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  • Poland’s Standout Grocery Retail Year

    Of the eleven European grocery markets tracked in McKinsey and EuroCommerce’s State of Grocery Retail Europe 2026, Poland came out on top for value growth – up 5.6% year-on-year, well ahead of the European average of 3.4%. And since 2019, it’s grown a cumulative 55.2%, also the highest of any market in the report.
    That growth isn’t just on paper, Poland’s modern retail footprint expanded 4.4%

  • Potager Farm: 2,000 Plants, One Store, Eight Weeks

    Potager Farm's sales this year have already come close to matching the whole of 2025's sales total – with several months still to go.
    Part of that is a single, concentrated example of what direct retail can look like at pace. Within eight weeks, Potager Farm sold almost 2,000 plants directly into one grocery store's shelves. That's not a slow, steady trickle of stock – it's evidence that when

  • What the Deli Counter Tells You About Rental Value


    German grocery operators are amongst the largest and most successful in Europe, and once you walk into a store, it’s easy to see why. Their stores are built for more than just completing a weekly shop and it's a format that many Irish retailers are now following.
    Large bakeries at the entrances enticing customers in with the smell of fresh baking bread throughout the day, a vibrant farmer

  • Greenman Energy: Revenue Passes €1.5m

    Greenman Energy's charging network has now exceeded €1.5 million in cumulative revenue, up from the c.€1.3 million milestone reported earlier this summer.
    The growth is coming from two directions: an EV hyper-charger footprint that is expanding across Greenman OPEN's portfolio, and a steadily growing base of customers charging directly through SPARK, the mobile app GME launched in June. Neithe

  • What is an ELTIF? A Guide for Retail Investors

    If you have been researching investment funds recently, you may have come across the term ELTIF. It stands for European Long-Term Investment Fund, and it is worth understanding what it means, because it determines what a fund can invest in, how it is regulated, and what that means for you as a retail investor.
    What is an ELTIF?
    An ELTIF is a regulated fund structure created by the European

  • Data Driven Insights at Property Level

    edyfi has begun piloting a new layer of analysis across the OPEN portfolio: using number-plate recognition sensors to understand not just how much energy a property uses, but how its physical space is actually being used.
    The first results, from one property currently being trialed, are notable. Over four months of data, even on the single busiest day observed, the car park reached at most aro

  • Spotting Patterns to Enhance Efficiency

    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

  • Solar Powers the Next Stage of Growth

    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

  • European Grocery Retail in H1 2026: What We Are Seeing Across Our Real Estate Markets

    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

  • Upcoming Key Dates for Audit, NAV and Distributions

    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

  • Greenman OPEN Monthly Update - July 2026

    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: Turning Portfolio Data into Decisions


    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

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