12801 SE 196th St, Renton, WA 98058
Commercial · Renton · Seattle-Bellevue metro, WA
One of 182 reachable commercial buildings in Renton. Larger than 64% of commercial buildings in Renton (median 13,090 SF), derived from assessor records.
- Usable building area
- 39,348 SF, King County Assessor
- Lot size
- 903,929 SF, King County Assessor
- Year built
- 1980, King County Assessor
- Stories
- 1, King County Assessor
- Buildings on parcel
- 7, King County Assessor
- Predominant use
- Farm, King County Assessor
- Assessed value
- $1,413,000, per the King County Assessor (not a market appraisal)
- Assessed value per usable SF
- $35.91/SF, derived from assessor records
- Usable area / lot
- 0.04, derived from assessor records
- Vintage
- 1980s vintage
- Zoning
- R-1, King County
- County use code
- Farm
Nearby comparable buildings
Same building type, by distance. Assessor facts only; not an opinion of value.
- 12600 SE 192nd St, Renton · 0.5 mi · 122,882 SF · built 1970
- 18235 140th Ave SE, Renton · 1 mi · 54,744 SF · built 1990
- 14616 SE 192nd St, Renton · 1.1 mi · 22,810 SF · built 1988
- 18665 116th Ave SE, Renton · 1.2 mi · 60,314 SF · built 2005
- 19153 108th Ln SE, Renton · 1.4 mi · 27,664 SF · built 2009 · assessed $191.30/SF
- 19605 106th Ave SE, Renton · 1.6 mi · 11,470 SF · built 1980 · assessed $250.31/SF
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Sale history and market context
MakeMe Estimate: $2.75M (estimated market value), with a likely range of $2.28M to $3.32M (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 2.9 mi. This property type carries wider measured error; treat the estimate as a starting point. Comparable-sale caveat: the estimate is 72% below the $246.41/SF median of the shown comparable sales.
Comparable sales used as evidence
- 21320 84th Ave S, Kent: $7,100,000 (2026-01), 11,545 SF, $614.98/SF, built 1989, 2.9 mi away (different city)
- 32385 Lake Sawyer Rd SE, Black Diamond: $3,475,000 (2025-07), 24,125 SF, $144.04/SF, 10.1 mi away (different city)
- 2823 SW Roxbury St, Seattle: $5,826,929 (2025-10), 23,647 SF, $246.41/SF, built 1957, 11.3 mi away (different city)
- 34500 Pacific Hwy S, Federal Way: $5,000,000 (2025-12), 33,256 SF, $150.35/SF, built 1959, 11.5 mi away (different city)
- 1609 19th Ave, Seattle: $4,770,000 (2025-09), 12,683 SF, $376.09/SF, built 1984, 14.6 mi away (different city)
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: Commercial in Renton
median verified sale $307.67/SF over the trailing 24 months; 3 sales in the last 12 months and 8 in 24 (newest verified sale 2025-09).
- 2021: $416.04/SF median (4 sales)
- 2022: $305.08/SF median (4 sales)
- 2024: $257.16/SF median (4 sales)
Computed from 109 verified arm's-length sales in King County public records (8 in the trailing 24 months). Free public records. Not an appraisal.
Land, site, and value history
Assessed value moved from $934,000 (2011) to $1,413,000 (2026), up 51% over 15 years, per county tax rolls. The 2026 roll splits $1,413,000 into $732,100 land and $680,900 improvements.
- Zoning: R-1 (per King County)
- Lot: 903,929 sq ft
- Water: Water District (per King County)
- Sewer: Public (per King County)
- Access: Public
- Street surface: Gravel
- Floor and use mix: Barn 26,596 SF; Equipment Shed 8,262 SF; Single-Family Residence 4,490 SF (county building sections)
- County districts report (schools, fire, sewer, council; on kingcounty.gov)