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Last Updated on Juni 1, 2026 by Greenman Investments Most investors judge the strength of retail real estate by looking at tenant names, locations, or yields. These factors matter. But they don’t always show whether a tenant’s income is sustainable or whether a store is…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments DUBLIN, Mar.04 , 2026 – Greenman Investments (Greenman), a Dublin-based Alternative Investment Fund Manager, has announced the appointment of Neil O’Keeffe as its new chief executive officer. O’Keeffe succeeds co-founder John Wilkinson. He will take responsibility…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments Welcome to the latest Greenman OPEN Monthly Update, marking our entry into the second quarter of 2026. This edition highlights our operational developments across the portfolio for Q1 2026. OPEN’s Operational PerformanceQ1 2026 portfolio operations proceeded…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments European investors are increasingly redirecting capital towards essential real estate and infrastructure as part of a broader re-shaping of portfolios. Equity markets remain sensitive to monetary policy shifts, and global portfolios carry currency risk – particularly…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments A guide to the fund’s structure, strategy, and key terms for prospective investors Greenman NEXT is an open-ended European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) that invests in supermarket and grocery-anchored real estate across Europe. It is managed…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments This is the fourth of our monthly updates that we have committed to providing during OPEN’s gating period. OPEN’s Operational PerformanceThe underlying portfolio of OPEN continues to perform well in line with sector standards. Business operations…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments OPEN’s Operational Performance OPEN’s underlying portfolio continues to perform well. Occupancy remains high at 93% (well ahead of the broader European retail average of c. 80%). The Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term (WARLT) stands at a…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments This is the second of our monthly updates that we have committed to providing during OPEN’s gating period. Our aim is to deliver clear information on two fronts: the process to address liquidity and the ongoing…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments This is the first of our monthly updates that we have committed to providing during the fund’s gating period. Our aim is to provide clear information on two fronts: the process to address liquidity and the…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments At Greenman OPEN, our primary commitment has always been to act in the best long-term interests of all our investors. In Q3 2025, the fund received a higher-than-usual volume of redemption requests. To ensure these exceptional…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments For many people in Ireland, finding ways to make savings work harder than they do in a low-interest bank account or traditional pension fund has been difficult. That’s now beginning to change. A new European investment…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments When assessing a real estate fund, most investors rightly focus on yield, risk and asset quality. But there’s a powerful, often overlooked metric that speaks volumes about a portfolio’s stability and future income: WARLT. WARLT stands…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments Making Your Money Work: A Simple Guide to Growing Your Wealth in Ireland Between raising a family, managing a mortgage, and planning for the future, it’s easy to put investing on the long finger. But as…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments For over a decade, Greenman OPEN has been investing in one of Europe’s most dependable real estate sectors: grocery-anchored retail in Germany. The portfolio is anchored by some of Europe’s leading grocery retailers, whose stores serve…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments In a world of geopolitical tension, market volatility, and shifting monetary policy, investors are searching for stability. The Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2025 report by PwC and ULI noted that the priority is now investing…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments In a world where uncertainty looms and markets fluctuate, one thing remains constant: people need to eat. Grocery stores serve as the backbone of our daily lives, providing not just food but also a sense of…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments According to a recent Irish Times report, Irish citizens are among the least likely in Europe to invest their savings. Despite having significant capital on hand, most people are not putting it to work in long-term…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments This year, we celebrate 20 years of Greenman. What started in 2005 as a small team with a big vision has grown into a European Group with over 200 people, managing more than €1.35 billion in…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments OPEN is more than a grocery real estate fund. While our core portfolio is anchored by some of Germany’s strongest retailers, our strategy reaches further. We invest across four connected zones: Real Estate, Utilities, Resources, and…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments On May 1st, financial advisors from across Ireland gathered at the beautiful Glasson Lakehouse resort for OPEN INVEST 2025—an event that marked Greenman’s 20th anniversary and looked ahead to the future of long-term investment in Ireland….
