Mobile, Alabama
The Mobile County Revenue Commission publishes its tax-parcel layer free on ArcGIS Online, but the layer's host answers robots.txt with 403, so this record now rests on other sources: the City of Mobile's FY2025 financial report, which ranks the largest taxpayers from the Revenue Commissioner's roll, and dated reports naming who owns the towers, port, airport land and arena site. Sale prices sit in deeds at the Probate Court and on a search site that bars automated reading.
12 buildings · 11 with an owner established · 22 sources · 7 tier A · 4 tier B · 1 unverified · prepared 2026-11-04
Can you find out who owns it?
Alabama records title by deed with the county Judge of Probate; there is no state title register. In Mobile County the Revenue Commission lists its tax-parcel layer on ArcGIS Online as public, with the terms 'This data is for tax purposes only'; the service itself sits on a host whose robots.txt answers 403, so this record does not read it. Its own parcel-search site (eSearch) bars automated access in robots.txt, the county's map viewer says its data 'cannot be used without consent', and the City of Mobile's richer copy is marked 'requires permission'. Deed prices sit in the deed or on the state's RT-1 sales validation form.
Is ownership public?An open dataset names the owner
Cost of one title searchProbate Court Land Records index free with a Landmark WEB login; deed images $0.10 per page, or $125 a month
Bulk ownership dataMobile County Revenue Commission 'Mobile County Alabama Tax Parcels' ArcGIS Online item, shared publicly, 'Updated 10/27/2026'; terms 'This data is for tax purposes only'; no open licence. Its feature service is on services8.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403, so its fields were not read for this record
Sale pricesEvery sale, with its address
Sites that forbid taking their data
- gis.bisclient.com/alabama/mobilecad — “The data is owned by the respective company or agency and cannot be used without consent.”
- services3.arcgis.com (City of Mobile PARCEL_DETAILS) — “Requires permission from Mobile County Revenue Commissioner”
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSA Battle House Tower 11 N Water St 534,268 sq ft floor space (Wikipedia) |
Mixed use | Retirement Systems of Alabama Alabama's tallest building. Wikipedia: 'The building is owned by the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA)'; 25 office, 3 lobby and 4 hotel floors and 534,268 sq ft of floorspace. No price: RSA built it, opening in 2007. Which RSA fund holds title (Employees' or Teachers') was read on the county parcel layer, now blocked (see unverified). |
Pension fund | —A |
| Battle House Hotel (Renaissance) 26 N Royal St |
Hotel | Retirement Systems of Alabama A November 2007 press release: 'Renaissance Riverview Plaza and the nearby Battle House Hotel are both owned by the Retirement Systems of Alabama'. Wikipedia (s10): 'In 2003, Retirement Systems of Alabama began restoration of the hotel', at 26 N. Royal St. The statement is dated 2007; no later sale was found. Marriott's Renaissance brand operates the hotel; operating is not owning. |
Pension fund | —A |
| RSA Trustmark Building 107 St Francis St |
Office | Retirement Systems of Alabama Wikipedia: the 34-storey former First National Bank Building (1965) 'was acquired by Retirement Systems of Alabama in February 2009' and renamed by 'its new owner'; no price is stated, so none is given here. The joint title with the Mobile County school board was read on the county parcel layer, now blocked (see unverified). |
Pension fund | —A |
| Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel 64 S Water St |
Hotel | Retirement Systems of Alabama ConventionSouth (Aug 2021): 'The Renaissance Riverview, owned by RSA, the Retirement Systems of Alabama', 373 rooms and 44,000 sq ft of conference space after renovation. A 2007 press release (s19) also says it is 'owned by the Retirement Systems of Alabama'. Wikipedia gives 64 South Water Street and 28 storeys. |
Pension fund | —A |
| Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley (Airbus final assembly line and Mobile Downtown Airport) Brookley, Airbus Way / Michigan Ave |
Industrial | Mobile Airport Authority Wikipedia: the Aeroplex 'is owned and operated by the Mobile Airport Authority', created as an independent authority by the Legislature in 1982; Airbus Mobile opened on 14 Sep 2015, 'one million square feet on 53 acres'. Airbus Americas Inc is the city's 8th-largest taxpayer, $17.8M taxable assessed value (FY2025 ACFR, s18), which covers what it owns or holds as personal property, not the land. No ground lease was opened, so its terms are not given. |
