Abandoned Missile Silos Turned Survival Condo

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Imagine you are a millionaire or billionaire anxious about a deadly virus spreading around the globe. What would you do and where would you go? How about Survival Condo, a 15-story deep Cold War-era missile silo that has been repurposed as a luxury condo complex?

The weapons that once occupied this space were called Atlas missiles, the first missiles capable of crossing continents to deliver an Armageddon-level nuclear warhead. By 1965 the Atlas had become obsolete and the 72 missile sites were decommissioned.

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Half the silos were destroyed by the government. The remaining empty silos and the land around them were auctioned off. Farmers often bought them for pennies on the dollar and used the land for grazing. Larry Hall, the developer, and owner of Survival Condos looked at these abandoned silos and saw a business opportunity. These were enormous underground cylindrical bunkers with hardened concrete walls up to nine feet thick and built to withstand a direct nuclear strike — a perfect place to hide out from a world-ending disaster.

In 2008, Hall worked with the state of Kansas to find a silo that could be adapted for residential living. After acquiring one such silo in 2010, Hall started the arduous task of pumping out 1.3 million gallons of accumulated rainwater and gutting the silo of rusting launch structures and debris. With the silo emptied, Hall constructed a state-of-the-art underground condo building with a twist. The occupants of this luxury condo building, with redundant power systems, military-grade air filters and a five-year supply of food and water, could survive the apocalypse.

Not a surprise that he’s gotten a surge of interest in his Survival Condos thanks to the rise of COVID-19. Survival Condo units cost $1.5 million for 900 square feet or $4.5 million for 3,600 square feet. And prices can go higher if you customize the space.

Each unit is equipped with an upscale modern kitchen and bathroom as well as “virtual windows,” wall screens that show a video-relayed current view of the outside world. The building also features a gym, a swimming pool, and a movie theater, alongside waste-processing facilities, a shooting range, a dog walking area, a classroom, and aquaculture.

If you are interested (and have the bucks) click here Survival Condo …also, are you single? Asking for a friend.

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