6953 E 5th Ave, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Retail · Scottsdale · Phoenix metro, AZ

One of 1,094 reachable retail buildings in Scottsdale. Larger than 74% of retail buildings in Scottsdale (median 5,178 SF), derived from assessor records.

County gross building area
12,208 SF, Maricopa County Assessor
Lot size
15,054 SF, Maricopa County Assessor
Year built
1971, Maricopa County Assessor
Stories
1, Maricopa County Assessor
Buildings on parcel
3, Maricopa County Assessor
Predominant use
Retail Strip Center, Maricopa County Assessor
Assessed value
$2,434,032, per the Maricopa County Assessor (not a market appraisal)
Assessed value per building SF
$199.38/SF, derived from assessor records
Building area / lot
0.81, derived from assessor records
Vintage
1970s vintage
County use code
RETAIL STRIP CENTER

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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: $3.23M (estimated market value), with a likely range of $2.58M to $3.82M (half of recent verified sales in this segment landed inside that range). Computed as the county's full cash value of $2,434,032 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: 13 comparable sales within 3 miles; nearest 0.1 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 13 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$1M$2M$3M$4M20262027$3.23M$2.43MCounty assessed valueMakeMe Estimate range

Dark line: county assessed value per Maricopa 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. Not an appraisal. How this estimate works.

Land, site, and value history

Assessed value moved from $2,293,448 (2026) to $2,434,032 (2027), up 6% over 1 years, per county tax rolls. The 2027 roll splits $2,434,032 into $1,543,244 land and $890,787 improvements.