Greenman Investments has bought a 32,200sqm retail asset in Berlin from Cerberus for around €79m.

The Irish real estate investment company said it bought Biesdorf Center from a Cerberus affiliate for its Greenman Open’s portfolio. Cerberus bought the asset as part of a portfolio in 2013.

John Wilkinson, the CEO of Greenman Investments, said: “We’re delighted to add the Biesdorf Centre to Greenman Open’s portfolio and thus increase Greenman’s assets under management to around €610m.�

Formed in December 2016, Greenman Open’s investment strategy is to grow a portfolio of German retail dominated commercial property whose tenants meet high levels of creditworthiness.

Wilkinson said the Biesdorf Centre is a perfect fit to Greenman OPEN fund’s strategic policy of investing in food dominated retail centres and hybrid centres and will be a pillar from which will drive further expansion plans both in Berlin and across Germany.

�Currently there are more promising retail properties in our pipeline. For the third quarter of 2018, we anticipate further additions to Greenman Open with a volume of €140m.