Lucien is a great host and the apt is lovely. So spacious, stylish, and incredibly clean. The bed was also super comfy. Loads of hot water. Good Wi-fi. Lucien is so easy to contact and always replies very promptly. He was very kind also.
Perfect transport links (1.5 min walk to the green line CTA) - especially for the conference centre. Bit further from the main city but easy to hop on the CTA, which has great connections and is very reasonably priced. Also easy to get to and from the airport on the CTA to the apt. In the evenings we preferred to get a taxi back from the city late rather than the CTA (for extra safety) - and this cost approx $15
I’d definitely recommend staying here. One tip would be - liase with Lucien in advance if you will need more than one set of keys (ie not always coming and leaving the apt together) to ensure there is a spare set available (a prior tenant had lost them currently), and check you can get in the bottom lock on the main front door (I struggled a bit with this). Both of these issues we got round though as Lucien was so nice and accommodating.