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This small, concrete building in Delavan, IL, on the market for a measly $35,000 could be a perfect buy for a prepper who wants to bug out from polite society.
Or, as listing agent Brandon Boe of Legacy Land Company suggests, it could be an ideal grow house for a lucrative strain of greenery.
Come Jan. 1, 2020, recreational marijuana will be legal in Illinois.
That includes this tiny town of around 1,700 residents, in a rural area in the center of the state. Dubbed the “Tazewell County Bunker,” this building has never been used as a single-family home. It sits on 1.24 acres a few miles outside of town.
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In fact, the current owners bought the bomb-proof structure (for $19,000) for cannabis-related purposes, outfitting the building with electricity and a rubber roof. But when permitting for a weed-related business became too difficult, they decided to unload it.
“They originally bought it to grow marijuana as Illinois now legalizes it,” says Boe.
And the owner before that? He bought it in 2013 with plans to transform the place into a man cave.
Apparently this area of Central Illinois—55 miles north of the capital city of Springfield—is growing way more than corn. Quite a few marijuana farms have sprouted nearby, says Boe. Chicago is less than three hours away and St. Louis two hours. The closest large city is Peoria, a 38-minute drive.
Constructed during the 1960s, when Cold War tensions ran hot, the building was intended as a backup communications station in case of nuclear fallout. The adjacent radio tower has since been razed.
“The high-frequency AT&T radio towers are obsolete now, and they’ve basically all been abandoned,” says Boe.
Whether it turns into a prepper’s paradise or modernized marijuana hub, this building is built to last—and to keep prying eyes out.
“If somebody was to try to break into it, it would be very difficult,” says Boe. “The concrete’s actually a foot-and-a-half-thick.”
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