Government | —A |
| Port of Mobile: Alabama State Port Authority terminals 250 N Water St and the Mobile River waterfront |
Industrial | Alabama State Port Authority Wikipedia: 'The Alabama State Port Authority owns and operates the public terminals at the Port of Mobile', including McDuffie Terminal, one of the largest US coal terminals. Terminals leased to operators remain the Authority's. The parcel and acreage count inside the city limits was read on the county layer, now blocked (see unverified). |
Government | —A |
| Austal USA shipyard Dunlap Dr, Blakeley Island |
Industrial | Austal USA LLC The City's FY2025 financial report ranks Austal USA LLC its 3rd-largest property taxpayer: $60,912,120 taxable assessed value, 1.67% of the city total (real and personal property together). That it is the yard's owner rests on that plus Wikipedia (s17): Austal USA is 'a subsidiary of the Australian shipbuilder Austal', headquartered on Blakeley Island — hence tier B. Mobile Naval Yard LLC, next door, is 4th at $44,754,060; no source opened says who stands behind it. |
Public company | —B |
| Mobile Civic Center site (Regions Arena under construction) 401 Civic Center Dr |
Civic | City of Mobile Wikipedia: the Civic Center was 'Owned by the City of Mobile and operated by ASM Global'; demolition began in September 2024 for Regions Arena, a $300 million, 10,275-seat arena expected in 2027. No sale of the site was found: the redevelopment keeps it in city hands. The two parcels and their acreage were read on the county layer, now blocked. |
Government | —A |
| Former BayBears stadium (Hank Aaron Stadium) 755 Bolling Brothers Blvd |
Land | McGowin Properties Ballpark Digest (Sep 2018): the stadium 'is owned by the City of Mobile, but it sits on land that is privately owned by McGowin Properties', under a 1996 ground lease; McGowin also owns the surrounding McGowin Park shopping complex. Wikipedia (s14): 'In 2022, the property owner took back control of the land and has permanently closed the stadium' — the second source, hence tier B. No sale or redevelopment price was found. |
Private company | —B |
| USA Health University Hospital 2451 University Hospital Dr |
Institutional | University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama's own release (Aug 2018): 'the USA Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change the name of the USA Medical Center to University Hospital', 'a component of USA Health'. The release shows the University controls the hospital; it does not use the word 'owns', hence tier B. The University is a public body corporate of the State. Parcel and acreage figures were read on the county layer, now blocked. |
Government | —B |
| Mobile Infirmary 5 Mobile Infirmary Cir |
Institutional | Not established the register is open, but this building was not matched The campus was read on the county parcel layer as held by the Mobile Infirmary Association and Infirmary Health System; that layer's host now answers robots.txt with 403 and no other open source found states who owns the land (see unverified). Mobile Infirmary is the flagship of Infirmary Health, a not-for-profit system. |
Not established | —UNVERIFIED |
| Bel Air Mall (The Shoppes at Bel Air) 3201-3299 Airport Blvd 1,345,000 sq ft (Wikipedia) |
Retail | Bel Air Mall Realty Holding LLC The City's FY2025 financial report ranks 'Bell Air Mall Realty Holding LLC' its 9th-largest taxpayer, $13,758,780 taxable assessed value (4th in 2016 at $20,367,220). Wikipedia (s16), second source: sold to Kohan Retail Investment Group late 2020; in May 2023 Kohan 'was nearly $700,000 behind on taxes', lost it, and 4th Dimension Properties took over and later bought it 'for an unknown price'. No document ties the LLC to 4th Dimension; JCPenney closed Sept 2024. |
Private company | —B |
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The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
The city's tax base, from the City of Mobile's FY2025 financial report, which takes its figures from the Mobile County Revenue Commissioner. Parcel-level values could not be published: the county's public layer sits on a host whose robots.txt answers 403, and the copies that carry values (the City's PARCEL_DETAILS, eSearch and the BIS map) are marked 'requires permission', robots-blocked or 'cannot be used without consent'.
