As a growing and stable asset class, retail parks will maintain their leading position in 2025, accounting for 29% of the total retail transaction volume in the first half of the year. This is a clear indicator that this asset class is becoming increasingly relevant for retailers and investors alike.
This theme was also the focus of this year's Fachmarktimmobilienkongress in Düsseldorf - a two
Last week, the GFORM team attended MAPIC in Cannes, with over 4,000 participants from 75 countries - one of the key international platforms where the retail, real estate, and investment sectors converge to be part of the conversation shaping the future of retail.
This year's conversations reflected what recent market data already shows: international investors are turning their attention to Ger
Together with the city of Höhr-Grenzhausen and our sister company, yes&, which is responsible for centre marketing at the locations we manage, we develop strategies for utilising temporarily unused space in retail centres. As property operators, we see it as our responsibility to actively participate in and support projects that revitalise spaces and thereby create valuable community hubs.
We are pleased to announce that we will be attending the German retail park conference Fachmarktimmobilienkongress 2025 in Düsseldorf on the 13th and 14th of November.
The conference will explore the latest industry trends and examine the key challenges facing the retail park sector, along with strategies to navigate them and strengthen resilience in today's market landscape. Participants can l
The EDEKA Minden Hannover market in Saxony-Anhalt, which we manage as part of the Muldepark shopping center, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. As the operator and landlord, we would like to warmly congratulate the entire team on reaching this special milestone.
The EDEKA Center Bobbau is an important local supplier for the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen and the surrounding region. For m
We are pleased to announce that we will be attending the 30th edition of MAPIC in Cannes from the 4th to the 5th of November.
As the leading global meeting point for top landlords, international retailers, investors, asset managers, and hospitality operators, MAPIC creates a space as the main transactional hub for the retail property industry. The event brings together thousands of busines
On Friday the 26th of September, we attended an event hosted by the “In the Field” project, hosted by the Greenman OPEN fund and our sister company, yes&, with the goal of creating vibrant social spaces within the retail centers we manage. Together with community partners for “Neighbourhood(s) of the Future”, a week-long initiative took place that invited local residents, schools and comm
The GFORM Team at EXPO REAL 2025 in Munich
Our team at GFORM is pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at Expo Real 2025 in Munich again this year! (hall B3, stand 322)
With a completely new stand concept we will provide insights into our projects as well as the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue and a networking and drinks reception on Tuesday evening.
As a leading
We would like to thank JLL Germany for the invitation to London, and for the opportunity to contribute our perspectives on the panel, German Retail: Converting Passion into Performance.
Our CEO James McEvoy, alongside Sarah Hoffmann from JLL, Veronica Gallo-Alvarez from Redevco and Nils Oppel from Hayfin Capital Management, discussed why the German retail property market is a stable and gr
We are delighted to announce our attendance at Europe GRI in Paris from 10-11 September this year, alongside our sister companies Greenman Investments, Greenman Arth, and White Bird.
The GRI network brings together top-tier real estate players from around the world and offers valuable insights into the most relevant trends and topics of the real estate industry.
Our CEO James McEvoy will be
Last week, we welcomed the management of one of our tenants and one of Germany’s largest retailers to our Berlin office to jointly plan the strategic development of our portfolio for the future.
At GFORM, we see ourselves not only as a landlord and property portfolio manager, but also as an active partner, who supports its rental partners in achieving their own sustainability goals and inc
The local retail park in Berlin’s district Mahlsdorf which we manage, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. As the operator and landlord, we would like to congratulate our long-standing tenants Kik Textilien und Non – Food GmbH, dm – drogerie markt Deutschland and EDEKA Minden – Hannover on this milestone. We would like to particularly highlight EDEKA Brehm, which is celebrating its 20th anniv
For nearly five years we are managing the second-largest local retail centre in the Vogtland region – a centre of great regional importance that has been a cornerstone of Plauen’s retail infrastructure for the past 30 years. Last week, we celebrated this special anniversary with a vibrant stage program, interactive activities, and many visitors from across the Vogtland.
Future-Proof Retail
We are excited for the annual Greenman Group’s Innovation Award Growing Further!
On January 30th, our parent company, the Greenman Group, is hosting this inspiring event in Dublin where the most innovative companies will be honored for making food supply chains and the retail environment around them more sustainable, efficient, and impactful.
As managers of grocery retail properties, we
The EDEKA-Center Aschersleben in Saxony-Anhalt celebrated its 30th anniversary last week. The retail park is part of the portfolio of Greenman OPEN, one of the leading investment funds for food-anchored real estate in Germany, and is managed by GFORM. GFORM and the anchor tenant EDEKA Minden-Hannover look back on a strong long-standing partnership.
The retail park in Aschersleben, located
With less than 70 days to go, we are delighted to announce that for the first time ever GFORM will be exhibiting at Expo Real 2024 this year!
Visit us at our stand in Hall C2, surrounded by our largest tenants and retailers. Take the opportunity to visit our innovative stand and get exclusive insights into our sustainable projects and much more.
We are very excited to make new contacts
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
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.
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