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments Greenman OPEN has received approval to redevelop Stadtgalerie Datteln, a shopping centre in its portfolio located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. This planning milestone paves the way for a complete upgrade of the centre, focused on future-proofing…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments Greenman OPEN has finalized a long-term strategic framework agreement with Kaufland, securing leases for seven key retail centers across Germany. This deal enhances OPEN’s portfolio by extending its Weighted Average Rent Lease Term (WARLT) to 10.4…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments Greenman is delighted to announce that our flagship fund, Greenman OPEN, has successfully been converted into an ELTIF under the new ELTIF 2.0 framework marking a new chapter for the fund. Below, we outline what has…
Last Updated on Mai 12, 2026 by Greenman Investments Investing in retail real estate has never been more accessible. Meet the Greenman OPEN app, designed to streamline your investment experience with exclusive access to Europe’s largest Article 9 real estate fund. Here’s what makes it…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN has successfully taken handover of a newly built EDEKA supermarket located in Freyburg, Saxony-Anhalt. The property, let to EDEKA on a 15-year lease with a let area of approximately 2,515 sqm, is one of the newest…
Last Updated on Juni 18, 2026 by The Beezdorf Project is expanding to new locations this year following the success of the Beezdorf Kitchen in Biesdorf in 2023. Beezdorf has expanded its cooperation with local schools in the close vicinity of OPEN’s retail centres, now…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by We are proud to announce that our parent company The Greenman Group has announced the winners of its inaugural Future Food Retail Awards. The awards ceremony, held in Dublin, brought together c. 160 industry leaders from finance, investment,…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Three retail parks acquired in Germany for €90 million, increasing Greenman OPEN’s AUM to over €1 billion Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, has acquired three retail parks for a combined…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Last year Luxembourg modernised its investment fund laws, updating certain elements of the Luxembourg investment fund toolbox in order to increase the competitiveness of the Luxembourg financial centre by easing access to products for non-professional investors. Due to…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by We are thrilled to announce that our sister company, Potager Farm, takes a giant leap forward with their first-ever direct-to-consumer sale of fresh, local, and pesticide-free food. In September this year and as part of a pilot-project, the…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN and its sister company GFORM, manager of OPEN’s portfolio of German food retail properties, have celebrated the topping-out ceremony for a local retail centre in a four-level building in Dinkelsbühl in the district of Ansbach in…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Subsidiary Greenman Energy (“GME“), a Joint Venture of Greenman OPEN, has announced the implementation of the innovative “Plug & Charge” (PnC) technology for its electric vehicle chargers. With the advanced technology, GME is setting new standards in providing…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by On Thursday, October 5th, 2023, at 11 a.m., the first donation handover took place at Berliner Tafel e.V. at Beusselstraße. We were able to handover nearly €500 in donation funds, which was collected through the sale of our…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman’s Head of Distribution David O’Meara recently shared his thoughts in PropertyEU on the digital evolution of retail. Recent years have seen technology permeate every aspect of retail and real estate, with supply chains experiencing substantial advancements. In…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by In an era where sustainability and conscious consumption have become paramount, instilling healthy and eco-friendly food habits in our youth is a mission of great significance. The Beezdorf Kitchen initiative, a collaborative effort by Greenman OPEN and yes&,…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by During a late summer evening last week at an event location overlooking river Spree in Berlin, our sister company GFORM, who manages the assets of the OPEN-portfolio, unfolded a new chapter in the realm of retail innovation. With…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Smart buildings, as opposed to mere data collectors, are the future of real estate because they offer dynamic, real-time adaptability. By integrating and linking the many projects at our centres we will be able to take a step…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Potager Farm, a vertical farming company and joint venture between the Greenman Group and Greenman OPEN, has started with the cultivation of its first produce at its farm in Berlin’s district of Marzahn-Hellersdorf last week. Various restaurants from…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN and its sister company GFORM, which specialises in property and tenant management and manages the fund’s portfolio, announced today their plans for an extensive revitalisation of the retail centre Stadtgalerie Datteln in North Rhine-Westphalia. A key…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by The Greenman Group’s Innovation Awards programme, Growing Further, is committed to highlighting businesses that are positively reshaping the grocery retail supply chain. We are delighted to have put together a distinguished panel of judges for our Innovation Awards….
