Acquired by Easterly Government Properties in June 2016 as part of a four-property portfolio acquisition, DEA – Birmingham, a build-to-suit property completed in 2005, is 100% leased on behalf of the DEA, the lead U.S. federal agency for the enforcement of controlled substance laws and regulations, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a bureau-level federal agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, whose mission is to protect the public from crimes involving firearms, explosives, arson and the diversion of tobacco products.

The 35,616-square-foot property houses one of three DEA district offices within the New Orleans Division, which encompasses four states, and is responsible for the oversight of one satellite resident office in Alabama. The ATF occupancy is part of the two-state (Alabama and Tennessee) Nashville Field Division and is one of four Field Offices in the state of Alabama. The property includes 90-foot setbacks, holding cells, anti-climb perimeter fencing and a fenced sally port area.