What Mann Group does

Mann Group (also referenced as The Mann Group) is a privately held real estate development company founded in 1989 and headquartered in Surrey, British Columbia. The company specializes in commercial, industrial, retail, multi-family residential, and subdivision projects, with an operating footprint concentrated in the Greater Vancouver / Fraser Valley region (Squamish to Chilliwack), supplemented by a subdivision in Kingston, Ontario, and exploration in Kamloops. Its portfolio spans more than 20 projects, including shopping plazas and office buildings (Gladwin Crossing Phase 1, Nordel Annex, Mann Corporate Center, Jetstream Junction), executive townhome communities (Grovemont, Mackenzie Estates), purpose-built rental (Mainstreet Station), light-industrial assets (Surrey Industrial Trade Centre, Queen Mary Industrial Park, AMS Development), single-family subdivisions (Station Road, Forest Gate, Falls Ridge, Maple Ridge), a mixed-use high-rise (Gladwin Crossing Phase 2), and an agricultural operation (Dyke Valley Berry Farms).

The company operates an integrated development model covering land acquisition, project design, project financing, construction, and in-house property management. This vertical integration is the stated basis of differentiation, supported by direct relationship selling to tenants and buyers. Property Management services for owned commercial, retail, and office assets — covering accounting, repair and maintenance, and tenant relations — provide an additional recurring service line. Mann Group also runs an active value-added acquisition program focused on income-producing properties in the Greater Vancouver market. The company is led by founder Joseph Mann and maintains active memberships in industry associations (GVHBA, UDI). There is no public technology platform, software offering, or AI/ML capability disclosed; competitive positioning rests on local market presence, execution reputation, and integrated operating capability.

Revenue mechanics are diversified across three streams: one-time property development and sales (townhomes, single-family lots, commercial buildings), recurring commercial rental income from owned office, retail, and purpose-built residential assets, and professional services revenue from in-house property management. Notable national-tenant relationships on the leasing side include Tim Hortons, Starbucks, CIBC, Scotiabank, TD Canada Trust, H&R Block, Cob's Bread, Transport Canada, and Fraser Health Authority. The firm is private with no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or financial figures; revenue bands cannot be triangulated with high confidence from available data.

Name

Mann Group

Legal name

The Mann Group

Website

https://manngroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mann Group is a privately held real estate developer headquartered in Surrey, BC, specializing in commercial, industrial, retail, multi-family residential, and subdivision projects across the Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley region. It serves residential buyers and national commercial tenants via integrated land acquisition, development, and in-house property management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Development

NAICS

Nonresidential Property Managers (531312), Residential Property Managers (531311)

SIC

Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532), Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552), Lessors Of Real Property, Nec (6519)

akta.pro primary industry

Land & Development Site Brokerage (BPAJABAG)

Keywords

• Real estate development
• Commercial property leasing
• Residential property development
• Property management services
• Land subdivision development

Headquarters

HQ city

Surrey

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Property Development and Sales: Develops and sells commercial, industrial, retail, multi-family residential, and subdivision projects. Revenue generated from property sales including townhomes, single-family lots, and commercial buildings.
2. Commercial Property Rental: Owns and operates commercial, retail, and office buildings generating recurring rental income. Properties include shopping plazas, office buildings, and purpose-built rental residential units.
3. Property Management Services: Provides in-house property management services for owned commercial, retail and office buildings including accounting, repairs, maintenance, and tenant relations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mann Group is a real estate development company that provides land acquisition, project design, project financing, construction, and property management services for commercial, industrial, retail, multi-family residential, subdivision, and mixed-use projects. The company develops, sells, and leases its own properties — including townhomes, single-family lots, shopping plazas, office buildings, industrial structures, and purpose-built rental units — primarily in British Columbia with one Ontario subdivision. It also owns and operates an agricultural asset (Dyke Valley Berry Farms) and provides in-house property management for its commercial, retail, and office portfolio.

