3820 S Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85040

Office · Phoenix · Phoenix metro, AZ

One of 3,438 reachable office buildings in Phoenix. Larger than 29% of office buildings in Phoenix (median 7,437 SF), derived from assessor records.

County gross building area
4,550 SF, Maricopa County Assessor
Lot size
14,145 SF, Maricopa County Assessor
Year built
1940, Maricopa County Assessor
Stories
1, Maricopa County Assessor
Predominant use
Office Building 1 Story, Maricopa County Assessor
Assessed value
$863,100, per the Maricopa County Assessor (not a market appraisal)
Assessed value per building SF
$189.69/SF, derived from assessor records
Building area / lot
0.32, derived from assessor records
Vintage
1940s vintage
County use code
OFFICE BUILDING 1 STORY

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Same building type, by distance. Assessor facts only; not an opinion of value.

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Sale history and market context

MakeMe Estimate: $965K (estimated market value), with a likely range of $771K to $1.14M (half of recent verified sales in this segment landed inside that range). Computed as the county's full cash value of $863,100 times a 1.12 market ratio, measured from 3891 verified arm's-length sale prices vs county values (office sales in Phoenix, through 2026-06-29). Not an appraisal. How this estimate works.

lower confidence: 4 comparable sales within 3 miles; nearest 1.7 mi. This property type carries wider measured error; treat the estimate as a starting point. Comparable-sale caveat: the estimate is 25% below the $283.33/SF median of the shown comparable sales.

Comparable sales used as evidence

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: Office in Phoenix

median verified sale $217.33/SF over the trailing 24 months; 111 sales in the last 12 months and 225 in 24 (newest verified sale 2026-05); the middle 80% of recent sales traded at 0.73x to 1.73x their county full cash value, median 1.16x (224 sales with usable county values).

  • 2022: $166.43/SF median (93 sales)
  • 2023: $175/SF median (78 sales)
  • 2024: $220.98/SF median (105 sales)
  • 2025: $223.09/SF median (128 sales)
  • 2026 YTD: $192.75/SF median (25 sales)

This estimate sits at 1.12x county full cash value, the 45th percentile of those recent sale premiums.

Computed from 1,330 verified arm's-length sales in Maricopa County public records (225 in the trailing 24 months). Free public records. Not an appraisal.

Current ownership dates to 1997 (about 29 years) per recorded transfers.

Source: Maricopa County recorded sales extract; buyer and seller shown only when a company or organization. Individual names are withheld.

Value over time

$0$500K$1M$1.5M20262027$965K$863KCounty assessed value

Dark line: county assessed value per Maricopa County tax rolls.

Land, site, and value history

Assessed value moved from $843,800 (2026) to $863,100 (2027), up 2% over 1 years, per county tax rolls. The 2027 roll splits $863,100 into $228,100 land and $635,000 improvements.