
Last Updated on August 1, 2026 by Welcome to the latest Greenman OPEN Monthly Update – the latest portfolio news, an updated position on Greenman OPEN’s liquidity and redemption process, and what’s new on our Education Hub. OPEN’s Portfolio PerformanceUtilitiesGreenman Energy (GME), OPEN’s EV-charging subsidiary,…
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Last Updated on August 1, 2026 by Welcome to the latest Greenman OPEN Monthly Update – the latest portfolio news, an updated position on Greenman OPEN’s liquidity and redemption process, and what’s new on our Education Hub. OPEN’s Portfolio PerformanceUtilitiesGreenman Energy (GME), OPEN’s EV-charging subsidiary,…
Last Updated on July 29, 2026 by edyfi now has real, ground-level visibility across nearly half of Greenman OPEN’s portfolio – and is on track for full coverage by the end of the year. edyfi is rolling out sensors across OPEN’s properties to replace estimates…
Last Updated on July 29, 2026 by Potager Farm has cut production time across its core products by 8–15% – and because time under grow-lights and irrigation drives resource use directly, that same reduction carries through to energy, water and fertiliser use per unit grown….
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments Starting from a blank piece of paper in 2022, Greenman Energy (GME) has established a meaningful EV charging infrastructure footprint. This week, GME completed 65,000 hyper-charges for more than 17,000 customers across its portfolio of 96…
Last Updated on July 7, 2026 by Real estate behaves differently from shares or bonds. It generates returns differently, moves to different rhythms, and requires a different mindset. This article explains what that means in practical terms, so investors can make better informed decisions. Different…
Last Updated on June 2, 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 June 1, 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 May 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 May 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 August 7, 2026 by The General Partner of the Greenman OPEN Fund, in consultation with the AIFM, is implementing certain measures following a “Minded-to” letter issued by the Central Bank of Ireland on 18 December 2025. After considering the contents of this…
Last Updated on May 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 August 7, 2026 by Rental income, strategic projects, and asset management proceed uninterrupted during redemption gate period. While Greenman OPEN has implemented a temporary gate on redemptions to manage liquidity, the fund’s underlying business and portfolio continue to perform uninterrupted and remain…
Last Updated on August 7, 2026 by Greenman OPEN has entered a redemption gate period, as provided for in the fund’s Prospectus. This decision was taken by the Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) in response to a sustained period of elevated redemption requests, largely driven…
Last Updated on May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 August 7, 2026 by How the Greenman OPEN Fund Works Greenman OPEN is a European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) managed by Greenman Investments, a fully regulated Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland. The fund is open-ended,…
Last Updated on May 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 May 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 August 7, 2026 by On May 23, OPEN hosted its Q1 2025 webinar to give an update on fund performance, portfolio activity, and what’s ahead. The session covered progress across all investment zones, key market context, and the steps being taken to…
Last Updated on May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 August 7, 2026 by Investing for the future requires careful planning and access to the right financial tools. One such vehicle gaining momentum across Europe is the European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF). ELTIFs are designed to channel capital into infrastructure, real estate,…
Last Updated on May 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 August 7, 2026 by 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 changed: What…
Last Updated on August 7, 2026 by Greenman Investments, a market-leading sector-specific real estate investment fund manager (“Greenman”), announced today that its flagship fund, Greenman OPEN (“OPEN”), has successfully converted into a European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF). This conversion, following the introduction of the ELTIF…
Last Updated on August 7, 2026 by 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 years and…
Last Updated on August 7, 2026 by Greenman OPEN, one of Germany’s largest food-anchored retail real estate investment funds and Europe’s largest Article 9 Real Estate Fund, has acquired a portfolio of 10 standalone EDEKA supermarkets with a total let area of approximately 22,500 square…
Last Updated on August 7, 2026 by As Q1 2024 wraps up, Greenman OPEN continues to excel, marking the 10th consecutive quarter of like-for-like NAV uplift—a notable increase of +0.26%. The first quarter has demonstrated significant progress across all investment zones, highlighting our strategic vision….
Last Updated on August 7, 2026 by The partnership marks Potager Farm’s entry into online retail through Knuspr’s platform. [Berlin]: Potager Farm, a Berlin-based vertical farming company, has teamed up with Knuspr, a leading online supermarket offering a wide selection of around 19,000 products for…
Last Updated on July 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 June 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 July 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 August 7, 2026 by The Greenman Group, a multinational organisation and market leading investment fund manager who owns food-anchored retail real estate worth c. €1.35 billion across France, Germany, and Poland, is delighted to announce the winners of its inaugural Future Food…
Last Updated on July 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 July 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 July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 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 July 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 July 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 July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 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 July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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….
Last Updated on July 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 July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 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 July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 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 July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 27, 2026 by Greenman Investments 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…
Last Updated on July 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 July 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…
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.