Total taxable assessed value, City of Mobile$3,639,649,960
FY ended 30 Sep 2025, after $1,584,605,960 of tax-exempt property; estimated actual taxable value $27,699,754,400. City ACFR p.161, source Mobile County Revenue Commissioner.
Commercial real property, assessed$3,352,604,800
FY2025, including tax-exempt property; residential real property $776,590,380. City ACFR p.161.
Ten largest taxpayers' share11.44% ($416,497,560)
Led by Alabama Power Company ($104,275,380, 2.86%) and Vertex Refining Alabama LLC ($72,100,480). City ACFR p.163, FY2025; real and personal property together.
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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.
Public bodies hold Mobile's largest tracts: the Airport Authority, the state port and the City. Parcel and acreage counts by owner were read on the county parcel layer, whose host now answers robots.txt with 403; they are kept under unverified. What other open sources state is below.
| Name | Type | What the source states |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile Airport Authority 'Owned and operated by the Mobile Airport Authority', which also manages Mobile Regional Airport (Wikipedia). |
Government | Owns the Brookley AeroplexA |
| Alabama State Port Authority 'Owns and operates the public terminals at the Port of Mobile' (Wikipedia). |
Government | Owns the public terminalsA |
| City of Mobile Wikipedia: the Civic Center was owned by the City. |
Government | Owns the Civic Center / Regions Arena siteA |
| Alabama Power Company The largest taxpayer in the city in 2025 and 2016 (City FY2025 ACFR). A Southern Company subsidiary. |
Public company | $104,275,380 taxable assessed value (1st, 2.86%)A |
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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.
No builder league table for Mobile was opened. The count of house lots each builder holds in its own name was read on the county parcel layer, whose host now answers robots.txt with 403; no other open source gives builder holdings or starts for the city, so the builders are listed under unverified.
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
No REIT dominates Mobile's commercial roll. The largest private taxpayers are industrial — a refinery, a shipyard and its neighbour, a tissue mill, Airbus — then the mall LLC; the downtown towers belong to the state pension funds (see marquee). Ranked from the City's FY2025 financial report (Revenue Commissioner figures): taxable assessed value covers real and personal property together, so it is not floor area or land alone. Alabama Power Company, the largest taxpayer ($104.3M), is a utility and sits under landowners.
| Name | Type | Taxable assessed value, FY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex Refining Alabama LLC The refinery. No filing opened names its parent. |
Private company | $72,100,480 (2nd, 1.98%)A |
| Austal USA LLC The shipyard (see marquee); a subsidiary of ASX-listed Austal. |
Public company | $60,912,120 (3rd, 1.67%)A |
| Mobile Naval Yard LLC Next to Austal; no source opened names who stands behind it. |
Private company | $44,754,060 (4th, 1.23%)A |
| Kimberly-Clark Corporation The tissue mill; 2nd in 2016 at $42,162,920. |
Public company | $37,601,460 (5th, 1.03%)A |
| Airbus Americas Inc The Brookley final assembly line, on Airport Authority land (see marquee). |
Public company | $17,762,940 (8th, 0.49%)A |
| Bel Air Mall Realty Holding LLC Listed as 'Bell Air Mall Realty Holding LLC'; The Shoppes at Bel Air (see marquee). |
Private company | $13,758,780 (9th, 0.38%)A |
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Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- AM/NS Calvert steel works: owned on the county layer by AM/NS Calvert LLC (e.g. 770.2 acres at 300 Industrial Park Dr, Calvert; 400.0 acres at 1 Steel Dr, Mount Vernon), but it lies in north Mobile County, well outside the city limits, so it is not a Mobile marquee entry.
