The Electrum Group

Short term lease availability! Beginning around December 15, 2023 and available through about July 15, 2024 with some flexibility to meet your schedule. This big 1-bedroom unit overlooking West Side Park and close to Downtown, Champaign is less than a mile down University Avenue from the University of Illinois.
https://electrumgroup.com/309-w-university-%23-2

Electrum is very pleased to announce our latest addition: The John Ekstrom Studios in downtown, Champaign. This amazing 3,000 square foot studio/retail/restaurant/light manufacturing space is now available for rent for the first time in nearly half a century!
https://electrumgroup.com/the-john-ekstrom-studios

The first tenants of Alchemy House (funded by The Electrum Group) begin their transition from homelessness.

Well placed and functional, original fixtures offer an element of uniqueness and style that simply can't be matched by their modern counterparts. But poorly placed and ill-treated original fixtures are never easy to live with. Knowing when, and how, to update takes years of practice. Fortunately, we're celebrating 30 years in 2021 ;)

Befores and afters of a unit where "original" had served their purpose...

As we celebrate 30 years of providing homes in Champaign-Urbana, Electrum is humbled and honored to present 𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞.

Funded by Electrum and administered by C-U at Home, Champaign-Urbana's leading homeless advocacy organization, Alchemy House will provide a stable, rent-free home for up to four people a year as they transition from homelessness.

This remodeled 800-square foot 1920s cottage features two private bedrooms, a full kitchen, laundry facilities, a recreation room and a large yard. But above all, it will provide the opportunity for our community’s friends without addresses to regain their footing for a better future.

C-U at Home is a grassroots, 501 c (3), faith-based homelessness ministry with facilities located in the Champaign-Urbana area.

The Electrum Group, Inc. is celebrating its 30th year in 2021 as one of Champaign-Urbana’s highest-rated landlords.

To coincide with the launch of Alchemy House, Electrum is also announcing the Alchemy Initiative, an effort to secure at least 10 new members for C-U at Home’s “Hope Givers” monthly support team. Becoming a Hope Giver is quick and easy but also an incredibly significant way to contribute to CU at Home’s efforts to restore dignity and hope for those most in need in Champaign-Urbana. Be sure to drop in “Alchemy Initiative” in the comments section of the donation page:

https://www.cuathome.us/

Electrum thanks our local election workers by buying them a cup of coffee at Champaign's best coffee shop, Flying Machine Avionics. Grab a bag of Page Roasting Company coffee while you're there!

Hey everyone!

Two things.

One, the changes in restrictions starting Monday are things we have already been doing here in the cafe. So nothing will really change on our end. Carryout only. Only a few people at a time. Etc. Thank you so much for all the support up until now. This is not ideal, but we still feel the love.

And two, if you or someone you know is an election judge/poll worker. We* would like to buy you a drink. So stop in for a free drink starting today and into next week. I don’t think badges or credentials are involved in that...so we are just gonna operate on the honor system;)
Ok, happy Halloween or whatever. Please vote.

*sponsored by the electrum group.

Preserving "antique" properties often means trying to save the details that gives a property its character, even if that means greater time and expense than the alternative of discarding and replacing with new. This gorgeous 1930s-vintage polychrome bronzed five-bulb fixture was barely functioning when we bought the property in early 2020. It was painstakingly disassembled, rewired, and fitted with "Edison" style LED bulbs before being reintroduced. Safer, brighter, and irreplaceable in its original location.