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by During the summer holidays, blood resources often become scarce and yet in Germany there’s a need for 15,000 blood donations daily. Recognising this pressing demand, we are proud to support the city of Plauen and the German Red…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by The much-anticipated annual event, the open-air cinema, made its grand return to our retail centre “Kamen Quadrat” last weekend. For years this cinema event, initiated by the city and sponsored by OPEN, has been a hallmark of community…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Just a stone’s throw away from our retail centre Schillerpark in the city of Schönebeck, a new attraction has been built and opened for the public: the largest pump track area in Saxony-Anhalt. This impressive project, driven by…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by The Greenman Group’s Innovation Awards programme, Growing Further, is committed to highlighting businesses that are positively reshaping the grocery retail supply chain. At the forefront of this movement is Glenn Behrman, founder and President of CEA Advisors LLC,…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Achieving an Article 9 (dark green fund) status is not only about reporting obligations. The benefits of Article 9 are in fact far reaching and have significantly positive implications for real estate activities. Financial impact can be seen…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by We are thrilled to announce that our parent company the Greenman Group has launched its very first pan-European Innovation Awards, highlighting their continuous commitment to innovation and progress. As part of the Group, we’re excited to witness the…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Wind and solar have produced more energy in the EU during May than all fossil fuels combined as the energy transition hits overdrive. Solar energy alone generated 14% of the EU’s electricity in May: an all-time high. With…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by To create a smart building that not only operates sustainably and efficiently but that also creates links to its users (tenants, landlords, customers) requires many different touch points. As part of the Greenman Group, Greenman OPEN leverages the…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by The educational initiative Beezdorf Kitchen continues to make a positive social impact by engaging with the local community and promoting biodiversity. This week, the fund’s daughter company yes& organised a further event at the Berlin Fuchsberg elementary school…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by OPEN is recently investing in the modernisation of an asset located in Zwickau in Germany, occupied by Kaufland, one of the country’s largest grocery retailers. This significant undertaking is aimed at enhancing sustainability and improving the overall shopping…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Plauen in Germany are currently undergoing extensive modernisation. In cooperation with its sister companies GFORM and White Bird, responsible for the technical asset management and construction works, is redeveloping different parts of the building to optimise the location…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman Energy have completed installation of their fist EV-charging stations at Mahlsdorfer Märkte, Berlin. The charging stations can charge an EV up to 80% in as little as 30 minutes ensuring users have time for a quick grocery…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Last week our daughter company yes& organised another enlightening event at the Berlin Fuchsberg elementary school as part of the Beezdorf Kitchen event series. Around 30 fifth-grade children embraced the opportunity to embark on a culinary adventure: The…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN is getting its first electric vehicle hypercharger stations. Subsidiary Greenman Energy (GME) has begun with the construction of the hyperchargers at the retail centre Mahlsdorfer Märkte in Berlin, following the successful financing of over €1.2 million…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN successfully organised the fourth event of its project “Beezdorf Kitchen” at Berlin’s Fuchsberg elementary school. The educational program, initiated by Greenman, aims to educate children around the topic and benefits of sustainable food production, supply, and…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman Energy (GME) have completed a large milestone with the start of construction at Berlin Mahlsdorf. After months of planning the first transformer has been placed on site ready for the installation of four hyper-fast EV charging units….
