Hoffler Creek Wildlife Preserve - Portsmouth, VA
Hoffler Creek Oyster Reef
Oyster Reef building in Hoffler Creek located in Portsmouth, Va. as part of the mitigation for the Craney Island Eastward Expansion project.
Craney's mitigation impact, new oyster reef in Hoffler Creek
Under the murky waters of Hoffler Creek in Portsmouth Virginia, a new home is under construction.
The new .2-acre dwelling will house hundreds of thousands of baby oysters as part of the mitigation efforts for Craney Island Eastward Expansion Project.
The mitigation project is a $70 million component of a much larger $900 million Craney Island eastward expansion that will build land for a new port terminal said Doug Martin, Norfolk District project manager.
The environmental restoration offsets the impacts the terminal has on the Elizabeth River's bottom.
What this does is it restores certain areas of the bay that unfortunately suffered from a lot of heavy industrialization back in the 1960s and it brings the habitat's back that were lost, said Heather Wood, Virginia Port Authority vice president for government affairs.
Located just offshore of the Hoffler Creek Preserve, the new reef is the smallest of six reefs that are a part of the mitigation plan.
Small manly because this whole creek is relatively small and the other thing is it is just very shallow; there is just not a whole lot of areas we can get our heavy equipment in, said Dave Schulte, Norfolk District oceanographer.
According to Schulte, even though the reef is petite compared to the other projects, the impact of hundreds of thousands of spat on the reef will still be large.
When they start to spawn and they release their larvae throughout the creek, these larvae will settle on any hard surface in here accumulate more oysters increase the environmental benefit so by say five- year post construction we should see a real difference in the oyster population and hopefully the water quality in here, Schulte said.
For Helen Kuhns, the executive director of the Hoffler Creek Preserve, the oyster reef just offshore of the preserve fits perfectly with their mission.
We are very much interested in conservation and water quality is important to us, so the capacity of improving the water quality with this oyster reef is very exciting for us, said Kuhns.
The construction of this reef and the other five like it in the Elizabeth River watershed helps in allowing the Port of Virginia to grow with rising demand.
Basically, throughout the nation, cargo inflows are growing at an average rate of 6 percent a year, there is the opening of the Panama Canal, which is going to bring more cargo to the east coast ports, Wood said.
Which means a huge economic impact for the nation.
It will create just over 54,000 sustainable permanent jobs within the commonwealth, and it will generate over $16 billion in national economic development benefits, Wood said.
Along the banks of Hoffler Creek in Portsmouth Virginia, Patrick Bloodgood.
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Here's some history!
Portsmouth is located on the western side of the Elizabeth River directly across from the City of Norfolk. In 1620, the future site of Portsmouth was recognized as suitable shipbuilding location by John Wood, a shipbuilder, who petitioned King James I of England for a land grant. The surrounding area was soon settled as a plantation community.[4]
Harbor at Portsmouth in 1843; the Naval Hospital is visible in the background
Portsmouth was founded by Colonel William Crawford, a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.[5] It was established as a town in 1752 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly and was named for Portsmouth, England.[4]
In 1767, Andrew Sprowle, a shipbuilder, founded the Gosport Shipyard adjacent to Portsmouth. The Gosport Shipyard at Portsmouth was owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia after the American Revolutionary War and was sold to the new United States federal government.
In 1855, the Portsmouth and Norfolk area suffered an epidemic of yellow fever which killed 1 of every three citizens. It became an independent city from Norfolk County in 1858.
During the American Civil War, in 1861, Virginia joined the Confederate States of America. Fearing that the Confederacy would take control of the shipyard at Portsmouth, the shipyard commander ordered the burning of the shipyard. The Confederate forces did in fact take over the shipyard, and did so without armed conflict through an elaborate ruse orchestrated by civilian railroad builder William Mahone (soon to become a famous Confederate officer). The Union forces withdrew to Fort Monroe across Hampton Roads, which was the only land in the area which remained under Union control.
In early 1862, the Confederate ironclad warship CSS Virginia was rebuilt using the burned-out hulk of USS Merrimack. Virginia engaged the Union ironclad USS Monitor in the famous Battle of Hampton Roads during the Union blockade of Hampton Roads. The Confederates burned the shipyard again when they left in May 1862.
Following the recapture of Norfolk and Portsmouth by the Union forces, the name of the shipyard was changed to Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The name of the shipyard was derived from its location in Norfolk County. The Norfolk Naval Shipyard today is located entirely within the city limits of Portsmouth, Virginia. The Norfolk Naval Shipyard name has been retained to minimize any confusion with the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, which itself is actually located in Kittery, Maine, across the Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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Multifamily, Construction Boosting Results at Armada Hoffler
Louis Haddad, president and CEO of Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. (NYSE: AHH), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2015: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Wynn Las Vegas.
Armada Hoffler develops, builds, owns and manages institutional-grade office, retail and multifamily properties in markets throughout the Mid-Atlantic United States. The company specializes in high-barrier-to-entry properties.
Haddad observed that as the company continues to actively manage its portfolio, it is not seeking a particular balance between the various components.
“We’re looking for the best opportunities. Right now, the balance is skewed a little more toward the retail side, but that is subject to change at any minute,” he said.
Haddad also discussed the company’s capacity to raise its earnings guidance for the last three consecutive quarters. He attributed the improved outlook to faster lease-ups in the multifamily sector, as well as “superior results” in the construction side of the business. “It sets us up very well for next year (2016),” he said.
Haddad elaborated on Armada Hoffler’s construction operations.
The company offers general contracting, construction management and design build project delivery, as well as a broad spectrum of preconstruction services. Haddad said opportunities are “at an all-time-high right now.” Armada Hoffler has been able to “earn money at the highest end of its range for the last couple of years, and we see that continuing,” according to Haddad.
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