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WILLISJR Companies is a real estate development, construction and capital firm founded in 2023 by Joseph Willis Jr. Headquartered in Chicago, the firm has renovated and sold residences in Chicago’s Gold Coast and South Shore neighborhoods and the south suburbs, holds a long-term rental portfolio in Chicago and Hazel Crest, Illinois, and contributed construction work to the Bronzeville Lakefront redevelopment. In 2025 it launched a Houston building department, where 602 Gregg Street, its first ground-up residence, is under construction. The firm operates through WILLISJR Development, Willis Construction Group and W Capital. Learn more at wjrcompanies.com.

Founder & CEO
Joseph Willis Jr.
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Markets
Chicago · Houston
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