GFORM has announced a strategic framework agreement with the grocery retailer Kaufland for seven retail centres of the Greenman OPEN fund. Kaufland, a long-standing partner of the Greenman Group, occupies numerous properties within the fund’s portfolio across Germany.
The agreement encompasses a combination of new long-term leases for a total of seven properties located in Berlin, Brandenb
Greenman OPEN, one of Germany’s leading food retail real estate investment funds, 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 component of the redevelopment will be the positioning of a ne
As a retail real estate manager, we have an important role to play as a partner to local communities. Our recent collaboration with students from the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (BHT) in the field of landscaping and green space management to redevelop the Elsterwerdaer Platz is a brilliant example of how we actively form and foster relationships with local stakeholders to focus on t
During a late summer evening last week at an event location overlooking river Spree in Berlin, GFORM unfolded a new chapter in the realm of retail innovation. With over 200 attendees, the inaugural event was more than just a gathering – it was a shared exploration into the transformative potentials of taking an integrated building approach.
The event focused on exploring “the GFORM Way“, a
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 meters. The retail properties are located in the federal states of Saxony, Bavaria, and Thuringia. The deal, known as the portfolio “Chase” in
GFORM is once again the main sponsor of the German GRI event this year. In anticipation of the upcoming event, we share an exclusive interview with our CEO James McEvoy, who gives an insight into the future of food retail. He will also be co-chairing the “ESG & Innovation” panel at the event. For those who cannot attend in person, the interview is an excellent opportunity to get an insigh
In Germany, there is a total need for 15,000 blood donations every day, and yet blood reserves are often in short supply. Due to this urgent requirement, we as the manager of the retail centre Westerwald Arkaden, have recently organised a blood donation campaign in the centre we manage, in cooperation with the German Red Cross. As part of this, a blood donor bus and an information stand were
GFORM is an official partner of this year’s Retail Real Estate Congress (Handelsimmobilienkongress) 2024!
We are delighted to be part of this outstanding event, which is organised by the EHI Retail Institute and the German Retail Association (HDE) in cooperation with the GCSP German Council of Shopping Places and, for the first time this year, with the ZIA Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss e.V.
GFORM, manager of Greenman OPEN’s (OPEN) portfolio one of the largest food-anchored retail real estate investment funds in Germany, announces the successful completion and handover of Greenman OPEN’s latest acquisition, a newly built EDEKA supermarket located in Freyburg, Saxony-Anhalt. The property, with a let area of approximately 2,515 sqm, is the newest addition to the fund’s growing port
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, retail, press, entrepreneurship, real estate, and academia.
This year’s overall winner was the French start-up Spore.Bio, who invented the first ins
We are excited about the recent interview we conducted with Kaufland Immobilien Deutschland, in which our CEO, James McEvoy, provides deep insights into the vision and strategies of GFORM as well as its parent company, the Greenman Group.
In the conversation with Susanne Gehle, Managing Director at Kaufland Immobilien Deutschland, James McEvoy emphasises the resilience of the food retail s
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 positive impact this initiative will bring to our network and the industries we serve.
The competition will identify, recognise, and reward b
