Paul Milstein was a real estate developer and philanthropist. Born in New York City he attended DeWitt Clinton High School and the New York University School of Architecture. The family enterprises began with Morris Milstein, who emigrated to the United States from Russia and founded Circle Floor Company, Inc., a wood flooring company, in 1919. Circle Floor grew and, after World War II, expanded into floor tile, acoustical ceilings and drywall construction. By 1960, Morris’ son, Paul, led Circle Floor to dominate the New York market, installing floors - and later walls and ceilings - in many of New York's best known modern landmarks: Rockefeller Center, the United Nations campus, LaGuardia and Kennedy airports, Lincoln Center, the World Trade Center and the new Madison Square Garden. Paul Milstein launched the family's first real estate development projects in the 1950s in partnership with his brother Seymour. During the past six decades, Milstein Properties and its affiliates have been one of New York City’s leading full-line developers of residential and commercial property. Through various family controlled entities, the Milstein family has built or bought multi-family residential properties with more than 50,000 apartments, 8,000 hotel rooms and 20,000,000 square feet of office space. Their companies, Milstein Brothers Real Estate and Milford Management, manage the organization’s residential and commercial space. The family made its mark in Manhattan as Paul Milstein saw and seized the potential in numerous transitional neighborhoods. Paul and his sons, Howard and Edward, invested in large-scale building projects that catalyzed growth, development and revival. These legendary projects include:² Wikipedia [ - ]

Paul Milstein was a real estate developer and philanthropist. Born in New York City he attended... [ + ]