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  • Greenman Investments Welcomes Neil O’Keeffe as CEO


    DUBLIN, Mar.04 , 2026 – Greenman Investments (Greenman), a Dublin-based Alternative Investment Fund Manager, has announced the appointment of Neil O’Keeffe as its new chief executive officer.
    O’Keeffe succeeds co-founder John Wilkinson. He will take responsibility for Greenman’s day-to-day leadership and operational governance, working closely with Wilkinson, who remains an executive direc

  • Celebrating 20 Years of Greenman

    This year, we celebrate 20 years of Greenman.
    What started in 2005 as a small team with a big vision has grown into a European Group with over 200 people, managing more than €1.35 billion in assets—and still growing. But more than the milestones, it’s the journey we’re proud of. The people. The partnerships. The shared belief that grocery real estate can be a force for stability, sustainability

  • Greenman OPEN Secures Permit to Redevelop Stadtgalerie Datteln Shopping Centre

    Greenman OPEN has received approval to redevelop Stadtgalerie Datteln, a shopping centre in its portfolio located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
    This planning milestone paves the way for a complete upgrade of the centre, focused on future-proofing the building and delivering long-term value to the community it serves.
    The redevelopment is being delivered by Greenman Group subsidiaries.

  • Greenman OPEN Secures Sustainable Framework Agreement with Kaufland


    Greenman OPEN has finalized a long-term strategic framework agreement with Kaufland, securing leases for seven key retail centers across Germany. This deal enhances OPEN’s portfolio by extending its Weighted Average Rent Lease Term (WARLT) to 10.4 years and increasing rent to term by €190 million.
    A key component of the framework agreement is an innovative initiative to provide tenants wit

  • Greenman OPEN becomes European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF)

    Greenman is delighted to announce that our flagship fund, Greenman OPEN, has successfully been converted into an ELTIF under the new ELTIF 2.0 framework marking a new chapter for the fund. Below, we outline what has changed:
    What is an ELTIF?
    A European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) is a regulated investment framework introduced by the European Union in 2015. It was created to channel lo

  • 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

  • The Benefits of Article 9

    Achieving an Article 9 (dark green fund) status is not only about reporting obligations.
    The benefits of Article 9 are in fact far reaching and have significantly positive implications for real estate activities. Financial impact can be seen in the access to “green loans” with more attractive financing terms; easier access to EU grants and tax incentives; and sustainability projects that improv

  • Greenman OPEN Invests in Extensive Modernisation of German Retail Centre Elster Park

    Plauen in Germany are currently undergoing extensive modernisation. In cooperation with its sister companies GFORM and White Bird, responsible for the technical asset management and construction works, is redeveloping different parts of the building to optimise the location with a focus on sustainability and efficiency.
    As part of the refurbishment project, the glass roof of the centre is being

  • Greenman Open signs sale-and-leaseback portfolio transaction with EDEKA for c. €55m

    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

  • OPEN & GFORM celebrate topping-out ceremony of the Rastal Center

    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

  • Debut at Biesdorf Center: Greenman OPEN launches digitalisation trial giving insights into the future of retail

    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 launches GFORM, a market-leading real estate management company

    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

  • OPEN and Schoofs Immobilien to develop €215m of grocery-anchored mixed-use assets in Germany

    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

  • Greenman OPEN, together with sister company Greenman Energy, to generate 27 gWh of electricity annually from roof mounted solar panels

    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

  • Greenman OPEN agrees new debt deal for a sustainably constructed retail park in Rhineland-Palatinate

    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

  • Greenman Energy to place EV hyper-chargers on OPEN’s carparks

    Greenman Energy has signed an agreement with GP JOULE CONNECT to install 4 hyper-charging EV units in the car park of the Mahlsdorf market retail centre which is owned by its sister fund Greenman OPEN.
    The Hyper-Charging Station will have 4 300kW DC hyper-chargers with 2 charging points each. The units have the capacity to charge an EV with c. 200km worth of charge in 20 minutes. The electricit

  • Greenman launches pan-European grocery-anchored real estate fund

    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

  • Potager Farm and IGS to build Germany’s first retail park-based vertical farm

    Edinburgh, UK and Berlin, Germany – February 10, 2022 – Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), the indoor agritech specialist, has secured a partnership with Potager Farm, a subsidiaryof grocery-anchored real estate firm Greenman Group, to build the first retail park-based vertical farm in Germany. Potager Farm will operate and run the farm in Berlin, supplying fresh produce to Greenman’s retail cent

  • OPEN signs long-term framework agreement with Kaufland

    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