Argas Shipping & Receiving Port

Along the coast of Argas lies the citiy's shipping and receiving port. Before the "Sin Wars", the coastline of Argas was littered with housing projects, farms, and large storehouses for crops and trade goods. When the wars started, a national mandate was enacted, stating that the coastline was to be evacuated by the public, and that it would be refitted for defense purposes of the city.
The storehouses would be repurposed as factories for defense goods, and building materials for war vehicles. The housing projects that were evacuated were to be commandeered by the military as use for barracks for the troops of the city. The troops were to guard the coastline, protect factory workers, and protect the defense interests of the city. The people who worked in those factories would enjoy armed escorts into, and out of the port sector, with security checks to make sure that defense secrets were not leaving with the citizens.
After the wars ended, property had a hard time selling as housing or business infrastructure. A wealthy business owner, a drow by the name of Vivian Alexander, purchased all of the old housing projects, and warehouses. She would have the less usable buildings demolished and rebuilt into large port storage facilities, and shipping and receiving ports to heavily increase trade in Argas. This inevitably lead to an influx in employment to the area, which pulled in many different people from across Variel, and increased tourism. This business development is often credited with turning Argas into the multicultural mecha that it today, and one of the things that lead to it being designated as a political neutrality zone. The shipping and receiving port remains one of the most heavily employed districts in Argas, with a rich historical district.

Type

Seaport