livemercial Purchases Monolithic Dome
Livemercialâ„¢ has purchased a landmark building to help facilitate expansion. The internet marketing company has won a sealed-bid auction for the former Natural Ovens Monolithic Dome.
The former Natural Ovens Bakery, located next to Indiana 49 and Route 2 in Valparaiso, IN, has been mostly unoccupied since Wisconsin-based Natural Ovens closed operations at the facility nearly 5 years ago. The monolithic dome is one of a kind and its unique architecture is very environmentally friendly; the building uses 50% less energy than that a comparatively-sized building.
“It’s a very unusual building, but we’re a very unusual company,” said CEO Johnny Mathis, Jr.
Livemercialâ„¢ plans to turn the dome into an information technology hub and put Valparaiso, Indiana on the map as an information technology center.
“Valparaiso is already a center of learning with 3 major universities based there,†said a company spokesman, “it’s only natural that businesses would want to tap into the highly educated population.â€
Valparaiso, Indiana is considered a suburb of Chicago and attracts visitors and workers from throughout the Chicago metropolitan region.
“This acquisition will ensure that we can continue expanding, innovating and developing technology in this very unique place.â€
The monolithic dome has nearly 60,000 square feet of space and has two levels; an open floor plan where the bakery’s production once took place and a mezzanine office level that looks out on the former production area. The building features solid concrete construction that has been designed to withstand a category 5 tornado.
