CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Top-producing real estate agents Mary Haight, Joe Zimmerman, Josh Weinberg and Tommy Choi today announced their new partnership to open Chicago’s first Keller Williams market center in Lincoln Park. This ownership and leadership team comprised of MKT Properties and Weinberg Choi Realty will significantly increase the KW presence in the Chicago residential real estate market. Co-founders Weinberg and Choi and their support team of agents will operate under the Keller Williams banner.
“We are thrilled to be joining forces with Tommy and Josh, two of the city’s most highly influential residential brokers,” said Joe Zimmerman, who will now co-lead the Keller Williams Chicago operation with partners Haight, Weinberg and Choi. “When Mary and I joined Keller Williams, our first order of business was to partner with like-minded agents who have the potential to change the Chicago market landscape. Together with Josh and Tommy, we have the depth and expertise to accomplish that goal.”
Weinberg and Choi founded their brokerage firm in June 2007, and have been recognized consistently among the Chicago Association of REALTORS® top one percent of producing agents. “This move is a great opportunity to take our services and offerings to the next level in Chicago with a powerhouse organization,” said Choi. “Keller Williams is an agent-centric company, with high-level tools, trainings and proven models that allow agents to see and reach their potential and become highly successful.”
“One of the reasons we are making this move is because the cultures of our two organizations align so well,” said Weinberg. “We’ve always been committed to the personal development of our agents, and to giving back to our community with our 365 Days of Giving program. These also are core beliefs of Keller Williams.”
“This is an exciting time for Keller Williams in Chicago and the entire region,” said John Schumacher, Director of the Keller Williams Mid-American region. “The combined productivity of these partners from MKT Properties and Weinberg Choi is surpassed only by their quality as human beings. It became very clear from our earliest interactions with all four of them that they were a powerful match with our values and culture.”
According to Schumacher, the Keller Williams Lincoln Park market center will be the fourth of seven launches currently in process in the region, with plans for 16 additional in the near future. “This is a time of dramatic growth for Keller Williams internationally as well. We've become the world's largest real estate franchise and one of the nation's leading training and consulting companies across all industries,” he said.
Choi serves on the Board of Directors and is the incoming Treasurer of the Chicago Association of REALTORS®. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of REALTORS®. Choi and Weinberg’s work and clients have been featured on HGTV’s House Hunters and House Hunters Renovation.
About Keller Williams Realty, Inc.
Austin, Texas-based Keller Williams Realty, Inc. is the largest real estate franchise by associate count in the world with more than 800 offices and 140,000 associates across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. Since 1983, Keller Williams has grown exponentially and continues to cultivate an agent-centric, education-based, technology-driven culture that rewards agents as stakeholders. www.kw.com
