515 W 1st St, Tempe, AZ 85281

Retail · Tempe · Phoenix metro, AZ

One of 765 reachable retail buildings in Tempe. Larger than 51% of retail buildings in Tempe (median 5,529 SF), derived from assessor records.

County gross building area
5,720 SF, Maricopa County Assessor
Lot size
20,473 SF, Maricopa County Assessor
Year built
1972, Maricopa County Assessor
Stories
1, Maricopa County Assessor
Buildings on parcel
2, Maricopa County Assessor
Predominant use
Miscellaneous Commercial, Maricopa County Assessor
Assessed value
$1,302,303, per the Maricopa County Assessor (not a market appraisal)
Assessed value per building SF
$227.68/SF, derived from assessor records
Building area / lot
0.28, derived from assessor records
Vintage
1970s vintage
County use code
MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL

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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: $1.64M (estimated market value), with a likely range of $1.31M to $1.95M (half of recent verified sales in this segment landed inside that range). Computed as the county's full cash value of $1,302,303 times a 1.26 market ratio, measured from 3891 verified arm's-length sale prices vs county values (retail sales in Tempe, through 2026-06-29). Not an appraisal. How this estimate works.

lower confidence: 7 comparable sales within 3 miles; nearest 0.5 mi. This property type carries wider measured error; treat the estimate as a starting point.

Comparable sales used as evidence

Recorded arm's-length sales of similar buildings nearby; nearer and more recent sales rank first. The strongest 5 of 7 nearby verified sales are shown. Buyer and seller names are withheld. Get this data via API.

Market context: Retail in Tempe

median verified sale $366.39/SF over the trailing 24 months; 20 sales in the last 12 months and 36 in 24 (newest verified sale 2026-01); the middle 80% of recent sales traded at 0.71x to 2.31x their county full cash value, median 1.41x (36 sales with usable county values).

  • 2022: $420.83/SF median (16 sales)
  • 2023: $212.10/SF median (13 sales)
  • 2024: $294.12/SF median (14 sales)
  • 2025: $449.30/SF median (14 sales)

This estimate sits at 1.26x county full cash value, the 47th percentile of those recent sale premiums.

Computed from 265 verified arm's-length sales in Maricopa County public records (36 in the trailing 24 months). Free public records. Not an appraisal.

Current ownership dates to 2022 (about 4 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$1.5M$2M20262027$1.64M$1.3MCounty assessed value

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

Land, site, and value history

Assessed value moved from $542,239 (2026) to $1,302,303 (2027), up 140% over 1 years, per county tax rolls. The 2027 roll splits $1,302,303 into $1,076,200 land and $226,103 improvements.