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN takes over another new local retail centre in Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate. The opening ceremony, hosted by REWE, was attended by the Mayor of Montabaur Gabriele Wieland, project developer Schoofs Immobilien GmbH Frankfurt, and other project participants. The…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by In Germany, the consumer sector “food” is responsible for around 15% of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Due to the high demand for food outside the home, changes in this area have the potential to significantly boost climate efficient…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by On April 26, the Westerwald Arkaden retail centre in Höhr-Grenzhausen (Rhineland-Palatinate) opened with a big folk festival and more than 3,000 guests – including Mayor Thilo Becker and State Secretary Ms. Petra Dick-Walther, from the Ministry of Economy,…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by What is SFDR? The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is a European regulation introduced to improve the transparency of sustainable investment products and to prevent greenwashing. It imposes comprehensive sustainability disclosure requirements covering a broad range of Environmental,…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by With the implementation of the EU Taxonomy and the obligation for large companies to report on their taxonomy score, ESG factors have become a key focus for the industry. We are beginning to see “green” leases in our…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Q1 2023 was a busy quarter which saw the team completing a national roadshow, presenting to over 200 financial advisors across the country. They also made their first asset tour of OPEN’s Berlin retail centres and hosted a…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN, one of the largest food-anchored retail real estate investment funds in Germany, has acquired a portfolio of six EDEKA supermarkets for c. €55 million. Five of the retail properties are located in the Bavarian towns of…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Sale-and-leaseback (SALB) deals have become increasingly popular in the real estate industry, particularly in the commercial sector. This type of transaction involves the sale of a commercial property with the seller then leasing the asset back from the…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by One of the most powerful solutions to addressing climate change lies in the food we eat. Greenman believes, that educating young people is one of the most sustainable ways of doing that. Less than 25% of children receive…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by We are proud of the relationships our teams have built over the past with both our tenants and within the grocery retail sector. The latest acquisition of three EDEKA markets of c. €35 million for our fund OPEN,…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN and Schoofs Immobilien Frankfurt GmbH have laid the foundation stone for a four-level building in Dinkelsbühl in the district of Ansbach in Middle Franconia. On a 9,400 sqm site, an Edeka full-range store is being built…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Last week, CEO’s of the Greenman Group gathered at MIPIM, the annual international real estate trade fair in Cannes, to network, discuss real estate industry trends and exchange market opinions. On this occasion, Johnnie Wilkinson, CEO of the…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman Energy (GME), a joint venture between the Greenman Group and its fund Greenman OPEN, has signed an exclusive framework agreement with Frankfurt-based project developer Schoofs Immobilien at the international real estate trade fair MIPIM in Cannes. The…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN, one of the largest food-anchored retail real estate investment fund in Germany, has acquired three standalone Edeka markets with a total area of approximately 18,500 square meters. The properties are located in Weyhe in Lower Saxony,…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by The Beezdorf Kitchen was launched last Thursday at Berlin’s Fuchsberg Elementary School. The Beezdorf Kitchen is an educational programme organised by our daughter company yes&, which takes place in areas close to the retail centres of the OPEN…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Potager Farm, the agricultural company that is a joint venture between the Greenman Group of companies and the fund Greenman OPEN launched in November 2021, announces that it has started the construction of its first vertical farm in…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by The Board of Greenman Investments acting in its capacity as the Investment manager (AIFM) to Greenman OPEN (“OPEN”), the largest food retail-focused investment fund in Germany, recently approved the NET Zero plan which when complete will reduce the…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Today was all about a charity initiative: Greenman OPEN donated 10,000 € to the organisation Berliner Tafel e.V. With this contribution OPEN wants to support the Tafel, a German charity organisation that helps provide food to people in…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by On Thursday 17 th November the Greenman OPEN and GFORM team attended the Richtfest ceremony for one of OPEN’s new retail centres in Hohr-Grenzhausen. Acquired at the end of 2021, the new turnkey Rastal Center was the second…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Almost 700 visitors took part at the famous St. Martin’s parade at Biesdorf Center last Friday, 11th November. Alongside a colourful lantern parade, the visitors could take part at a puppet theatre show and a fire and light…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Within the celebration of a Halloween event last weekend Greenman OPEN (OPEN) demonstrated, together with the metaverse infrastructure provider Mapstar AG from Karlsruhe, how digitalisation revolutionises the retail landscape. Greenman OPEN, one of the largest investment funds focused…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by The Greenman Group (the ‘Group’), has