coal miner of Lithuanian descent

Lithuanian-American

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, Miglin eventually became a prominent figure in Chicago real estate. In 1989 J. Paul Beitler, Miglin's partner, began to trumpet a proposed 125-story structure to be built in Chicago; however, the Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle

Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle

The Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle was a proposed 125-floor skyscraper intended for Chicago, United States by Lee Miglin and J. Paul Beitler. The site of the proposed Skyneedle now is host to a parking garage. However, across the street from the parking garage is another César Pelli project, 181 West...

 was never built.

The concept of integrating office and warehouse space, commonly referred to as a business park, is credited to Lee Miglin.

Miglin was married to former model and cosmetics executive Marilyn Miglin.