521 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85257

Retail · Scottsdale · Phoenix metro, AZ

One of 1,094 reachable retail buildings in Scottsdale. Larger than 2% of retail buildings in Scottsdale (median 5,178 SF), derived from assessor records.

County gross building area
1,134 SF, Maricopa County Assessor
Lot size
10,628 SF, Maricopa County Assessor
Year built
1962, Maricopa County Assessor
Stories
1, Maricopa County Assessor
Predominant use
Auto/Light Truck Dealership, Maricopa County Assessor
Assessed value
$493,812, per the Maricopa County Assessor (not a market appraisal)
Assessed value per building SF
$435.46/SF, derived from assessor records
Building area / lot
0.11, derived from assessor records
Vintage
1960s vintage
County use code
AUTO/LIGHT TRUCK DEALERSHIP

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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: $654K (estimated market value), with a likely range of $523K to $776K (half of recent verified sales in this segment landed inside that range). Computed as the county's full cash value of $493,812 times a 1.32 market ratio, measured from 3891 verified arm's-length sale prices vs county values (retail sales in Scottsdale, through 2026-06-29). Not an appraisal. How this estimate works.

lower confidence: 14 comparable sales within 3 miles; nearest 1 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 14 nearby verified sales are shown. Buyer and seller names are withheld. Get this data via API.

Market context: Retail in Scottsdale

median verified sale $502.34/SF over the trailing 24 months; 19 sales in the last 12 months and 45 in 24 (newest verified sale 2026-04); the middle 80% of recent sales traded at 0.97x to 2.51x their county full cash value, median 1.39x (45 sales with usable county values).

  • 2022: $497.38/SF median (19 sales)
  • 2023: $491.76/SF median (13 sales)
  • 2024: $460.60/SF median (23 sales)
  • 2025: $615.93/SF median (24 sales)
  • 2026 YTD: $301.61/SF median (5 sales)

This estimate sits at 1.32x county full cash value, the 36th percentile of those recent sale premiums.

Computed from 313 verified arm's-length sales in Maricopa County public records (45 in the trailing 24 months). Free public records. Not an appraisal.

Value over time

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K20262027$654K$494KCounty assessed value

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

Land, site, and value history

Assessed value moved from $490,708 (2026) to $493,813 (2027), up 1% over 1 years, per county tax rolls. The 2027 roll splits $493,813 into $397,199 land and $96,612 improvements.