launched GFORM, a commercial real estate and financial management platform, with a particular speciality in grocery-anchored real estate in Germany. Headed by James McEvoy, CEO, and Maren Große-Löscher, CFO, who have both…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Join us for a unique experience at Berlin’s Biesdorf Center and the first event of our collaboration with Mapstar. We invite you to take a look into the future of retail at Biesdorf Center on October 28th with…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman Open has appointed Schoofs Immobilien GmbH Frankfurt, to develop a portfolio of eleven retail parks and mixed-use properties with a volume of EUR 215 million. This portfolio is to be jointly developed and realized by 2025. The…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Anyone who has tried to buy a new car recently will have an acute understanding of how the global semiconductor shortage has affected that industry. New car sales in the UK are currently a quarter lower than they were…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, is to invest €32 million to install Photovoltaic (PV) Panels on around 1.3km2 of roof space by 2027 across its retail centres in Germany. Once…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Debt deal for a new sustainably constructed retail park in Höhr-Grenzhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate Bank consortium deal led by Westerwald Bank eG, with participation of Nassauische Sparkasse (Naspa) and Sparkasse Westerwald-Sieg Forward fixing loan with seven-year term Modern project development…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman Energy has signed an agreement with GP JOULE CONNECT to install 4 hyper-charging EV units in the car park of the Mahlsdorf market retail centre which is owned by its sister fund Greenman OPEN. The Hyper-Charging Station…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Focus on German shopping centres anchored by food chains is at heart of Greenman’s Covid recovery When Covid-19 descended on Europe in March 2020, retail landlords, forced to renegotiate leases and give payment freezes, were probably wondering why…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Throughout the past few years, grocery retail has been the shining light of retail, performing consistently and steadily. Now, as the prevalence of the pandemic recedes in Europe, hospitality reopens, supply chains struggle and prices inflate, how will…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Working towards sustainable goals makes our environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework crucial for creating long-term value for our investors and society. Climate change is intensifying, and no country is left untouched. The UN states that 90% of…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Following its strong performance in 2021 (with annual change in NAV for the year of c.7.1%), Greenman OPEN continues to perform consistently, recording growth in NAV of 1.46% like for like change in Q1 2022. This increase in…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by The forecast growth in the EV market, coupled with the energy shortages and price spikes that the world is currently experiencing, means the search for energy independence and greener energy production is critical. Currently, Greenman OPEN generates c.350,000…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, announces the acquisition of a grocery anchored retail park in Rhineland-Palatinate. This is the third acquisition in OPEN’s €95.5 million portfolio development framework agreement with…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman, the specialist grocery-anchored retail real estate investment and fund manager, announces today the launch of Greenman European Supermarkets (GES), an open-ended fund that will invest primarily in grocery-anchored real estate, with the flexibility to acquire logistics and…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, has signed a €30 million Revolving Credit Facility which was arranged by Santander. OPEN will use the facility to support investments in their German grocery-anchored…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, has signed a seven-year €19.5 million debt deal with BayernLB to finance the acquisition of a retail park in Sonneberg, Germany. The centre is anchored…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Edinburgh, UK and Berlin, Germany – February 10, 2022 – Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), the indoor agritech specialist, has secured a partnership with Potager Farm, a subsidiaryof grocery-anchored real estate firm Greenman Group, to build the first retail…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by After some tough years for the sector, investor appetite is expected to return in 2022. After years of doom and gloom around retail, optimism is finally returning to the sector. Having proved its resilience during the pandemic, there…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, has recently agreed a new framework agreement with Kaufland, one of Germany’s leading grocery retailers, on the long-term renewal of five leases across a portfolio…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by In June this year we attended the Richtfest of our retail centre in Wittenberge. 8 months later, the anchor tenant REWE opened its new store. The building is one of REWE’s green building designs, built in accordance with…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Catherine Choo has been Chief Information Officer at Greenman since last year, a role with a lot of responsibility and a wide range of duties. However, she started her career at Greenman back in 2011. Take a moment…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN agrees new debt deal with HypoVereinsbank to finance the acquisition of a sustainable retail park in Brandenburg Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, has signed a five-year €5.6 million…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by A new kind of mobility is being defined in urban and suburban areas with the uptake in usage of electric vehicles, such as cars, bicycles, and scooters. With these different e-mobility options, ride sharing has never been easier….
