The Benjamin Companies

Name

The Benjamin Companies

Legal name

The Benjamin Companies

Website

https://benjamincompanies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Garden City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Development: Development and sale of residential and commercial properties including single-family homes, townhouses, high rises, and corporate centers. Revenue generated from property sales at completion of development projects.
2. Property Rental Income: Ongoing rental revenue from affordable multi-family units, senior residence communities, and office/retail properties owned and managed by the company.
3. Property Management Services: Management services for residential and commercial properties, including property management for external owners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Benjamin Companies is a vertically integrated real estate developer, builder, owner, and manager of residential and commercial properties. The company develops, sells, and rents affordable multi-family housing, senior residence communities, luxury gated active-adult developments, mixed-use master-planned communities, and Class-A office and retail properties across the Northeast and Florida. It also provides ongoing property management services for both its own portfolio and external property owners.

Product overview

The Benjamin Companies is a real estate development and management company offering a vertically integrated portfolio of residential and commercial properties. The company's core offerings include: (1) Signature Developments encompassing flagship projects like Arverne By The Sea, The Greens at Half Hollow, and The Vistas of Port Jefferson; (2) Affordable Multi-Family properties including Cunningham Apartments and Fox Hill; (3) Senior Residence communities such as Court Plaza Senior Apartments, Mitchell Field Senior Residence, Allen Cathedral Senior Residence, Medford Landing, and John Wesley Village III; (4) Office and Retail properties including Courthouse Corporate Center, Oak Street Corporate Center, and Arverne By The Sea Retail; and (5) Property Management services for both residential and commercial properties. The company specializes in smart-growth development and adaptive land reuse and repurposing projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cunningham Apartments Affordable multi-family residential rental property located in Queens Village, NY. Targeted at individuals and families seeking affordable housing options.
• Fox Hill Affordable multi-family residential rental property located in Baiting Hollow, NY. Targeted at individuals and families seeking affordable housing options.
• The Vistas at Port Jefferson Senior residence rental community for residents 55 and older, offering luxury rental living in Port Jefferson, NY. Part of The Benjamin Companies' Signature Developments portfolio.
• John Wesley Village III Senior residence rental property located in Riverhead, NY, targeted at seniors seeking quality housing.
• Medford Landing Senior residence rental property located in Medford, NY, targeted at seniors seeking quality housing.
• Allen Cathedral Senior Residence Senior residence rental property located in Jamaica, NY, targeted at seniors seeking quality housing.
• Court Plaza Senior Apartments

Quantifiable outcome

• Largest revitalization project in the Northeast at Arverne-By-The-Sea
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• New York City Build It Back ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012The Benjamin Companies was named the official post-Sandy New York City Build It Back program contractor for Queens, representing a significant government partnership for disaster recovery and rebuilding efforts.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The LeFrak Organization: Large family-owned real estate developer, builder, owner, and manager of residential and commercial properties in the NY metro region. Closely comparable model — and notably, founder Alvin Benjamin trained at LeFrak before founding The Benjamin Companies.
• LCOR: Northeast-focused real estate investment and development firm operating multifamily, mixed-use, and transit-oriented development. Comparable in regional focus and mixed-use development approach.
• Pennrose: Developer, owner, and manager of affordable and market-rate rental housing across the East Coast, including senior living. Direct peer given shared multifamily, affordable, and senior housing orientation across the same geographies.
• Gilbane Development Company: Real estate development arm of Gilbane providing development, ownership, and property management services across the East Coast, with strong multifamily and mixed-use focus.
• L+M Development Partners: NYC-based developer, owner, and manager of affordable, multifamily, and mixed-use real estate across the Northeast. Direct peer given shared focus on affordable and senior housing, urban revitalization, and vertically integrated development.
• Phipps Houses: NYC-based developer of affordable and mixed-income housing with a similar mix of multifamily rental, supportive housing, and community development in the Northeast. Directly comparable in customer segment (affordable housing) and geography.
• BRP Companies: NYC-based developer of affordable, mixed-income, and supportive housing with similar affordable/senior housing concentration and Northeast geographic focus as The Benjamin Companies.

Broad incumbents

• The Durst Organization: Family-owned NYC real estate developer, owner, and manager of office, retail, and residential properties. Comparable as a vertically integrated family-controlled developer-operator in the same New York market.
• Trammell Crow Residential: Large multifamily developer with East Coast operations building and managing market-rate and affordable apartments. Comparable as a multifamily developer-operator in overlapping geographies, though at materially larger scale.
• Related Companies: One of the largest US developers of mixed-income, affordable, and luxury residential and commercial real estate, headquartered in NYC. Overlap is strong in affordable housing, mixed-use, and master-planned communities, though scale and scope are much broader.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/benjamin-development-companies

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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