The Greenman Group’s Innovation Awards programme, Growing Further, is committed to highlighting businesses that are positively reshaping the grocery retail supply chain. At the forefront of this movement is Glenn Behrman, founder and President of CEA Advisors LLC, a powerhouse in the horticulture industry for over half a century.
What’s truly heartwarming is Glenn’s collaboration with our verti
We are thrilled to announce that our parent company the Greenman Group has launched its very first pan-European Innovation Awards, highlighting their continuous commitment to innovation and progress. As part of the Group, we’re excited to witness the positive impact this initiative will bring to our network and the industries we serve.
The competition will identify, recognise, and reward busine
In Germany, the consumer sector “food” is responsible for around 15% of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Due to the high demand for food outside the home, changes in this area have the potential to significantly boost climate efficient nutrition.
The Beezdorf Kitchen initiative, which was launched in 2023 by Greenman OPEN strives to engage and educate local school children about the benefits of
On April 26, the Westerwald Arkaden retail centre in Höhr-Grenzhausen (Rhineland-Palatinate) opened with a big folk festival and more than 3,000 guests – including Mayor Thilo Becker and State Secretary Ms. Petra Dick-Walther, from the Ministry of Economy, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture. The opening ceremony was co-hosted by the owner Greenman OPEN (OPEN), developer Schoofs Immobilien Fran
Greenman OPEN, one of the largest food-anchored retail real estate investment funds in Germany, has acquired a portfolio of six EDEKA supermarkets for c. €55 million.
Five of the retail properties are located in the Bavarian towns of Bad Windsheim, Hof, Kemnath, Marktleuthen and Zell am Main, while the sixth is located in Dresden, eastern Germany. The properties which total 20,660 sqm, were acq
Greenman OPEN and Schoofs Immobilien Frankfurt GmbH have laid the foundation stone for a four-level building in Dinkelsbühl in the district of Ansbach in Middle Franconia. On a 9,400 sqm site, an Edeka full-range store is being built that has signed a 21-year lease, next to a bakery with a café, topped by three residential floors with a total of 83 barrier-free apartments. The mixed-use property w
Last week, CEO’s of the Greenman Group gathered at MIPIM, the annual international real estate trade fair in Cannes, to network, discuss real estate industry trends and exchange market opinions. On this occasion, Johnnie Wilkinson, CEO of the Greenman Group, Maximilian Bley from Greenman Energy and Catherine Choo, CEO of yes&, spoke to Germany’s leading real estate newspaper Immobilien Zeitung
Greenman OPEN, one of the largest food-anchored retail real estate investment fund in Germany, has acquired three standalone Edeka markets with a total area of approximately 18,500 square meters. The properties are located in Weyhe in Lower Saxony, Taucha in Saxony and Freyburg in Saxony-Anhalt.. The cash & carry market in Weyhe, was acquired as part of an off-market, 20-year, sale and leaseba
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
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
Focus on German shopping centres anchored by food chains is at heart of Greenman’s Covid recovery
When Covid-19 descended on Europe in March 2020, retail landlords, forced to renegotiate leases and give payment freezes, were probably wondering why they entered the sector in the first place.
One Irish landlord had a different take. For Greenman, a real estate investment fund manager, the pand
Working towards sustainable goals makes our environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework crucial for creating long-term value for our investors and society.
Climate change is intensifying, and no country is left untouched. The UN states that 90% of disasters are categorised as weather- and climate-related. By 2050, 70% of the world’s population will be living in an urban environment. Co
Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, announces the acquisition of a grocery anchored retail park in Rhineland-Palatinate. This is the third acquisition in OPEN’s €95.5 million portfolio development framework agreement with Schoofs Immobilien Frankfurt, the leading German retail real estate developer.
Located on a c.20.000 sqm plot with a tota
Greenman, the specialist grocery-anchored retail real estate investment and fund manager, announces today the launch of Greenman European Supermarkets (GES), an open-ended fund that will invest primarily in grocery-anchored real estate, with the flexibility to acquire logistics and omni-channel grocery distribution assets as well as retail platforms across the EU.
GES received regulatory approv
Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, has signed a €30 million Revolving Credit Facility which was arranged by Santander. OPEN will use the facility to support investments in their German grocery-anchored retail portfolio.
Neil Hennessy, Head of Debt Capital Markets at Greenman, commented: “It is important to us to be able to work with Santand
Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, has signed a seven-year €19.5 million debt deal with BayernLB to finance the acquisition of a retail park in Sonneberg, Germany.
The centre is anchored by MARKTKAUF, part of the EDEKA Group and one of Germany’s leading food retailers. Other tenants include TOOM Baumarkt, Möbel Boss, CF Fitness and the Dani
Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, has recently agreed a new framework agreement with Kaufland, one of Germany’s leading grocery retailers, on the long-term renewal of five leases across a portfolio of five retail centres it acquired in 2019 for €112m.
As a result of this agreement, the weighted average remaining lease term (WARLT) of the p
In June this year we attended the Richtfest of our retail centre in Wittenberge. 8 months later, the anchor tenant REWE opened its new store. The building is one of REWE’s green building designs, built in accordance with the Green Building criteria of the German Sustainable Building Council, and is one of the highest standards of sustainable supermarkets. As a result of the advanced and considered
