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Flagship Case Study

Archangel – Convertis

A public-facing case study for Convertis, an AI engineering project focused on real estate screening, deterministic feasibility scoring, analyst review, and structured decision-support outputs.

CRE ScreeningExplainable ScoringAI ResearchScorecards
Convertis public workflow showing property input, location data, scoring, AI research, and benchmarking.
Sanitized public hero visual derived from the Convertis asset set.

Interview Brief

Problem

Commercial real estate screening requires repeatable property intake, reliable location context, and outputs analysts can inspect.

Role

Framed the workflow, extracted the public case-study narrative, and separated presentable architecture from private implementation detail.

System

Decision-support workflow with structured intake, deterministic scoring, AI research support, source approval, and benchmark-ready outputs.

Signal

Shows how AI can support CRE operations when scoring logic, evidence, review states, and tradeoffs stay visible.

Overview

Convertis is a structured AI-enabled decision-support system for commercial real estate screening. The project is better framed as an explainable screening and scorecard platform than as a simple model interface.

The workflow starts with a property address and property type, enriches the request with location context, computes a deterministic commercial feasibility score, supports AI-assisted research, and produces reviewable scorecards and benchmarking outputs.

The public architecture emphasizes bounded inputs, transparent scoring criteria, analyst approval points, reusable evidence, and structured outputs that can support repeatable property review.

Role / Contribution

  • Translated the source technical specification into a public case-study structure with clear architecture, data-flow, engineering notes, and publishable visual assets.
  • Separated public product and AI-engineering concepts from internal implementation details so the case study can be shown as portfolio material without exposing private configuration.
  • Framed the system around analyst workflows, explainable scoring, source approval, structured scorecards, and comparable-property review.

System Architecture

Step 01

Property Intake

Step 02

Location Context

Step 03

Signal Extraction

Step 04

Feasibility Scoring

Step 05

AI Research Support

Step 06

Source Approval

Step 07

Scorecard Review

Primary Flow

Property IntakeLocation ContextSignal ExtractionFeasibility ScoringAI Research SupportSource ApprovalScorecard Review
Public Convertis workflow diagram showing intake, location context, scoring, research support, review, and outputs.
Public-facing architecture view focused on workflow, scoring logic, analyst review, and business outputs.

Data Flow

  1. An analyst enters a property address and property type to create a bounded screening request.
  2. The system enriches the property with location and nearby-place context suitable for commercial feasibility review.
  3. Signal extraction converts location context into comparable criteria such as amenity density, retail concentration, transit proximity, and data confidence.
  4. A deterministic scoring layer computes an overall score, grade, criterion breakdown, signal values, and human-readable explanation.
  5. AI-assisted research supports evidence collection, source review, and preliminary commercial or technical scorecard drafting.
  6. Approved outputs become reviewable scorecards, insights, benchmark comparisons, and property-level artifacts.

Technical Components

Property intake and screening request definition
Location-signal collection and normalization
Deterministic commercial feasibility scoring
Score profile and criterion breakdown
AI-assisted research and evidence extraction
Analyst source approval workflow
Scorecard synthesis and review
Comparable-property benchmarking outputs

JSON Output Example

{
  "project": "Archangel – Convertis",
  "workflow": "property_screening",
  "input": {
    "property_type": "mixed_use_retail",
    "market": "South Florida",
    "address_status": "geocoded"
  },
  "signals": {
    "amenity_count": 42,
    "retail_concentration": "high",
    "transit_proximity": "medium",
    "data_confidence": 0.82
  },
  "scorecard": {
    "overall_score": 78,
    "grade": "B+",
    "criteria": [
      {
        "name": "commercial_density",
        "score": 84,
        "explanation": "Nearby-place concentration supports customer access."
      },
      {
        "name": "accessibility",
        "score": 71,
        "explanation": "Transit proximity is acceptable but not dominant."
      }
    ]
  },
  "review": {
    "analyst_review_required": true,
    "approved_sources": 5,
    "benchmark_ready": true
  }
}

Engineering Notes

  • A deterministic scoring core is a strong engineering choice because analysts can inspect the signal values, criterion breakdown, grade, explanation, and scoring version behind the final result.
  • AI is positioned as a research and synthesis layer, not as the sole decision-maker. The system remains more credible when source approval and scorecard review stay visible.
  • Benchmarking gives the workflow a practical business endpoint: the result is not just a generated summary, but a comparable property record that supports repeated review.
  • The public case study intentionally excludes private configuration, environment settings, operational controls, and internal security notes.

Key Takeaways

  • Demonstrates the difference between productizing AI and adding an isolated model endpoint.
  • Shows how deterministic business logic and AI-assisted research can work together in a governed workflow.
  • Highlights practical CRE screening concerns: location context, explainable feasibility scoring, source approval, scorecards, and comparable-property benchmarking.
  • Provides a strong flagship case study for AI engineering, workflow design, and structured decision-support systems.