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  • Introducing the Greenman OPEN App

    Investing in retail real estate has never been more accessible. Meet the Greenman OPEN app, designed to streamline your investment experience with exclusive access to Europe’s largest Article 9 real estate fund. Here’s what makes it the ideal choice for those seeking retail investmemt:
    Effortless Investing: The in-app subscription option simplifies the entire investment process, enabling you

  • OPEN Completes Handover of DGNB Gold Property

    Greenman OPEN has successfully taken handover of a newly built EDEKA supermarket located in Freyburg, Saxony-Anhalt. The property, let to EDEKA on a 15-year lease with a let area of approximately 2,515 sqm, is one of the newest additions to the fund’s growing portfolio and is part of OPEN’s commitment to sustainable and future-proof real estate investments as Europe’s largest Article 9 real estate

  • The Beezdorf Project Expands

    The Beezdorf Project is expanding to new locations this year following the success of the Beezdorf Kitchen in Biesdorf in 2023. Beezdorf has expanded its cooperation with local schools in the close vicinity of OPEN’s retail centres, now working with 3 additional schools in Plauen, Hohen Neuendorf and Berlin.
    The projects launched with not only the addition of bees on the centre rooftops but wit

  • Greenman Group Announces Winners of Growing Further Awards

    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 instant pa

  • OPEN surpasses AUM €1 billion

    Three retail parks acquired in Germany for €90 million, increasing Greenman OPEN’s AUM to over €1 billion
    Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, has acquired three retail parks for a combined value of c.€90 million, increasing the fund’s AUM to more than €1billion.
    OPEN has acquired a retail centre in Sonneberg on the Bavarian border. Fully

  • Update to Minimum Investment Amount

    Last year Luxembourg modernised its investment fund laws, updating certain elements of the Luxembourg investment fund toolbox in order to increase the competitiveness of the Luxembourg financial centre by easing access to products for non-professional investors.
    Due to these recent legislative changes in Luxembourg, the definition of what constitutes a “Well-Informed Investor” has been updated

  • Vertical Farming’s Christmas Sale at Biesdorf Center

    We are thrilled to announce that our sister company, Potager Farm, takes a giant leap forward with their first-ever direct-to-consumer sale of fresh, local, and pesticide-free food.
    In September this year and as part of a pilot-project, the first seeds were sown and a batch of produce was provided to gastronomic partners to receive feedback on quality, durability, aroma, taste profile, freshnes

  • Greenman OPEN and GFORM celebrate topping-out ceremony for new EDEKA supermarket with residential development in Middle Franconia

    Greenman OPEN and its sister company GFORM, manager of OPEN’s portfolio of German food retail properties, have celebrated the topping-out ceremony for a local retail centre in a four-level building in Dinkelsbühl in the district of Ansbach in Middle Franconia together with OPEN’s general contractor Schoofs Immobilien GmbH Frankfurt. A full-range Edeka supermarket is being built on a 9,400 square m

  • Greenman Energy launches “Plug & Charge“ Technology in its EV-Chargers

    Subsidiary Greenman Energy (“GME“), a Joint Venture of Greenman OPEN, has announced the implementation of the innovative “Plug & Charge” (PnC) technology for its electric vehicle chargers. With the advanced technology, GME is setting new standards in providing DC-charging infrastructure and making EV-charging easier and more efficient for consumers than ever.
    In line with the funds ambitiou

  • OPEN Supports Berliner Tafel e.V.

    On Thursday, October 5th, 2023, at 11 a.m., the first donation handover took place at Berliner Tafel e.V. at Beusselstraße. We were able to handover nearly €500 in donation funds, which was collected through the sale of our Beezdorf Honey at the Biesdorf Center.
    Our honey originates from our rooftop beehives, which we established in the spring on the roof of the Biesdorf Center. We have six col

  • ESG Special in PropertyEU: The Digital Evolution of Retail

    Greenman’s Head of Distribution David O’Meara recently shared his thoughts in PropertyEU on the digital evolution of retail. Recent years have seen technology permeate every aspect of retail and real estate, with supply chains experiencing substantial advancements.
    In an era where technology is revolutionising every corner of retail, the tangible aspects – our buildings, warehouses, and retail

  • Empowering Tomorrow’s Eco-Champions: A Day with Beezdorf Kitchen


    In an era where sustainability and conscious consumption have become paramount, instilling healthy and eco-friendly food habits in our youth is a mission of great significance. The Beezdorf Kitchen initiative, a collaborative effort by Greenman OPEN and yes&, continues to champion this cause with unwavering dedication. The recent event at Fuchsberg Elementary School in Berlin was a shini

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