Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann once did work at a Trump property the ex-president called 'iconic and wonderful'

• Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann was contracted to do renovations at the Trump Building.
• According to a NYC Dept. of Buildings filing, Heuermann's firm did work on the 17th floor of the building.

Donald Trump's company once paid New York architect Rex Heuermann, the suspect for the Gilgo Beach murders, hundreds of thousands of dollars for renovations on a New York building that the former president owns.

In 2018, the Trump Organization appears to have contracted Heuermann for plumbing and office renovations at a 71-story Wall Street building now known as The Trump Building, according to an NYC Department of Buildings filing first covered by the Real Deal. Heuermann was paid $205,017 for his work, according to that filing.

One of Heuermann's firms, Rex A. Heurmann Architect PC, worked on a "renovation of office space on the 17th floor to include minor partition and plumbing changes," according to the filing.

"Mr. Heuermann has never worked for the Trump Organization in any capacity," a Trump Organization spokesperson told Insider in an emailed statement. "According to our records, he was hired by a third-party tenant, who vacated years ago, to perform minor architectural work in their individual space."

The Trump Organization maintained that the work was in fact for one of the building's tenants. Steve Lafiosca, a Trump Organization property manager, was listed in the filing.

The Trump Organization purchased the 1930s building for less than $8 million in 1995, the Real Deal reported. In 2015, while on the campaign trail, Trump deemed the property "iconic and wonderful," according to Bloomberg.

Heuermann, a famous New York architect, was arrested last week and charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder in the killings of three women between 1996 and 2011, related to an unsolved Gilgo Beach, Long Island, cold case. Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Heuermann did not return Insider's request for comment. Heuermann's attorney did not immediately return Insider's request for comment.

Suffolk County investigators said last week that Heuermann left behind a trail of macabre internet searches for torture porn, pizza crusts, and burner phones.