Three years of sales data now sit behind the retail partnerships of Potager Farm, the vertical farming venture backed by Greenman OPEN, and a pattern has emerged that repeats with striking consistency: demand dips every summer, right around the school holidays, before climbing back through autumn and building toward a stronger spring.
It shows up in 2024. It shows up again in 2025. And it's al
Greenman Energy's (GME’s) rooftop solar network is now covering nearly half of on-site tenant electricity demand at the Greenman OPEN properties where it operates. Across 13 active plants – running for close to 1,000 operational days now – the network is generating an average yield of 3.50 MWh per plant per day, enough to cover 48.4% of customer energy needs at those sites and save an estimated 29
The first half of 2026 brought continued resilience to Europe's grocery retail sector despite a more uncertain economic backdrop. In this report, we examine the trends that shaped the market through the lens of Greenman's portfolio across Germany, Poland and France, combining our experience on the ground with the latest market data.
The more interesting story of the first half was not grocery's
Over the next few months there are a number of important dates coming up – covering the 2025 audit, the AGM of the fund, and NAV and distribution announcements. Here's what to expect and when.
Completion of the 2025 Audit The CSSF have been informed that Greenman acting in its capacity as AIFM to Greenman OPEN and Greenman NEXT, has agreed with the Fund's Independent Auditor – Moore Audit – tha
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, continues to build out its footprint. Since launching from scratch in 2022, GME has completed 65,000 hyper-charges f
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 with measured, verifiable data. That rollout is already live at 42 of OPEN's 90 properties, capturing energy consumption everywhere it's installed, alongside
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.
The business has also broadened well beyond its original core products. It is producing on a large on-demand scale flowering plants in pots, ex
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 charging points located in 21 locations within Greenman OPEN’s portfolio. This has generated approximately €1.3m in revenue to date.
With a further 8 locatio
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 Investments, Different TimelinesBroadly speaking, investments fall into two categories:
Liquid Market Investments
Real Assets
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 likely to remain profitable over time.
There is another indicator that can often provide deeper insight into the strength of a grocery property's income: how comfortably the tenan
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 as scheduled across all investment zones, with day-to-day property management, tenant relations, and maintenance programmes continuing wit
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 for investors holding US-dollar assets. Against this backdrop, tangible assets embedded in the European economy are attracting renew
