Small-Bay Industrial · Des Moines · Seattle-Bellevue metro, WA
One of 31 reachable small-bay industrial buildings in Des Moines. Larger than 29% of small-bay industrial buildings in Des Moines (median 6,900 SF), derived from assessor records.
Usable building area
3,600 SF, King County Assessor
Lot size
8,750 SF, King County Assessor
Year built
1947, King County Assessor
Stories
1, King County Assessor
Predominant use
Retail Store, King County Assessor
Assessed value
$695,300, per the King County Assessor (not a market appraisal)
Assessed value per usable SF
$193.14/SF, derived from assessor records
Usable area / lot
0.41, derived from assessor records
Vintage
1940s vintage
Zoning
H-C, King County
County use code
Warehouse
Nearby comparable buildings
Same building type, by distance. Assessor facts only; not an opinion of value.
MakeMe Estimate: $1.04M (estimated market value), with a likely range of $856K to $1.18M (half of recent verified sales in this segment landed inside that range). Based on 7 verified arm's-length comparable sales (through 2026-06-01). Not an appraisal. How this estimate works.
lower confidence: 0 comparable sales within 3 miles; nearest 3.6 mi. This property type carries wider measured error; treat the estimate as a starting point.
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.
Last sold: 2012-05-16 for $330,000 (recorded arm's-length sale).
Current ownership dates to 2012 (about 14 years) per recorded transfers.
2018-02-27: $10 from Simpson-Ritchey Investments LLC to Simpson-Investment Group LLC (non-market transfer), rec. 20180427000393
2012-05-16: $330,000 from Private party to Simpson-Ritchey Investments LLC, rec. 20120608002146
1998-07-27: $145,000 from Private party to Private party, rec. 199807281701
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 $196,400 (2011) to $695,300 (2026), up 254% over 15 years, per county tax rolls. The 2026 roll splits $695,300 into $227,500 land and $467,800 improvements.
Zoning: H-C (per King County)
Lot: 8,750 sq ft
Water: Water District (per King County)
Sewer: Public (per King County)
Access: Public
Street surface: Paved
Floor and use mix: Retail Store 3,600 SF (county building sections)