It comes as no surprise that the business to dethrone Roland Realty’s reigning spot as Best Leasing Company in Champaign-Urbana is JSM Living. The family-owned company has run the local rent scene for more than 50 years, managing over 1,300 apartments and counting across the greater campus area.
In 2024, the company grappled with hundreds of potential tenants lining up at its Green Street location for in-person lease signings. Despite initial struggles to meet the staggering demand, JSM transformed its leasing structure into a more streamlined virtual system, which it has maintained amid soaring tenant numbers.
JSM offers a swath of practical amenities for its residents, like its wide-reaching VIP program, which offers discounts to participating members at over 20 popular campus businesses.
Its upcoming residence building, The Station, is just two blocks west of the Bardeen Quadrangle and is expected to open this fall. If recent history is any guide, JSM may greet yet another deluge of hungry students ready to devour the company’s spectacular units at The Station. Better sign up for a leasing appointment fast!