- Prices: no sale price is given for any building, because the Revenue Commission's eSearch (values and sales) is closed by robots.txt and the Probate Court's deed images need a login and a fee.
- Who stands behind Bel Air Mall Realty Holding LLC, Mobile Naval Yard LLC, Mash Property Holdings LLC, Meridian Mobile Owner LLC and Adams Street Property LLC: no filing opened names their members.
- Airbus's ground lease from the Mobile Airport Authority (term, rent): not opened.
- The new Mobile International Airport terminal at Brookley: which Airport Authority parcel it occupies was not identified on the roll.
- Licence fit of the county parcel layer itself (now unread: its host answers robots.txt with 403): its item says only 'This data is for tax purposes only' and that use accepts its limitations; it carries no consent clause, unlike the same Commission's BIS map and the City's copy. This record quotes single owner facts and aggregate counts from it and reproduces no rows; whether 'tax purposes only' is meant as a use restriction should be settled with the Revenue Commission before anything more is taken.
- Whether Alabama RT-1 sales validation forms filed in Mobile County are open to public inspection: not established. Prices would sit in the recorded deeds (Landmark WEB, login and $0.10 per page), which were not opened.
- New-home builders by starts or closings: no league table or permit-by-builder source was opened; the builder figures are lots held on the roll.
- Parcel counts: 214,040 parcels county-wide and 91,673 inside the City of Mobile; five downtown parcels (about 3.4 acres) held by the Retirement Systems of Alabama — previously from services8.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04).
- Title holders read on the parcel layer: Battle House Tower and Riverview Plaza in the name of the Employees' Retirement System; the Battle House Hotel block in the Teachers' and Employees' Retirement Systems; the RSA Trustmark Building jointly with the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners — previously from services8.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04).
- Mobile Infirmary campus held by Mobile Infirmary Association (20.19, 8.27 and 2.35 acres) and Infirmary Health System (5.08 acres); Gulf Health Properties Inc 21 parcels on Mobile Infirmary Blvd — previously from services8.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04).
- Acreage: Mobile Airport Authority 88 parcels about 4,917 acres; Alabama State Port Authority 106 parcels about 1,433 acres; Austal USA LLC 29 parcels about 221 acres; Mobile Naval Yard LLC 7 parcels about 341 acres; Civic Center parcels 7.61 and 9.32 acres; McGowin Properties 34 acres at 675 Bolling Bros Blvd; University Hospital 10.2 acres; Bel Air Mall LLC 7 parcels about 50.5 acres — previously from services8.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04).
- Landowners by parcels/acres in the city: Mobile Airport Authority 88 parcels, about 4,917 acres; State of Alabama (incl. Alabama Trust Fund, ALDOT, Conservation) 432 parcels, about 7,523 acres; United States of America 51 parcels, about 5,291 acres; City of Mobile 1,171 parcels, about 4,032 acres; Alabama State Port Authority 106 parcels, about 1,433 acres; Mobile County Public Schools (Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County) 138 parcels, about 1,571 acres; University of South Alabama 247 parcels, about 1,530 acres; Mobile County 148 parcels, about 975 acres; Mobile Housing Board (Mobile Housing Authority) 143 parcels, about 268 acres; Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the City of Mobile (MAWSS) 127 parcels, about 279 acres; Alabama Power Company 121 parcels, about 335 acres; Railroads: Illinois Central Gulf (CN), CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern 35, 10 and 3 parcels; about 119, 71 and 46 acres; Mash Property Holdings LLC 55 parcels, about 1,265 acres — previously from services8.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04).
- Builders by lots held in own name (Sept 2026 roll): D.R. Horton 172 parcels; M & B Builders LLC 97 parcels; Robertson Construction Co LLC 66 parcels; Creekline Inc 40 parcels, about 139 acres; Benchmark Homes Group LLC 37 parcels, about 174 acres; Prime Design Homes LLC 27 parcels — previously from services8.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04).
