UNTOUCHED For 8 Years | ABANDONED IBM Complex With EVERYTHING Left Behind

Up a long driveway along the New Jersey - New York border sits a massive abandoned office and convention hall. This is the Palisades IBM Conference Center. Inside was an entire self-contained campus spanning many acres. Over two hundred private guest rooms, large conference halls and auditoriums, an underground restaurant, lounges, a full fitness center, an indoor swimming pool, offices with personal things left behind, and so much more. Everything was carefully planned, clean, controlled, and professional - a reflection of IBM itself at the time. For decades, they weren't just a technology company - they helped build the modern world, with governments, banks, and global corporations relying on their systems. So, when IBM trained its people, it didn't do it in rented hotel ballrooms; it built places like this. Ultimately, it was designed to be in a comfortable atmosphere where employees, engineers, and high-level executives could be brought in to train, strategize, and focus without distractions. For years, it ran successfully, but corporate priorities quickly changed. As IBM downsized and its operations shifted, properties like this became unnecessary. In 2016, the company sold the entire complex to a Chinese-owned convention and hospitality group for tens of millions of dollars, with plans to repurpose it as a large-scale conference and event center. On paper, it was a success, but after the sale, they struggled to find constant use, even turning into a Covid-19 testing center, and by around 2020, operations were completely shut down. However, that was only the start of the problems; a mechanical malfunction spilled petroleum into the lake on the property, pipes burst inside the building, completely flooding the basements. And at one point, emergency crews were called - but they were unable to drive in because of sinkholes forming along the roadways. As of recently, vandals have completely wrecked it, and security has been put in place, but we were able to take a look at it in its untouched state in 2024. Join me as we explore.

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