Hyatt Commercial is pleased to announce the sale of Rivers Corporate LLC’s professional office building in Rivers Corporate Park to biotechnology research company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments.
In March of 2020, Rivers Corporate, LLC, an affiliate of The Reliable Group, purchased the fully leased Class A Office building at 10330 Old Columbia Rd for $7,400,000, with the plan of a long-term investment hold. The COVID-19 pandemic struck shortly after, forcing most businesses across the world to rethink their office usage. This ultimately led to Rivers Corporate facing a potential vacancy of greater than 50%. With limited quality office products on the market for sale, Rivers Corporate saw this as an opportunity to take advantage of attractive financing options and flip the property at a premium to sell to an owner-occupant. Rivers Corporate then engaged brokers Justin Mullen, John Gallagher, and Shane Denman of Hyatt Commercial to pivot from leasing the property to selling it. Hyatt was eventually able to generate an internal offer from team member Cecil Cummins, who was representing an owner-occupied buyer.
Once the property was put under contract, things got interesting. Hyatt was contacted by Shimadzu Scientific Instruments who was eager to make an offer. The seller, the contract buyer, and Shimadzu later entered a 3-way negotiation and were able to secure a deal that was a winwin-win for all parties involved. Shimadzu Scientific Instruments closed on the property on May 31, 2022, for a price of $10,600,000 with the intention of occupying vacant space in the building.
About Hyatt Commercial – The Reliable Group
Hyatt Commercial, founded in 1961 by Louis Hyatt, provides commercial real estate brokerage services throughout the Mid-Atlantic as part of the real estate services company, The Reliable Group.
Formed in 2021 with an ownership group made of experienced real-estate owners and service providers; The Reliable Group’s operating companies, Hyatt Commercial, Hyatt Property Management, Reliable Commercial Construction, Reliable Real Estate Services, and Chesapeake Fine Homes, offer a spectrum of services including brokerage, property management, general contracting, and land development.
