As of 12 October 2026, Greenman Energy's charging network has served 20,479 unique customers and delivered more than 2.2 GWh of energy through its charging points, across sites in Greenman OPEN's grocery portfolio.
The timing is worth noting. Germany’s Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt reported a record 34.5% battery-electric share of new cars in September, with 88,599 registrations, almost double a year ea
Emissions across Greenman OPEN's grocery-anchored portfolio have fallen by c. 27% over four years, and the EV charging infrastructure Greenman Energy has installed on those sites has paid for itself, delivering 893,445 kWh across 32,108 charging sessions in the past 12 months. Both results sit at the centre of an editorial by Carmen Sitz, CEO of edyfi, and Johnnie Wilkinson, CEO of Greenman Group,
Of all the primary grocery real estate markets in our Signals to Savour research, Poland offers the longest runway for rental growth – and the reason comes down to a quirk in how its leases are structured.
Polish grocery rents are indexed to the eurozone HICP rather than domestic Polish inflation. That's a technical detail almost everywhere else, but in Poland it creates a genuine structural g
Across Europe's largest grocery markets, e-commerce still hasn't become the threat to physical retail that it did in other categories. In Germany, online grocery sits at roughly 0.4% of the market. In France and Spain, our Signals to Savour research found the channel continuing to struggle for a real foothold against strong in-store preference. In Italy, it has gained traction mainly among younger
We said we'd update you this week on the timing of the AGM convening notices. The audit is not yet signed off, so we're not in a position to issue them today.
We know this is a further delay on top of what we flagged last week, and we're sorry for the continued wait.
Where things stand:
The audit remains with our independent auditors and is not yet complete.
We'll issue the convening n
Food inflation in Germany hit 12.7% through 2022 and 2023, and the natural assumption was that grocery tenants were under pressure. However, the data says the opposite - headline inflation ran at roughly half that rate, and because rents index to the general price level while grocery turnover moves with food prices, tenants' occupancy costs actually fell. France and Spain followed the same pattern
Two of the Group's real estate businesses are becoming one. GFORM and White Bird are merging to form Greenman Germany, a new, closely aligned sister company to Greenman Poland.
The two businesses bring genuinely complementary strengths: GFORM's expertise in commercial and tenant relationship management, and White Bird's specialisation in technical real estate management. Together, they create
We're finalising the last items for the 2025 audit with our independent auditors. Because the audit isn't signed off yet, we weren't able to issue the AGM convening notices on 17 September as planned.
The auditors have been thorough. That level of scrutiny is there to protect investors, and we'd rather it was done properly than done quickly.
What happens next
Once the audit is signed of
Retail investors putting money into real assets – property, infrastructure, energy – have historically had far less visibility into their investment than the institutions that have always been able to access these markets. ELTIF reform changed that, opening long-term, real-asset funds like ours to a much wider range of investors. Clayo is the tool we've built to make sure that access comes with re
German grocery retail has barely grown its physical footprint since 2019. Per McKinsey and EuroCommerce's State of Grocery Retail Europe 2026, German retail space actually contracted slightly over that period (-2.4%), while the European average expanded by 4.6%.
And yet sales per square metre in Germany rose 38.9% over the same period – ahead of the European average of 29.8%. Some of that refl
Getting a clear read on how a single property is performing has always meant stitching things together – energy figures from one system, carbon data from another, footfall from somewhere else entirely. This October, that changes. edyfi is launching a platform that brings energy, carbon, footfall and property-level performance into one interface, updated from live sensor feeds every 15 minutes. One
What "specialist" actually means
Greenman Investments is the Greenman Group's alternative investment fund manager. We began in European grocery-anchored real estate, and that's still where most of our track record sits. A lot of managers call themselves specialists. We think the word only means something if it's backed by how you actually operate, not just how you invest.
The distinction is
Private market investment funds have been growing quickly in Europe. According to a 2026 study by Scope Fund Analysis, the European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) market reached at least €34 billion in assets under management by the end of 2025, a 55% increase on 2024. A record 113 new ELTIFs launched in 2025 alone, almost double the number in 2024.¹ For investors who have not yet looked closel
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 Greenman Group, Maximilian Bley from Greenman Energy and Catherine Choo, CEO of yes&, spoke to Germany’s leading real estate newspaper Immobilien Zeitung
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 companies plan to equip all new projects realised by Schoofs with rooftop solar panels and hyper-charging stations via GME from now on. The
