Adaptive-reuse screening lane: older hotels and motels evaluated for residential
conversion across five lenses. This module is a draft analyst — it
surfaces red flags and open questions, and never issues a verdict.
Diagnostic reference only — not investment advice, not engineering, not legal or
zoning advice.
This lane has no scoring thresholds — the knowledge base carries
principles only ([VERIFY] / [RULE OF THUMB]). Findings are structural questions
for the architect, counsel, and the founder's judgment. Nothing here is engine
logic until calibrated.
0 · Asset & deal context
1 · Physical / structural
Deep double-loaded slabs are the hard conversion case.
Hotel-to-residential is a change of occupancy; grandfathering does not transfer.
2 · Zoning / entitlement
Designation = tax-credit upside AND design-review constraint. Both noted.
3 · Market (housing)
4 · Financial (your numbers only)
Used only for the fee-capitalization display.
5 · Legal / encumbrance
Sub-30 years without renewal options hurts financeability.