“From here to anywhere” is the motto of Debert Business Park, but it seems to be in the middle of nowhere. Just 113 kilometers (70 miles) north of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Canada’s east coast, it was once a military base where thousands of soldiers trained during World War II. Now it is a mix
“From here to anywhere” is the motto of Debert Business Park, but it seems to be in the middle of nowhere.
Just 113 kilometers (70 miles) north of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Canada’s east coast, it was once a military base where thousands of soldiers trained during World War II. Now it is a mix of old buildings and empty parking lots, bordered by fine coniferous forests.
But there are promises of a luxurious and glamorous future on the large grassy hump that appears at one end of the park.
Canadian crypto tycoon Jonathan Baha’i plans to convert the 64,000-square-foot nuclear shelter into crisis-proof condominiums where billionaires can withstand all kinds of cataclysms.
The 50-unit project, managed by Baha’is Fallout Complex Inc, will offer amenities such as gourmet dining from a “self-sufficient” food source, biometric access, 24-hour security and on-site medical services. Renters with private planes can land at the nearby small Debert airport.
After purchasing the site, commonly called The Diefenbunker, In 2013 for C$31,300 ($22,000; £16,500), Baha’i first pursued a different business model that included laser tag and historical tours, along with a small data center.
“In the last two years there is more uncertainty in the world than in the last 30,” Paul Mansfield, co-owner of the project, told the local city council last fall. “It kind of led to a renaissance of people who wanted to have an insurance policy, a ‘doomsday bunker.'”
The company will work with German firm Bespoke Home and Yacht Security, which Mansfield said had provided security for US Vice President JD Vance and reality star Kim Kardashian, although its client list is not public.
The measures recommended by Bespoke for the next complex, of which 11 units have already been sold, include flying drones to inspect its perimeter, according to Mansfield.
Renovation plans also include a spa, yoga room and smoking lounge. Modern OLED lights will replicate natural light and an adjacent elevated bunker will be used to grow food.
When condo owners are not present, units will be rented for hotel stays and profits will be shared. Both the purchase cost and the rental cost are secret.
“If someone was renting it out as a hotel room and something happened and they had to be kicked out, they would be kicked out,” Mansfield said.
Former Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker had seven bunkers built across the country from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, intended to house a skeleton crew of government officials in the event of a nuclear war.
Debert’s bunker was designed to withstand a near-impact from a nuclear explosion and sustain 329 people for at least 30 days.
But by the time the bunkers were finished, they were already obsolete: long-range missiles had advanced and nuclear bombs had become too powerful. Instead, the Debert bunker was converted into a provincial emergency warning center before it was closed in 1996 as a cost-cutting measure.
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