- Commercial acreage: Vertex Refining 27 parcels about 815 acres; Kimberly-Clark Tissue 22 parcels about 339 acres; Scannell Properties #727 LLC 9 parcels about 371 acres; International Paper 7 parcels about 182 acres — previously from services8.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04). Scannell and International Paper are not in the City's top-ten taxpayer table.
- That the public parcel layer carries owner name, property address and acreage fields — previously from services8.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04); the item page (s2) confirms only that the layer is public.
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Sources
- ArcGIS Online item 'Mobile County Alabama Tax Parcels' (07c93ca64bbf4fb8a8d49b7ea80ef067): public sharing, 'Updated 10/27/2026', terms 'This data is for tax purposes only' — Mobile County Revenue Commission · openA
- Revenue Commission Interactive Tax Map (BIS), splash-screen disclaimer in configs/Splash: 'The data is owned by the respective company or agency and cannot be used without consent', with an 'I AGREE' button (not clicked; the map was not used) — Mobile County Revenue Commission / BIS Consultants · openA
- City of Mobile 'PARCEL_DETAILS' item (b33d3333b1824b5fbc5ac927a230bedb): 'DATA SHARE ONLY', terms 'Requires permission from Mobile County Revenue Commissioner' (adds land, improvement and appraised values; not used) — City of Mobile GIS · openA
- esearch.mobilecopropertytax.com robots.txt: 'Disallow: /Search/' and 'Disallow: /Property/' — Mobile County Revenue Commission · openA
- Records Search: Landmark WEB holds real property records 1813-present; 'Access to register and search the Land Records index remains FREE', images $0.10 per page, subscriptions $125 per month — Probate Court of Mobile County · openA
- Recording Fees (effective 1 Jan 2011): 'DEED TAX - 40-22-1 (c) Deed tax is 50 cents per each $500.00 or fraction thereof on the value of interest being conveyed' — Probate Court of Mobile County · openA
- Real Estate Sales Validation Form (Form RT-1): grantor, grantee, property address, date of sale, total purchase price; not required where the deed itself carries the information — Alabama Department of Revenue · openA
- RSA Battle House Tower — Wikipedia · openA
- Battle House Hotel — Wikipedia · openA
- RSA Trustmark Building — Wikipedia · openA
- Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel — Wikipedia · openA
- Mobile Civic Center — Wikipedia · openA
- Hank Aaron Stadium — Wikipedia · openA
- Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley — Wikipedia · openA
- The Shoppes at Bel Air (Bel Air Mall) — Wikipedia · openA
- Austal USA — Wikipedia · openA
- City of Mobile Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year ended 30 Sep 2025: statistical section 'Principal Property Taxpayers, Current and Nine Years Ago' (p.163) and 'Assessed Value and Estimated Actual Value of Taxable Property' (p.161), both 'Source: Mobile County Revenue Commissioner' — City of Mobile, Finance Department · openA
- 'Riverview Plaza Christened as a Renaissance Hotel' (9 Nov 2007): 'Renaissance Riverview Plaza and the nearby Battle House Hotel are both owned by the Retirement Systems of Alabama' — RTJ Resort Collection, via 24-7 Press Release · openA
- 'Alabama's Renaissance Mobile Riverview Hotel Plaza reopens after renovations' (16 Aug 2021): 'The Renaissance Riverview, owned by RSA, the Retirement Systems of Alabama' — ConventionSouth · openA
- 'Agreement could trigger Hank Aaron Stadium's demolition' (19 Sep 2018): stadium 'owned by the City of Mobile, but it sits on land that is privately owned by McGowin Properties'; 1996 ground lease — Ballpark Digest · openA
- 'USA Health Announces New Name for Hospital' (31 Aug 2018): 'the USA Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change the name of the USA Medical Center to University Hospital' — University of South Alabama, Public Relations · openA
- Port of Mobile — Wikipedia · openA