The elite building survival bunkers in New Zealand and elsewhere

What is Coming? Elite Feverishly Building Survival Bunkers: "Fear Of Uprising From The 99%"

Zero Hedge,

14 April, 2016

Panicked Elite Buying Bomb-Proof Luxury Survival Bunkers to Escape Civil Unrest, Disasters

Panicked members of the elite are buying luxury bomb-proof underground survival bunkers because they fear mass civil unrest might be on the horizon.

mass civil unrest might be on the horizon.

The company behind the construction of the sprawling complexes, Vivos, says the facilities are for the“protection of high net worth individuals” in the event of apocalyptic-style scenarios during which “millions will perish or worse yet, struggle to survive as victims”.

“Where will you go when pandemonium strikes?” asks a promo for the luxury shelters.

The biggest facility, called Europa One, is located in Germany and is “one of the most fortified and massive underground survival shelters on Earth, deep below a limestone mountain” and is “safely secured from the general public, behind sealed and secured walls, gates and blast doors”.

Journalist Lynn Parramore said she also visited another site in Indiana which is a former Cold War communications facility.

“Built during the Cold War to withstand a 20 megaton blast, within just a few miles, this impervious underground complex accommodates up to 80 people, for a minimum of one year of fully autonomous survival, without needing to return to the surface,” states a promo for the bunker on the Vivos website.

The main selling point is the location of the facility, which is a “safe distance away from the New Madrid fault line” and therefore a good hideaway to escape a “tsunami-type event”.

“You go underground and it feels like you’re in a very nice hotel,” said Parramore.

“This is for wealthy people who are concerned about various disaster scenarios, but a common theme among them is a fear of civil unrest, a fear of an uprising from the 99%,” she dded.

Units in some of the underground shelters, which also come with a year’s supply of food and water, start at around $35,000 dollars but the largest ones sell for upwards of $3 million dollars.

“There is no assurance that our race will continue, therefore it is our responsibility to do everything we can to survive,” warns the Vivos website, which invites elitists to contact them for further information that is on a “need to know” basis only.

As we reported last week, millionaires are fleeing Chicago and other major cities due to concerns over racial tensions and rising crime rates.

“About 3,000 individuals with net assets of $1 million or more,” left Chicago in just the last year alone according to the Chicago Tribune.

Paris and Rome are also seeing a mass exodus of millionaires, while wealthy elites are also installing panic rooms in their big city apartments due to fears over potential civil unrest and skyrocketing crime.

Land and remote homes in places like New Zealand are also popular with the global 1%, with realtors citing the threat of worldwide financial instability and domestic disorder as motivating factors behind the purchases.

Not mentioned in this report  but Mr. Abramov's "retreat" has 

concrete bunkers.

Inside billionaire Alexander Abramov's $50 million New Zealand retreat

REALTOR: “PARANOIA” DRIVING WEALTHY TO BUY HOMES IN NEW ZEALAND

Rich American clients concerned about personal safety, global crises

Infowars, 

31 January, 2016

“Paranoia” is one of the primary factors motivating the wealthy to purchase secret getaways in New Zealand, according to one realtor, with concerns about personal safety and global crises driving the search to acquire a safe haven in a remote location.

During the Davos Economic Forum, economist Robert Johnson made headlineswhen he revealed that “hedge fund managers all over the world….are buying airstrips and farms in places like New Zealand because they think they need a getaway.”

Johnson highlighted growing income inequality as a driving factor behind the threat of civil unrest and economic turmoil.

The economist’s revelation was confirmed by realtors who handle luxury property in New Zealand who say that the world’s third safest country is a draw for the super rich due to its political stability and low crime rate.

“Yes, there is definitely a degree of paranoia when trouble erupts and they start looking for somewhere that is safe and stable,” Matt Finnegan, of Sotheby’s Realty in New Zealand told the Daily Mail. “It might be that the people who don’t particularly want to migrate here still want to have somewhere to run to in times of trouble,” he dded.

Finnegan notes that rich clients from the US are voicing concerns about “personal safety” as a reason for buying property in New Zealand, while wealthy Brits have also, “expressed concerns about what is happening around them.”

His comments are echoed by Terry Spice, director of Luxury Real Estate, who told the Mail, “We certainly see increases in international inquiries to our portfolio of luxury properties throughout the country when a global crisis, civil or global conflict and economy weaknesses are discussed.”

“More and more high net worth individuals want a “safe haven” or “legacy asset” they can count on should things go wrong in their country of residence,” he concluded.

As we revealed yesterday, the potential for widespread civil unrest around the globe has never been greater, both as a result of growing wealth inequality as well as political factors such as disenfranchisement with governments, social alienation and lack of community.