A Cold War treasure gets a luxury makeover as ‘doomsday’ condoms

“From here to anywhere” is the motto of the Debert business park, but it feels like the middle of nowhere.

On Canada’s east coast, about 113 km (70 mi) north of Halifax, Nova Scotia, it was once a military base where thousands of soldiers trained during World War II. Now it’s a mix of old buildings and empty parking lots, surrounded by thin, scrubby woods.

But there is a luxurious and attractive future in the large grassy mound that rises at one end of the park.

Canadian crypto mogul Jonathan Bahai plans to turn a 64,000-square-foot nuclear bomb shelter into crisis-proof condos where billionaires can ride all kinds of risks.

The 50-unit project, managed by Baha’is Fallout Complex Inc., offers amenities such as a “self-sustaining” food source, biometric access, round-the-clock surveillance and on-site medical services. Renters with private jets can land at the nearby Debert Airport.

After purchasing the site commonly known as The Diefenbunker, In the year For C$31,300 ($22,000; £16,500) in 2013, Bahá’í initially pursued a different business model that included laser tagging and historical tours with a small information center.

Project owner Paul Mansfield told the local council last autumn: “There is more uncertainty in the world than in the last two years in 30 years. It has led to a rebirth of people wanting to have an insurance policy” – ‘doomsday bunkers’.

The company works with Bespoke Home and Yacht Security, a German company that Mansfield says has provided security for US Vice President JD Vance and reality star Kim Kardashian, although their client list is not public.

Recommended measures for the upcoming complex Bespoke, which has already sold 11 units, include flying drones to scan the perimeter, Mansfield said.

The upgrade plans include a spa, yoga room and cigar lounge. The state-of-the-art OLED lighting replicates natural light, and the nearby cellar is used for food production.

When the condominium owners are away, the rooms are rented out for hotel stays and the profits are shared. Both the purchase price and the rental price are confidential.

“If someone rented something like a hotel room and something happened and they had to be evicted, they would be evicted,” Mansfield said.

Former Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker said seven bunkers were built across the country from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s to hold the remains of government officials during nuclear war.

The vault in Debert is designed to withstand the risk of a nuclear explosion and hold 329 people for at least 30 days.

But by the time the banks were completed, they were already obsolete – long-range missile targeting was superior and nuclear bombs had become more powerful. Instead, the Debert bunker became a regional emergency warning center before closing in 1996 for cost-cutting measures.