MakeMe Estimate: $13M (estimated market value), with a likely range of $10.1M to $15.6M (half of recent verified sales in this segment landed inside that range). Based on 8 verified arm's-length comparable sales (through 2026-06-01). Not an appraisal. How this estimate works.
lower confidence: 1 comparable sale within 3 miles; nearest 1.3 mi. This property type carries wider measured error; treat the estimate as a starting point. Comparable-sale caveat: the estimate is 41% above the $457.15/SF median of the shown comparable sales.
Recorded arm's-length sales of similar buildings nearby; nearer and more recent sales rank first. Buyer and seller names are withheld. Get this data via API.
Market context: Retail in Kirkland
2 sales in the last 12 months and 3 in 24 (newest verified sale 2026-02).
Thin market: under 5 verified sales in the last 24 months; treat these aggregates as directional.
Computed from 172 verified arm's-length sales in King County public records (3 in the trailing 24 months). Free public records. Not an appraisal.
Last sold: 2015-04-17 for $8,300,000 (recorded arm's-length sale).
Current ownership dates to 2015 (about 11 years) per recorded transfers.
2015-04-17: $8,300,000 from Totem Hill Properties LLC to Aliza INC, rec. 20150422001264
2013-07-19: transfer from Totem Hill Properties LLC to City of Kirkland (non-market transfer), rec. 20130909001526
2006-01-04: $6,500,000 from Totem Hill Plaza LLC to Totem Hill Properties LLC, rec. 20060106001948
2 administrative transfers (no consideration), 1999 to 1999
1999-01-07: $4,825,000 from Private party to K & M Properties, rec. 199901112467
Source: King County recorded sales extract; buyer and seller shown only when a company or organization. Individual names are withheld.
Value over time
Dark line: county assessed value per King County tax rolls. Blue line: our estimate; dashed years are a modeled backcast built from recorded arm's-length sales in the building's segment, not estimates published at the time, and years without enough sales stay unmodeled. The shaded range is the model's measured error band; about half of verified sales in the segment land inside it. Diamonds: recorded arm's-length sales. Not an appraisal. How this estimate works.
Land, site, and value history
Assessed value moved from $6,194,000 (2011) to $10,129,000 (2026), up 64% over 15 years, per county tax rolls. The 2026 roll splits $10,129,000 into $9,635,800 land and $493,200 improvements.
Zoning: TL 4B (per King County)
Lot: 137,655 sq ft
Water: Water District (per King County)
Sewer: Public (per King County)
Access: Public
Street surface: Paved
Floor and use mix: Line Retail 20,081 SF (county building sections)