Product overview

Mann Group is a real estate development company offering an integrated suite of services across the property lifecycle. The core offerings include Real Estate Acquisitions (value-added income property acquisitions in Greater Vancouver), Property Management (in-house management for commercial, retail, and office buildings), and Development Services (subdividing land and constructing residential, commercial, and industrial properties). The product portfolio spans multiple verticals: Multi-Family Residential (townhome and apartment developments such as Grovemont, Mainstreet Station, Mackenzie Estates), Mixed-Use (Gladwin Crossing Phase 2 combining retail and 20-storey residential), Retail/Office (shopping plazas like Nordel Annex, Gladwin Crossing Phase 1, Mann Corporate Center, Jetstream Junction, Penny Pichers), Industrial (Surrey Industrial Trade Centre, AMS Development, Queen Mary Industrial Park, and individual industrial buildings), Agricultural (Dyke Valley Berry Farms - 161-acre cranberry and blueberry farm), and Subdivisions (single-family lot developments including Kingston/Gibraltor Bay Estates, Maple Ridge, Falls Ridge, Forest Gate, Station Road). The company operates primarily in British Columbia (Greater Vancouver to Chilliwack) with one subdivision project in Kingston, Ontario.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Real Estate Acquisitions

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association (GVHBA)minorOthersMann Group is a proud member of the Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association, providing industry networking and visibility in the residential construction sector.
• Urban Development Institute (UDI)minorOthersMann Group is a proud member of the Urban Development Institute, providing access to industry development resources and professional network in the commercial/industrial real estate sector.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Concert Properties: Concert Properties is a Vancouver-based real estate company developing and managing rental apartments, condominiums, commercial space, and mixed-use projects across BC and select Canadian markets, with a comparable integrated development-and-management approach.
• Anthem Properties: Anthem Properties is a BC-based integrated real estate investment, development, and asset management company operating across residential, commercial, industrial, and retail asset classes in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, making it the most directly comparable peer to Mann Group's full-stack model.
• Intracorp Homes: Intracorp Homes is a BC-based developer of multi-family residential, mixed-use, and commercial projects across Metro Vancouver, with a comparable focus on townhome and mid-rise product serving similar end-buyers and renters.
• Beedie Development Group: Beedie is a BC-based, family-owned real estate developer active across industrial, commercial, residential, and master-planned community projects throughout Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, with a regional scale and asset-class breadth similar to Mann Group.
• Cressey Development Group: Cressey Development Group is a Vancouver-based, multi-generational real estate company active in residential, mixed-use, commercial, and industrial development across Metro Vancouver, with comparable project types and an integrated lifecycle approach.
• PCI Developments: PCI Developments is a Vancouver-based, mid-sized developer active across commercial, industrial, mixed-use, and residential asset classes throughout Metro Vancouver and BC. Its integrated approach and project size profile closely mirror Mann Group's.
• Adera Group: Adera Group is a Vancouver-based real estate developer of similar mid-sized scale to Mann Group, focused on multi-family residential and master-planned communities across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, with overlapping product types (townhomes, woodframe apartments) and target submarkets.

Broad incumbents

• Mattamy Homes: Mattamy Homes is Canada's largest residential homebuilder with operations across multiple provinces including British Columbia, providing a public-market benchmark for subdivision and townhome development economics relevant to Mann Group's lot-development business.
• Polygon Homes: Polygon Homes is one of BC's largest residential developers, building thousands of homes annually across Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, and Vancouver Island. While significantly larger in scale, Polygon competes with Mann Group for the same townhome, apartment, and master-planned community buyers in Surrey, Langley, and Abbotsford.
• Onni Group: Onni Group is one of BC's largest privately held developers, with deep operations in Metro Vancouver including high-rise residential, commercial, retail, and industrial product across many of the same submarkets where Mann Group operates, but at materially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/manngroup1989
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mann-group24

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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