The Greenman Group continues its expansion into Poland with the acquisition of an asset manager and developer Newbridge Poland. The acquisition marks an important milestone in the Group’s growth as it sets its sights on further European expansion into grocery-anchored real estate investments.
The comapny will rebrand the acquisition to Greenman Poland which will be led by Barbara Wojdełko, former managing partner at Newbridge, and her 15-strong team based in Warsaw who have a wealth of experience managing assets across Poland and the broader CEE region, with a particular expertise in the acquisition, management, and development of retail real estate. Greenman Poland has €150m assets under management, comprising of retail parks and shopping centres totalling 87,000m². The assets are anchored by leading European retailers including Carrefour, Rossmann, JYSK, Pepco and Spar.
Johnnie Wilkinson, CEO of Greenman Group, commented: “This acquisition confirms our commitment to greater European expansion. As well as securing the assets, we’ve also managed to partner with a team of extremely experienced convenience store real estate experts who add an important level of geographic diversity to our platform and investors in the funds.”
Barbara Wojdełko, CEO of Greenman Poland, said: “This deal is the culmination of a strong period of growth at Newbridge. With the combination of the Greenman Group’s sector experience and our deep local knowledge we will deliver our shared growth strategy and are looking forward to expanding our assets under management in Poland and the broader Central Eastern European region with further acquisitions for the Greenman European Supermarket fund, as well as for other European funds and mandates.”
