How the work is done

From question to report

1. Scope. Each report starts with a written brief: the question as people actually ask it, who is asking, what they will decide, and the sub-questions the report must answer. Hypotheses are written down as hypotheses, so the evidence can overturn them.
2. Source pass. We work through filings, government datasets, public records, planning documents, and dated reporting, and we call people: operators, brokers, engineers, utility and economic development staff, and others with direct knowledge of the subject. AI speeds up the document search. The conversations are what explain the documents, and often what tells us which documents to ask for. Every material factual claim that survives goes into a ledger with the figure, document or source, link, date, and source strength.
3. Verification. Each ledger entry is checked against the document itself and marked verified, rejected, or in need of better data. Local and industry knowledge is added here, and labeled as such.
4. Draft. Verified facts form the draft. Estimates, calculations, inferences, and local observations appear only when clearly identified as such. Every material figure is cited to its source.
5. Final check. Before publication, every material figure is checked again against its cited source. The review looks specifically for transcription errors, unsupported conclusions, missing context, and language that is stronger than the evidence.

Source strength

Every source is labeled so readers can weigh it.

Two distinctions come up often. An announced investment is not a completed investment. A projection is someone's forecast, not a fact about the future.

How AI is and is not used

Our own system. Redchip research runs on an AI research system we built and operate, not a consumer chatbot. It works through filings, public records, planning documents, and datasets over many steps, compares them against each other, and places material claims in a source ledger. The research behind a single report has so far taken roughly ten hours of AI compute.

AI is used to search widely, organize documents, compare sources, find patterns, and test assumptions. It does not replace the calls.

AI is not used as a source. A figure found by AI is a lead until the underlying document confirms it, and that check is done by hand. Every published conclusion receives human review.

Gaps, corrections, and disclosure

Gaps. Some markets have no reliable public data on vacancy, rents, or absorption. When that is the case, reports say so and explain what was used instead.

Corrections. When we identify a material error, or someone shows us one, we correct the report and note the change and its date at the end of it. Some questions cannot be settled from outside the parties involved. Job counts, private costs, and lease terms are often defined differently by different sources or not disclosed at all. Where that is true, the report describes what the evidence does and does not establish rather than picking a number.

Disclosure. Redchip Ventures is the parent of Arkvera Grove Partners, a deal advisory firm, and its founder is a partner in Vanguard Industrial Partners, a design-build developer. Where Redchip, an affiliate, or the writer of a report has a direct interest in its subject, the report says so. Reports by partners and guest writers carry the same disclosure.