[GreenHornet]

The plan is to create the infrastructure and framework for independence from land and the problems that come with it

So, they're building a cruise ship?

[Charles Martel]

So, they're building a cruise ship?

Sounds more like one of those "eco-pod" experimental community structures, only floating (presumably anchored) in the Gulf Stream.

It's not as cool as, say, a Bond film villain's lair: