Birmingham, Alabama
Jefferson County's free parcel map names the owner of every one of Birmingham's 99,007 Jefferson County parcels, and the Tax Assessor's portal adds deed histories with prices, so the city's towers, arenas and public land can be traced to their owners from the county's own record.
8 buildings · 6 with an owner established · 2 sources · 4 tier A · 4 tier B · prepared 2026-10-14
Alabama records title by deed with the county Judge of Probate; there is no state title register. Jefferson County's GIS publishes a parcel map service, refreshed nightly, that names the owner of every parcel with its appraised and assessed value, free and without registration, and the Tax Assessor's public portal adds each parcel's deed history with grantor, grantee and, where one was declared, the sale price. Birmingham spans Jefferson and Shelby counties; this record covers the Jefferson County part, which is most of the city.
The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Tower 420 20th St N 553,101 sq ft (Assessor living area) |
Office | RSS JPMBB2015-C31 DE HSP LLC Parcel 22 00 36 2 020 001.000, 0.80 acres, 2026 appraisal $68,070,700 (land $1,470,000), net tax $797,500. The county map names RSS JPMBB2015-C31 DE HSP LLC; the Assessor roll still carries HPT Sunbelt Portfolio LLC 'c/o' that LLC, mailing to Miami. Deed history: 29 May 2015, HUB Properties REIT Inc to HPT Sunbelt Portfolio LLC, $75,980,000; 2011, $68,500,000; 1984, $6,024,000. The name points to a vehicle of the JPMBB 2015-C31 mortgage-securities trust, i.e. a lender taking the tower back; no filing we opened says so. |
Private company | $0 2025-12 Deed of 10 Dec 2025 (instr. 2025111236), JP Morgan Chase Bank NA to RSS JPMBB2015-C31 DE HSP LLC, price and consideration 0 in the Assessor's deed history. A |
| Regions-Harbert Plaza 1901 6th Ave N (Assessor address 528 20th St N) 700,703 sq ft (Assessor living area) |
Office | BR Regions Acquisition LLC Parcel 22 00 36 2 021 001.000, 1.92 acres, 2026 appraisal $85,677,000, owner mailing to New York. It shares the block of 5th-6th Ave N and 19th-20th St N with Regions Center (1900 5th Ave N), whose parcel is still in the name of AmSouth Bank ($71,275,000, 537,942 sq ft). Matching this parcel to the Regions-Harbert Plaza name is by block and size, not by a document naming the building, hence tier B. The $2.75M 2020 price is far below value and may reflect a partial or related-party transfer; the record does not say. |
Private company | $2,750,000 2020-04 Deed of Apr 2020 (instr. 2020079439), SL Regions Acquisition LLC to BR Regions Acquisition LLC, per the Assessor's deed history; a 2008 deed is recorded at $126,000,000. B |
| City Federal Building 2026 2nd Ave N |
Residential | Not established the jurisdiction does not disclose owners A condominium: the county map lists the building's units under parcel 2200362012017000 with separate owners, one of them City Federal LP and the rest individuals, who are not named here. There is no single owner of the building. |
Not established | —A |
| Legacy Arena and BJCC (convention center complex) 2101 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N 1,009,028 sq ft (Assessor living area) |
Civic | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority Parcel 22 00 25 3 008 001.003, 4.33 acres, 2026 appraisal $225,425,900, exempt (STC2), owner 'BHAM JEFFERSON CIVIC CENTER'. The Authority's neighbouring parcels include 2331 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N ($94,145,100, 242,791 sq ft) and 20 acres of land at 2100 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N ($36,590,400). The roll does not name the buildings; the arena is identified by address. |
Government | —B |
| Protective Stadium BJCC campus, north of I-20/59 |
Civic | Not established the register is open, but this building was not matched The Civic Center Authority holds 53 parcels (about 108 acres) around the complex, but no parcel opened was identifiable as the stadium by address or remark, so its owner is left open. The Downtown Redevelopment Authority's 9.66-acre parcel at 1100 21st St N ($117,105,600, 635,930 sq ft, exempt) sits beside the complex; what stands on it is not stated. |
Not established | —A |
| Regions Field (ballpark site) 1400 1st Ave S |
Civic | City of Birmingham Parcel 22 00 36 3 039 001.000, 10.16 GIS acres, land appraisal $10,117,700, exempt; remark '2013 OWNER PER DEED 010512', i.e. the City took title in January 2012, before the ballpark opened in 2013. The roll names no building; the ballpark is identified by its block opposite Railroad Park. |
Government | —B |
| Railroad Park 1700 Powell Ave 15.5 acres (Assessor) |
Land | City of Birmingham Parcel 22 00 36 3 014 001.000, owner 'BIRMINGHAM CITY OF, C/O FINANCE DEPARTMENT', land appraisal $16,050,300, exempt; remark '2011 NEW SURVEY 232/33 COMBINE W/22-36-3-15-1,2 & 3 & VACATED'. The park is identified by its block, 14th-18th St S between 1st Ave S and Powell Ave. |
Government | —B |
| UAB campus Southside, Birmingham |
Institutional | Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama The county map carries the University under several names (University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Alabama Bd of Trustees; The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama for the University of Alabama at Birmingham), plus UAB Health System and UAB Educational Foundation (e.g. 1801 4th Ave S, $53,537,700). Together 75 parcels, about 197 acres. That is smaller than the campus, so much of it is likely held under other names (e.g. medical clinic boards, which own 2000 6th Ave S at $243,584,000); the boundary between them was not traced. |
Government | —A |
The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
From the county map's 2026 appraisals for 99,007 distinct Birmingham parcels (the layer repeats some parcels; counts are de-duplicated). Exempt public land is appraised but not taxed.
Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
In Birmingham the largest holders are public: the City, its Land Bank, the Airport Authority, the Housing Authority and the schools, with Alabama Power the largest private one. Counts are distinct parcels whose map 'CITY' is Birmingham, matched on the owner name's spellings, from the county map on 14 Oct 2026; acres are the map's GIS acres and values the 2026 appraisals.
| Name | Type | Parcels in Birmingham, Jefferson County map, Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| City of Birmingham Chiefly 'BIRMINGHAM CITY OF' (2,790). Includes 5400 Messer Airport Hwy (72.8 acres, $75.5M), Railroad Park and the Regions Field site. Airport Authority land counted separately. |
Government | 2,836 parcels, about 4,856 acres, $621M appraisedA |
| Birmingham Land Bank Authority Mostly tax-delinquent lots: 1,478 as BIRMINGHAM LAND BANK AUTHORITY and the rest c/o Community Development. The second-largest holder by parcel count. |
Government | 1,726 parcels, about 392 acres, $29M appraisedA |
| Birmingham Airport Authority Includes the terminal parcel at 5900 Messer Airport Hwy (137.7 acres, $229,308,000), the third-highest appraisal in the city. |
Government | 130 parcels, about 1,501 acres, $340M appraisedA |
| Alabama Power Company Includes its headquarters at 600 18th St N ($223,508,000). A Southern Company subsidiary. Three parcels at 200 Leaf Lake Pkwy are held jointly (APC 37.47%, Georgia Power 54.88%, Mississippi Power 7.65%). |
Public company | 211 parcels, about 1,042 acres, $471M appraisedA |
| Birmingham City Schools (Board of Education) As BIRMINGHAM BOARD OF EDUCATION and variants; 6 parcels are the Jefferson County Board of Education's. |
Government | 215 parcels, about 794 acres, $84M appraisedA |
| Housing Authority of the Birmingham District As HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BHAM DIST and variants. |
Government | 212 parcels, about 408 acres, $253M appraisedA |
| Jefferson County Chiefly rights-of-way (96). Excludes Jefferson County Racing (8 parcels, 409 acres), which is not the County. |
Government | 176 parcels, about 1,031 acresA |
| Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority The BJCC complex and land around it. |
Government | 53 parcels, about 108 acres, $456M appraisedA |
| Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama / UAB Undercounted: see the UAB campus entry. |
Government | 75 parcels, about 197 acres, $297M appraisedA |
| Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham Only 4 parcels in the city under 'Water Works' names; its reservoirs and treatment land lie mostly outside the city or under names not matched. |
Government | 4 parcels, about 81 acresA |
Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
New-home builders were not ranked for this record. What the county map shows instead is who owns the city's rented houses: no national builder or REIT appears among the largest holders, but local rental LLCs and national single-family-rental vehicles do. Counts are residential-class parcels in each name on the Oct 2026 map; they are houses and lots, not starts.
| Name | Type | Residential parcels in own name, Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama Area Rental Properties LLC The largest corporate holder of residential parcels in the city; a related-looking Jeffco Area Rental Properties LLC holds 60. No source opened names their owners. |
Private company | 211 parcelsA |
| Birmingham Property Group LLC | Private company | 116 parcelsA |
| WF Real Property Resources LLC | Private company | 99 parcelsA |
| Forward Residential LLC 69, plus 56 under the misspelling 'Foward Residential LLC'. |
Private company | 125 parcelsA |
| VineBrook Homes Borrower 2 LLC A borrower vehicle of VineBrook Homes, a single-family-rental platform; other national rental vehicles on the roll include PR Borrower 26 LLC (67), SFR3 040 LLC (52) and Home SFR Borrower IV LLC (43). |
Private equity | 58 parcelsA |
Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
No REIT or institutional landlord dominates Birmingham's commercial roll. The largest private holdings by 2026 appraisal are a hospital, a long-standing downtown realty company, single-purpose LLCs holding the downtown towers and the Colonnade office park, and Coca-Cola's bottling plant. Ranked from the county map: commercial, industrial and utility parcels whose owner name is a company, Alabama Power excepted (see landowners). No filing we opened names the members of these LLCs.
| Name | Type | 2026 appraisal, Birmingham parcels |
|---|---|---|
| Affinity Hospital LLC Grandview Pkwy hospital campus (3690 Grandview Pkwy, $226,252,000 and $57,469,400). |
Private company | 4 parcels, $335M, 30 acresA |
| Bham Realty Co Inc The largest commercial owner by parcel count among companies. |
Private company | 53 parcels, $107M, 86 acresA |
| Colonnade Birmingham Owner LLC / BCMK 2021 B27 Colonnade Office LLC Two LLCs at 3525 and 3800 Colonnade Pkwy ($92,888,300 and $69,810,600). |
Private company | 4 parcels, $163M, 50 acresA |
| BR Regions Acquisition LLC Regions-Harbert Plaza block (see marquee). |
Private company | 1 parcel, $85.7MA |
| VCP City Center LLC 600 19th St N, 1.74 acres, utility class. |
Private company | 1 parcel, $85.0MA |
| Coca Cola Bottling Co United Central LLC 4200 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N ($73,458,300, 81.85 acres, industrial). |
Private company | 3 parcels, $78M, 104 acresA |
Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- Protective Stadium's parcel and owner: the BJCC Authority holds the land around the complex but no parcel opened was identifiable as the stadium.
- Building names for the Regions-Harbert Plaza, Legacy Arena, Regions Field and Railroad Park parcels: the roll gives addresses, not names; matched by block (tier B).
- Who stands behind RSS JPMBB2015-C31 DE HSP LLC, BR Regions Acquisition LLC, VCP City Center LLC and the Colonnade LLCs: no SEC filing or press release was opened in the time available.
- The full extent of UAB's and the Water Works Board's holdings: owner-name matching found only 75 and 4 parcels, which undercounts both.
- Whether Alabama's RT-1 sales-validation forms are public: not established; prices here come only from the Assessor's deed history.
- New-home builders by starts or closings: no league table or permit-by-builder source was opened.
- The Shelby County part of Birmingham: not covered.
Sources
- Jefferson County parcels, 'BOE/JCParcelsWMS' map service layer 0 (OWNERNAME, mailing address, PrevParcelLand/PrevParcelTotal appraisal, AssdValue, Cls, CITY, PriMunCode, RecordYear 2027): 99,007 distinct parcels with a CITY of Birmingham; read by query and server-side statistics 14 Oct 2026 — Jefferson County Commission, ITS GIS Division · openA
- Tax Assessor parcel detail and deed history (owner, appraisal, building area, deed date, instrument, grantor, grantee, sale price and consideration), read through the Citizen Access Portal's data service for parcels 22 00 36 2 020 001.000, 021 001.000, 021 004.000, 22 00 36 3 039 001.000, 014 001.000, 22 00 25 3 003 001.000, 008 001.003, 012 001.000, 013 001.000 (record year 2026) — Jefferson County Tax Assessor (eRing CAPTURE CAMA) · openA