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by What will the supermarket of the future look like? In Germany, REWE Group has recently opened its first Green Farming market in Wiesbaden (southern Germany) and has set a new standard for a new generation of green supermarkets…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN (OPEN), Germany’s largest food-retail focused investment fund, has signed a new seven year debt facility for €17 million to refinance the Berlin Hansa-Centre, marking the fund’s first financing deal with MünchenerHyp. The Hansa-Centre is located in…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by As the world’s population continues to grow rapidly and is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, it is estimated that global food production will need to increase by up to 70% over the next 30 years. Over…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Bees are a key player in our ecosystem. Several thousand fruits and vegetables as well as important wild plants depend on bees as pollination insects. The insects’ work is also vital for the survival of the human being….
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Market analysts have been increasingly discussing the effects of rising inflationary pressures globally. As the worldwide vaccination campaign gathers pace, the reopening of economies and the quick rebound in activity that has followed has fuelled inflation in some…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by The centres in the OPEN portfolio are located in central locations in major suburban cities or in the best locations in secondary and tertiary cities in Germany. The tenants’ retail concepts are innovative and we work closely with…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Grocery delivery service with the help of drones is closer than you think. Investor interest is increasing and funding for the air mobility industry has accelerated in recent months. In fact, the upswing has been so rapid that…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by The acquisition of a newly built centre is always exciting. Especially when you can see the lifecycle of the property, from foundations to being fully built. The completion of OPEN’s new retail centre in Wittenberge is progressing. This…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by The food dominated retail hybrid centre “Drehscheibe Homberg” in Homberg (Efze) was acquired by OPEN last year and was added to its operational portfolio in April 2021.The centre, which is located in the city centre of Homberg in…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Last week, the centre in Tuttlingen opened its doors after only twelve months of construction. Rewe and Aldi took the first step and each opened a new store in the mixed-use hybrid centre with long-term leases of 15…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by The new food dominated retail hybrid Centre in Homberg (Efze) which was acquired by Greenman OPEN (OPEN) last year, is now fully operational with OPEN collecting its first month’s rent from 1st April 2021. The developer and seller…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN (OPEN), Germany’s largest food-retail focused investment fund, has committed to achieving a carbon neutral footprint by 2040 and ensuring all real estate acquisitions will be carbon neutral by 2035. To accomplish this ambitious target, Greenman OPEN…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Greenman OPEN has recently completed a deal to acquire a new, turnkey retail center in Wittenberge, Brandenburg. The deal, which has been acquired directly from German developer Harms Consulting GmbH & Co. KG has a total volume of…
Last Updated on Juli 3, 2026 by Michael Irving, Investment Consultant at Greenman, recently spoke to Moneycube.ie about Greenman OPEN’s strategy, performance and targets for 2021 and why it is time to invest now. Read the full blog post here on Moneycube.ie.
In 2021, for the second edition of our GMO event series, we invited panellists to discuss how COVID-19 has acted as a catalyst for changes already afoot in the retail real estate industry
More than 200 participants joined our moderator David O’Meara from Greenman and the panel of experts in an open discussion on the market insights, trends and challenges of the retail and real estate market.
Panellists
Greenman OPEN’s Q3 Performance webinar was held on Thursday 5 November.
Key takeaways:
– Greenman OPEN’s asset class market share has increased as investors search for the stability food retailers offer.
– Foreign investment has increased by 14% y-on-y underlining their confidence in Germany’s security & stability.
– Retail remains open under new Covid-19 restrictions in Germany. Coupled with additional VAT cuts to stimulate spending.
– CFO underlines target to achieve half a billion NAV by end of year and CEO discusses possibility of drone delivery trial with Manna in the new year.
Panellists
Johnnie Wilkinson
David O’Meara
Michael Barry
James McEvoy
Catherine Choo
Greenman OPEN (GMO) ran a webinar, Consistency in Chaos, as the first in a series of online discussions. Greenman’s management team discussed how the GMO fund can fit into client’s pension portfolio and provide them with consistent income for the long term. As well as the latest research, insights and considerations for both investors and landlords in the Food Retail real estate sector.
