Potager Farm, the agricultural company that is a joint venture between the Greenman Group of companies and the fund Greenman OPEN launched in November 2021, announces that it has started the construction of its first vertical farm in Berlin. It has secured €3 million funding, 25% funded by the Greenman Group and 75% by its fund Greenman OPEN, ensuring interests of the Group and investors in the fu
The Board of Greenman Investments acting in its capacity as the Investment manager (AIFM) to Greenman OPEN (“OPEN”), the largest food retail-focused investment fund in Germany, recently approved the NET Zero plan which when complete will reduce the portfolio’s NET Carbon emissions to ZERO (the “Net Zero Pathway”). This Net Zero Pathway is planned to be delivered over three phases:
Phase 1 – on
Today was all about a charity initiative: Greenman OPEN donated 10,000 € to the organisation Berliner Tafel e.V. With this contribution OPEN wants to support the Tafel, a German charity organisation that helps provide food to people in need. They are currently facing challenges largely due to high inflation and the energy crisis.
The donated amount comes from savings made in energy costs due to
On Thursday 17 th November the Greenman OPEN and GFORM team attended the Richtfest ceremony for one of OPEN’s new retail centres in Hohr-Grenzhausen.
Acquired at the end of 2021, the new turnkey Rastal Center was the second acquisition from OPEN’s portfolio framework agreement with developer Schoofs Immobilien Frankfurt. One year after the start of construction, the shell of the centre is now c
Almost 700 visitors took part at the famous St. Martin’s parade at Biesdorf Center last Friday, 11th November. Alongside a colourful lantern parade, the visitors could take part at a puppet theatre show and a fire and light show together with their families.
The high number of attendees of this year’s event demonstrates the positive influence of the social component of Greenman OPEN’s ESG strat
Within the celebration of a Halloween event last weekend Greenman OPEN (OPEN) demonstrated, together with the metaverse infrastructure provider Mapstar AG from Karlsruhe, how digitalisation revolutionises the retail landscape. Greenman OPEN, one of the largest investment funds focused on food retail in Germany, wanted to explore how the consumer’s physical shopping experience can be enhanced throu
The Greenman Group (the ‘Group’), has launched GFORM, a commercial real estate and financial management platform, with a particular speciality in grocery-anchored real estate in Germany.
Headed by James McEvoy, CEO, and Maren Große-Löscher, CFO, who have both worked for Greenman for more than 8 years, GFORM will grow its €1.08 bn of assets under management from the Greenman OPEN fund with the a
Join us for a unique experience at Berlin’s Biesdorf Center and the first event of our collaboration with Mapstar.
We invite you to take a look into the future of retail at Biesdorf Center on October 28th with a virtual tour guide who will lead you through the center. You can discover a virtual 3D E-Lorean and finally there will be some Halloween fun with spooky hidden ghosts and ghouls!
Joi
Greenman Open has appointed Schoofs Immobilien GmbH Frankfurt, to develop a portfolio of eleven retail parks and mixed-use properties with a volume of EUR 215 million. This portfolio is to be jointly developed and realized by 2025. The 11 assets are located near large cities with growing populations spread across the areas of east and south Germany.
Greenman OPEN is looking forward to extend an
Anyone who has tried to buy a new car recently will have an acute understanding of how the global semiconductor shortage has affected that industry.
New car sales in the UK are currently a quarter lower than they were in June 2021 – which, bear in mind, was during the pandemic. Buyers worldwide are being told they may have to wait for months, or longer, to pick up the keys.
But this isn’t du
Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, is to invest €32 million to install Photovoltaic (PV) Panels on around 1.3km2 of roof space by 2027 across its retail centres in Germany. Once operational, OPEN estimates that the panels will generate 27 gWh of electricity per year, enough to power a small town of 16,000 households.
The rollout will be man
Debt deal for a new sustainably constructed retail park in Höhr-Grenzhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate
Bank consortium deal led by Westerwald Bank eG, with participation of Nassauische Sparkasse (Naspa) and Sparkasse Westerwald-Sieg
Forward fixing loan with seven-year term
Modern project development with approx. 14,000 square metres of rental space opens in the first quarter of 2023
Greenman OPEN