Additional topics included:
– Insights on the impacts of Covid-19 on retailers and investors;
– What are the long-term effects on the industry.
Panellists
Johnnie Wilkinson
David O’Meara
James McEvoy
Catherine Choo
During this time of uncertainty, Greenman’s priority is the health and safety of our staff, clients, business and our communities.
We remain fully operational and we do not anticipate any material disruption of our services to you.
However we are implementing our contingency plans for both our staff and our operations to ensure that our services are consistently and securely provided to our clients, including where we are working remotely. With that in mind, we would like to share with you some measures that we have taken that will ensure that we maintain the levels of service and responsiveness you expect from Greenman, with the need to adapt to the circumstances in which we now find ourselves.
Our offices will remain closed for the week of the 16th and all physical meetings are cancelled. This will be reviewed weekly and we will update you on any changes. All post, phone calls and emails will continue to be received and forwarded to the relevant people. If in-person visits are deemed to be essential, we will communicate with our visitors about their recent travel history and potential exposure to the coronavirus.
We will continue to monitor the specific implications of the virus on our staff and our services, taking guidance from Ireland’s Health Service Executive, the Irish Government and the World Health Organisation.
We hope you stay healthy during the coming weeks. Should you require any further information or would like to speak to a member of our team, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Germany’s open-ended retail real estate funds saw record inflows in 2019 as the gap widened on the spreads between government bond yields and returns from the property market, as new data published by Berlin-based rating agency Scope shows.
As a comparison, the average yield on 14 open-ended mutual real estate funds over the past 15 years has always shown a positive differential, or premium, over German government bonds, with this spread, or “excess return” only widening since 2013. Net inflows in 2019 were only exceeded in 2009 and 2016.
As Frank Netscher, analyst at Scope, puts it: “The 3.8 percentage-point spread between yields on open-ended real estate funds and German government bonds has very rarely been so wide. “On the one hand, yields on government bonds have fallen steadily, with the yield on 10-year German bonds in negative territory for much of 2019. On the other hand, yields on open-ended real estate funds have also risen steadily, driven primarily by increases in the value of properties in fund managers’ portfolios.” Read more here in ReFire:
John Wilkinson, CEO, Greenman, talks to The Real Estate Day at Expo Real 2019 about how Greenman OPEN, as a buy and hold fund, believe they can generate income for their investors by focusing on micro-locations across the country, as German food retailers are financially strong and online shopping in this sector has not yet taken off.
It was wonderful to celebrate the opening of our new office with so many business partners, investors, colleagues and friends who have been part of and helped Greenman over the past few years. Having outgrown our last office, the new space in Berlin set over three floors, provides us with ample room to expand into as we continue to grow.
A special thank you to his excellency, Ambassador Nicholas O’Brien for speaking at the reception and to our friends at Lough Ree Distillery for bringing their Slingshot Irish Gin to the event for us to try.



As 2020 is the start of a new decade we wanted to look forward and consider what will/may influence retail and real estate funds, in particular Greenman OPEN (GMO), as we move towards 2030.
200 participants joined our panel of experts in an open and frank discussion on what technologies are impacting the retail and real estate markets.
Panellists
Christian Schimanski, Hamburg Commercial Bank, Germany
Dr Holger Wolf, White & Case LLP, Germany
Lynda Boylan, Manna.Aero, Ireland
Dr Angelus Bernreuther, Kaufland, Germany
Emily Bohill (Moderator), Bohill Partners, London
Insights from the Day
– The outlook for bricks and mortar German grocery stores looks stable with digitalisation focusing on addressing customer needs & overall retail experience.
– Drone deliveries could provide a low cost, high speed, environmentally friendly solution to last mile logistics, potentially working together with grocery stores in the future.
– Blockchain has the ability to revolutionise the way real estate sector operates from smart contracts to management and execution of property sales and leases.
– The continuation of a lower for longer interest rate environment will result in debt remaining cheaper for longer & yield gaps remaining significant. – Greenman OPEN targets to achieve €1bn AUM by the end of 2020.




